Hugh I, Count of Rethel explained

Hugh I (1040–1118) was the count of Rethel from 1065 to 1118. He was the son of Count Manasses III and his wife Judith.

Hugh married Melisende of Crécy, the daughter of Lord Guy I of Montlhéry. They had the following children:

• Manasses (1054–1115)
• Gervais (1056–1124), who became count of Rethel
• Baldwin (1058–1131), who became king of Jerusalem
• Matilda (b. 1060), who became countess of Rethel
• Hodierna, married Héribrand III of Hierges
• Cecilia, who married Roger of Salerno, prince-regent of Antioch
• Béatrice, who married Leo I, lord of Armenian Cilicia

See also

• Houses of Montlhéry and Le Puiset

Sources

• Book: Knighthoods of Christ: Essays on the History of the Crusades and the Knights . Norman . Housley . Ashgate Publishing Limited . 2007 .
• The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusades . John L. . La Monte . Speculum . 17 . 1 January . 1942.
• Book: Runciman, Steven . A History of the Crusades . II . Steven Runciman . Cambridge University Press . 1999.