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 Doon (fl 943/9). Manasses I m.1st Dada N; m.2d Judith de Roucy, and had a son (probably by his 2d wife):

 

 

   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 Namur

 

 

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 Jerusalem (d.Acre 1143)

 

2c) Alix, Lady of Latakia and Jabala, Regent of Jerusalem, b.ca 1110, d.after 1136; m.1126 Bohemund de Hauteville, Pr of Antioch (d.1130)

 

3c) Hodierne, Css of Tripoli, d.after 1152; m.1131 Ct Raymond II of Tripoli (d.1152)

 

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 Namur (d.1160)

 

 

1d) Hugues de Rethel, a monk at Rheims 1160

 

2d) Manasses III, Cte de Rethel, d.1198/1200; m.before 16 Sep 1176 Mathilde, Wild- und Rheingräfin von Kyrburg

 

 

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 Liege 1233

 

5f) Manasses IV, Cte de Rethel, d.1271/4; m.1st, probably, N de Dampierre-en-Astenois; m.2d Elizabeth d'Ecry

 

 

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 8 Oct 1275 Isabelle de Grandpre

 

 

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 15 Oct 1252 Jean de Thourotte, sn de Beaufort

 

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) Hue

 

 

2f) Henri, sn de Bros 1230

 

3f) Guillaume, a priest

 

4f) Anselme, Archdeacon of Langres

 

5f) Jean, Archdeacon of Liege

 

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 Liege 1176/1213

 

6d) Simon de Rethel, fl 1176

 

7d) Beatrice de Rethel (1130/2-1185); m.1151 King Roger II of Sicily (d.1154)

 

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 Milo N; m.2d Villain d'Arzillieres

 

 

5b) Hodierne, fl 1126; m.1st Heribrand de Hierges (d.1114); m.2d Roger de Hauteville, Pr of Antioch (d.1119)

 

6b) Beatrice; m.Leon, Lord of the Mountains (d.1139/40), an Armenian Prince

 

 

2a) Manasses, fl 1095

 

3a) Judith, Abbess of Bethany