County of Bar-sur-Seine

It became of strategic importance in the twelfth century, as an urban centre and major castle on the road between Burgundy and Champagne.

Her uncle, Manasses, a cleric, ruled the county in her name until her marriage to Hugh of Le Puiset in 1168.

Milo II and his successors entered the orbit of the counts of Champagne in part out of desire to distance themselves from the bishop, their overlord.

[1] The death of Milo IV and his only son, Gaucher, at the Siege of Damietta in 1219 sealed the county's fate.

His widow, Helisent of Joigny, inherited the castle and her dower while the rest of the county went to Milo's nephews and nieces.