Hugues du Perche.

About Hugues du Perche

Hugues du Perche was a 10th-century French noble. Hugonis Pertice was probably identical with the youngest son of Fulcois, the Count of Perche, and his wife, Melisende, who had the same name and is mentioned in a document from the Abbey of Saint-Vincent of Le Mans dating from 1061. He was one of the first known ancestors in male line of the Plantagenets. His elder brother was Geoffrey II Viscount of Châteaudun, I Count of Perche. The origins of his parents are debated. What is certain is that he is descended from the family of viscounts of Châteaudun, although it is unclear whether through his mother or his father.