Herbert I of Vermandois (c. 848/850 – 907), Count of Vermandois, lord of Senlis

Senlis, Oise

Senlis is a French commune located in the Oise department near Paris. It has a long and rich heritage, having traversed centuries of history. This medieval town has welcomed some of the most renowned figures in French history, including Hugh Capet, Louis IX, the Marshall of France, Anne of Kiev and...

, of Péronne

Péronne, Somme

Péronne is a commune of the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.It is close to where the Battles of the Somme took place during World War I...

 and of Saint Quentin

Saint-Quentin, Aisne

Saint-Quentin is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France. It has been identified as the Augusta Veromanduorum of antiquity. It is named after Saint Quentin, who is said to have been martyred here in the 3rd century....

, was the son of Pepin of Vermandois.

Marriage and issue

No surviving reliable source names the wife of Herbert I. Many secondary works call her Bertha de Morvois. The main basis of the claim is Historia Walciodorensis Monasterii, an account of the founder of Waulsort monastery, Ybert de Ribemont (Eilbertus, Elbertus), which includes a fabricated genealogy. They are commonly assigned the following children although, again, contemporary testimony is wanting:

• Herbert II of Vermandois  (c. 880-943)
• Béatrice of Vermandois
  Béatrice of Vermandois
  Béatrice of Vermandois was the wife of Robert I, King of France . She is sometimes stated to be the sister of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois. No contemporary source explicitly states that Heribert II and Beatrix were the children of Herbert I, and researchers are divided on the probablity of this...
  
   (c. 880-931), married King Robert I of France
  Robert I of France
  Robert I , King of Western Francia , was the younger son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou, and the brother of Odo, who became king of the Western Franks in 888. West Francia evolved over time into France; under Odo, the capital was fixed on Paris, a large step in that direction...
  
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• Cunigunde of Vermandois (d. 943)
• Adele of Vermandois