Hugh 'The Great' Crepi of France

Male 1050 - 1102  (52 years)


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  • Name Hugh 'The Great' Crepi of France 
    Born 1050  Vermandois, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Duke of Burgundy 
    Died 18 Oct 1102  Tarsus, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I62519  Little Chute Genealogy
    Last Modified 22 Aug 2007 

    Father Henri I King Of France,   b. 1008, Reims, Marne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 04 May 1060, Vitry-aux-Loges, Loiret, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Mother Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna Kiev,   b. cir 1023, Kiev, Ukraine, Russia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1076, La Ferté, Seine-et-Marne, Ile-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Married 19 May 1051  Perrancey, Haute-Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F23377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Adelaide Countess De Vermandois,   b. 1050, Valois, Bretagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1120  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 1064  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Isabel Elizabeth De Crepi De Vermandois,   b. cir 1050, Valois, Bretagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1130, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years)
     2. Agnes of Vermandois,   b. cir 1067, Valois, Bretagne, France Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Elizabeth Isabel de Crepi Vermandois,   b. 13 Feb 1081, Vermandois, Normandy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1146, Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2022 
    Family ID F23376  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • He married the heiress of Vermandois and died on crusade in Tarsus, Cilicia. In early 1096 Hugh and Philip began discussing the First Crusade after news of the Council of Clermont reached them in Paris. Although Philip could not participate, as he had been excommunicated, Hugh was said to have been influenced to join the Crusade after an eclipse of the moon on February 11, 1096. That summer Hugh's army left France for Italy, where they would cross the Adriatic Sea into territory of the Byzantine Empire, unlike the other Crusader armies who were travelling by land. On the way, many of the soldiers led by fellow Crusader Emich of Leiningen joined Hugh's army after Emich was defeated by the Hungarians, whose land he had been pillaging. Hugh crossed the Adriatic from Bari in southern Italy, but many of his ships were destroyed in a storm off the Byzantine port of Dyrrhachium. Hugh and most of his army was rescued and escorted to Constantinople, where they arrived in November of 1096. Prior to his arrival, Hugh sent an arrogant, insulting letter to Emperor Alexius I, demanding that Alexius meet with him. Alexius was already wary of the armies about to arrive, after the unruly mob led by Peter the Hermit had passed through earlier in the year. Alexius kept Hugh in custody in a monastery until Hugh swore an oath of vassalage to him. After the Crusaders had successfully made their way across Seljuk territory and, in 1098, captured Antioch, Hugh was sent back to Constantinople to appeal for reinforcements from Alexius. Alexius was uninterested, however, and Hugh, instead of returning to Antioch to help plan the siege of Jerusalem, went back to France. There he was scorned for not having fulfilled his vow as a Crusader to complete a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and Pope Paschal II threated to excommunicate him. He joined the minor Crusade of 1101, but was wounded in battle with the Turks at Heraclea in June, and died of his wounds in October in Tarsus. was the brother of King Philip I of France, and count of Vermandois. In early 1096 Hugh and Philip began discussing the First Crusade after news of the Council of Clermont reached them in Paris. Although Philip could not participate, as he had been excommunicated, Hugh was said to have been influenced to join the Crusade after an eclipse of the moon on February 11, 1096. That summer Hugh's army left France for Italy, where they would cross the Adriatic Sea into territory of the Byzantine Empire, unlike the other Crusader armies who were travelling by land. On the way, many of the soldiers led by fellow Crusader Emich of Leiningen joined Hugh's army after Emich was defeated by the Hungarians, whose land he had been pillaging. Hugh crossed the Adriatic from Bari in southern Italy, but many of his ships were destroyed in a storm off the Byzantine port of Dyrrhachium. Hugh and most of his army was rescued and escorted to Constantinople, where they arrived in November of 1096. Prior to his arrival, Hugh sent an arrogant, insulting letter to Emperor Alexius I, demanding that Alexius meet with him. Alexius was already wary of the armies about to arrive, after the unruly mob led by Peter the Hermit had passed through earlier in the year. Alexius kept Hugh in custody in a monastery until Hugh swore an oath of vassalage to him. After the Crusaders had successfully made their way across Seljuk territory and, in 1098, captured Antioch, Hugh was sent back to Constantinople to appeal for reinforcements from Alexius. Alexius was uninterested, however, and Hugh, instead of returning to Antioch to help plan the siege of Jerusalem, went back to France. There he was scorned for not having fulfilled his vow as a Crusader to complete a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and Pope Paschal II threated to excommunicate him. He joined the minor Crusade of 1101, but was wounded in battle with the Turks at Heraclea in June, and died of his wounds in October in Tarsus. on crusade In early 1096 Hugh and Philip began discussing the First Crusade after news of the Council of Clermont reached them in Paris. Although Philip could not participate, as he had been excommunicated, Hugh was said to have been influenced to join the Crusade after an eclipse of the moon on February 11, 1096. After the Crusaders had successfully made their way across Seljuk territory and, in 1098, captured Antioch, Hugh was sent back to Constantinople to appeal for reinforcements from Alexius. Alexius was uninterested, however, and Hugh, instead of returning to Antioch to help plan the siege of Jerusalem, went back to France. There he was scorned for not having fulfilled his vow as a Crusader to complete a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and Pope Paschal II threated to excommunicate him. He joined the minor Crusade of 1101, but was wounded in battle with the Turks at Heraclea in June, and died of his wounds in October in Tarsus. (Wikipedia)