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. He succeeded his father in 1065 as Count of Rethel.
Hugh I, Count of Rethel | |
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| 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. They had the following children:
- Manasses (1054–1115)
- Gervais (1056–1124), count of Rethel
- Baldwin II (1058–1131), king of Jerusalem (1118–1131), married Morphia of Melitene
- Matilda (b. 1060), married to Odo of Vitry, Count of Rethel
- Hodierna, married Héribrand III of Hierges
- Cecilia of Le Bourcq, married Roger of Salerno, prince-regent of Antioch
- Beatrix (Béatrice), married Leo I, Prince of Armenia
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