Hildegarde, Viscountess of Châteaudun explained

Hildegarde of Perche (died 14 April 1005 or later) was daughter of Hervé I, Count of Perche, and his wife Mélisende. It is believed that she was a descendant of Adelaud de Loches, grandfather of Roscille de Loches, wife of Fulk I the Red, Count of Anjou. Hildegarde became Viscountess of Châteaudun upon the death of her husband Hugues I Viscount of Châteaudun.^[1]

Hildegarde and Hugues had four children:

• Hugues II, Viscount of Châteaudun and Archbishop of Tours
• Adalaud, Seigneur de Château-Chinon
• Melisende, Viscountess of Châteaudun, married Fulcois, Count of Mortaigne, son of Rotrou, Seigneur de Nogent.
• Unnamed Daughter, married Albert II de la Ferté-en-Beauce, son of Albert I de la Ferté-en-Beauce and Godehildis de Bellême.

Hildegarde was succeeded by her son Hugues II as Viscount of Châteaudun when he reached the age of maturity.

Sources

• Kerrebrouck, Patrick van., Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, vol. 1: La Préhistoire des Capétiens. 1993.
• Tout, Thomas Frederick, The Empire and the Papacy: 918-1273, Periods of European History, London: Rivingtons, p. 279.
• Bury, J. B. (Editor), The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, Germany and the Western Empire, Cambridge University Press, 1922
• Reuter, Timothy (Editor), The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume III, 900-1024, Cambridge University Press, 1999

Notes and References

1. Book: Thompson, Kathleen . Power and Border Lordship in Medieval France: The County of the Perche, 1000-1226 . 2002 . Boydell & Brewer Ltd . 978-0-86193-254-2 . en.