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May 23, 2007 · Count of Meaux, Soissons, and Vermandois, and lay-abbot of Saint-Crépin and Saint-Médard (Soissons), 900×7-943. Heribert first appears as lay-abbot of Saint-Médard de Soissons on 6 November 907 [" venerabilis comes Heribertus abba preest " Settipani (1993), 224, n. 231, citing an act of Charles the Simple].
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Name and Titles
1. Heribert II 2. Count of Vermandois 907-943 3. Count of Meaux 907-943 4. Count of Soissons 907–930 5. He was Count of Meaux, Soissons, and Vermandois and lay-abbot of Saint-Crepin and Saint-Medard of Soissons, from about 900 or 907 to his death in 943.
880 Birth and Parentage
While Baldwin indicates that both his date and place of birth are unknown, both Cawley and Richardson estimate his year of birth as 880. Baldwin gives his probable father as Heribert I, who died between 900 and 906, count of Vermandois, noting that "although not directly documented, this parentage is very probable. Cawley also notes that there are no primary sources to verify his parents, Herbert I of Vermandois and Liedgardis. Bradbury notes that "he was apparently well aware of his descent...
900 Inheritance of father Heribert's domains
Upon the death of Heribert's father, which occurred between 900 and 906, Herbert inherited the domain of his father.
Generally Recognized Children
Heribert II and Adele five sons and two daughters, Heribert's lands were distributed among his sons in 946. The children are not listed in any one place in the contemporary sources, but various statements in Flodoard's annals clearly document the five sons and two daughters listed below. Of the children, only Hugues has a well documented approximate birthdate. Depending on whether Hugues was one of the elder or younger children, this has led to varying conjectures for the birthdates for the o...
Possible Additional Child
1. Guy (Wido), Comte de Soissons (d. after 986). Shown by Cawley but not by Richardson.Guy I, Count of Soissons (d. 986).
Falsely Attributed Children
Steward Baldwin identifies several falsely attributed children who are NOT children of Heribert II but sometimes appear in his genealogies: 1. Adèle, who married Geoffroy Grisegonelle, is sometimes shown as a daughter but is in fact a granddaughter of Heribert. This Adèle is not the daghter of Heribert, who married Arnulf of Flanders. The Adèle who married Grisegonelle was Heribert's granddaughter, a daughter of his son Robert. Geoffroy Grisegonelle was count of Anjou, died in 987. 2. Ragenol...
Stewart Baldwin. Heribert II, The Henry Project. First uploaded 23 May 2007, revised...Wikipedia. Herbert II Count of Vermandois. Wikipedia: Herbert II, Count of VermandoisCawley, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, Medieval Lands Database,Northern France Ref 2185Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Kimball G Everingham, Editor. Salt La...- Male
- Adela (Robertian) de Vermandois
Another source claims that Guy was the grandson of Herbert II, being the son of Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois, although there is no evidence that Adalbert was a Count of Soissons. Little is known about Guy.
Heribert II, count of Vermandois. This relationship is confirmed by the fact that Hugues the Grand was an avunculus of Heribert's sons, who in turn are called nepotes of Hugues (see the page of this daughter for details). There is no evidence which would give her the name Hildebrante, as given by some sources [e.g. Anselme, 1: 68].
Feb 17, 2024 · It is clear that a daughter of Robert married Heribert II, count of Vermandois, but it is not clear that her name was Adele. Hugues the Grand was an "avunculus" -- maternal uncle -- of Heribert's sons, who in turn are called nepotes of Hugues.
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Guy I (d. after 986), son of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, and Adele, daughter of Robert I of France. Count of Soissons, inherited from his father upon his death in 943. There is considerable confusion about both Guy’s parentage.
In August 923, Charles the Simple was imprisoned by Count Heribert II of Vermandois, spending the rest of his life in prison. The six years between his imprisonment and his death, however, have never been the focus of a sustained study: Charles usually disappears into a jail cell and out of history.
