Enguerrand
(Enguerrand I)
"Comte de Ponthieu"
de Ponthieu
formerly Ponthieu
Born about in Ponthieu, Somme, Picardie, France
Ancestors 
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Adelheid (Holland) van Holland
— married
1033 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Hugues (Ponthieu) de Ponthieu, Elisende (Ponthieu) de Guînes, Aleida (Ponthieu) d'Arques and Adelaide (Ponthieu) de Beaumont
Died
at about age 66
in Somme, Picardy, France
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Enguerrand I Ponthieu was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.
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Biography
Name
"The Chronique de Saint Riquier names "Angelran" as son of Hugues, commenting that he contented himself with the title avoué until his marriage when he adopted the title comte[1294]. Avoué de Saint-Riquier. [1]
Birth
Enguerrand I Comte de PONTHIEU b: ABT 979 in Montreuil, Artois/Pas-de-Calais, France [2]
Title
The Chronique de Saint Riquier names "Angelran" as son of Hugues, commenting that he contented himself with the title avoué until his marriage when he adopted the title comte[. Avoué de Saint-Riquier. [3]
Parents
His father was:
- A Knight Named Hughes. The Chronique de Saint Riquier records that Hugues "Capet" King of France granted the château d'Abbeville "à un chevalier nommé Hugues" who had married the king's daughter "Gisèle". [4]
- Hugues I Comte de PONTHIEU [5]
- Hugh I de /Montreuil/, Seigneur of Abbeville [2]
His father was born about 958 in Ponthieu, Somme, Picardy, France [2]
Hughes died 4 July 1000. [3]
He died 4 July 1000 in Abbeville, Somme, Picardy, France [6]
His mother was Gisela Princess of FRANCE b: ABT 960 in Paris, Seine, Ile-de-France, France. [2] [4]She was born about 970. [4]
Hughes married (before 987) Gisele de France, daughter of HUGUES Duc des Francs [later HUGUES "Capet" King of France] & his wife Adelais [d'Aquitaine] ([[969][486]-). The Chronique de Saint Riquier records that Hugues "Capet" King of France granted the château d'Abbeville "à un chevalier nommé Hugues" who had married the king's daughter "Gisèle". [3]
Foundation of Ponthieu
Hugues Capet King of France separated Abbeville, Ancre and Domart from the Abbaye de Saint-Riquier and gave them to Hugues, who was known as the avoué de Saint-Riquier. These territories became the foundation of the county of Ponthieu. [1]
The Chronique de Saint Riquier records that Hugues "Capet" King of France granted the château d'Abbeville "à un chevalier nommé Hugues" and also confiscated "Forest-Moutier" from the abbey of Saint-Riquier and granted it to him, recording in a later passage that Hugues bore the title "avoué" not comte. These territories became the foundation of the county of Ponthieu. [3]
Battles
He defeated Gilbert Comte de Brionne who had invaded Le Vimeu[1295]. [1]
First Marriage to Unknown
Cawley reports that he married, firstly, an unknown wife. "If the date attributed to Enguerrand's marriage to Aleida is correct as shown below, it is chronologically implausible for her to have been the mother of Enguerrand's sons. This is because Enguerrand's grandson, Enguerrand, must have married in [1045/50] (see below). This earlier marriage is therefore almost inevitably correct, although no direct reference which confirms this has yet been found in primary sources." [1]
1033 Second Marriage to Aleida
m [secondly] ([after 1033]) as her second husband, ALEIDA, widow of BAUDOUIN Comte de Boulogne, daughter of [ARNULF Count of Holland & his wife Liutgard de Luxembourg]. The Chronique de Saint Riquier records that "Angelran" killed "le comte de Boulogne" in battle and married his widow "Adelvie…qui était de l'origine la plus illustre", after which he adopted the title comte. [1] [3]
She is named as the possible daughter of Arnulf, and her two marriages shown, in Europäische Stammtafeln[1298] but the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified. [1]
1045 Death
The Chronique de Saint Riquier records the death in 1045 of "seigneur Angelran" and his burial at Saint-Riquier[1296]. [1]
Enguerreand died in 1045 and was buried at Saint-Riquier.[3]
Issue
Enguerrand & his [first] wife had three children: [1]
- HUGUES (-killed 20 Nov 1052, bur Saint-Riquier). The Chronique de Saint Riquier records that "son fils Hugues" succeeded after the death of "Angelran"[1299]. [1]
- GUY (-1074). The Chronicon Hariulfi records that “Guidonem...comitis germanum Hugonis, comitis Widonis patruum” succeeded “Fulconis” as bishop of Amiens[1300]. Archdeacon of Notre-Dame. Bishop of Amiens 1058. He was the probable author of the poem Carmen, written in [1067], which commemorates the campaign of Guillaume II Duke of Normandy to conquer England[1301]. [1]
- FOULQUES (-after 1059). The Chronique de Saint Riquier records that "Foulques…fils d'Angelran" usurped the abbacy of Saint-Riquier[1302]. Abbé de Saint-Riquier 1042. Abbé de Forestmoutier 1045. "[1]
Research Notes
Some genealogies including those of Jim Weber [2] show Enguerrand de Ponthieu and his wife Adele Gant de Boulologne as the parents of Piers de Valognes. No credible sources have been found to confirm such a relationship, and therefore these persons are not linked as parents and child.
Sources
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Charles Cawley, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database. Chapter 2. Comtes de Montreuil Accessed Feb 8, 2018 jhd
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Jim Weber. The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Hughes I Comte de Ponthieu Updated June 11, 2015. Accessed February 8, 2018. jhd
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Charles Cawley. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database. Chapter 2. Comtes de Montreuil Accessed February 8, 2018 jhd
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Charles Cawley. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database. Kings of France 987-1328 Accessed February 8, 2018. jhd
- ↑ Wiliam Henry Turton, The Plantagenet Ancestry, 1968, Page: 13. Cited by Jim Weber. The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Hughes I Comte de Ponthieu Updated June 11, 2015. Accessed February 8, 2018. jhd
- ↑ Peter Stewart, Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, 18 April 2005. Cited by Jim Weber. The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Hughes I Comte de Ponthieu Updated June 11, 2015. Accessed February 8, 2018. jhd
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jweber&id=I10694 - accessed 22 July 2017
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Her correct father is Enguerrand II (Ponthieu-95).
Thanks.