Hugh II of Ponthieu

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Hugh II of Ponthieu was count of Ponthieu and lord of Abbeville, the son of Enguerrand I of Ponthieu. Evidently Hugh II was the half brother of Guy, who became the bishop of Amiens; Fulk, who became the abbot of Forest l'Abbaye; and Robert. However, it is possible that both Robert and Hugh II were the sons of Enguerrand's first wife, and Guy and Fulk the sons of a later wife that Enguerrand I married when he was in his forties.

Hugh II was married to Bertha of Aumale, Countess of Aumale. They had at least five children: Enguerrand II who was Hugh II's heir; Guy I, who succeeded his elder brother as count; Hugh (whose name is inferred by evidence contained within The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio; Waleran, and a daughter who was married to William of Talou, the count of Arques, and uncle to duke William of Normandy (the Conqueror).

Preceded by Enguerrand I

Count of Ponthieu c. 1045–1052

Succeeded by Enguerrand II

[edit] Source

• The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio of Bishop Guy of Amiens, edited by Catherine Morton and Hope Muntz, Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1972.