Hugh de Vernon Count of Meulan

• Preferred Name: Hugh de Vernon Count of Meulan^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Occupation: Count of MeulanAFT 1069 in Meulan, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France at LATI: N9.0062 LONG: E0.9077
  
• Birth: ABT 1004 in Meulan, Yvelines, Ile-De-France, France at LATI: N9.0062 LONG: E0.9077
  
• FSID: GX8L-X3Q
  
• Death: ABT 1053 in Vernon, Eure, Normandy, France at LATI: N9.0905 LONG: E0.4843
  
• Occupation: Monk of Bec AbbeyAFT 1077 in Normandy, France at LATI: N8.928 LONG: E0.5326
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  County of Meulan
  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  The county of Meulan, in Normandy, France, appeared as an entity within the region of the Vexin when the otherwise unknown Count Waleran established an independent power base on a fortified island in the River Seine, around the year 1020. Waleran's origins are subject to several genealogical myths, not least that he had predecessors in his office.
  
  Waleran (Alternate Name • also known as: Waleran III, Galeran or Valeran III ) was active in the politics of his day, but the extent of the county at that date is unknown. Both he and his son Count Hugh maintained an independence from the Capetian king at Paris by a judicious if dangerous alliance with the dukes of Normandy downstream. This led to the marriage of Adeline, Count Hugh's sister, to the Norman magnate, Roger de Beaumont.
  
  On Count Hugh's death in 1081 his nephew, Robert de Beaumont, acquired the county. In his time it is clear that the settlement of Meulan had thrown out a suburb (called Locenis) on to the right bank of the Seine north of the fortified island. After 1109 and the sacking of the town by Louis VI of France, Count Robert built a new castle on the bluffs of Locenis. The original island settlement was dominated now by a fortified bridge, at which river tolls were collected, and the church of St Nicaise, refounded by the count as a priory of the Norman abbey of Bec-Hellouin. Count Robert founded a collegiate church of St Nicholas in his new castle.
  
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  === History of Hugh Reviers ===
  Some time between 1032 and 1035, Duke Robert 1st of Normandy gave land to St. Wandrille Monestary located 10 miles north of Rouen. He did so with the consent of a certain "Hugh of Vernon." In 1036, Hugh's wife Emma died and Hugh became a monk of St. Wandrille. Since he no longer lived at the castle, King William II gave the Vernon area to his cousin Guy de Burgundy. By 1047, Guy was one of the barons challenging William II's succession as Duke of Normandy at the Battle of Val-es-Dunes. He was defeated there and retreated to the fortified city of Vermon, defending it from siege until 1050, when it capitulated.
  
  One of William II's top military leaders was Richard Reviers (Hugh's father. As a reward for victory, Richard was given administration of the forfeited lands, estates and castle of Vernon. With his many feifs, he turned administration of Vernon over to his son, William Reviers/Vernon.
  
  From that time the house of Reviers/Vernon became one of the most powerful in Europe and remained so for the next 400 years.
  
  === From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 J ===
  From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 5 JAN 1998.
  
  === !GENERAL:Pedigree Resource File CD 5, Pe ===
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  === Lordship of Vernon Castle ===
  Some time between 1032 and 1035, Duke Robert 1st of Normandy gave land to Saint-Wandrille at Sierville, some ten miles north of Rouen, with the consent of a certain "Hugh of Vernon." Other documents show Hugh's family had become possessed of other estates nearby and the lordship of Vernon probably passed to Hugh during this time. In 1034, Hugh de Vernon, son of Roger, was listed as "Baron of Vernon Castle.
  
  In 1038 Hugh's wife died and some time after that Hugh became a monk at St. Wandrille.
  
