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Hugh or
Hugo (c.
780 –
20 October 837) was the
count of Tours and
Sens during the reigns of
Charlemagne and
Louis the Pious, until his disgrace in February
828. He was probably a son of Count
Haicho of the House of the
Etichonen.
Hugh had many possessions in
Alsace, including the
Sens. He also held the convent of
St-Julien-d'Auxerre. He appeared in
811 as an envoy or
ambasciator to
Constantinople with
Haido, Bishop of Basel, and
Aio,
Duke of Friuli, to renew the
Pax Nicephori. In
821, he allied himself by marriage to the royal family; his daughter Ermengard married Louis' son
Lothair. In
824, he took part in an expedition in
Brittany and, in
826, he accompanied the
Empress Judith to the baptism of
Harald Klak in
Ingelheim. His other daughter, Adelaide married
Conrad I, Count of Auxerre.
In
827, Hugh, along with
Matfrid of Orléans, was commissioned by Louis to recruit an army with his son
Pepin of Aquitaine and repel the invasion of the
Marca Hispanica by the Moslem general
Abu Marwan. Hugh and Matfrid delayed until the threat had passed. For this he was given the nickname
Timidus or
the Timid.
Barcelona being the greatest military accomplishment of Louis' career, the Spanish March meant much to him and Hugh and Matfrid found themselves greatly disfavoured at court. They were deposed in February of the next year.
He remained very influential as the father-in-law of Lothair. He joined Matfrid in inciting Lothair to rebellion and had all his lands confiscated in
Gaul. He remained highly influential in
Italy, where Lothair created him "duke of
Locate" (
dux de Locate).
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