Background
He succeeded his father in 1065 as Count of Rethel.
He succeeded his father in 1065 as Count of Rethel.
Hugh married Melisende of Crécy, the daughter of Lord Guy I of Montlhérailway They had the following children:
Manasses (1054-1115)
Gervais (1056-1124), count of Rethel
Baldwin II (1058-1131), king of Jerusalem (1118-1131)
Matilda (b 1060)
Hodierna, married Heribrand III of Hierges and secondly Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch
Cecilia
Beatrix, married Leo I, Prince of Armenia.
