Hugh I of Le Puiset

Hugh I of Le Puiset (died 23 December 1096), also called Hugues Blavons, ^[1] was the second son of Everard I of Breteuil and his wife Humberge. ^[2]

In 1067, taking advantage of the weakness of Philip I of France, he seized the royal castle of Le Puiset  [ fr ] and settled there.^{[ citation needed ]} In 1073, he became viscount of Chartres when his older brother, Everard II, abdicated to become a monk. ^[3]

Hugh married Alice of Montlhéry, daughter of Guy I, lord of Montlhéry, and Hodierna de Gometz. ^[2] The family of Montlhéry was also part of the turbulent nobility that King Louis VI would have to put down a generation later.^{[ citation needed ]} The alliances of the Montlhéry Clan formed a broad network of nobles who engaged heavily in the Crusades.

Hugh and Alice had at least nine children:

• Odeline (d. before 2 November 1107), married Joscelin IV of Lèves, a crusader. ^[2] Their daughter (name unknown) married Ralph the Red of Pont-Echanfray.
• Éverard III, lord of Puiset, viscount of Chartres ^[2]
• Hugh II, lord of Puiset, count of Jaffa (as Hugh I of Jaffa) ^[2]
• Guy (d. 1127 of after), canon of Chartres, lord of Méréville, viscount of Étampes ^[2]
• Gilduin (d. 1135), monk at Saint-Martin-des-Champs, prior of Lurey-Le-Bourg, abbot of the Abbey of St. Mary of the Valley of Jehosaphat t ^[2]
• Waleran (Galéran) (d. in prison 1126), made lord of Birecik in 1116 after its capture by Baldwin II. ^[4] Married the daughter of the previous lord, Abu'lgharib.
• Ralph ^[2]
• Humberge, married Walo II of Beaumont-sur-Oise, viscount of Chaumont-en-Vexin. ^[2] Their son Drogo was an early ancestor of the counts of Dammartin.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Eustachie ^[2]

Hugh established a priory of Marmountier at Le Puiset. ^[3] See also the Houses of Montlhéry and Le Puiset.

Notes

1. Iogna-Prat 2002, p. 546.
2. La Monte 1942, pp. 100–101.
3. Riley-Smith 1997, p. 47.
4. Runciman 1951, p. 210.

References

• Iogna-Prat, Dominique (2002). "Évrard de Breteuil et son double: Morphologie de la conversion en milieu aristocratique (v. 1070–v. 1120)". In M. Lauwers (ed.). Guerriers et moines: Conversion et sainteté aristocratiques dans l'Occident médiéval (IX^e–XII^e siècle). Brepols. pp. 537–557. doi:10.1484/m.cem-eb.4.2017047.
• La Monte, John L. (January 1942). "The Lords of Le Puiset on the Crusades". Speculum. JSTOR   2856610.
• Riley-Smith, Jonathan (1997). The First Crusaders, 1095-1131. University of Cambridge Press.
• Runciman, Steven (1951). A History of the Crusades, Vol. I. Cambridge University Press.