Hugh II, Count of Rethel

Hugh II, Count of Rethel
Hugh II, Count of Rethel
Died	1227
Spouse(s)	Felicitas of Broyes
Issue	Helissende; Hugh III; Matilda; John; Walter; Manasses V;
Father	Manasses IV, Count of Rethel
Mother	Matilda of Kyrburg

Hugh II, Count of Rethel (died 1227) was a son of Manasses IV and his wife, Matilda of Kyrburg. In 1199, he succeeded his father as Count of Rethel.

In 1191, he married Felicitas (d. 1257), the daughter of Simon of Broyes.^[1] They had the following children:

Helissende (d. 1234),^[1] married Thomas, the son of Geoffroy III, Count of Perche
Hugh III (d. 1243)^[1]
Matilda, married Thomas II of Coucy-Vervins (1184–1253),^[1] the son of Ralph I, Lord of Coucy
John (d. 1251), married Marie of Thourotte^[1]
Walter (d. 1262)^[1]
Manasses V (d. 1273)^[1]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Theodore Evergates, Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), 252.

Hugh II, Count of Rethel Died: 1227
Preceded by Manasses IV	Count of Rethel 1199–1227	Succeeded by Hugh III

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[Evergates252-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Theodore Evergates, Aristocracy in the County of Champagne, 1100-1300, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2007), 252.

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