Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: The Short
• FSID: 9MWY-PTR
• Residence: Basilica of St Denis, Paris, Île-de-France, France
• Appointments / Titles: Between 741 and 751, Kingdom of Neustria (Historical); On the death of Charles Martel in 741, Pepin succeeding his father as the Mayor of the Palace of Neustria while his older brother Carloman became Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia.
• Appointments / Titles: Between 751 and 24 Sep 768, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France; Elected King of the Franks by an assembly of Frankish nobles in 751, Pepin was anointed King of the Franks by Boniface, Archbishop of Mainzin, in Soissons.
• Religion: 752, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; Appointed Archbishop of Metz
• Appointments / Titles: 754, Basilica of St Denis, Paris, Île-de-France, France; In 754 Pepin was anointed King a second time by Pope Stephen II in Paris at the Basilica of St Denis. In the lavish ceremony the Pope also bestowed upon him the additional title of Patrician of the Romans. This is the first recorded crowning of a civil ruler by a Pope.

Notes:

Pepin the Short
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pepin the Short
King of the Franks
Reign 751 – 24 September 768
Predecessor Childeric III
Successor Charlemagne and Carloman I
Mayor of the Palace of Neustria
Reign 741–751
Predecessor Charles Martel
Successor Merged into crown
Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
Reign 747–751
Predecessor Carloman
Successor Merged into crown
Born 714
Died 24 September 768 (aged 54)
Saint-Denis
Burial Basilica of St Denis
Spouse Bertrada of Laon
Issue Charlemagne
Carloman I
Gisela
Dynasty Carolingian
Father Charles Martel
Mother Rotrude of Hesbaye
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature Pepin the Short's signature
Pepin the Short[a] (German: Pippin der Jüngere, French: Pépin le Bref, c. 714 – 24 September 768) was the King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first of the Carolingians to become king.[b][2]

The younger son of the Frankish prince Charles Martel and his wife Rotrude, Pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the monks of St. Denis. Succeeding his father as the Mayor of the Palace in 741, Pepin reigned over Francia jointly with his elder brother Carloman. Pepin ruled in Neustria, Burgundy and Provence, while his older brother Carloman established himself in Austrasia, Alemannia and Thuringia. The brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the Bavarians, Aquitanians, Saxons and the Alemanni in the early years of their reign. In 743, they ended the Frankish interregnum by choosing Childeric III, who was to be the last Merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the Franks.

Being well disposed towards the church and papacy on account of their ecclesiastical upbringing, Pepin and Carloman continued their father's work in supporting Saint Boniface in reforming the Frankish church, and evangelising the Saxons. After Carloman, who was an intensely pious man, retired to religious life in 747, Pepin became the sole ruler of the Franks. He suppressed a revolt led by his half-brother Grifo, and succeeded in becoming the undisputed master of all Francia. Giving up pretense, Pepin then forced Childeric into a monastery and had himself proclaimed king of the Franks with support of Pope Zachary in 751. The decision was not supported by all members of the Carolingian family and Pepin had to put down a revolt led by Carloman's son, Drogo, and again by Grifo.

As king, Pepin embarked on an ambitious program to expand his power. He reformed the legislation of the Franks and continued the ecclesiastical reforms of Boniface. Pepin also intervened in favour of the papacy of Stephen II against the Lombards in Italy. He was able to secure several cities, which he then gave to the Pope as part of the Donation of Pepin. This formed the legal basis for the Papal States in the Middle Ages. The Byzantines, keen to make good relations with the growing power of the Frankish empire, gave Pepin the title of Patricius. In wars of expansion, Pepin conquered Septimania from the Islamic Umayyads, and subjugated the southern realms by repeatedly defeating Waiofar and his Gascon troops, after which the Gascon and Aquitanian lords saw no option but to pledge loyalty to the Franks. Pepin was, however, troubled by the relentless revolts of the Saxons and the Bavarians. He campaigned tirelessly in Germany, but the final subjugation of these tribes was left to his successors.

Pepin died in 768 and was succeeded by his sons Charlemagne and Carloman. Although unquestionably one of the most powerful and successful rulers of his time, Pepin's reign is largely overshadowed by that of his more famous son, Charlemagne.

Contents
1 Assumption of power
2 First Carolingian King
3 Expansion of the Frankish realm
4 Legacy
5 Family
6 Notes
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
Assumption of power
Pepin's father Charles Martel died in 741. He divided the rule of the Frankish kingdom between Pepin and his elder brother, Carloman, his surviving sons by his first wife: Carloman became Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, Pepin became Mayor of the Palace of Neustria. Grifo, Charles's son by his second wife, Swanahild (also known as Swanhilde), demanded a share in the inheritance, but he was besieged in Laon, forced to surrender and imprisoned in a monastery by his two half-brothers.

In the Frankish realm the unity of the kingdom was essentially connected with the person of the king. So Carloman, to secure this unity, raised the Merovingian Childeric to the throne (743). Then in 747 Carloman either resolved to or was pressured into entering a monastery. This left Francia in the hands of Pepin as sole mayor of the palace and dux et princeps Francorum.

