Enguerrand I, Count of Ponthieu
Enguerrand I was the son of Hugh I of Ponthieu and Gisela, daughter of Hugh Capet.[1]
Marriages and children
With his first wife Adelaide, daughter of Arnulf, Count of Holland, they had:
His second wife has been identified as the wife of Count Arnold II of Boulogne[lower-alpha 1] and they had:
- Guy, Bishop of Amiens
- Fulk (later abbot of Forest l'Abbaye)
Enguerrand died around 1045 "at a great age."
Notes
- Arnold II died in battle against Enguerrand
References
- Douglas 1946, p. 149.
- Power 2007, p. 484.
Sources
- Douglas, David (1946). "The Earliest Norman Counts". The English Historical Review. Vol. 61, No. 240 May.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Power, Daniel (2007). The Norman Frontier in the Twelfth and Early Thirteenth Centuries. Cambridge University Press.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
Further reading
- The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio of Bishop Guy of Amiens, edited by Catherine Morton and Hope Muntz, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1972.
| Preceded by Hugh I |
Count of Ponthieu c. 1000 – c. 1045 |
Succeeded by Hugh II |
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