{"slug": "vermandois", "label": "Vermandois", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vermandois", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26385", "qid": "Q26385", "description": "traditional county of Picardy", "entries": 13, "years": 13, "span": [457, 1181], "span_label": ["457 CE", "1181 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "duchy-of-normandy", "label": "Duchy of Normandy", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "county-of-flanders", "label": "County of Flanders", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "alps", "label": "Alps", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "adriatic-sea", "label": "Adriatic Sea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "epirus", "label": "Epirus", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bari", "label": "Bari", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "durres", "label": "Durrës", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "philip-i-of-france", "label": "Philip I of France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "france", "label": "France", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "reims", "label": "Reims", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-the-simple", "label": "Charles the Simple", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 457, "year_label": "457 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Medardus, bishop of Vermandois (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367050070#Births", "title": "457", "revid": 1367050070, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 545, "year_label": "545 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Medardus, bishop of Vermandois", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340799600#Deaths", "title": "545", "revid": 1340799600, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 639, "year_label": "639 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Eligius succeeds Acarius as bishop of Doornik and Noyon. He becomes constituted guardian of the towns of Vermandois, which also include Ghent and Kortrijk (Flanders).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754023#Religion", "title": "639", "revid": 1364754023, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 817, "year_label": "817 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Pepin, count of Vermandois (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204806#Births", "title": "817", "revid": 1349204806, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 850, "year_label": "850 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Herbert I, count of Vermandois (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129147#Births", "title": "850", "revid": 1341129147, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 855, "year_label": "855 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Pepin, count of Vermandois (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256482#Deaths", "title": "855", "revid": 1350256482, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 928, "year_label": "928 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Rudolph I loses the support of Herbert II, count of Vermandois, who controls the prison at Péronne in which former King Charles III (the Simple) is imprisoned. Herbert brings him before William I (Longsword), count of Rouen, for homage and then to Rheims as leverage to blackmail Rudolph to make him cede sovereignty over Laon (Northern France).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364916804#Europe", "title": "928", "revid": 1364916804, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 939, "year_label": "939 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hugh the Great, count of Paris, rebels against King Louis IV (\"d'Outremer\") and gains support from William I, duke of Normandy. Hugh, along with Herbert II, count of Vermandois, Arnulf I, count of Flanders and William pay homage to King Otto I (ruler of the East Frankish Kingdom), and support him in his struggle against Louis.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656722#Europe", "title": "939", "revid": 1366656722, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 953, "year_label": "953 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Herbert III, count of Vermandois (d. 1015)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512708#Births", "title": "953", "revid": 1341512708, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1085, "year_label": "1085 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Ralph I (or Raoul), count of Vermandois (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362159073#Births", "title": "1085", "revid": 1362159073, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1096, "year_label": "1096 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "August", "text": "August – Hugh (\"the Great\"), count of Vermandois (a brother of King Philip I), departs to join the First Crusade. He travels with a small army via the Alps to Rome. While sailing the Adriatic Sea from Bari to Dyrrachium his fleet is reduced by shipwreck. Hugh's own ship is stranded on the shore near Epirus.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365266324#First_Crusade", "title": "1096", "revid": 1365266324, "section": "Events › By place › First Crusade"}}, {"year": 1120, "year_label": "1120 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Adelaide, countess of Vermandois and Valois (or 1124)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1298169999#Deaths", "title": "1120", "revid": 1298169999, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1181, "year_label": "1181 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Philip II begins a war against Philip of Alsace, count of Flanders, over the Vermandois. He claims the territory for his wife Isabella of Hainault as her dowry. Philip is unwilling to give it up.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360570363#Europe", "title": "1181", "revid": 1360570363, "section": "Events › Europe"}}]}