| Name |
VERMANDOIS, Herbert II |
| Birth |
884 |
Senlis, Oise, Picardie, France  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth |
884 |
| Inheritance |
907 |
| Herbert inherited the domain of his father and in 907, added to it the Abbey of St. Medard, Soissons. He took the position of Lay abbot entitling him to the income of those estates. |
| Misc |
923 |
| Count Herbert took the bold step of imprisoning King Charles III, who died still a captive in 929. |
| Misc |
925 |
| On the death of Seulf in 925, with the help of King Rudolph, he acquired for his second son Hugh (then five years old) the archbishopric of Rheims. |
| Misc |
926 |
| On the death of Count Roger of Laon, Herbert demanded this countship for Eudes, his eldest son. He took the town in defiance of King Rudolph leading to a clashin 927. Using the threat of releasing King Charles III, Herbert managed to hold the city for 4 yr |
| Misc |
941 |
| Herbert allied with Hugh the Great and William Longsword, duke of Normandy against King Louis IV, who allocated the County of Laon to Roger II, the son of Roger I |
| Misc |
942 |
| Herbert and Hugh the Great took back Rheims and captured Artaud.[9] Hugh, the son of Herbert, was restored as archbishop.[9] Again the mediation of the German King Otto I in Visé, near Liège, in 942 allowed for the normalization of the situation. |
| Death |
943 |
| Differentiator |
He was the first to exercise power over the territory that became the province of Champagne. |
| Misc |
He was the first to exercise power over the territory that became the province of Champagne. |
| Relation to Me |
35 GGF |
| Royalty & Nobility |
Count of Vermandois, Count of Meaux, and Count of Soissons |
| Name |
Herbert II Senlis Comte de Vermandois |
| Death |
23 Feb 943 |
- St Quentin, Aisne, Picardie, France
|
| Person ID |
I7353 |
My Genealogy | Laviolette Ancestry |
| Last Modified |
4 Feb 2024 |
884 - 943 (59 years)
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