VERMANDOIS, Herbert II
884 - 943 (59 years)Set As Default Person
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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
Father HERBERT, Count of Soissons, Count of Meaux, Count of Vermandois, and lay abbot of Saint Quentin. I, b. Jan 848 d. 28 Aug 907, Senlis, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 59 years) Relationship natural Mother MORVOIS, Bertha de, b. 30 Aug 845 d. 15 Jun 923 (Age 77 years) Relationship natural Marriage 879 Family ID F236 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 OF FRANCE, Hildebranda, b. 895 d. 931 (Age 36 years) Children + 1. VERMANDOIS, Robert de, b. 918 d. 968 (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F6764 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Children + 1. VERMANDOIS, Luitgarde of, b. 914 d. 9 Feb 978 (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] Family ID F1821 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jul 2021
Family 3 ADELE, b. 891 d. Vermandois, Normandy, France Marriage France Children + 1. VERMANDOIS, Robert de, b. 918 d. 968 (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] + 2. VERMANDOIS, Adele of, b. Bef 915 d. 960 (Age > 45 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] + 3. VERMANDOIS, Luitgarde of, b. 914 d. 9 Feb 978 (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F1831 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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