At the time of Carloman's retirement, Grifo escaped his imprisonment and fled to Duke Odilo of Bavaria, who was married to Hiltrude, Pepin's sister. Pepin put down the renewed revolt led by his half-brother and succeeded in completely restoring the boundaries of the kingdom.

Under the reorganization of Francia by Charles Martel, the dux et princeps Francorum was the commander of the armies of the kingdom, in addition to his administrative duties as mayor of the palace.[3]

Coronation in 751 of Pepin the Short by Boniface, Archbishop of Mainz
First Carolingian King
As mayor of the palace, Pepin was formally subject to the decisions of Childeric III who had only the title of King but no power. Since Pepin had control over the magnates and actually had the power of a king, he now addressed to Pope Zachary a suggestive question:

In regard to the kings of the Franks who no longer possess the royal power: is this state of things proper?
Hard pressed by the Lombards, Pope Zachary welcomed this move by the Franks to end an intolerable condition and lay the constitutional foundations for the exercise of the royal power. The Pope replied that such a state of things is not proper. In these circumstances, the de facto power was considered more important than the de jure authority.

After this decision the throne was declared vacant. Childeric III was deposed and confined to a monastery. He was the last of the Merovingians.

Pepin was then elected King of the Franks by an assembly of Frankish nobles, with a large portion of his army on hand. The earliest account of his election and anointing is the Clausula de Pippino written around 767. Meanwhile, Grifo continued his rebellion, but was eventually killed in the battle of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in 753.

Pepin was assisted by his friend Vergilius of Salzburg, an Irish monk who probably used a copy of the "Collectio canonum Hibernensis" (an Irish collection of canon law) to advise him to receive royal unction to assist his recognition as king.[4] Anointed a first time in 751 in Soissons, Pepin added to his power after Pope Stephen II traveled all the way to Paris to anoint him a second time in a lavish ceremony at the Basilica of St Denis in 754, bestowing upon him the additional title of patricius Romanorum (Patrician of the Romans) and is the first recorded crowning of a civil ruler by a Pope.[5] As life expectancies were short in those days, and Pepin wanted family continuity, the Pope also anointed Pepin's sons, Charles (eventually known as Charlemagne), who was 12, and Carloman, who was 3.

Expansion of the Frankish realm

Muslim troops leaving Narbonne in 759, after 40 years of occupation

Pepin's expedition to Septimania and Aquitaine (760)
Pepin's first major act as king was to go to war against the Lombard king Aistulf, who had expanded into the ducatus Romanus. After a meeting with Pope Stephen II at Ponthion, Pepin forced the Lombard king to return property seized from the Church.[6] He confirmed the papacy in possession of Ravenna and the Pentapolis, the so-called Donation of Pepin, whereby the Papal States were established and the temporal reign of the papacy officially began.[6] At about 752, he turned his attention to Septimania. The new king headed south in a military expedition down the Rhone valley and received the submission of eastern Septimania (i.e. Nîmes, Maguelone, Beziers and Agde) after securing count Ansemund's allegiance. The Frankish king went on to invest Narbonne, the main Umayyad stronghold in Septimania, but could not capture it from the Iberian Muslims until seven years later in 759,[7] when they were driven out to Hispania.

Aquitaine still remained under Waiofar's Gascon-Aquitanian rule, however, and beyond Frankish reach. Duke Waiofar appears to have confiscated Church lands, maybe distributing them among his troops. In 760, after conquering the Roussillon from the Muslims and denouncing Waiofar's actions, Pepin moved his troops over to Toulouse and Albi, ravaged with fire and sword most of Aquitaine, and, in retaliation, counts loyal to Waiofar ravaged Burgundy.[8] Pepin, in turn, besieged the Aquitanian-held towns and strongholds of Bourbon, Clermont, Chantelle, Bourges and Thouars, defended by Waiofar's Gascon troops, who were overcome, captured and deported into northern France with their children and wives.[9]

In 763, Pepin advanced further into the heart of Waiofar's domains and captured major strongholds (Poitiers, Limoges, Angoulême, etc.), after which Waiofar counterattacked and war became bitter. Pepin opted to spread terror, burning villas, destroying vineyards and depopulating monasteries. By 765, the brutal tactics seemed to pay off for the Franks, who destroyed resistance in central Aquitaine and devastated the whole region. The city of Toulouse was conquered by Pepin in 767 as was Waiofar's capital of Bordeaux.[10]

As a result, Aquitanian nobles and Gascons from beyond the Garonne too saw no option but to accept a pro-Frankish peace treaty (Fronsac, c. 768). Waiofar escaped but was assassinated by his own frustrated followers in 768.

Legacy

Allegoric depiction of Pepin
Pepin died during a campaign, in 768 at the age of 54. He was interred in the Basilica of Saint Denis in modern-day Metropolitan Paris. His wife Bertrada was also interred there in 783. Charlemagne rebuilt the Basilica in honor of his parents and placed markers at the entrance.

The Frankish realm was divided according to the Salic law between his two sons: Charlemagne and Carloman I.

