Hugh I, Count of Rethel

Hugh I, Count of Rethel (1040 in Bourg – 1118 in Rethel) was a son of Count Manasses III of Rethel and his wife Judith.[1] He succeeded his father in 1065 as Count of Rethel.

Hugh I, Count of Rethel
Born	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 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 (1118-1131), married Morphia of Melitene[2]
• Matilda (b. 1060), married to Odo of Vitry, Count of Rethel[1]
• Hodierna, married Heribrand 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

See also

• The Houses of Montlhéry and Le Puiset

Notes

1. Housley 2007, p. 33.
2. La Monte 1942, p. 100-101.
3. Runciman 1999, p. 233.

Sources

• Housley, Norman, ed. (2007). Knighthoods of Christ: Essays on the History of the Crusades and the Knights. Ashgate Publishing Limited.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• La Monte, John L. (1942). "The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusades". Speculum. Vol. 17, No. 1 Jan.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Runciman, Steven (1999). A History of the Crusades. Vol. II. Cambridge University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)