Nocher I, Count of Soissons

Nocher I (d. 1019), son of Achard de la Ferté-sur-Aube and Achardia, both of unknown families. Count of Bar-sur-Aube, Count of Soissons. The Acta Sanctorum commentary of the life of Saint Simon de Valois (based on a manuscript of the abbey of Saint-Claude, identifies both Nocher and his father. Both Nocher’s brother Fulco (d. 1019) and nephew Beroldus (d. 1052) were Bishops of Soissons.

Nocher is the first known Count of Bar-sur-Aube and became Count of Soissons, jure uxoris, upon his marriage to Adelise, Countess of Soissons. Nocher and Adelisa had three children:

Nocher’s son and namesake became Count of Bar-sur-Aube upon his death, and the countship of Soissons reverted to his wife. His son Renaud would eventually become the Count of Soissons.

Sources

Dormay, C., Histoire de la ville de Soissons et de ses rois, ducs, comtes et gouverneurs, Soissons, 1664 (available on Google Books)

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