Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; Comte de Blois
• Appointments / Titles: Comte de Châteaudun, Meaux et seigneur de Sancerre, Saint-Florentin, Provins, Montereau, Vertus, Oulchy-le-Château, Château-Thierry, Châtillon-sur-Marne et Montfélix
• Appointments / Titles: Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France; Count
• FSID: LCP1-19Y

Notes:

Comte de Blois, Châteaudun, Chartres, Meaux
Champagne Count of Blois Brie and Chartres

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thibaud_III_de_Blois#Mariages

"This Gersende / Gundrade is said to be the mother of Etienne II de Blois, who marries Adèle de Normandie (Adèle de Blois), daughter of William the Conqueror, hence the succession of the Counts of Champagne, Blois and Sancerre, as well as the lords of Sully (and the kings of England during the reign of Stephen). However this thesis is controversial, because the reason for the repudiation of Gersende in 1048 seems to be the fact that she did not give a 'child to her husband. Étienne II de Blois, according to this hypothesis, would therefore rather come from the second marriage of Thibaud III. "

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Étienne married de Normandie, Adèle in 1080 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France. Adèle (daughter of Beauclerc, King of England William and of Flanders, Matilda) was born in 1065 in Normandy, France; died on 8 Mar 1137 in Marcigny, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; was buried after 8 Mar 1137 in Abbey of Holy Trinity, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. de Blois, WIlliam was born in 1084 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France; died on 11 Oct 1160 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; was buried on 21 Oct 1160 in Montmorillon, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Comte de Blois Meaux et Troyes
• FSID: L51Z-XMG

Notes:

"It is unclear whether the [second/third] wife of Thibaut III Comte de Blois could have been the daughter of Comte Raoul [III]."

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfravalver.htm#AdelaideValoisMThibautIIIBlois

THE PARENTAGE OF ADELA IS UNCERTAIN:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CENTRAL%20FRANCE.htm#ThibautIIIdied1089B
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CENTRAL%20FRANCE.htm#_ftnref156

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Theobald married du Maine, Countess Gersende Berthe in 1045 in France. Gersende (daughter of du Maine, Herbert I and de Preuilly, Paula II) was born on 14 Oct 1024 in France; died on 10 May 1100 in Aquitaine, France; was buried after 10 May 1100 in Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LBJC-8XX

Notes:

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gersenda_del_Maine
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Ier_du_Maine
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thibaud_III_de_Blois
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_I,_Count_of_Maine

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Beauvais, Tours and Troyes
• FSID: GDZ6-MW9

Notes:

"Odo quickly married a second wife, Ermengarde, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM IV of Auvergne."

By his second wife, Ermengarde of Auvergne, Odo had three children:

Theobald III, who inherited the county of Blois and most of his other possessions.
Stephen II, who inherited the counties of Meaux and Troyes in Champagne.
Bertha, who married first Alan III, Duke of Brittany, and second Hugh IV, Count of Maine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_II,_Count_of_Blois

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudes_II_de_Blois#Mariages_et_descendance
"Il épouse en secondes noces ERMENGARDE D'AUVERGNE, fille du comte GUILLAUME IV D'AUVERGNE, dont il eut quatre enfants."

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarda_d%27Alvernia --
"Secondo la Genealogiae comes Flandriae era figlia del Conte d'Alvernia, Guglielmo IV e della moglie Humberge (o Ermengarda)."

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Odo married d'Auvergne, Ermengarde in 1003. Ermengarde (daughter of d'Auvergne, WIlliam IV and d'Auvergne, Humberge) was born in 970 in Auvergne, France; died on 12 Mar 1042 in Aquitaine, France; was buried after 12 Mar 1042 in Épernay, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Life Event: Countess of Blois and Champagne
• FSID: LJYH-M8G

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Hugonide
• FSID: LJ4D-ZCK
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1017 and 1035; Count of Maine

Notes:

Herbert I (died 13 April 1035), called Wakedog (from French Eveille-chien, Latinized as Evigilans Canis), was the count of Maine from 1017 until his death. He had a turbulent career with an early victory that may have contributed to his later decline.

