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Hugh I, Count of Rethel | |
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| Born | 1040 Bourg |
| Died | 1118 Rethel |
| Noble family | de Rethel |
| Spouse(s) | Melisende of Crécy |
| Issue | Gervais Baldwin II Matilda Hodierna Cecilia |
| Father | Manasses III, Count of Rethel |
| Mother | Judith of Lorena |
Hugh I, Count of Rethel (1040–1118) was a son of Count Manasses III of Rethel and his wife Judith.[1] He succeeded his father as Count of Rethel in 1065.
Hugh married Melisende of Crécy, the daughter of Lord Guy I of Montlhéry.[2] They had the following children:
- Manasses (1054–1115)[1]
- Gervais (1056–1124), Count of Rethel[1]
- Baldwin II (1058–1131), King of Jerusalem (r. 1118–1131), married Morphia of Melitene[2]
- Matilda (b. 1060), married to Odo of Vitry, Count of Rethel[1]
- Hodierna, married Héribrand III of Hierges[3]
- Cecilia of Le Bourcq, married Roger of Salerno, prince-regent of Antioch[1]
- Beatrix (Béatrice), married Leo I, Prince of Armenia
- ^ a b c d e Housley 2007, p. 33.
- ^ a b La Monte 1942, p. 100-101.
- ^ Runciman 1999, p. 233.