Hugh unknown of Chaumont-sur-Loire

Country and Region of Origin
France
Centre (RE) Loir-et-Cher (D)
Specific Title
Lord of Amboise
Role
Lord (lay)
Gender and Marital Statusa
Male
Family
brother-in-law: Fulk V of Anjou (1120-24 Crusader, 1129 Crusader, later King of Jerusalem)



Crusades

1st Expedition
1st Crusade (1096-1099)
Probability of Participation
Certain
Financial Arrangements
Hugh made a gift to the church of Our Lady of St Florentin of Amboise at the moment of his departure. He pledged his lordship to a family member before departing. He also made a gift to the abbey of Pontlevoy and in return the monks agreed to pray for his soul and the souls of those who had died at the battle of Pontlevoy eighty years before.
Regent
His aunt's husband.
Consequences of Expedition
Survived
Sources
L. Halphen, Le comté d'Anjou au Xie siècle (Paris, 1906), p. 326. 'Gesta Ambaziensium dominorum', Chroniques des comtes d'Anjou et des seigneurs d'Amboise, ed. L. Halphen and R. Poupardin (Paris, 1913), pp. 100-101. BB, p. 17 note, 21 note, 33 note. RFC, pp. 119, 134.


2nd Expedition
Crusade of 1129
Probability of Participation
Certain
Consequences of Expedition
Died
Actions
He was born in about 1080. By the time of this expedition he was old and went to die in the Holy Land. He passed away two months after reaching the Latin East. He was buried on the Mount of Olives.
Sources
Cartulaire Général de l'Ordre du Temple, 1119?-1150, ed. G. d'Albon (Paris, 1913), pp. 8-10. 'Gesta Ambaziensium dominorum', ed. L. Halphen and R. Poupardin, Chroniques des comtes d'Anjou et des seigneurs d'Amboise (Paris, 1913), pp. 115-116. RFC, p. 7.


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