  === Ancestral File Number: V9TB-W4 ===
  Ancestral File Number: V9TB-W4

• m. 1028

1. Guillaume William de Vernon, b. ABT 1030 in Vernon, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France     d. ABT 1089 in Mosterton, Dorset, England

1. Title: Counts and County of Meulan
   Author: References Cartulaire de l'abbaye de St-Martin de Pontoise, ed. J. Depoin (Pontoise, 1895) Crouch, D. The Beaumont Twins: The Roots and Branches of Power in the Twelfth Century (Cambridge 1986). Gatin, L.A. Un village: St-Martin-la-Garenne (Paris, 1900) Réaux, E. Histoire du comté de Meulan (Meulan, 1873). Medieval Lands Project on the Comtes de Meulan
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Meulan;
   Note: The county of Meulan, in Normandy, France, appeared as an entity within the region of the Vexin when the otherwise unknown Count Waleran established an independent power base on a fortified island in the River Seine, around the year 1020. Waleran's origins are subject to several genealogical myths, not least that he had predecessors in his office. Waleran was active in the politics of his day, but the extent of the county at that date is unknown. Both he and his son Count Hugh maintained an independence from the Capetian king at Paris by a judicious if dangerous alliance with the dukes of Normandy downstream. This led to the marriage of Adeline, Count Hugh's sister, to the Norman magnate, Roger de Beaumont. On Count Hugh's death in 1081 his nephew, Robert de Beaumont, acquired the county. In his time it is clear that the settlement of Meulan had thrown out a suburb (called Locenis) on to the right bank of the Seine north of the fortified island. After 1109 and the sacking of the town by Louis VI of France, Count Robert built a new castle on the bluffs of Locenis. The original island settlement was dominated now by a fortified bridge, at which river tolls were collected, and the church of St Nicaise, refounded by the count as a priory of the Norman abbey of Bec-Hellouin. Count Robert founded a collegiate church of St Nicholas in his new castle. The geographical extent of the county associated with the castle and town of Meulan becomes evident in the time of Robert I (1081–1118) and Waleran de Beaumont (1118–1166). The county then ran west along the right bank of the Seine as far as the lordship of La Roche Guyon, and included the priory of St-Martin-la-Garenne, of which Robert I was a patron. To the south of the town, the count controlled the riparine lands of the Méresais. The count had the allegiance of two powerful viscounties. The viscount of Meulan, with his own castle at Mézy-sur-Seine, was the chief tenant of the county. But the count also controlled the viscount of Mantes, and river traffic at its bridge too, although the town and the associated Mantois was in fact mostly Capetian demesne. Somehow the detached lordship of Neauphle-le-Château north of Versailles in the Yvelines was also a dependency of the county. The count also held in fee of the bishop of Paris the substantial Parisian suburb of La Grève. The county was a vital strategic possession between the power of Normandy and Paris, and successive counts exploited their bargaining position. The counts' position was also a dangerous one. As vassals alike of the duke of Normandy and king of France, they were very exposed when the two rulers went to war. The dual allegiance of the counts led to several episodes of confiscation of their Norman lands. It was this division of loyalty that in the end led to the suppression of the county, when King Philip Augustus dispossessed Count Robert II in 1203 during his campaigns against Normandy. Robert died an exile, and his line was not allowed to succeed to the county. List of Counts of Meulan First creation Waleran I de Chartes, Count of Meulan Waleran II, Count of Meulan Hugh I, Count of Meulan Waleran III, Count of Meulan (ca. 990–ca. 1069) Hugh II, Count of Meulan (d.1081) Robert I de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester, 1081–1118 Waleran de Beaumont, Count of Meulan, 1118–1166 Robert II, Count of Meulan, 1166–1204 Second creation Olivier le Daim (14??-1484)
   
2. Title: First members of the Vernon (Reviers or Redvers) family in the Historical Memoirs of the House of Vernon, pgs. 34-36, 39, 45-47, 50, 55, 59, 67, 70 and 95 [See document in the Memories section]
   Author: Historical Memoirs of the House of Vernon, pgs. 34-36, 39, 45-47, 50, 55, 59, 67, 70 and 95
   Note: First members of the Vernon (Reviers or Redvers) family in the Historical Memoirs of the House of Vernon, pgs. 34-36, 39, 45-47, 50, 55, 59, 67, 70 and 95 [See document in the Memories section]
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