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Enguerrand I was the son of Hugh I of Ponthieu and Gisela, daughter of Hugh Capet. [1]
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Enguerrand I was the son of Hugh I of Ponthieu and Gisela, daughter of Hugh Capet. [1]
Enguerrand married Adelaide, daughter of Arnulf, Count of Holland, they had:
With his second wife, Adelvie, [3] widow of Count Arnold II of Boulogne, [lower-alpha 1] they had:
Enguerrand married Berta, daughter of Geurenfrid. [3]
Enguerrand died around 1045 [3] "at a great age."[ citation needed ]
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Hugh II of Ponthieu was count of Ponthieu and lord of Abbeville, the son of Enguerrand I of Ponthieu. Evidently, Hugh II was the half-brother of Guy, who became the bishop of Amiens; Fulk, who became the abbot of Forest l'Abbaye; and Robert. However, it is possible that both Robert and Hugh II were the sons of Enguerrand's first wife, and Guy and Fulk the sons of a later wife that Enguerrand I married when he was in his forties.
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