MANASSES [IV] de Rethel, son of ITHIER de Vitry Comte de Rethel & his wife Beatrix de Namur (-[1198/1200]). The Genealogiæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names "Hugonem et Manassem cum aliis filiis et filiabus" children of "comitis Witeri de Retest"[1771]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names (in order) "Albertum Sancti Lamberti Leodiensis prepositum, comitem de Reytest Manasserum, castellanum Vitriaci Henricum et Hugonem et Balduinum…et tres sorores" as the children of "comiti Guithero Reytestensi" & his wife[1772]. The Chronicon Hanoniense names "Manasserum comitem Retensem, Henricum et Balduinem milites et Albertum clericum, Leodiensis…prepositum et archidiaconum" as the four sons of "comitissa Retensis [filiam Godefridi comitis Namurcensi]"[1773]. Comte de Rethel. "Hugo comes destinatus post patrem meum Regiteste", on his deathbed, donated to the church of Rethel, with the consent of "pater meus Witerus et frater meus Manasses, post me natus qui mihi successit in comitatus honorem, et dominus Albertus clericus et canonicus, Henricus et Balduinus", by charter dated 1166[1774]. "Manasses comes de Rethet" granted "Burcum castellum meum" as dowry to "Felicitati filie domini Symonis de Bello Forti" for "filio meo" by charter dated to [1191], witnessed by "Castellanus frater meus et Balduinus frater meus…"[1775]. "Manassès comte de Rethel et Hugues son fils" donated property to Signy, in the presence of "Mahaud femme de Manassès, Baudouin son frère et Félicité femme de Hugues", by charter dated 1194[1776].
m (before 16 Sep 1176) MATHILDE, daughter of KONRAD Wildgraf und Graf von Kyburg & his wife Mathilde de Bar. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Mathildis uxor comitis Manasseri Reytestensis [et] Cunegundis domna de Rista" as daughters of "tertia [sorore eiusdem comitis =comes Barri iunior Raynaldus]"[1777]. 1176/1221. "Manassès comte de Rethel et Hugues son fils" donated property to Signy, in the presence of "Mahaud femme de Manassès, Baudouin son frère et Félicité femme de Hugues", by charter dated 1194[1778].
Manassès [IV] & his wife had one child