Vermandois

The county has been known since the 5th century. Its rulers initially ruled the county of Vermandois as a beneficiary. According to the Treaty of Ribbon of 880 , Vermandois, due to its proximity to the duchy of Lower Lorraine, becomes a buffer zone between the West Frankish and East Frankish kingdoms .

At the end of the 9th century, the title of Earl of Vermandois was granted to the lord of Peronne, Senlis and Saint-Quentin, Herbert I , a representative of the Carolingian side line, the descendants of the King of Italy Bernard , who was executed for the uprising against his uncle, the Frankish emperor Louis the Pious .

His son, Herbert II , who ruled in 902–943, significantly expanded his possessions, captured and held for 6 years in custody of King Charles III of Prostovy , until his death.

His descendants, Albert I, Herbert III, Albert II, Ed and Herbert IV left a less significant mark in history. Herbert IV in 1076 receives a dowry - as the son-in-law of Count Raul IV de Vexen - County of Valois .

Soon after, Herbert dies, and his heiress becomes the daughter of Adelaide, whose first husband, the Hugo of the Capetian clan, was the brother of the French king Philip I and one of the leaders of the First Crusade . Hugo died in 1102 in the Cilician city ​​of Tarsus .

The eldest son of Hugo and Adelaide, Rudolph (Raul) I (who ruled 1102-1152), married Alix (Petronile) of Aquitaine, sister of Alienora of Aquitaine , and had 3 children from her.

The son of Raul II was Earl of Vermandois and Valois in 1152–1167.

The daughter of Raoul II - Mabil, together with her husband, Count Philip I of Alsace , ruled Vermandois, Valois and Amiens in 1167–1183.

In 1185, according to the conditions of peace in Beauvais , the French king Philip II Augustus transferred the county of Vermandois to Philippe of Alsace (he died in 1191), who helped the king of France leave Acre besieged in Palestine (in 1181-1191) and took command of the crusader forces there during the Third Crusade . Upon returning, the king concludes with Eleanor, the youngest daughter of Hugo and Alix, an agreement under which the latter received for life the eastern part of the county of Vermandois and the title of Countess of Saint-Quentin. The rest of the county - Peronn and its environs - went to the king. In 1214, Eleanor abandons his part of the county of Vermandois in favor of the crown, and in 1221 he dies.

Flanders House

• Rodulf († 896)

Caroling

• Herbert I (896–900 / 907), Earl of Moe, Earl of Soissons and Vermandois
• Herbert II (900 / 907-943), Earl of Moe, Earl of Soissons and Vermandois
• Albert I (Adalbert) (946–987), Earl of Vermandois
• Herbert III (987-1000 / 1002), Count of Vermandois
• Albert II (c. 1000 - before 1010), Count of Vermandois
• Ed (1021-1045), Earl of Vermandois
• Herbert IV (1045-1080), Count of Vermandois and Valois
• Adelaide (d. 1120/24), Countess of Vermandois and Valois

Capetings

• Hugo the Great (Count of Vermandois) (1087–1101), husband of Adelaide, the youngest son of the French king Henry I , count of Vermandois and Valois
• Raul I de Vermandois (1101–1152), Count of Amiens, Vermandois, Valois and Crepe, Seneschal of France in 1131–1152, regent of France since 1147
• Hugo II (Saint Felix of Valois) (1152 - c. 1160), Count of Vermandois and others, abandoned the county
• Raul II de Vermandois (c. 1160–1167), Count of Vermandois, etc.
• Mabil (1167–1183), Countess of Vermandois and Valois (1167–1183)
• Philip I of Alsace , husband of Mabili, (1167–1191)
• Eleanor de Vermandois (1191-1214), Countess of Vermandois, Valois and Saint-Quentin.

According to the concluded agreements, the western part of Vermandois was transferred to the French crown in 1191, and the eastern one - 1214.

• A. Plyushar . Encyclopedic Lexicon , Volume 9. - Typography of A. Plyushar; S.-P., 1837 - p. 473 (Vermandois).

• Valois

• Vermandois // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.