Career
He was also known as Hugo Miles. He was chosen by Hugh Capet, duke of France (not yet king), to be "advocate of the abbey of Saint-Riquier and castellan of Abbeville". He also received Hugh Capet"s daughter, Gisela, in marriage.
Hugh"s origins are unknown, and the date which he received his fief is only "ascertainable within broad limits" as c.980.
He is not known to have ever styled himself Count of Ponthieu. 994 Gisèle Capet, daughter of Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine.
Thus, the counts of Ponthieu, who figure prominently in early Norman history, were even newer to their status as landed lords than the Normans.
