Count of Vermandois Hugh Capet

1057 - 1102  (45 years)

• Name	Hugh Capet
  Prefix	Count of Vermandois
  Born	1057	Vermandois, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Oct 1102	Tarsus, Tarsus, Gilicia, Cilicie   [1, 2, 3]
  	After the Crusaders had successfully made their way across Seljuk territory and, in 1098, captured Antioch, Hugh was sent back to Constantinople to appeal for reinforcements from Alexius. Alexius was uninterested, however, and Hugh, instead o of r eturning to Antioch to help plan the siege of Jerusalem, went back to France. There he was scorned for not having fulfilled his vow as a Crusader to complete a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and Pope Paschal II threatened to excommunicate him. He join ed the minor Crusade of 1101, but was wounded in battle with the Turks at Heraclea in June, and died of his wounds in October in Tarsus. After the Crusaders had successfully made their way across Seljuk territory and, in 1098, captured Antioch, Hugh was sent back to Constantinople to appeal for reinforcements from Alexius. Alexius was uninterested, however, and Hugh, instead o of r eturning to Antioch to help plan the siege of Jerusalem, went back to France. There he was scorned for not having fulfilled his vow as a Crusader to complete a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and Pope Paschal II threatened to excommunicate him. He join ed the minor Crusade of 1101, but was wounded in battle with the Turks at Heraclea in June, and died of his wounds in October in Tarsus. After the Crusaders had successfully made their way across Seljuk territory and, in 1098, captured Antioch, Hugh was sent back to Constantinople to appeal for reinforcements from Alexius. Alexius was uninterested, however, and Hugh, instead o of r eturning to Antioch to help plan the siege of Jerusalem, went back to France. There he was scorned for not having fulfilled his vow as a Crusader to complete a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, and Pope Paschal II threatened to excommunicate him. He join ed the minor Crusade of 1101, but was wounded in battle with the Turks at Heraclea in June, and died of his wounds in October in Tarsus.
  Buried	St Paul de Tarse
  Person ID	P44554617	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2010

  
  

  Father	King of France Henry Capet, I,   b. Apr 1008,   d. 4 Aug 1060, Vitry-en-Brie, France  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Anna Agresa Yaroslavna, of Kiev,   b. 1036,   d. 1089  (Age 53 years)
  Married	29 Jan 1044
  Family ID	F226857	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Countess of Vermandois Adelaide,   b. 1050, Valois, Bretagne, France ,   d. 23 Sep 1120, Vermandois, Normandy, France  (Age 70 years)
  Children	1. Count of Vermandois Raoul Capet, I   2. Countess of Leicester Isabel de Vermandois,   b. Abt 1085, Valois, France ,   d. 13 Feb 1131, England  (Age 46 years)   3. Lord of Chaumont-en-Vexin Henry Capet,   d. 1130   4. Bishop of Noyon Simon Capet   5. Matilda Capet   6. Constance Capet   7. Agnes Capet   8. Beatrix Capet   9. Emma Capet
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2012
  Family ID	F227060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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