Historical opinion often seems to regard him as the lesser son and lesser father of two greater men, though a great man in his own right. He continued to build up the heavy cavalry which his father had begun. He maintained the standing army that his father had found necessary to protect the realm and form the core of its full army in wartime. He not only contained the Iberian Muslims as his father had, but drove them out of what is now France and, as important, he managed to subdue the Aquitanians and the Gascons after three generations of on-off clashes, so opening the gate to central and southern Gaul and Muslim Iberia. He continued his father's expansion of the Frankish church (missionary work in Germany and Scandinavia) and the institutional infrastructure (feudalism) that would prove the backbone of medieval Europe.

His rule, while not as great as either his father's or son's, was historically important and of great benefit to the Franks as a people. Pepin's assumption of the crown, and the title of Patrician of Rome, were harbingers of his son's imperial coronation which is usually seen as the founding of the Kingdom of France. He made the Carolingians de jure what his father had made them de facto—the ruling dynasty of the Franks and the foremost power of Europe. Known as a great conqueror, he was undefeated during his lifetime.

Family
Pepin married Leutberga from the Danube region. They had five children. She was repudiated some time after the birth of Charlemagne and her children were sent to convents.

In 741, Pepin married Bertrada, daughter of Caribert of Laon. They are known to have had eight children, at least three of whom survived to adulthood:

Charles (2 April 742 – 28 January 814), (Charlemagne)
Carloman (751 – 4 December 771)
Gisela (757–810)
Pepin, died in infancy.
Chrothais, died young, buried in Metz.
Adelais, died young, buried in Metz.

Family/Spouse: de Laon, Queen Bertrada II. Bertrada was born on 1 Apr 720 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France; was christened on 2 Apr 720 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France; died on 12 Jul 783 in Choisy, Oise, Picardie, France; was buried on 16 Jul 783 in Basilica of St Denis, Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Carolingians
• FSID: LZ62-TSV
• Appointments / Titles: Between 768 and 814; King of the Franks
• Military: 1 Jul 772; The Saxons resisted and the war lasted about 30 years conquered pagan Saxony
• Appointments / Titles: 774; King of the Lombards
• Military: Oct 782, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France; the campaign against the Saxons to his east lead to the Massacre of Verden
• Appointments / Titles: Between 800 and 814; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

Notes:

Charlemagne, also Charles I, Charles the Great, Carolus Magus, Charles le Grand and Karl de Grosse
Originally he was named Charles, after his Frankish grandfather Charles Martel, it was not until much later that historians began calling him Charles the Great or Charles le Magne which evolved into Charlemagne.
Charlemagne was the oldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon, born before their canonical marriage, on 2 April 742, most likely at Aachen. Charlemagne was technically an illegitimate child, since he was born out of wedlock; Pepin and Bertrada were bound by a private contract or Friedelehe at the time of his birth, but did not marry until 744.
He became king in 768 following his father's death, initially as co-ruler with his brother Carloman I. Carloman's sudden death in December 771 under unexplained circumstances left Charlemagne the sole ruler of the Frankish Kingdom. He continued his father's policy towards the papacy and became its protector, removing the Lombards from power in northern Italy and leading an incursion into Muslim Spain.

Charles I, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor of the Romans from 800. During the Early Middle Ages, he united the majority of western and central Europe. He was the first recognized emperor to rule from western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier. The expanded Frankish state that Charlemagne founded is called the Carolingian Empire. He was later canonized by Antipope Paschal III.

In his role as a zealous defender of Christianity, Charlemagne gave money and land to the Christian church and protected the popes. As a way to acknowledge Charlemagne’s power and reinforce his relationship with the church, Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne emperor of the Romans on December 25, 800, at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

As emperor, Charlemagne proved to be a talented diplomat and able administrator of the vast area he controlled. He promoted education and encouraged the Carolingian Renaissance, a period of renewed emphasis on scholarship and culture. He instituted economic and religious reforms, and was a driving force behind the Carolingian miniscule, a standardized form of writing that later became a basis for modern European printed alphabets. Charlemagne ruled from a number of cities and palaces, but spent significant time in Aachen. His palace there included a school, for which he recruited the best teachers in the land.

In addition to learning, Charlemagne was interested in athletic pursuits. Known to be highly energetic, he enjoyed hunting, horseback riding and swimming. Aachen held particular appeal for him due to its therapeutic warm springs.

Charlemagne had eighteen children with eight of his ten known wives or concubines. Nonetheless, he had only four legitimate grandsons, the four sons of his fourth son, Louis. In addition, he had a grandson (Bernard of Italy, the only son of his third son, Pepin of Italy), who was illegitimate but included in the line of inheritance. Among his descendants are several royal dynasties, including the Habsburg, Capetian and Plantagenet dynasties. By consequence, most if not all established European noble families ever since can genealogically trace some of their background to Charlemagne.

