Herbert I, Count of Vermandois
Herbert I of Vermandois (c. 848/850 – 907),Count of Soissons, Count of Meaux,Count of Vermandois, and lay abbot of Saint Quentin. He was a Carolingian aristocrat who played a significant role in Francia.
Life [edit]
Herbert was the son of Pepin of Vermandois.[1] Herbert became count of Soissons before 889 and was probably charged with defending the Oise against Viking intrusions. A contemporary of Baldwin II, Count of Flanders he had the advantage of being a Carolingian, a grandson of Pippin, King of Italy.[2] Herbert controlled both St. Quentin and Péronne and his activities in the upper Somme river valley may have caused Baldwin II to have him assassinated in 907.[3]
Herbert arranged a marriage alliance to Robert of Neustria by giving in marriage his daughter Beatrice as Robert's second wife.[2] In turn, he agreed to his son Herbert II of Vermandois marrying Robert's daughter by his first wife, Adela.[2]
Marriage and issue [edit]
His wife is said to have been Bertha de Morvois.[4] They had the following children:
- Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, succeeded his father.[5]
- Béatrice of Vermandois (c. 880–931), married King Robert I of France.[5]
- An unnamed daughter († aft. 943) who married Eudo, Count in the Wetterau.[5]
References [edit]
- ^ Frederick Lewis Weis, et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, 8th Edition (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), lines 50:16, 50:17
- ^ a b c Jean Dunbabin, France in the making, 843-1180 (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), p. 95
- ^ Pierre Riché, The Carolingians; A Family who Forged Europe, trans. Michael Idomir Allen (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993), p. 236
- ^ Frederick Lewis Weis, et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, , 8th Edition (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), line 50:17
- ^ a b c Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band III, Teilband 1 (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 49
| Preceded by Pepin |
Count of Vermandois 896–907 |
Succeeded by Herbert II |
| Preceded by Theodebert |
Counts of Meaux 896–902 |
Succeeded by Herbert II |
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