de Vermandois, Hérbert II

880 - 943  (63 years)

• Name	de Vermandois, Hérbert  [1, 2]
  Suffix	II
  Birth	880	Vermandois (Historical), Picardie, France   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  House	Carolingian
  FSID	LBBB-4XS  [1, 2]
  Death	23 Feb 943	Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Picardie, France   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I33874	The Thoma Family
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	de Vermandois, Hérbert I,   b. 849   d. 6 Nov 907 (Age 58 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F13249	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	de France, Adela,   b. 898, France d. DECEASED, France
  Children	1. of Vermandois, Albert I,   b. UNKNOWN   d. 9 Sep 988, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France  [natural]   2. de Vermandois, Adèle,   b. 910, Vermandois (Historical), Picardie, France d. 10 Oct 958, Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Age 48 years)  [natural]
  Family ID	F13231	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Sep 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 880 - Vermandois (Historical), Picardie, France Death - 23 Feb 943 - Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Picardie, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Herbert II of Vermandois was the son of Herbert I of Vermandois, born circa 880. He succeeded his father as Count of Vermandois, Count of Meaux, and Count of Soissons, in 907. Herbert II was the first to exercise power over the territory that became the province of Champagne. Herbert married Adele (Adela), daughter of King Robert I of France, and together they had the following children: - Luitgarde (–978), m. William I, Duke of Normandy and Theobald I of Blois - Adela (910–960), m. Count Arnulf I of Flanders - Eudes (915–946) - Hugh (920–962), Archbishop of Reims - Adalbert I (c. 915–987), m. Gerberge of Lorraine - Robert (925 - 975), Count of Meaux and Châlons - Herbert III of Omois (Herbert the Old) (–980) m. Eadgifu of Wessex, widow of King Charles III King - Guy I (d. 986), Count of Soissons Herbert was of the House of Carolingian, a descendant of Charlemagne, as was his wife Adele, giving their children the Carolingian heritage on both sides. Herbert participated in the overthrow of King Charles III of France. In 923 he captured and imprisoned King Charles, who died still a captive in 929. Charles wife, Queen Eadgifu, and their young son Louis were forced to flee to the safety of her family in England. By 936 that son had returned to France and was crowned King Louis IV. Ironically Eadgifu, the widow of King Charles later married Herbert's son Herbert III of Omois. In 925 Herbert acquired the archbishopric of Rheims for his second son Hugh, with the help of King Rudolph. Six year old Hugh was confirmed in this position by Pope John X in 926 and sent to Auxerre to study. In 926 Herbert demanded the Countship of Laon for his oldest son Eudes, after Count Roger I of Laon had died. King Rudolph denied him and Herbert seized Laon in defiance, setting in motion a feud that resulted in the loss of all of his properties and titles, as well as those of his sons. With the assistance of King Henry the Fowler, Herbert submitted to King Rudolph in 934 and all his properties, except for Rheims and Laon, were restored to him. Herbert II died on 23 February 943 at Saint-Quentin, Aisne (the capital of the county of Vermandois). His estates and territories were divided among his sons: Adalbert I succeeded him as Count of Vermandois Guy I as Count of Soissons Robert as Count of Meaux Herbert the Old as Count of Omois Herbert of Omois died without children his titles going to his nephews, on Robert's death, Adalbert's son Herbert III inherited all. Herbert III's only son Stephen died childless in 1019–20 thus ending the male line of Herbert II. https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_II_de_Vermandois https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_II,_Count_of_Vermandois “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013): “HERIBERT II, Count of Meaux, Soissons, and Vermandois and lay-abbot of Saint-Crépin and Saint-Médard of Soissons, 900/907-943, born about 880. He married ___ OF FRANCE, daughter of Robert I, King of France, by his wife, Aelis. They had five sons, Eudes [Count of Vienne and Amiens], Heribert [Count of Omois and Troyes], Robert [Count of Troyes and Meaux], Albert (I) [Count of Vermandois], and Hugues [Archbishop of Reims], and two daughters, Adèle and Ligard (or Luitgard, Ledgarde) (wife of Guillaume I, Duke of Normandy, and Thibaut I, Count of Blois and Chartres). HERIBERT II, Count of Vermandois, etc., died 23 Feb. 943, and was buried at Saint-Quentin. Martin & Jacob Histoire de Soissons 1 (1837): 370-371. Étienne-Gallois La Champagne et les derniers Carlovingiens (1853): 139-145. Halphen & Poupardin Chroniques des Comtes d'Anjou et des Seigneurs d'Amboise (1913): 247-250 (Genealogiæ Comitum Andegavensium). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) VI 3, VII 5. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3(1) (1984): 49 (sub Vermandois). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VI.3, VII.1-VII.7. Settipani & von Kerrebrouck La Préhistoire des Capetians (1993). Schwager Graf Heribert II (1994). Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 308 (Vermandois ped). Children of Heribert II de Vermandois, by ___ of France: i. ROBERT, Count of Troyes and Meaux [see next]. ii. ADELE DE VERMANDOIS, married ARNULF (or ARNOUL) I the Great or the Old, Count/Marquis of

  
  

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