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Hugo van Gent Vilain Sint-Janssteen, Burggraaf van Gent

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Belgium
Death: between December 1264 and April 1265
Immediate Family:

Son of Hugo I, burggraaf van Gent; Hugo I Van Gent and Eudette van Blois de Champlite
Husband of Maria dite “la Belle” van Gavre, castellane of Ghent
Father of Egline van Gent Vilain and Hughe(Hugo) III van Gent
Brother of Zeger van Gent, Squire; Jan "ridder" de Bourgogne van Gent; NN van Gent and Wouter 'Vilain' van Gent, heer van Sint Jans Steen

Occupation: Châtelain, de Gand, Sieur, de Houdain, de Bornhem, Bruggraaf van Gent
Managed by: Carl Gustav Verbraeken
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About Hugo II van Gent

HUGO [III] van Gent

From Medlands:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLEMISH%20NOBILITY.htm#SigerIIIGent...

son of HUGO [II] Burchgraeve van Gent & his wife Eudette de Champlitte (-[Dec 1264/Apr 1265]).  “Hugo Gandensis castellanus uxorque mea Oda filiusque meis Hugo primogenitus” granted privileges to the church of Sainte-Marie de Baserode by charter dated 1228[484].  Châtelain de Gand.  “Hugo castellanus Gandensis…Maria uxor dicti castellani” sold "villam de Bornhem cum castro" to "dominæ Margaretæ Flandriæ et Hannoniæ comitissæ" for his marriage to "Machtildis sororis meæ" by charter dated [Mar] 1250[485].  "Gerardus de Gandavo miles, avunculus castellani Gandensis, et Elizabeth uxor mea" donated property to Biloka abbey by charter dated Sep 1254, and "Hugo castellanus Gandensis et dominus de Hosdain" confirmed the donation made by "avunculus noster dominus Gerardus de Gandavo miles, uxor sua domina Elizabet" by charter dated Jan 1254 (O.S.)[486].  

m MARIA van Gavre, daughter of RASO [VIII] van Gavre & his wife Sophie van Breda (-after 1261). The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. "Hugo castellanus Gandensis et Maria uxor mea" donated serfs to the church of Antwerp by charter dated 29 May 1243[487]. “Hugo castellanus Gandensis…Maria uxor dicti castellani” sold "villam de Bornhem cum castro" to "dominæ Margaretæ Flandriæ et Hannoniæ comitissæ" for his marriage to "Machtildis sororis meæ" by charter dated [Mar] 1250[488].

Hugo [III] & his wife had one child:

1. HUGO [IV] van Gent (-after 1288). m MARIE de Rœulx, daughter of EUSTACHE [V] Seigneur de Rœulx & his first wife Philippa d´Antoing (-after 1281). Hugo [IV] & his wife had one child:

a) MARIE van Gent (-before 1295). The late 13th century genealogy by Balduinus de Avennis records that "Gerardus", son of "Gerardus…de Enghien", married "filiam…castellani Gandavensis"[489]. m (before 8 Mar 1281) GERARD d´Enghien Heer van Zotteghem, son of GERARD d´Enghien Heer van Zotteghem & his wife --- de Viane (-1319 or before).