Counts of Vermandois - Carolingian Counts

Carolingian Counts

  • Pepin I of Vermandois (ca. 886–892), son of Bernard, King of Italy
  • Herbert I of Vermandois (892–907), also count of Senlis, son of previous.
  • Herbert II (907–943), Count of Vermandois by marriage, lord of Péronne and St Quentin de Monte, and count of Meaux, son of previous.
  • Albert I the Pious (943–988), Count of Vermandois, lord of Péronne and St Quentin de Monte, son of previous. In 964 he founded the monastery of St Quentin de Insula near Augusta Veruomanduorum (now St Quentin).
  • Herbert III (987–997), Count of Vermandois, son of previous.
  • Albert II (997–1035), Count of Vermandois, son of previous.
  • Otto (1035–1045), Count of Vermandois, brother of previous.
  • Herbert IV (1045–1080), son of previous, Count of Vermandois and by marriage of Valois .
  • Odo I the Insane (1080–1085), Count of Vermandois and of Valois, son of previous, he was disinherited by the council of Barons of France and then he was lord of Saint-Simon by marriage.
  • Adelaide (d. 1122) (1085–1101), Countess of Vermandois and of Valois, sister of previous, wife of Hugh I the Great. The last remaining Carolingian.

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