Hugh married of Vermandois
Country and Region of Origin
France
Picardie (RE)
Picardie (RE)
Specific Title
Count of Vermandois
Role
Count (lay)
Gender and Marital Statusa
Male
Family
brother: King Philip of France.
Daughter: Matilda
Son: Ralph
Son: Henry
Son: Simon of Vermandois (Second Crusader)
Son-in-Law: Ralph of Beaugency (First Crusader)
Son-in-Law: Odo of Beaugency (First Crusader)
Crusades
1st Expedition
1st Crusade (1096-1099)
Contingent Leader
Stephen of Blois and Hugh of Vermandois
Probability of Participation
Certain
Regent
His sons Ralph and Henry.
Consequences of Expedition
Survived
Actions
Hugh was a major leader of the crusade. The king of France was excommunicated at the time of the crusade because of his marriage to Bertrada of Montfort. Hugh wrote to Alexios Komnenos to inform him of his imminent arrival with a crusading contingent. At Constantinople he took an oath to Alexios which was described as the 'customary oath.' During the siege of Antioch he was sent as an emissary to Alexios but he never returned.
Sources
Kb, pp. 145, 153-155. Anna Comnena, Alexiade, ed. B. Leib (Paris, 1943), pp. 213-215, 225-226. RA, p. 79. GF, pp. 5-6, 18-20, 68, 70, 72. PT, pp. 37-38, 51-54, 110-112. FC, pp. 155-156, 194-195, 255. AA, p. passim. GN, pp. 131, 133, 135, 138, 143, 153, 155, 156, 221, 228, 236, 239, 240, 243. OV, vol. 5, pp. 30-31, 34-35, 36-37, 58-59, 60-63, 110-111, 114-115, 128-129. VE, pp. 110, 134.
2nd Expedition
Crusade of 1101
Contingent Leader
Stephen of Blois and Hugh of Vermandois
Probability of Participation
Certain
Consequences of Expedition
Died
Actions
He died on 18 October 1101.
Sources
FC, pp. 430, 433. GN, pp. 309, 313, 328. WT, pp. 465, 467. Cartulaires de l'abbaye de Molesme, ed. J. Laurent, vol. 2 (Paris, 1911), p. 13.
