Hugo IV by Le Puiset

Hugo IV of Le Puiset (French: Hugues du Puiset ; † 1189 ) was a lord of Le Puiset , Vice Count of Chartres and, by marriage, Count of Bar-sur-Seine . He was a son of Erhard IV of Le Puiset ( Le Puiset house ) and his wife Heloise.

His wife was Countess Pétronille von Bar-sur-Seine from the House of Brienne , in whose name Hugo could also appear as Count of Bar-sur-Seine. Your children were:

• Milon (IV.) († August 17/18, 1219 on the Crusade of Damiette ), Count of Bar-sur-Seine, Lord of Le Puiset, Vice-Count of Chartres
• Helvis, ∞ with Guido von Sennecey
• Margarete, 1. ∞ with Simon von Rochefort-en-Brévon († 1219 before Damiette); 2. ∞ with Odo from Aspremont-sur-Saône

Hugo was involved in the uprising of the young English king Heinrich against his father, King Heinrich II Plantagenet . His uncle, Hugh de Puiset , was in England in the office of the Bishop of Durham and was neutral in this conflict, but did not oppose the invasion of the Scottish King William I in northern England. Hugo intended to support the Scottish King and landed under the tolerance of his uncle on the last Saturday of July 1174 in the port of Hartlepool with 40 Flemish knights and 500 Brabant zones . Only a few days earlier, however, the Scottish king had been taken prisoner by the English at the Battle of Alnwick, which is why Bishop Hugh immediately sent the Brabanzone mercenaries back to Flanders , but Hugo and his knights billeted in Northallerton Castle. This made it clear to King Henry II Plantagenet that the bishop was tacitly supporting the rebels, which is why he later ordered the demolition of Northallerton and other episcopal castles.

Count Hugo's engagement in England is recorded in the annals of the Anglo-Norman chronicler Roger von Hoveden .

Individual proof

1. ↑ For the year of death 1189 see Gesta Regis Henrici Secundis et Gesta Regis Ricardi Benedicti abbatis , ed. by William Stubbs in: Rolls Series 49 (1867), Vol. 2, p. 92

Web link

• Hugues IV du Puiset at fmg.ac (English)