Hugo III (Vaudémont)

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Coat of arms of Hugos III.

Hugo III (* before 1231; † around 1244) was a Count of Vaudémont . He was a son of Count Hugo II and his wife, Hedwiga von Raynel.

From around 1231 he was married to Margarete von Bar, a daughter of Count Theobald I of Bar and the Ermesinde of Luxembourg . Your children were:

  • Heinrich I († 1278), Count of Vaudémont
  • Agnes († 1282), ∞ with Walram I. (Zweibrücken)
  • Maria, ∞ with Dietrich von Schönberg
  • Margarete, ∞ with Heinrich von Grandpré, Herr von Hans

Hugo took part in the barons' crusade from June 1239 under the leadership of Count Theobald IV of Champagne to the holy land ( crusade of the barons ). In the battle of Gaza he was taken prisoner in Egypt, which was released in 1241. His brother-in-law, Heinrich II von Bar , was killed in the battle.

literature

  • Michel François: Histoire des comtes et du comté de Vaudémont des origines à 1473. Humblot, Nancy 1935.
predecessor Office successor
Hugo II Count of Vaudémont
1242–1244 		Heinrich I.
personal data
SURNAME Hugo III
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Vaudémont
DATE OF BIRTH before 1231
DATE OF DEATH around 1244