Life
He was the son of Hugh III and succeeded his father as count of Maine. Herbert was, at times, a nominal vassal of his neighbor Fulk III Nerra, Count of Anjou but otherwise considered himself independent and obtained his nickname "Wake-dog" for having to constantly resist the intrusions of his Angevin neighbors to the south. From the time Herbert became count in 1017, he was almost constantly at war with Avesgaud de Bellême, Bishop of Le Mans.

In 1016, a young Herbert was allied to Fulk III in a war against Odo II of Blois. On July 6 Odo was en route to attack the fortress of Montrichard. Upon discovering this, Fulk and Herbert split their forces to block either of the two approaches. Odo ran headlong into the Angevin force under Fulk, known as the Battle of Pontlevoy. Odo's greater force was prevailing and Fulk himself was thrown from his horse and in danger of being killed or captured, but a messenger had been sent to Herbert to come immediately. Herbert attacked the left flank of Odo's forces throwing them into complete confusion; Odo's mounted force fled leaving his foot soldiers to be slaughtered. Odo was completely defeated and was unable to challenge Fulk again for nearly a decade. While this battle established Herbert's reputation as a warrior it also began deteriorating the relationship between Fulk and Herbert.

His battles with Avesgaud, Bishop of Le Mans were heating up again and in 1025 Herbert made a night raid on the Bishop's castle at Duneau causing Avesgaud to flee to the protection of his brother William Lord of Belleme. Once he was safe the Bishop excommunicated Herbert and then continued his warring against with him. Not long after the excommunication was lifted and peace was restored between them when Herbert started raiding the Bishop's estates again. This time Herbert, with the help of Count Alan III of Rennes, attacked the Bishop at his castle at Le Ferte and reduced this castle as well.

On 7 March 1025, Fulk Nerra lured Herbert to Saintes on the promise of giving him Saintes as a benefice. Herbert was captured and imprisoned for two years until a coalition forced his release. During his captivity Fulk had taken over the government of Maine and before returning Herbert to his countship, he seized the southwestern territories of Maine including several fortresses, attaching them to Anjou. It was only after suffering complete humiliation that Herbert was allowed to go free.

Due in part to his wars with Bishop Avesguadus (an ally of Fulk Nerra) and in part with his imprisonment, the county of Maine declined under Herbert I. He built the castle of Sablé but by 1015 he had for some reason allowed it to become an independent lordship under the viscounts of Maine. Likewise Chateau-du-Loir built in the early eleventh century also quickly came under control of independent castellans.

While plain coins with only Latin motto Gratia dei rex had been minted under comital authority throughout the tenth century at Le Mans, at some time between 1020 and 1030 coins were struck with the monogram of Count Herbert and the motto signum Dei vivi and continued with this design through the twelfth century. The coins at le Mans were of such weight and fine quality they were among the most widely accepted in western France. Herbert died on 13 April 1035.

Issue
Herbert left four children:

1.) Hugh IV, successor, married Bertha of Blois, daughter of Herbert's opponent Odo II of Blois.

2.) Gersenda, married firstly Theobald III of Blois (son of Herbert's opponent Odo II of Blois); divorced in 1048 and married secondly Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan. Her son by the latter would regain Maine from Norman control in 1069, as count Hugh V

3.) Paula (Paule or Paulæ) wife of Jean de la Fleche, their son Elias would succeed his first cousin Hugh V as Count of Maine.

4.) Biota, married Walter III of the Vexin, and Walter briefly held Maine after the death of her nephew, Herbert II, son of Hugh IV, before both Walter and Biota died of possible poisoning and William the Conqueror seized the county.

Herbert married de Preuilly, Paula II in 1018 in France. Paula (daughter of de Preuilly, Seigneur Gosbert and du Bouchet, Adèle) was born in 999 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France; died on 13 Apr 1036 in France; was buried after 13 Apr 1036 in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 9S1L-ZP2

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GDZD-15C

Odo married de Bourgogne, Berthe in 983 in Bourgogne, France. Berthe (daughter of von Hochburgund, Conrad III and de France, Mathilde) was born on 27 Mar 967 in Königreich, Stade, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 16 Jan 1010 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GDZ6-3JS

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Auvergne, France; Count
• Nickname: Guillaume
• FSID: GSLQ-47Y

Notes:

HUMBERGE IS THE WIFE OF WILLIAM IV:

"GUILLAUME IV. Comte d'Auvergne. He is named in charters of his wife quoted below. MARRIED HUMBERGE, daughter of UNKNOWN. There is doubt about Humberge's parentage, but she MAY have been HUMBERGE, daughter of Etienne de Brioude and his second wife Adelais [Blanche] d’Anjou, a hypothesis which *appears* to provide a good solution to various chronological difficulties posed by references in different primary sources.

fmg.ac. (n.d.). AUVERGNE. [online] Available at: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AUVERGNE.htm#GuillaumeIVAuvergnedied1016 [Accessed 5 Jun. 2021].

