Hugo von Falkenberg

Death of Hugo von Saint-Omer, depiction in a manuscript from the 14th century

Hugo von Falkenberg , also Hugo von Saint-Omer , ( French : Hugues de Fauquembergues ; * in Thérouanne ; † 1106 ) was Lord von Falkenberg ( Fauquembergues ), crusader and prince of Galilee .

Life

The Flemish towns of Fauquembergues and Saint-Omer , now part of France, are in the immediate vicinity. Hugo was actually Lord von Falkenberg, but he and his family, who came to prominence during the Crusades , were called "von Saint-Omer".

Hugo was born in Thérouanne and in 1098 accompanied Count Baldwin of Boulogne on the First Crusade and to Mesopotamia, where he founded the county of Edessa . In 1100 Baldwin rose to be king of Jerusalem and appointed Hugo to be Seneschal of Jerusalem . In 1101 Tankred received the reign of Taranto over the principality of Antioch . King Baldwin then gave Hugo Tankreds vacant Principality of Galilee .

To support the conquest of the city ​​fortress Tire, which was still held by the Fatimids , he had the castles of Toron and Chastel Neuf built in 1105 .

In 1106 Hugo took part in an attack on the Seljuks , was ambushed, captured and executed. His successor as Prince of Galilee, Gervaise of Bazoches , would later suffer the same fate .

Hugo had two daughters:

• Eschiva, who married Wilhelm I of Bures , Lord of Caesarea, and
• Helvis, who married a "Franconian from Outremer" who was not known by name and whose daughter Agnes Walter III. Brisebarre , Lord of Beirut and Blanchegarde, married.

Web links

Commons : Hugh of Saint Omer  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• medieval-genealogie.de: Hugo Falkenberg of St. Omer, Prince of Galilee
• fmg.ac: HUGUES de Fauquembergues

predecessor	Office	successor
Tankred of Taranto	Prince of Galilee 1101–1106	Gervaise from Bazoches
-	Seneschal of Jerusalem 1100–1104	Gervaise from Bazoches