Manasses II, Count of Rethel (died 1032) was a son of Manasses of Omont and his wife, Castricia. He manifested himself in the early 11th century as Count of Rethel. He was married to Dada (possibly either Judith or Yvette), according to a recent...
Manasses or Manasseh (; Hebrew: מְנַשֶּׁה, Mənaše) is a biblical Hebrew name for men. It is the given name of seven individuals of the Bible, the name of a tribe of Israel, and the name of one of the apocryphal writings. The name is also used in the...
Manasses III, Count of Rethel (1022 – 1065 or 1080) was a son of Manasses II and his wife Dada (possibly Judith or Yvette de Roucy). He succeeded his father as Count of Rethel in 1032. Little is known about his life, although he is mentioned often...
Baldwin II, also known as Baldwin of Bourcq (French: Baudouin; c. 1075 – 21 August 1131), was the count of Edessa from 1100 to 1118 and the king of Jerusalem from 1120 until his death. He accompanied his kinsmen, the brothers Godfrey of Bouillon...
Manasses II or Manasses of Châtillon (died 17 September 1106) was the Archbishop of Rheims (1096–1106), most significantly at the time of the First Crusade and the Crusade of 1101. He was of the House of Châtillon, a son of Manasses, the vidame of...
Anselm of Ribemont (died 25 February 1099) was a Frankish noblemen from Flanders and a participant in the First Crusade. His letters to archbishop Manasses II of Reims are key pieces of eyewitness accounts to the First Crusade.
Amadeus II (c. 1050 – 26 January 1080) was the count of Savoy from 1078 to 1080. His life is obscure, and few documents mention him. During his rule, he was overshadowed by his mother, but he had good relations with the papacy and, for a time, the...
Ermentrude de Roucy (c. 951 – 5 May 1005) (Irmtrude) was a Countess and Duchess of Burgundy. Ermentrude was a daughter of Renaud of Roucy and his wife, Alberade of Lorraine, daughter of Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine.
Manasses I or Manasses the Old was the count of Guînes in the middle of the 11th century. Since he is not mentioned in the 12th-century History of the Counts of Guînes by Lambert of Ardres, Manasses has been largely ignored by historians, but his...