"Si conosce il nome della moglie, Umberga, di cui non si conoscono gli ascendenti, come asserisce il Baluze, nella sua Histoire généalogique de la maison d'Auvergne."

"We know the name of his wife, Umberga, whose ancestors are not known, as Baluze asserts in his Histoire généalogique de la maison d'Auvergne."

ai (2013). Guglielmo IV d’Alvernia. [online] Wikipedia.org. Available at: https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guglielmo_IV_d%27Alvernia [Accessed 5 Jun. 2021].

Contributeurs aux projets Wikimedia (2004). Guillaume IV d’Auvergne. [online] Wikipedia.org. Available at: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_IV_d%27Auvergne [Accessed 5 Jun. 2021].

WIlliam married d'Auvergne, Humberge. Humberge (daughter of de Bourbon, Seigneur Aimond Ier) was born between 930 and 940 in Aquitaine, France; died in UNKNOWN in Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LT8S-3TF

Notes:

HUMBERGE IS THE WIFE OF WILLIAM IV:

-- http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/AUVERGNE.htm#GuillaumeIVAuvergnedied1016 --

"GUILLAUME IV. Comte d'Auvergne. He is named in charters of his wife quoted below. MARRIED HUMBERGE, daughter of UNKNOWN. There is doubt about Humberge's parentage, but she MAY have been HUMBERGE, daughter of Etienne de Brioude and his second wife Adelais [Blanche] d’Anjou, a hypothesis which *appears* to provide a good solution to various chronological difficulties posed by references in different primary sources.

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/toulnoreast.htm#HumbergeErmengardeBrioudeMGuillAuvergne
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarde_(comtesse_d%27Auvergne)
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ier_d%27Auvergne

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Lusignan, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; 3rd Lord of Lusignan
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Maine
• FSID: G9G8-ZCS

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_III_of_Lusignan
geni.com

Hugues Albus ("le Blanc") de Lusignan, III
Also Known As: "the White", "Hugh III of Lusignan"
Birthdate: circa 948
Birthplace: Lusignan, Vienne, France
Death: 1012 (59-69)
France
Immediate Family:

Son of Hugues II "the Kind" de Lusignan and N.N.
Husband of Arsende de Vivonne

Father of Hugh IV of Lusignan and Mahaut de Lusignan
Brother of Seigneur Josselin, 1er de Parthenay and Aimeric De Lusignan
Occupation: Sire

HUGUES [III] "Albus" de Lusignan (-[1012]). The Chronicle of Saint-Maixent names "Hugonis Kari" as builder of "castrum Liziniacum…primus castrum" and father of "Hugonis Albi"[275]. Seigneur de Lusignan.
m ([967]) [ARSENDE], daughter of [--- de Vivonne & his wife ---].
Hugues [III] & his wife had one child:
i) HUGUES [IV] "Brunus/le Brun" de Lusignan (-[1025/32]).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_III_of_Lusignan:
Hugh III (fl. late tenth century), called Albus (the White), was the third Lord of Lusignan, probably the son and successor of Hugh II. He confirmed the donation by one of his vassals of the church of Mezeaux to the abbey of Saint-Cyprien and himself granted the abbey the woodland and the public road between Lusignan and Poitiers.

Hugues married de Rennes, Ermengarde. Ermengarde was born in 973 in France; died in 1015 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G8LR-KNW

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Gaudebert
• FSID: GH7W-K58
• Death: 1030, Claise, Indre, Centre, France

Gosbert married du Bouchet, Adèle in 999 in France. Adèle was born in 980 in Corbeil, Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was christened in Claise, Indre, Centre, France; died in 1037 in Preuilly-sur-Claise, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G7NP-Q6H

Notes:

https://www.geni.com/people/Ad%C3%A8le-N/6000000009304958406?through=6000000009304958402