Two brothers, parents not known....
"Wido comes Pontivensis, frater eius Hugo comes de Sancto Paulo, Eustachius comes Boloniensis, Robertus Bituniensis…" signed the charter dated 1091 under which the abbot of Saint-Bertin and "Manasses comes Gisnensis" made an agreement relating to serfs.
Comte de Saint-Pol. William of Tyre names Hugues Comte de Saint-Pol among those who left on the First Crusade in 1096 with Robert Count of Flanders. Albert of Aix names "…Hugo comes de Sancto Paulo, Engilrandus eiusdem Hugonis filius miles…" among those who took part in the siege of Nikaia, dated to mid-1097 from the context. Willam of Tyre records the presence at the capture of Acre in 1098 of "Hugo de Sancto Paulo et Engelrandus filius eius". Albert of Aix records that "Hugo comes de Sancto Paulo ex regno Franciæ…[et] filium suum Engilrandum" captured Turkish prisoners, dated to late 1098 from the context. The Continuatio Valcellensis of Sigebert's Chronica records in 1115 that “Balduinus comes Flandriæ” captured “castrum Encres” from “Hugone Camdavena”, who had usurped it, and granted it to “Karolo consobrino suo”. The Continuatio Valcellensis of Sigebert's Chronica records in 1117 that “Balduinus comes Flandriæ” besieged “castrum sancti Pauli” held by “Hugo Camdavena”, who had devastated territory, but had returned it after the mediation of “Eustathio comite Boloniæ”. 2
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