Hugh I of Le Puiset
Hugh I of Le Puiset (died 23 December 1096), also called Hugues Blavons,[1] was the second son of Everard I of Breteuil and his wife Humberge.[2]
In 1067, taking advantage of the weakness of Philip I of France, he seized the royal castle of Le Puiset and settled there.[citation needed] In 1073, he became viscount of Chartres when his older brother, Everard II, abdicated to become a monk.[3]
Hugh married Alice of Montlhéry, daughter of Guy I, lord of Montlhéry, and Hodierna de Gometz.[2] The family of Montlhéry was also part of the turbulent nobility that King Louis VI would have to put down a generation later.[citation needed] The alliances of the Montlhéry Clan formed a broad network of nobles who engaged heavily in the Crusades.
Hugh and Alice had at least nine children:
- Odeline (d. before 2 November 1107), married Joscelin IV of Lèves, a crusader.[2] Their daughter (name unknown) married Ralph the Red of Pont-Echanfray.
- Éverard III, lord of Puiset, viscount of Chartres[2]
- Hugh II, lord of Puiset, count of Jaffa (as Hugh I of Jaffa)[2]
- Guy (d. 1127 of after), canon of Chartres, lord of Méréville, viscount of Étampes[2]
- Gilduin (d. 1135), monk at Saint-Martin-des-Champs, prior of Lurey-Le-Bourg, abbot of the Abbey of St. Mary of the Valley of Jehosaphatt[2]
- Waleran (Galéran) (d. in prison 1126), made lord of Birecik in 1116 after its capture by Baldwin II.[4] Married the daughter of the previous lord, Abu'lgharib.
- Ralph[2]
- Humberge, married Walo II of Beaumont-sur-Oise, viscount of Chaumont-en-Vexin.[2] Their son Drogo was an early ancestor of the counts of Dammartin.[citation needed]
- Eustachie[2]
Hugh established a priory of Marmountier at Le Puiset.[3] See also the Houses of Montlhéry and Le Puiset.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Iogna-Prat 2002, p. 546.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j La Monte 1942, pp. 100–101.
- ^ a b Riley-Smith 1997, p. 47.
- ^ Runciman 1951, p. 210.
References
[edit]- Iogna-Prat, Dominique (2002). "Évrard de Breteuil et son double: Morphologie de la conversion en milieu aristocratique (v. 1070–v. 1120)". In M. Lauwers (ed.). Guerriers et moines: Conversion et sainteté aristocratiques dans l'Occident médiéval (IXe–XIIe siècle). Brepols. pp. 537–557. doi:10.1484/m.cem-eb.4.2017047.
- La Monte, John L. (January 1942). "The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusades". Speculum. JSTOR 2856610.
- Riley-Smith, Jonathan (1997). The First Crusaders, 1095-1131. University of Cambridge Press.
- Runciman, Steven (1951). A History of the Crusades, Vol. I. Cambridge University Press.