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'''From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia''' Herbert I of Vermandois ( c. 848/850 – 907), Count of Vermandois, lord of Senlis, of Peronne a nd of Saint Quentin, was the son of Pepin of Vermandois.[1] He marrie d Bertha de Morvois.[2] They had the following: Herbert II of Vermand ois[3] (c. 880-943) Béatrice of Vermandois (c. 880-931), married Kin g Robert I of France. Cunigunde of Vermandois (d. 943) Adele of Verm andois Berenger of Vermandois, Count of Bayeaux whose grandson was Co nan I of Rennes. References ^ ''Ancestral Roots of Certain America n Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, Created by Frederick Lewi s Weis, Continued by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.'', 8th Edition, 2004, Pu blished by Genealogical Publishing, 50:16, 50:18 http://fmg.ac/Proje cts/MedLands/NORTHERN%20FRANCE.htm The county of Vermandois was forme d by Héribert, a descendant of the early Carolingian kings of Italy w hose direct ancestors had established themselves as counts in the are a north of Paris. Héribert acquired Vermandois and Saint-Quentin in 8 96, followed by Soissons in 898 [1]. His son count Héribert [II] acqu ired control over the archbishopric of Reims by engineering the appoin tment of his infant son as archbishop in 925. He also acquired Amiens , the Vexin and Artois, although these territories were disputed by Ar noul I Count of Flanders. The rivalry between the counts of Vermandoi s and the counts of Flanders was triggered in 896 by the murder of th e brother of Baudouin II Count of Flanders by the forces of count Hér ibert [I]. It persisted throughout the first half of the 10th century . The two power-bases appear to have been fairly evenly balanced, th e result being that neither was able to dominate the whole of norther n France. Another factor which must have rendered domination by eithe r side more difficult was that the territory of the bishopric of Cambr ai, directly north of Vermandois and south of Flanders, had been alloc ated to Lotharingia under the 843 treaty of Verdun, while the rest o f northern France fell within the kingdom of the West Franks. Cambra i therefore represented a political barrier to either side extending c ontrol into the eastern part of the other's territory. Both the Flande rs and Vermandois families lost political power during the early par t of the second half of the 10th century. The territory of the Vermand ois family was partitioned after the death of count Héribert [II] i n 943 to provide appanages for his three sons, none of whom appears t o have inherited their father's energy, and in the following century m ost of it passed by inheritance into the domaine royale of the Capetia n kings. HERIBERT [I], son of PEPIN [Carolingian] Seigneur de Péronn e et de St Quentin, Comte near Paris ([848/850]-murdered [900/6 Nov 90 7]). Regino names (in order) "Bernardum, Pippinum et Heribertum" as th e three children of "Pippinum", specifying that Héribert killed "Rodu lfum comitem filium Balduini comitis" [2]. "Heribertus, Bernhardi frat er" is named in the ''Vita Hludowicis Imperatoris'' [3]. He was at th e court of Emperor Charles II “le Chauve” in 877. Comte de Soisson s 886/898. Abbé de St Crépin. Comte de Meaux et de Madrie 888/889 [4 ]. He became Comte de Vermandois in 896. The ''Annales Vedastini'' rec ord that "Rodulfus comes" disrupted the peace in 896 and took the prop erty of "Heribertus et Erkingerus", that "Odo rex" besieged "castrum s ancti Quintini et Peronam" and expelled Raoul's supporters, and that H éribert killed Raoul [5]. Comte Héribert opposed Eudes King of Franc e, but was reconciled with the king in 897, an event which may have be en confirmed by the marriage of Héribert's daughter to the king's nep hew Robert [6]. Baudouin II Count of Flanders attacked Vermandois, wa s driven out by 900 but reconquered it and killed Héribert [I] Comt e de Vermandois in revenge for his brother's death [7]. [1] Sinclai r (1985), p. 42. [2] ''Reginonis Chronicon'' 818, MGH SS I, p. 567 . [3] ''Vita Hludowici Imperatoris'', MGH SS II, p. 633. [4] Settipa ni, C. and Kerrebrouck, P. van (1993) ''La préhistoire des Capétien s 481-987'', 1ère partie, Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens ( Villeneuve d'Ascq), p. 220. [5] ''Annales Vedastini'' 896, MGH SS II , p. 530. [6] Settipani (1993), p. 407. [7] Nicholas (1992), p. 19.