Hugues VII de Dabo († 1089), joint count of Eguisheim and Dabo. Family originedit code
Hugues VII is the son of Henry I of the Etichonid lineage of Nordgau.
During the quarrel of investitures unlike the bishops of Strasbourg and Basel he supports the pontifical party which earned him the qualification of indefessus miles sancti Petri that is to say "indefatigable soldier of St. Peter". / p>
After the deposing of the Duchy of Swabia of the anti-king Rudolph of Rheinfelden he opposed his successor Frederick of Hohenstaufen, appointed by the emperor. Hugues first prevails over Frederick and his brother Otto, who was appointed bishop of Strasbourg in 1082. The bishop then besieges Hugues in Dabo, who succeeds in an exit to repel him and even to drive him out of Strasbourg. . In 1089 an agreement is finally reached between them. Hugues is invited by the bishop who has his host assassinated one night by his men.
From his union with Mathilde de Montbeliard, Hugues leaves no child and his inheritance passes to his younger brother; Albert I of Dabo until then Count of Moha. Sourceschange the code
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