Hugh IV, Count of Rethel (1244–1285) was a son of Manasses V[1] and his wife, Isabelle of Écry. In 1272, he succeeded his father as Count of Rethel.

Hugues IV was married to:

  • Agnes of Chiny
  • Marie of Enghien
  • Isabelle of Grandpré[1]

With Isabelle, he had a daughter, Jeanne, Countess of Rethel, who succeeded him.[2] In 1290, Jeanne married Louis I, Count of Flanders.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Evergates 2007, p. 252.
  2. ^ a b Vanderkindere 1899, p. 111.

Sources

  • Evergates, Theodore (2007). The Aristocracy in the Count of Champagne, 1100-1300. University of Pennsylvania Press.
  • Vanderkindere, Léon (1899). "Histoire de la formation territoriale des principautés belges au moyen âge : La Flandre". Bulletin de la Commission royale d'Histoire (in French). Librairie Kiessling et Cie: 1–195.
Hugh IV, Count of Rethel
Born: 1244 Died: 1285
Preceded by Count of Rethel
1272–1285
Succeeded by
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