In 813, Charlemagne called Louis the Pious, king of Aquitaine, his only surviving legitimate son, to his court. There Charlemagne crowned his son as co-emperor and sent him back to Aquitaine. He then spent the autumn hunting before returning to Aachen on 1 November. In January, he fell ill with pleurisy and on 28 January 814 Charlemagne died, in the seventy-second year of his age and the forty-seventh of his reign.He was buried that same day, in Aachen Cathedral.
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I have included the 'Royal Ancestry" information below in cooperation with other members here, but would like to point out it is not the ONLY or even the best source of information on Charlemagne. Most of the information found in it originally came from "Vita Karoli Magni" written by Eginhard, who was Charlemagne's own court biographer and actually knew, and lived among, Charlemagne's family.
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“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“CHARLEMAGNE, King of the Franks, 768-814, King of the Langobards, 773-814, Emperor of the Romans, 800-814, son of Pépin (nicknamed "le Bref”), King of the Franks, by Bertrade, daughter of Charibert, Count of Laon. On the death of his father in 768, he became King of the Franks jointly with his brother, Carloman, and was crowned 9 October 768 at Noyon. He married (1st c.769-770, daughter of Desiderius, king of the Lombards. They had no issue. He married (2nd) before 30 April 771 HILDEGARDE, daughter of Gerold I, Count in Vinzgau, by Imma (or Emma), daughter of Count Nebi (or Hnabi). They had four sons, Charles, Pépin [King of Italy], Louis (I) [King of Aquitaine, Emperor], and Lothair, and five daughters, Adelaide (or Adelheid), Rotrude, Berthe, Gisele, and Hildegarde. On the death of his brother, Carloman, in 771, he reunited his father's possessions. He conquered the kingdom of the Lombards in 773. He used the title "rex Francorum et Langobardorum" from 5 June 774, adding "atque patricius Romanorum" from 16 July 774. His wife, Hildegarde, died at Thionville (Moselle) 30 April 783, and was buried in the church of the abbey of Saint Arnoul at Metz. He married (3rd) at Worms in October 783 FASTRADA, daughter of Radulf, Count in Franconia. They had two daughters, Theodrade [Abbess of Argenteuil] and Hiltrude. His wife, Fastrada, died at Frankfurt 10 August 794, and was buried in the basilica of Saint-Alban in Mainz. He married (4th) c.794-796 LIUTGARDE, an Alamannian. They had no issue. By various mistresses, he had four illegitimate sons, Pépin, Dreux [Bishop of Metz], Hugues, and Thierry (or Theodoric), and three illegitimate daughters, Chrothais, Rothlldis (or Rouhaut) [Abbess at Faremoutiers], and Adaltrude. His wife, Liutgarde, died at Tours 4 June 800, and was buried in the church of Saint-Martin in Tours. He was crowned Emperor of the Romans at St. Peter's, Rome 25 December 800. CHARLEMAGNE, Emperor of the Romans, died at Aachen 28 January 814, and was buried at Aix-la-Chapelle.
Guerard Cartulaire de l’Abbeye de Saint-Berlin (Coll. des Cartulaires de France 3) (1840): 55-56 (Chartulatium Sithiense, Pars Prima, Folquini Lib. I.). Henaux Charlemagne d'après les Traditions liégeoises (1878). Eginhard Life of Charlemagne (1880). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica SS XIII (1881): 219. (Annales Necrologici Prumienses [necrology of Prüm]: "Anno Domini incarn. 814. Karolus imperator 5 Kal. Feb. [28 Jan.] feliciter diem ultimum clausit, anno etatis suae circiter 71."). Cutts Charlemagne (1882). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica (Necrologia Germaniæ 1) (1888): 273 (Necrologium Augiæ Divitis: kat Ianuarius [28 January] - Karolus imperator."). Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 5 (1898): 111 (seal of Charlemagne dated A.D. 774- Oval: impression from an oval intaglio engraved stone. A bust, draped, turned to the right in profile. Legend: + XPE PROTEGE CAROLVM REGE FRANC.), 111 (seal of Charlemagne dated A.D. 812 - Oval: impression of an antique oval intaglio gem. Bust of Jupiter Serapis, with the modius on his head, in profile to the left. No legend.). Hodgkin Life of Charlemagne (1902). Halphen Recueil d'Annales Angevines et Vendômoises (1903): 52 (Annales de Vendôme sub A.D. 814: "Inclitus imperator Karolus migravit ad Christum feliciter, amen, v kalendas feburarii [28 January]."). Russell Charlemagne, First of the Moderns (1930). Scholz & Rogers Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals & Nithard's Histories (1970): 61 (Royal Frankish Annals sub A.D. 783: "The worthy Lady Queen Hildegard died on April 30, which fell that year on the eve of the Ascension of the Lord."). Banfield Charlemagne (1986). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): I, II.1-II.18. Settipani & von Kerrebrouck La Préhistoire des Capetians (1993). Collins Charlemagne (1998). Becher Charlemagne (2003). Bhote Charlemagne: The Life & Times of an Early Medieval Emperor (2005). Story Charlemagne: Empire & Society (2005). Wilson Charlemagne: A Biography (2005). Einhard and Notker the Stammerer Two Lives of Charlemagne (2008). McKitterick Charlemagne: The Formation of a European Identity (2008).
Children of Charlemagne, by Hildegarde:
i. PÉPIN (or PIPPIN), King of Italy [see next].
ii. LOUIS, King of Aquitaine, Emperor, married (1st) ERMENGARDE OF HASPENGAU; (2nd) JUDITH OF ALTORF [see Line B, Gen. 2 below].”

