Count of Vermandois Hugh Capet, II

1057 - 1102  (45 years)

• Name	Hugh Capet  [1, 2]
  Title	Count of Vermandois
  Suffix	II
  Birth	1057	France   [2, 3]
  	(Vermandois)
  Gender	Male
  Military - Old World	1085  [3]
  	Hugh helped William the Conqueror repel a Danish invasion of England. He joined the First Crusade in 1096.
  		War-Crusade I (The Four Leaders) Hugh was one of the knightly leaders of the First Crusade - Wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CrusadeLeaders.jpg
  Eden	95th great grandson of Adam and Eve
  Death	18 Oct 1102	Mersin, Turkey   [2, 3]
  	Died in Tarsus from wounds at the second battle of Heraclea with the Turks
  Person ID	I7809	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Duke of Burgundy and King of the Franks Henri Capet, I,   b. 4 May 1008, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France d. 4 Aug 1060, Brie, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Queen of France, Grand Duchess of Kiev Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna,   b. 1036, Kyyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine d. 5 Sep 1075, Essonne, Île-de-France, France (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 May 1051	Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France   [4, 5, 6]
  	(Rheims)
  		Church - Cathedral at Reims Notre-Dame de Reims (Our Lady of Reims) is the seat of the Archdiocese of Reims, where the kings of France were once crowned. The cathedral replaces an older church, destroyed by fire in 1211, that was built on the site of the basilica where Clovis was baptized by Saint Remi, bishop of Reims, in AD 496. That original structure had itself been…
  Family ID	F3228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Countess Vermandois Adelaide de Vermandois,   b. 1050, Bretagne, France d. 23 Sep 1120, Meulan, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	1064	France
  Children	1. Countess of Leicester Isabel de Vermandois,   b. 1085, Basse-Normandie, France d. 13 Feb 1131, Sens, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2677	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 18 Oct 1102 - Mersin, Turkey  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~Eden-Hugh Capet II On Our Path to the Garden of Eden (95th great grandson of Adam and Eve) Hugh, Count of Vermandois (1057 – October 18, 1101), called the Great was the first count of Vermandois from the House of Capet. He is known primarily for being one of the leaders of the First Crusade. His nickname Magnus (greater or elder)

  
  

  Arms Icons & Insignia

  Arms-Crest of Kingdom of FRANCE

  
  

  Old World

  _Hugh Magnus Hugh and his Crusader army left France and travelled via the Alps and Rome to Bari, where he would cross the Adriatic Sea into territory of the Byzantine Empire, unlike most crusaders who travelled over land. He joined the subsequent Crusade of 1101, but was wounded in battle with the Turks led by Kilij Arslan at the second battle of Heraclea in…

  
  

  Wars & Battles

  War-Crusade I (The Four Leaders) Hugh was one of the knightly leaders of the First Crusade - Wikipedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CrusadeLeaders.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees. [S6040] FindAGrave Old World, Hugh Capet II 1057-1102. Hugh I Count of Vermandois https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149955102/hugh_i-count_of_vermandois [S858] Wikipedia: Hugh, Count of Vermandois, Hugh Capet II. Hugh (1057 – October 18, 1101),[1][2] called the Great (Latin Hugo Magnus), was a younger son of Henry I of France and Anne of Kiev and younger brother of Philip I.[3] He was Count of Vermandois in right of his wife (jure uxoris). His nickname Magnus (greater or elder) is probably a bad translation into Latin of a French nickname, le Maisné, meaning "the younger", referring to Hugh as younger brother of the King of France. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh,_Count_of_Vermandois [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S325] Wikipedia: Anne of Kiev, Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna. Anne of Kiev (c. 1030 – 1075), Anna Yaroslavna, Anna of Rus also called Agnes, in France known initially as Anne de Russie[1] or Agnes de Russie,[2] was the queen consort of Henry I of France, and regent of France during the minority of her son, Philip I of France, from 1060 until 1065. Anne founded St. Vincent Abbey in Senlis. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_of_Kiev [S326] Wikipedia: Henry I of France, Henri Capet I. Henry I (4 May 1008 – 4 August 1060) was King of the Franks from 1031 to 1060, the third from the House of Capet. The royal demesne of France reached its smallest size during his reign, and for this reason he is often seen as emblematic of the weakness of the early Capetians. This is not entirely agreed upon, however, as other historians regard him as a strong but realistic king, who was forced to conduct a policy mindful of the limitations of the French monarchy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_France