Ebles I of Roucy

Possible Family Origins

1. Ebles I of Roucy, Count of Roucy and Archbishop of Rheims.
2. Eudes Roucy, called "the Strong" '', lord of Rumigny.
3. Liétaud de Roucy, Lord of Marle. Liétaud's daughter Adèle de Marle married first Aubry, Viscount of Coucy, and second the scandalous Crusader Enguerrand I, Lord of Coucy, with whom she had issue.
4. Yvette de Roucy who married either Manasses II or Manasses III of Rethel.

• The first name Liétaud is traditionally associated with the Counts of Mâcon, but not with the Roucy family;
• The first name Eudes is traditionally associated with the Robertians, the Herbetiens, or the House of Blois;
• The lands of Rumigny and Coucy had previously belonged to the Counts of Blois, but later passed to the Roucy line.

  Marriage and Descendants

• 1. Alix, who succeeded him, and was married to Hilduin IV of Montdidier, Count of Ramerupt and Roucy, by whom she was the mother of Ebles II of Roucy. Her daughter, Margaret de Roucy, married Hugh, Count of Clermont, and they were the parents of Adeliza, who married Gilbert Fitz Richard;
• 2. Hedwig, who inherited the lands of Rumigny after the death of her uncle, Eudes, and that married Geoffrey IV, Lord of Florennes.