Charlemagne married von Vinzgau, Hildegard in 771. Hildegard (daughter of of Kraichgau, Gérold I and of Alemannia, Imma) was born on 2 Apr 757 in Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 2 Apr 757 in Kingdom of the Franks; died on 30 Apr 783 in Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France; was buried on 1 May 783 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L8PY-4HG
• Life Event: Between 781 and 810; King of Lombardy & Italy
• Appointments / Titles: 15 Apr 781; King of Italy
• Appointments / Titles: 25 Dec 800; Crowned King of the Franks at Rome

Notes:

Pippin König von Italien
Children ( Mistress or wife? )

1. BERNARD ([797]-Milan 17 Aug 818, bur Milan, San Ambrosio). Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris names "Bernhardus filius Pippini ex concubina"[627]. He was confirmed 11 Sep 813 at Aix-la-Chapelle as BERNARD I King of Italy.

Einhard, who names these daughters, makes no mention of whether they were legitimate or not. If they were illegitimate, it is not known whether they were full sisters of Bernard.

2. ADELAIS ([798]-after 810). "Adailhaidem, Atulam, Guntradam, Berthaidem ac Theoderadam" a

3.ADULA ([800/810]-after 810).

4. GUNTRADA ([800/810]-after 810).

5. BERTAIDE ([800/810]-after 810).

6.THEODRADA ([800/810]-after 810). "

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ITALY,%20Kings%20to%20962.htm#PepinIItalyB

Pépin d'Italie1, né en 777, mort à Milan le 8 juillet 810, est un des fils de Charlemagne, roi d'Italie de 781 à 810.

Il est le troisième fils de Charlemagne et le second d'Hildegarde de Vintzgau. Il est baptisé par le pape Adrien Ier avec le prénom de Carloman.

En 781, Charlemagne, roi des Lombards (rex Langobardorum) depuis 774, décide de faire de Carloman un « roi d'Italie » et de Louis, né en 778, un « roi d'Aquitaine ». Tous deux sont couronnés par le pape à Rome le 15 avril 781. C'est à cette occasion que Charlemagne décide de donner à Carloman le nom de Pépin ; dans la nomenclature, il est appelé Pépin Ier d'Italie, Charlemagne conservant le titre de roi des Lombards.

En raison de son jeune âge, Carloman est placé sous la tutelle d'Adalhard, abbé de Corbie, cousin de Charlemagne ; par la suite, ses tuteurs seront Waldo de Reichenau et Rotchild2.

En 787, bien qu'âgé de 10 ans, Pépin participe à une campagne militaire contre le duc Tassilon de Bavière. Charlemagne mêne lui-même une petite armée sur Augsbourg et débouche en Alémanie. Une autre vient du nord, composée d’Austrasiens, Saxons et Thuringiens. Pépin monte par la vallée de l'Adige à la tête d’une troisième armée. Menacé par des forces supérieures, Tassilon se rend sans combattre.

En 793, Pépin d'Italie mène une campagne contre le duc de Bénévent Grimoald, petit-fils du dernier roi lombard, Didier, qui refuse de se soumettre à son autorité.

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Translated:

Pepin of Italy

Pepin of Italy1, born in 777, died in Milan on July 8, 810, was one of the sons of Charlemagne, king of Italy from 781 to 810.

He was the third son of Charlemagne and the second of Hildegard of Vintzgau. He was baptized by Pope Adrian I with the name Carloman.

In 781, Charlemagne, king of the Lombards (rex Langobardorum) since 774, decided to make Carloman a "king of Italy" and Louis, born in 778, a "king of Aquitaine. Both were crowned by the pope in Rome on April 15, 781, at which time Charlemagne decided to give Carloman the name of Pepin; in the nomenclature, he was called Pepin I of Italy, with Charlemagne retaining the title of king of the Lombards.

Because of his young age, Carloman was placed under the guardianship of Adalhard, abbot of Corbie, cousin of Charlemagne; later, his guardians would be Waldo of Reichenau and Rotchild2.

In 787, although he was ten years old, Pepin took part in a military campaign against Duke Tassilon of Bavaria. Charlemagne himself led a small army to Augsburg and into Alemania. Another army came from the north, composed of Austrasians, Saxons and Thuringians. Pepin went up through the Adige valley at the head of a third army. Threatened by superior forces, Tassilon surrendered without fighting.

In 793, Pepin of Italy led a campaign against the duke of Benevento Grimoald, grandson of the last Lombard king, Didier, who refused to submit to his authority.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9pin_d%27Italie

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: King of Italy
• House: Carloginian
• Nickname: The Pious
• FSID: LZT6-KB5
• Appointments / Titles: Between 781 and 814; King of Aquitaine
• Appointments / Titles: Between 814 and 840; Emperor of the West
• Appointments / Titles: Between 814 and 840; King of the Franks
• Residence: 19 Jun 840, Ingelheim am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; Rheinhausen Hesse (house by the river); (present Rheinhessen)

Notes:

Louis the Pious (16 April 778–20 June 840), also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was the King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only surviving son of Charlemagne and Hildegard, he became the sole ruler of the Franks after his father's death in 814, a position which he held until his death, save for the period 833–834, during which he was deposed.

