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Guitier (Ithier) of Rethel (died 1171), son of
Odo of Vitry and
Matilda, Countess of Rethel , nephew of
Baldwin II of Jerusalem , was
Count of Rethel , succeeding his mother. (His father is named as count, but it is not clear that he ever served.) 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 (1130 – 30 March 1185), married
Roger II, King of Sicily
Jean de Rethel (died after 1144)
Manasses de Rethel (died after 1144)
Hugues de Rethel (died after 1166), a monk at
Reims
Manasses IV (died 1199)
Henri de Rethel (died 1191), Châtelain de Vitry
Baudouin de Rethel (died 1198 or after), Seigneur de Chemery
Albert de Rethel (died 1195 or after), Archdeacon at
Liège
Simon de Rethel
Clemence de Rethel (died after 1190), 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 IV .
References
Sources
Houben, Hubert (2002). Roger II of Sicily: Ruler between East and West . Translated by Loud, Graham A.; Milburn, Diane. Cambridge University Press.
Housley, Norman, ed. (2007). Knighthoods of Christ: Essays on the History of the Crusades and the Knights . Ashgate Publishing Limited.
Murray, Alan V. (2000). The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History 1099-1125 . Prosographica et Genealogica.