Guido I. (Ponthieu)
Guido I († November 13, 1100 ) was a Count of Ponthieu from the House of Ponthieu . He was a son of Count Hugo II von Ponthieu and Bertha von Aumale.
After his brother, Count Enguerrand II , died in 1053 in a fight against her brother-in-law, Duke Wilhelm II of Normandy , Guido took over the County of Ponthieu. He continued the fight as an ally of King Henry I of France , but was captured by the Norman Duke in the Battle of Mortemer in 1054. His brother Waleran was killed in this battle. Guido spent two years in his Norman dungeon. During this time, his uncle, Bishop Guido von Amiens, ruled the Ponthieu. Only after Guido showed himself ready to become a vassal of Duke Wilhelm, was he released from captivity. He also had to do without Aumale Castle , to which he could register inheritance rights.
When the Anglo-Saxon Earl of Wessex, Harald Godwinson , was shipwrecked off the coast of the Ponthieu in 1064 on his voyage to Normandy, Guido took him prisoner and first brought him to Abbeville Castle . According to Wace's report ( Roman de Rou ), Guido treated the earl with great courtesy. In order to remove it from Duke Wilhelm's access, he then brought the Earl to the castle of Beaurain and only passed it on to the Duke after he had paid him a large ransom. Guido handed the Earl Harald over to the Duke on the River Eaulne . This episode is shown in detail on the Bayeux Tapestry, Guido appears here as "WIDO".
From his marriage to Dame Adele, Guido had several children, including a son Enguerrand, who died before him, making his eldest daughter the heiress of Ponthieu.
- Agnes (after 1110), ∞ with Robert of Bellême, 3rd Earl of Shrewsbury
- Ida, Abbess of Saint-Austreberte near Montreuil
- Mathilde, testified in 1100
After his death in 1100, Guido was buried in the Saint-Pierre priory in Abbeville, which he had founded.
literature
- Ernest Prarond: Les Comtes de Ponthieu: Gui premier (Paris, 1900)
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to E. Prarond, p. 8, Guido I was a son of Enguerrand II and not his brother, which is obviously an error.
- ↑ Wace, Roman de Rou , lines 4927-4928; see: Glyn Sheridan Burgess, Elisabeth MC Van Houts: The History of the Norman people: Wace's Roman de Rou (2004), p. 145
- ↑ Wace, Roman de Rou , lines 5605-5664; See: Glyn Sheridan Burgess, Elisabeth MC Van Houts: The History of the Norman people: Wace's Roman de Rou (2004), p. 154
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Enguerrand II. |
 Count of Ponthieu 1053–1100 |
Robert de Bellême |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guido I. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gui I de Ponthieu, Guy I of Ponthieu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Ponthieu |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1100 |