Hugh of Saint-Omer

Hugh of Fauquembergues
Death of Hugh
Prince of Galilee
Reign	1101–1105/06
Predecessor	Tancred
Successor	Gervase of Bazoches
Died	1105/06
Burial	Nazareth
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Hugh of Fauquembergues, also known as Hugh of St Omer, Hugh of Falkenberg or Hugh of Falchenberg (Latin: Hugo de Falchenberch; died in 1105 or 1106) was Prince of Galilee from 1101 to his death. He was Lord of Fauquembergues before joining the First Crusade. Baldwin I of Jerusalem granted him Galilee after its first prince, Tancred, who was Baldwin's opponent, had voluntarily renounced it. Hugh assisted Baldwin against the Fatimids and made raids into Seljuk territories. He established the castles of Toron and Chastel Neuf (at present-day Tebnine and Hunin, respectively). He died fighting against Toghtekin, Atabeg of Damascus.

Hugh's parentage is unknown, but William of Tyre called him "Hugo de Sancto Aldemaro", suggesting that he was descended from the powerful family of the hereditary castellans of Saint-Omer. He was the lord of the nearby Fauquembergues. A contemporary poetry written by an unknown author listed Hugh among the first crusaders from the Diocese of Thérouanne. No primary sources recorded in whose retinue he reached the Holy Land. He accompanied either Baldwin of Boulogne, or Robert II of Flanders. Baldwin and his elder brother, Godfrey of Bouillon, Duke of Lower Lorraine, departed for the crusade on 15 August 1096, Robert II of Flanders about a month later.

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