Guitier, Count of Rethel
Guitier of Rethel, son of Odo of Vitry and Matilda, Countess of Rethel,. Count of Rethel, succeeding his mother. Châtelain de Vitry. In March 1129, Guitier travelled to the Holy Land although it is not clear if he participated in the Damascus Crusade that year.
Guitier married Beatrix of Namur, daughter of Godfrey I, Count of Namur, and Erminside. Guitier and Beatrix had eleven children:
- Beatrix de Rethel, married Roger II, King of Sicily
- Jean de Rethel
- Manasses de Rethel
- Hugues de Rethel, monk at Reims
- Manasses IV, Count of Rethel
- Henri de Rethel, Châtelain de Vitry
- Baudouin de Rethel, Seigneur de Chemery
- Albert de Rethel, Archdeacon at Liège
- Simon de Rethel
- Clemence de Rethel, married Hugh of Pierrepont, Bishop of Liège
- Unnamed daughter, married Geoffroy, Vidame de Châlons.
Upon his death, he was succeeded as Count of Rethel by his son Manasses.
