Hildegarde of Perche (died 14 April 1005 or later) was daughter of Hervé I, Count of Perche, and his wife Mélisende. It is believed that she was a descendant of Adelaud de Loches, grandfather of Roscille de Loches, wife of Fulk I the Red, Count of Anjou. Hildegarde became Viscountess of Châteaudun upon the death of her husband Hugues I Viscount of Châteaudun.
Hildegarde and Hugues had four children:
- Hugues II, Viscount of Châteaudun and Archbishop of Tours
- Adalaud, Seigneur de Château-Chinon
- Melisende, Viscountess of Châteaudun, married Fulcois, Count of Mortaigne, son of Rotrou, Seigneur de Nogent.
- Unnamed Daughter, married Albert II de la Ferté-en-Beauce, son of Albert I de la Ferté-en-Beauce and Godehildis de Bellême.
Hildegarde was succeeded by her son Hugues II as Viscount of Châteaudun when he reached the age of maturity.
References
- Livingstone, Amy (2006-01-01), "Brother Monk: Monks and their Family in the Chartrain, 1000–1200 AD", Medieval Monks and Their World: Ideas and Realities, Brill, pp. 93–115, ISBN 978-90-474-1136-9, retrieved 2024-07-20
- ^ Thompson, Kathleen (2002). Power and Border Lordship in Medieval France: The County of the Perche, 1000-1226. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. ISBN 978-0-86193-254-2.
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