Louis married firstly Ermengarde of Hesbaye in c. 794. Children:
1 Lothair (795–855), king of Middle Francia
2 Pepin (797–838), king of Aquitaine
3 Adelaide (b. c. 799)
4 Rotrude (b. 800)
5 Hildegard (or Matilda) (b. c. 802)
6 Louis the German (c. 806–876), king of East Francia

Louis married secondly Judith of Bavaria. Children:
1 Gisela, married Eberhard of Friuli
2 Charles the Bald, king of West Francia

By an unknown concubine (probably Theodelinde of Sens) [citation needed], he had two illegitimate children:
1 Arnulf of Sens
2 Alpais

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_the_Pious
Louis the Pious (778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair, and the Debonair, was the King of the Franks and co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only surviving adult son of Charlemagne

Louis married of Bavaria, Judith in Feb 819. Judith (daughter of of Bavaria, Duke Welf I and of Sachsen, Heilwig) was born on 19 Feb 797 in Altdorf, Landshut, Bayern, Germany; died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; was buried on 19 Apr 843 in Basilica of Saint Martin, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: de Hesbaye, Empress Ermengarde. Ermengarde was born on 28 May 778 in Belgium; was christened on 5 Oct 816 in Kingdom of the Franks; died on 3 Oct 818 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; was buried on 4 Oct 818 in Erstein Abbey, Erstein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Carolingian
• FSID: K81B-Y4V
• Appointments / Titles: Between 810 and 818; King of Italy

Notes:

King of the Lombards of the Carolingian Dynasty (King of Italy) 810 to 818. Bernard was the illegitimate son of King Pepin of Italy, also known as Carloman. Bernard married a Cunigunde and had one son, Pepin, the Count of Vermandois. When his father died in 810, his grandfather, Charlemagne, allowed Bernard to inherit his father's kingdom despite the fact Bernard was illegitimate, as was his father. Bernard then became a trusted agent of both his grandfather and his uncle, Louis the Pious, King of Aquitaine and King of the Franks. Empress Ermengarde, the wife of Louis, wanted Bernard to be displaced in favor of her own sons, causing her husband to draw up the Ordinatio Imperii, a detail the future of the Frankish Empire where Bernard's position in Italy was confirmed but he would be a vassal to Lothair, Louis's eldest son. Bernard gathered many allies including Louis's own brothers in a plot to rebel against Lothair and Louis, who discovered the plot, taking Bernard by surprise in Chalon. He was then taken to Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen, Germany) and condemned to death. Louis commuted the sentence to blinding, such a traumatic event that Bernard died two days later. Louis's half brothers Drago, Hugh and Theoderic were confined to monasteries, the remaining co-conspirators were treated severely, losing all properties, rights or their lives. Bernard's kingdom of Italy was absorbed into the Frankish Kingdom and given to Lothair. In the following years, Louis would confess to Bernard's murder in a public display of penance. It is believed that Bernard was beloved by his people and Louis's sentence upon Bernard created an upheaval in Italy. His penance was "a well-judged gesture to restore harmony and re-establish his authority."
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Bernhard married de Gellone, Cunegonde in 818. Cunegonde (daughter of de Gellone, Heribert) was born in 800 in Kingdom of the Franks; died on 15 Jun 835 in Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy; was buried after 15 Jun 835 in Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GHFR-GK6

Notes:

Granddaughter of Charlemagne: (dutch) Liudolf was married to Oda (ca. 806 - 17 May 913), daughter of the princeps of Billung (Billungers) and Aeda, daughter of Pepin of Italy and thus granddaughter of Charlemagne. Oda founded the monastery of Calbe an der Milde in 885 and lived to be more than 100 years old. Liudolf and Oda had twelve children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liudolf_van_Saxony

Family/Spouse: Billung. Billung was born in UNKNOWN; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G8V9-R5Y
• Name: Gisela Of The Roman Empire
• Birth: 819

Notes:

Gisela (Gisèle) was the daughter of Louis the Pious and his second wife, Judith of Bavaria, born about 820. She was named after her great-aunt Gisela, the sister of Charlemagne, who chose a religious life from girlhood. Like her ancestress Gisela was renowned for her piety and virtue and eventually became an Abbess.

About 835 Gisela married Eberhard, Duke of Friuli, later canonized as Saint Eberhard. Gisela was Louis the Pious' reward to Count Eberhard for his loyal service. Eberhard and Gisela were likeminded and well suited to each other.
Together they had 9 children:
-Eberhard (c. 837 – 840)
-Ingeltrude (837 or 840 – 870), possibly married Henry, Margrave of the Franks
-Unruoch III (c. 840 – 874)
-Bèrenger (c. 845 – 924), King of Italy
-Adélard (d. 874)
-Rudolf (d. 892)
-Heilwise (b. 860)
-Gisèle (d. 863)
-Judith of Friuli (died ca. 881), first married Arnulf I of Bavaria, second married Conrad II of Auxerre

As dowry Gisela was given many rich domains including the Royal Fisc of Cysoing; located at the center of the country of Pèvele, Cysoing was one of the most beautiful fiscs in the region and became one of her and Eberhard's regular residences. They founded a monastery there, which was not completed until after their deaths.

The nunnery San Salvatore was given to her after Ermengarde, wife of Lothair I. For a time she served as both abbess and rectrix.

She dedicated herself to the education of her and Eberhard's many children.

Gisela's husband Eberhard died 16 December, 867. She survived him, her date of death is not known.

