Hugo I (Ponthieu)
Hugo I († around 1000) was a lord of Ponthieu and the progenitor of the House of Ponthieu .
His existence is only documented from a chronicle of the Abbey of Saint-Riquier , according to which he was a knight ( military ) and son-in-law of the dux and later King Hugo Capet , whose daughter Gisela was his wife. From his father-in-law around 981 he received Abbeville Castle and permanent control of the Forestmontier monastery cell as a fief, and he was also appointed hereditary advocatus of the abbey, i.e. its protector. In summary, the land entrusted to him corresponded in its extent to the old Carolingian pagus pontivus .
He did not lead the title of count, the only his son Enguerrand I. on. A second son was named Guido, who was Abbot of Saint-Riquier.
To what extent he was related to the counts who lived in Montreuil in the late 9th and early 10th centuries cannot be determined.
literature
- Chronicon Centulense ou Chronique de l'abbaye de Saint-Riquier , ed. by Ernest Prarond (Abbeville 1899), pp. 217-8
predecessor | Office | successor |
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Herr im Ponthieu around 981 – around 1000 |
Enguerrand I. |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hugo I. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lord of the Ponthieu, Lord of Abbeville |
DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century or 10th century |
DATE OF DEATH | around 1000 |