Английская Википедия:Herbert II, Count of Vermandois
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox royalty Herbert II (died 23 February 943), Count of Vermandois, Count of Meaux, and Count of Soissons. He was the first to exercise power over the territory that became the province of Champagne.
Life
Herbert was the son of Herbert I of Vermandois.Шаблон:Sfn He was apparently well aware of his descent from Charlemagne.Шаблон:Sfn Herbert inherited the titles of his father and in 907 : count of Soissons, count of Vermandois, inclunding the positions of Lay abbot of St. Quentin and St. Médard entitling him to the income of those estates. His marriage with a daughter of king Robert I of France brought him the County of Meaux.Шаблон:Sfn He acquired the county of Beauvais on the death of his relative, Count Bernard.[1]
In 922, when Seulf became Archbishop of Rheims, in an effort to appease Herbert II, Seulf solemnly promised Herbert II that he could nominate his successor.Шаблон:Sfn In 923, Count Herbert took the bold step of imprisoning King Charles III, who died still a captive in 929.Шаблон:EfnШаблон:Sfn Then, on the death of Seulf in 925, with the help of King Rudolph, he acquired for his second son Hugh (then five years old) the archbishopric of Rheims.Шаблон:Sfn Herbert took the additional step of sending emissaries to Rome to Pope John X to gain his approval, which that pope gave in 926.Шаблон:Sfn On his election young Hugh was sent to Auxerre to study.Шаблон:Sfn
In 926, on the death of Count Roger I of Laon. Herbert demanded this countship for Eudes, his eldest son.Шаблон:Sfn He took the town in defiance of King Rudolph leading to a clash between the two in 927.Шаблон:Sfn Using the threat of releasing King Charles III, whom he held captive, Herbert managed to hold the city for four more years.Шаблон:Sfn But after the death of Charles in 929, Rudolph again attacked Laon in 931 successfully defeating Herbert.Шаблон:Sfn The same year the king entered Rheims and defeated archbishop Hugh, the son of Herbert.Шаблон:Sfn Artaud became the new archbishop of Reims.Шаблон:Sfn Herbert II then lost, in three years, Vitry, Laon, Château-Thierry, and Soissons.Шаблон:Sfn The intervention of his ally, Henry the Fowler, allowed him to restore his domains (except Rheims and Laon) in exchange for his submission to King Rudolph.
Later Herbert allied with Hugh the Great and William Longsword, duke of Normandy against King Louis IV, who allocated the County of Laon to Roger II, the son of Roger I, in 941. Herbert and Hugh the Great took back Rheims and captured Artaud.Шаблон:Sfn Hugh, the son of Herbert, was restored as archbishop.Шаблон:Sfn Again the mediation of the German King Otto I in Visé, near Liège, in 942 allowed for the normalization of the situation.
Death and legacy
Herbert II died on 23 February 943 at Saint-Quentin, Aisne (the capital of the county of Vermandois) from natural causes.Шаблон:Sfn The story of him being hanged by king Louis IV (see fig. above) during a hunt is fictitious.Шаблон:Efn His vast estates and territories were divided among his sons.Шаблон:Sfn Vermandois and Amiens went to the two elder sons while Robert and Herbert, the younger sons, were given the valuable holdings scattered throughout Champagne.Шаблон:Sfn On Robert's death his brother's son Herbert III inherited them all. Herbert III's only son Stephen died childless in 1019–20 thus ending the male line of Herbert II.Шаблон:Sfn
Family
Herbert married Adele, daughter of Robert I of France.Шаблон:Sfn Together they had the following children:
| Name | Birth Date | Death Date | |
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| Eudes of Vermandois | Шаблон:CircaШаблон:Sfn | 946Шаблон:Sfn | Count of Amiens and of Vienne |
| Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois | Шаблон:Circa | 987 | Married [[Gerberge of Lorraine|Gerberge of LorraineШаблон:Sfn]] |
| Adela of Vermandois | 910 | 960 | Married 934 Count Arnulf I of FlandersШаблон:Sfn |
| Herbert 'the Old' | Шаблон:Circa | 980 | Count of Omois, married 951 Eadgifu of Wessex daughter of Edward the Elder King of England and widow of Charles III King of France.Шаблон:EfnШаблон:Sfn |
| Robert of Vermandois | 967 | Count of Meaux and Châlons | |
| Luitgarde of Vermandois | Шаблон:Circa | 978 | married 940 William I, Duke of Normandy;Шаблон:Sfn married secondly, Шаблон:Circa, Theobald I of BloisШаблон:Efn Their son was Odo I, Count of Blois.Шаблон:Sfn |
| Hugh of Vermandois | 920 | 962 | Archbishop of ReimsШаблон:Sfn |
| Guy I, Count of Soissons | 986Шаблон:Sfn |
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