Manassès 'Calva Asina' de Montdidier

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MANASSES "Calva-asina" (-after 1053).

• Robert II King of France confirmed the donation of "Manasses comes" to Chartres Notre-Dame by charter dated 4 Feb 1031, signed by "…Manasses comitis, Hilduini comitis fratris eius, filiorum eius Manassis et Hilduini, Burcardo de Montemorenciaco, Evrardi filii Hilduini de Britoglio, Amalrici de Monteforti, Milonis de Caprosa…"[1229].
• The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "comes Suessionis et comes de Dommartin et comes de Ronaco et Manasses cui agnomen Calva-asina" as brothers of "Helduino comiti de Ramerut", specifying that Manassès married (as her second husband) "prefatus comes Helduinus predicti Ebali uxorem dictam Beatricem, sororum videlicet suam"[1230].
• Vidame de Reims 1053.

m ([1021]%29 as her second husband, BEATRIX de Hainaut, widow of EBLES [I] Comte de Roucy, daughter of REGINAR IV Comte de Hainaut & his wife Hedwige de France. The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Beatricem" daughter of "Hadevidem…comitissam Hainonensium", specifying that she married "Ebalus de Roceio, cuius frater fuit Lebaldus de Malla et soror Iveta comitissa de Roitest" and later "Manasses cui agnomen Calva-asina"[1231].

Manassès & his wife had three children:

a) MANASSES (-1106 or after). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Manassem" as the son of Beatrix by her second marriage, recording in a later passage his election as Archbishop of Reims in 1070[1232]. The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Manassem Remensem archiepiscopum et Guidonem de Novo-castello et Adelidem abbatissam…de Sancto Iohanne" children of "Manasses cui agnomen Calva-asina" & his wife Beatrix[1233]. Archbishop of Reims 1095/1106.

b) GUY [de Neufchâtel] (-before 1103). The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Manassem Remensem archiepiscopum et Guidonem de Novo-castello et Adelidem abbatissam…de Sancto Iohanne" children of "Manasses cui agnomen Calva-asina" & his wife Beatrix[1234].

c) ADELA . The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Manassem Remensem archiepiscopum et Guidonem de Novo-castello et Adelidem abbatissam…de Sancto Iohanne" children of "Manasses cui agnomen Calva-asina" & his wife Beatrix[1235]. Abbess of Notre-Dame de Laon.

Manasseh of RHEIMS [Parents] 1 was born 1007 in Rheims, Marne, France. He married Beatrix of HAINAUT on 1034 in Dammartin-en-Goele, Seine-et-Marne, France.

Beatrix of HAINAUT [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 was born 999 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium. She married Manasseh of RHEIMS on 1034 in Dammartin-en-Goele, Seine-et-Marne, France.

• Other marriages:
  • ROUCY, Ebles I de Count of Rheims