“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“GISELA, born 819-822. She married about 836 EBERHARD (or EVRARD), Margrave of Friuli, before 836? - 864/865, son of Hunroch (or Unroch), Count of Teinois, by Angiltrud, daughter, perhaps, of Begue, Count of Paris. They had five sons, Eberhard, Hunroch (or Unroch) [Margrave of Friuli], Berengario (or Bérenger) (I) [Duke of Friuli, King of Italy, Emperor], Adalard, and Raoul (or Rodolfe) [Abbot of Saint-Vaast and Saint-Bertin], and four daughters, Engeltrude, Heilwig (or Hélvide) (wife of Hucbald, Count of Ostrevant, and Roger I, Count of Laon), Gisela (nun in Brescia), and Judith (wife of Heinrich, Margrave in Frisia). He received the marquessate of Friuli from Lothair I, and held it with his wife in addition to his possessions in Italy and in Germany, his large holdings bordering the river Meuse, Hesbaye, Condroz, Texandrie and the pagus Moilla, and also other lands in the vicinity of Arras and Tournai, in Ostrevant, Cysoing and elsewhere. His wealth and political influence made him one of the most important men of his time. He was said to be highly cultured, and his testament enumerated many religious works. He maintained friendships with Hraban Maur, archbishop of Mayence, Hincmar, archbishop of Rheims, and with other men of letters. He founded Cysoing Abbey in the diocese of Noyon, and he transported to the abbey the relics of St. Calixtus, which he obtained from the pope. He made his testament about 863-864, and died [?16 Dec.] 865-866, and was buried at Cysoing. In 869 his widow, Gisela, gave Somain in Ostrevant to her son, Adalard. In 870 she and her son, Raoul, confirmed and augmented donations to Cysoing towards her burial and that of her daughter, Engeltrude. Gisela was living 1 July 874, when she made another grant to Cysoing.
Études d'Histoire de Moyen Age dediées el Gabrielle Monod (1896): 155-162. Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) III 14, IV 24-32 and also p. 86, notes concerning Nov. 28 and 30). Decker-Hauff (1955): 293. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 188A (sub Italy). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): III.14, IV.32-38c. Settipani & von Kerrebrouck La Préhistoire des Capetians (1993).”

Gisèle married of Friuli, Saint Eberardo in 836 in France. Eberardo (son of Count Unruoch and de Paris, Engeltrude) was born in 815 in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy; died on 16 Dec 866 in Cysoing, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried on 24 Dec 866 in Cysoing, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Carolingian
• Nickname: The Bald
• FSID: 2QBY-PCY
• Military: Between 840 and 843; Carolingian Civil War
• Life Event: 14 Feb 842; Alliance between Charles the Bald and Louis the German against their brother Lothair I
• Life Event: 843; Restricted the powers of the king and guaranteed rights of the nobility and clergy.
• Life Event: 860; King of the West Franks
• Life Event: 876; King of Italy and the Roman Empire

Notes:

King of the Franks, Emperor of the Roman Empire
Oaths of Strasbourg: 14 Feb 842 AD; Alliance between Charles the Bald and Louis the German against their brother Lothair I
Charles ΙΙ, also known as Charles the Bald was the youngest son of Louis the Pious and his second wife Judith. He was also a grandson of Charlemagne. Charles was born June 13, 823 in Frankfurt am Main, and was named Charles after his famous and powerful grandfather. His older brothers are Lothair I, Pepin of Aquitaine, and Louis the German.
Charles married Ermentrude of Orléans, daughter of Odo I, Count of Orléansin, in 842 and they had 10 children: Judith of Flanders, Louis the Stammerer, Charles the Child, Lothair the Lame, Carloman, Rotrude and Ermentrud (both who became nuns), Hildegarde, Gisela, and Godehilde.
Ermentrude died October 6 869 and in 870 Charles married Richilde of the Ardennes, daughter of Bivin of Gorze, Count of the Ardennes. Together they had 5 more children: Rothilde, Drogo, Pippin, a son who died an infant in 875, and Charles. Unfortunately out of these 5 only Rothilde survived to adulthood.

Charles the Bald was not bald, he is pictured with a full head of hair. 'The Bald' rather refers to his lack of lands when he was young.

Charles father Louis the Pious was King of Aquitaine, Emperor of Rome and King of the Franks. Although Charles was his youngest son, Louis named him his heir in 837. Charles would spend most of his life in a power struggle with his older brothers over the lands conquered by their grandfather. Charles older brother Pepin died in 838 and Charles was made King of Aquitaine. His father Louis the Pious died in 840 and war erupted between his sons. Oldest son Lothair consolidated control of Middle Francia and became Emperor of Rome. Charles allied with his brother Louis against their older brother. Louis became King of East Francia (King of Germany) and Charles King of West Francia (King of France)
After the death of his brother Lothair and then his brothers son Emperor Louis II, Charles traveled to Rome and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John VIII on December 25, 875.

Charles died on 6 October 877 in Brides-les-Bains while crossing the pass of Mont Cenis. He was buried initially at the abbey of Nantua, Burgundy but a few years later, his remains were transferred to the Abbey of Saint-Denis where he had long wished to be buried.

