Guido of Rochefort

Guido von Rochefort , called "the Red" (French: Gui le Rouge de Rochefort ; † 1108 ), was a Seneschal of France from the House of Montlhéry . He was Count of Rochefort (-en-Yvelines) , Lord of Crécy-en-Brie , Gournay-sur-Marne and Bréthencourt , and castellan of Châteaufort and Gometz .

He was a younger son of the lord of the castle Guido I von Montlhéry and the Hoderine von Gometz. Guido is considered to be the builder of Bréthencourt Castle.

Guido is often named with different ordinal numbers, as Guido II in contrast to his father or as Count Guido I of Rochefort, which often leads to confusion in the genealogy of his family. He inherited the castles of Rochefort-en-Yvelines, Gometz and Châteaufort from his parents, while the ancestral castle of Montlhéry went to his older brother Milon I. In this respect, Guido should not be confused with Milo's son Guido II , Lord of Montlhéry.

Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis reported that Guido was a close friend of King Philip I of France , by whom he was appointed his Seneschal. Apparently he also received the title of Count, at least that's what Suger calls him. Guido thus exercised a dominant influence at the royal court, which primarily benefited his family, who were at the center of a closely related group of lord families of the Île-de-France . He took part in the Crusade of 1101 in the Lombard contingent to restore family honor after his nephew Guido Troussel deserted during the siege of Antioch on the first crusade .

After his return, Guido immediately returned to the leading position at court. He tried to consolidate the position of his family by marrying them into the royal house. He married a great niece to Prince Philip and his own daughter, Lucienne , around 1104 to the heir to the throne and later King Ludwig VI. the fat one . Shortly afterwards he passed the Seneschallat on to his son Hugo . But in 1107 the Crown Prince intended to free himself from the influence of the Montlhéry-Rochefort and divorced Lucienne. He withdrew the Seneschalate from Hugo and gave it to Anseau de Garlande , Guido's loyal son-in-law.

The Montlhéry family then triggered a long-lasting uprising of the lords of the Île-de-France, which King Louis VI. busy for years. Together with his son, Guido had to defend Gournay Castle against an army of the king in 1108. He managed to win over the powerful Count Theobald von Blois-Champagne for his cause, who was defeated by the king when he tried to relieve him. Guido then had to give up Gournay Castle and died shortly afterwards. His son Hugo continued the uprising until 1118.

Guido the Red was married twice. His first wife was called Elisabeth, with whom he probably had three children:

• Guido II († probably 1115), Count of Rochefort
• Biota, ⚭ with Vice Count Fulko of Château-Landon
• NN, ⚭ with Anseau de Garlande († 1118), Seneschal of France

His second wife was Adélais / Adelheid von Crécy, widow of Count Bouchard II of Corbeil , who brought him the castles of Crécy-en-Brie and Gournay-sur-Marne. Your children were:

• Hugo († after 1118), Seneschal of France
• Lucienne († after 1137), ⚭ 1104 with the later King Ludwig VI .; ⚭ after 1107 with Guichard III. of Beaujeu († 1137)

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• Suger von Saint-Denis : Vita Ludovici Grossi (main source)
• Albert von Aachen : Historia Hierosolymitanae expeditionis (who mentions him as a crusader from 1101 and referred to as rufus capite / red head )

Web links

• The fight for Gournay described by Suger (Vita Ludovici Grossi)
• Guy (II) "le Rouge" de Montlhéry at fmg.ac (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Gervais	Seneschal of France around 1093–1106	Hugo of Crécy
Guido of Montlhéry	Count of Rochefort 1095-1108	Guido II of Rochefort
Guido of Montlhéry	Lord of La Ferté-Alais 1095–1108	Hugo of Crécy
––	Lord of Bréthencourt before 1100–1108	Guido II of Rochefort
Bouchard II of Corbeil (de iure uxoris)	Lord of Crécy and Gournay (de iure uxoris ) before 1101–1108	Hugo of Crécy