Enguerrand II, comte de Montreuil et d’ Abbeville, seigneur d' Aumâle 1
- Born: Ponthieu, Somme, Picardy, France
- Married:
- Died: 25 Oct 1053, Battle of Château d'Arques, Pas-de-Calais, France
Research Notes:
The Chronique de Saint Riquier records that "Hugues" had four sons of whom the eldest "Angelran" confirmed a donation of his father to Saint-Riquier on his deathbed by charter dated "XII Kal Dec". The foundation charter of Saint-Martin d’Auchy names “Engueranni consulis qui filius fuit Berte supradicti Guerinfridi filie et Adelidis comitisse uxoris sue sororis…Willelmi Regis Anglorum”.
Comte de Montreuil. Orderic Vitalis records that “tempore Rodberti ducis Gislebertus comes Brionniæ” invaded “in pagum Vimmacensem” [Vimeu] but was repulsed by “Ingelrannus Pontivi comes”. Le Prévost dates this event to “antérieure à 1034, époque présumée de la fondation du Bec”.
Seigneur d'Aumâle. Comte d’Abbeville: Guillaume of Jumièges records that “Willelmum Archacensem” rebelled against Guillaume II Duke of Normandy, helped by Henri I King of France, and that “Ingelrannus Abbatisvillæ comes...ac Hugo cognomento Bardulfus” were killed by the duke’s forces during the attack on his castle of Arques. 2
Marriage Information:
Enguerrand married Adelais de Normandie, comtesse de Champagne, daughter of Robert II, duc de Normandie and Unknown mistress. (Adelais de Normandie was born in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France and died between 1082 and 1084.)
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