Hugh I of Le Puiset

Hugh I of Le Puiset (died 23 December 1096), also called Hugues Blavons,^[1] was the second son of Everard I of Breteuil and his wife Humberge.^[2]

In 1067, taking advantage of the weakness of Philip I of France, he seized the royal castle of Le Puiset [fr] and settled there.^{[citation needed]} In 1073, he became viscount of Chartres when his older brother, Everard II, abdicated to become a monk.^[3]

Hugh married Alice of Montlhéry, daughter of Guy I, lord of Montlhéry, and Hodierna de Gometz.^[2] The family of Montlhéry was also part of the turbulent nobility that King Louis VI would have to put down a generation later.^{[citation needed]} The alliances of the Montlhéry Clan formed a broad network of nobles who engaged heavily in the Crusades.

Hugh and Alice had at least nine children:

• Odeline (d. before 2 November 1107), married Joscelin IV of Lèves, a crusader.^[2] Their daughter (name unknown) married Ralph the Red of Pont-Echanfray.
• Éverard III, lord of Puiset, viscount of Chartres^[2]
• Hugh II, lord of Puiset, count of Jaffa (as Hugh I of Jaffa)^[2]
• Guy (d. 1127 of after), canon of Chartres, lord of Méréville, viscount of Étampes^[2]
• Gilduin (d. 1135), monk at Saint-Martin-des-Champs, prior of Lurey-Le-Bourg, abbot of the Abbey of St. Mary of the Valley of Jehosaphatt^[2]
• Waleran (Galéran) (d. in prison 1126), made lord of Birecik in 1116 after its capture by Baldwin II.^[4] Married the daughter of the previous lord, Abu'lgharib.
• Ralph^[2]
• Humberge, married Walo II of Beaumont-sur-Oise, viscount of Chaumont-en-Vexin.^[2] Their son Drogo was an early ancestor of the counts of Dammartin.^{[citation needed]}
• Eustachie^[2]

Hugh established a priory of Marmountier at Le Puiset.^[3] See also the Houses of Montlhéry and Le Puiset.