Hugh III unknown of Le Puiset

Country and Region of Origin
France
Centre (RE) Loir-et-Cher (D)
Specific Title
Viscount of Chartres and Count of Corbeil
Role
Viscount (lay)
Gender and Marital Statusa
Male
Family
father: Hugh II (1107-1108 Crusader) Uncle: Gilduin, abbot of Josephat Uncle: Hugh II, lord of Le Puiset (1107-8 Crusader) Uncle: Waleran, lord of Villepreux and Bira (First Crusader) Cousin: Hugh II of Jaffa Uncle: Guy of Le Puiset, pilgrim to the Holy Land Uncle: Walo II of Chaumont-en-Vexin (First Crusader) Aunt: Humberge of Le Puiset (First Crusader)



Crusades

Expedition
Crusade of 1129
Probability of Participation
Certain
Financial Arrangements
Hugh gave the abbey of Tiron an annual quantity of wine which was to be consumed on Trinity Sunday every year and, after his death, to be drunk on his anniversary.
Actions
Hugh fought frequently against King Louis VI. His ancestor Everard II went on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in 1073.
Sources
Vita Ludovici Grossi regis, ed. and tr. H. Waquet (Paris, 1929), p. 171. Cartulaire de l’abbaye de la Sainte-Trinité de Tiron, ed. L. Merlet, vol. 1 (Chartres, 1883), nos. 127-128. RFC, p. 120.


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