The Counts of RETHEL
Manasses I, Cte de Rethel 1026, was probably
son of one Manasses ("comes 974 &
960"), who in turn was probably son of one
Manasses II, Cte de Rethel 1048/81; he m.Judith N,
and had issue:
1a) Hugues I, Cte de Rethel, d.ca 1118; m.Melisende de Monthlery
1b) Manasses,
fl 1097/1115
2b) Gervais,
Cte de Rethel, d.ca 1124; m.Elizabeth of
1c) Elizabeth de Rethel; m.Robert de Marmion (d.ca 1181)
3b) Baldwin du Bourcq, Prince of Edessa, King of Jerusalem, d.1131; m.1101 Morphia, an Armenian princess
1c) Queen Melisende of Jerusalem, d.1161, bur Josaphat;
m.1129 Cte Foulcques d'Anjou, King of
2c) Alix,
Lady of Latakia and Jabala,
Regent of
3c) Hodierne,
Css of
4c) Yvette, Abess of St-Lazare, Bethany,
b.1119, d.after 1178
4b) Matilda, Cts de Rethel, fl 1151; m.Eudes, chatelain de Vitry (d.ca 1158)
1c) Itier,
Cte de Rethel, chatelain de Vitry, d.1171; m.Beatrix of
1d) Hugues
de Rethel, a monk at
2d) Manasses
III, Cte de Rethel,
d.1198/1200; m.before
1e) Hugues
II, Cte de Rethel,
d.1227/8; m.ca 1191 Felicite de Broyes,
Dame de Beaufort (d.1244)
1f) Hugues
III, Cte de Rethel, chatelain of Ypern and Bailleul, d.1242/3; m.1st 1218/9 Mabilia
de Bailleul; m.2d ca 1239 Jeanne de Dampierre; all issue by 1st marriage
1g) Jean de Rethel, d.ca 1243; m.before Nov
1235 Marie van Audenaarde, Dame de Baucigny et de Montcornet
2g) Felicite
de Rethel, d.ca 1248
3g) a daughter, fl 1244
2f) Jean, Cte de Rethel, d.1251; m.1st NN;
m.2d ca 1243 Marie de Thourotte (d.1253/6)
3f) Gaucher,
Cte de Rethel, d.1262/3
4f) Simon de Rethel, Archdeacon of
5f) Manasses
IV, Cte de Rethel,
d.1271/4; m.1st, probably, N de Dampierre-en-Astenois;
m.2d
1g) Hugues
IV, Cte de Rethel, d.ca
1277; m.1st Agnes de Chiny, Dame d'Agimont et de Givet; m.2d
before 1270 Marie d'Enghien; m.3d before
1h) [by
1st m.]a daughter, d.young
2h) [by
3d m.]Jeanne, Cts de Rethel, d.after 12 Mar 1328;
m.1290 Louis of Flanders, Cte de Rethel
et de Nevers (d.1322)
2g) Guyot
de Rethel, d.ca 1275
3g) [parentage
unproven, but he was a nephew of Cte Gaucher de Rethel]Jean, Sire d'Espense
4g) Felicite
de Rethel, Dame de Beaufort, d.after
Apr 1257; m.before
5g) Marie de Rethel, Dame de Machaut, de Tricourt et de Bethincourt,
d.1216; m.1266 Wauthier "le Grand" d'Enghien (d.1271)
6f) Beatrix
de Rethel; m.before 1218
Andre de Nanteuil-la-Fosse
7f) Catherine de Rethel, a nun at Avenay 1228
8f) Mahaut
de Rethel, Dame de Trie-le-Badoul,
d.1259/68; m.before Dec 1224 Thomas de Coucy, sn
de Vervins
9f) Helisende de Rethel, Dame de Perthes et de Tagnon,
d.ca 1234; m. 1st Thomas, Cte du
Perche (k.a.Lincoln 1217);
m.2d before Jun 1225 Garnier de Trainel,
Sire de Marigny (d.ca 1255)
10f) Agnes de Rethel, Dame de Seignelay
1248/55; m.Etienne de Seignelay
3d) Henri, chatelain de Vitry, d.ca 1191; m.Helvis N
1e) Hugues,
chatelain de Vitry 1220/39;
m.Alais N
1f) Robert, Sire de Sommevesle, chatelain de Vitry; m.1st Jeanne N; m.2d Guillemine
de Dampierre-en-Astenois
1g) Jean de Sommevesle, fl 1274; m.before
1264 Agnes de Coucy-en-Rethelois
1h) Jean de Coucy, fl 1311
2h) Colars,
fl 1311
2g) Robert de Sommevesle, chatelain de Vitry 1274/5; m.Marguerite N
3g)
2f) Henri, sn de Bros 1230
3f) Guillaume, a priest
4f) Anselme,
Archdeacon of Langres
5f) Jean, Archdeacon of
6f) Sibille;
m.1217 Baudoin Taillefer d'Amance, an d'Etrepoy
2e) Henri, dit de Ponthion, d.ca 1231; m.Cecile de Clermont
3e) Beatrice, d.ca
1254; m.before 1211 Oger
II, Sire de Saint-Cheron (d.ca 1238)
4d) Baudouin
de Rethel, sn
de Chemery 1176/98
5d) Albert de Rethel, Archdeacon of
6d) Simon de Rethel, fl 1176
7d) Beatrice de Rethel (1130/2-1185); m.1151 King Roger II of
8d) Clemence
de Rethel, fl 1152/91; m.Hugues
de Pierrepont (d.ca 1188)
9d) a daughter; m.Geoffroi de Chalons
10d) a daughter, m.Etienne Strabo de Neufchatel-sur-Aisne
2c) a daughter, m.N de Henalmont
3c) Yvette de Rethel; m.1st
5b) Hodierne,
fl 1126; m.1st Heribrand de Hierges
(d.1114); m.2d Roger de Hauteville, Pr of
6b) Beatrice; m.Leon, Lord of the Mountains (d.1139/40), an Armenian
Prince
2a) Manasses, fl 1095
3a) Judith, Abbess of