Guy I, Count of Soissons
Guy I (d. after 986), son of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, and Adele, daughter of Robert I of France. Count of Soissons, inherited from his father upon his death in 943.[1] There is considerable confusion about both Guy’s parentage. Another source claims that Guy was the grandson of Herbert II, being the son of Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois,[2] although there is no evidence that Adalbert was a Count of Soissons.
Little is known about Guy. His name appears in a 974 charter in which Lothair of France confirmed the privileges of monastery of Saint-Thierry near Reims. Lothair also confirmed the monastery of Saint-Eloy de Noyon in memory of Guy’s nephew Liudolf of Vermandois, Bishop of Noyon and Tournai. Guy founded the abbey at Saint-Quentin near Péronne, and visited Rome in the mid-980s.
Guy married Adelisa, the daughter of a Count Giselbert of which nothing is known. Guy and Adelisa had one daughter:
Upon his death, Adelisa assumed the lead of the Count of Soissons. Guy was the last of the Carolingian Counts of Soissons, his daughter known as an Angevins.
References
- ↑ "COMTES de SOISSONS". Comtes de Soissons.
- ↑ Moriarty, George A. (1985). The Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa. Salt Lake City: Mormon Pioneer Genealogy Society.