Charles and Ermentrude had the following children:
-Judith (c.843–after 866), married first King Ethelwulf of Wessex, second his son King Ethelbald, and third Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders
-Louis the Stammerer (846–879)
-Charles the Child (847–866)
-Lothair the Lame (848–866), monk in 861, became Abbot of Saint-Germain
-Carloman (849–876)
-Rotrude (852–912), a nun, Abbess of Saint-Radegunde
-Ermentrud (854–877), a nun, Abbess of Hasnon
-Hildegarde (born 856, died young)
-Gisela (857–874)
-Godehilde (864–907)

The children of Charles and Richilde are:
-Rothilde (871–929), married Hugues, Count of Bourges and 2nd Roger, Count of Maine.
-Drogo (872–873)
-Pippin (873–874)
-a son (born and died 875)
-Charles (876–877)
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“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“CHARLES II the Bald, King of Neustria, 838-840, King of the West Franks, 840-877, King of (western) Lorraine, 870-877, King of Italy, 875-877, Emperor, 875-877, son by his father's 2nd marriage, born at Frankfurt-am-Main 13 June 823. He married (1st) at Quierzy, Aisne 13 Dec. 842 ERMENTRUDE OF ORLÉANS, daughter of Eudes, Count of Orléans, by his wife, Engeltrude. She was born 27 Sept., about 830. They had six sons, Louis (II) [King of Neustria, King of Aquitaine, King of France], Charles [King of Aquitaine], Karlmann (or Carloman) [Abbot of St.-Germain of Auxerre], Lothair [Abbot of St.-Germain of Auxerre], Dreux, and Pépin, and four daughters, Judith, Hildegarde, Ermentrude [Abbess of Hasnon], and Gisela (or Gisele). His wife, Ermentrude, died 6 October 869. He married (2nd) 12 October 869, confirmed at Aix-la-Chapelle 22 Jan. 870 RICHILDE OF GORZE, daughter of Bivin, Count and Abbot of Gorze, by daughter of Boson l'Ancien, count in Italy. They had three children, including one son, Charles, and one daughter, Rothilde (wife of Rodgar [or Roger], Count of Maine). CHARLES II the Bald, Emperor, King of the West Franks, died at Brides-les-Bains (Savoie, Fr.) 6 October 877, and was buried at Nantua monastery, later at St. Denis. His widow, Richilde, living 910, and died before 3 Feb. 911.
Monumenta Germaniæ Historica SS XIII (1881): 219. (Annales Necrologici Prumienses [necrology of Prüm]: "Anno Domini inc. 877. Karolus, frater eius, Nonas Octob. feliciter obit.”) Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 5 (1898): 112 (seal of King Charles II dated A.D. 843 - Oval: bust of a youthful personage, in profile to the right, head crowned with laurel. Legend: + KAROLVS GRATIA DI REX.). Halphen Recueil d'Annales Angevines et Vendômoises (1903): 54-55 (Annales de Vendôme sub A.D. 877: "Karolus imperator obiit, id est Calvus, et filius ejus Hludowicus regnum recepit."). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) III 15. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 1 (1980): 2 (sub Die Karolinger); 2 (1984): 1 (sub Kings of the West Franks). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): III.15, IV.39-IV.52. Online resource: http.//www.mittelalter-genealogie.de/mittelalter/koenige/frankenreich/karl_2_der_kahle_koenig_von_frankreich_877.html.”

Charles married d'Orléans, Queen Ermentrude on 13 Dec 842 in France. Ermentrude (daughter of d'Orléans, Count Eudes and de Fézensac, Engeltrude) was born on 27 Sep 823 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; died on 6 Oct 869 in France; was buried after 6 Oct 869 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Carolingian
• Nickname: Lothar
• FSID: KH28-TN6
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Appointments / Titles: Aug 814; King of Bavaria
• Appointments / Titles: Between 817 and 855, Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Emperor of the Romans
• Appointments / Titles: Between 817 and 855, Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; King of Italy
• Appointments / Titles: Between 818 and 855, Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; King of Lombardia
• Appointments / Titles: Between 840 and 855; Emperor of the West

Notes:

Lothair I, born in 795, was Emperor of the Roman Empire (co-ruling with his father, Louise the Pious, until 840). He was also the governor of Bavaria and King of Italy and Middle Francia. He was the eldest son of Louis and his wife Ermengarde of Hesbaye, daughter of Ingerman the duke of Hesbaye.

On several occasions, Lothair led his full-brothers, Pepin I of Aquitaine and Louis the German, in revolt against their father to protest against attempts to make their half-brother Charles the Bald a co-heir to the Frankish domains. Upon their father's death, Charles and Louis joined forces against Lothair in a three-year civil war that lasted from 840 to 843. The struggles between the brothers led directly to the breakup of the Frankish Empire that had been assembled by their grandfather Charlemagne, and it laid the foundation for the development of modern France and Germany.

Little is known of Lothair's early life, which probably was passed at the court of his grandfather Charlemagne. In 814, the elderly emperor died, and left his sole surviving legitimate son Louis the Pious as successor to his vast empire. The next year, Lothair would be sent to govern Bavaria for his father, the new emperor. In 817, Louis the Pious drew up his "Ordinatio Imperii." In it he designated Lothair as his principal heir and ordered that Lothair would be the overlord of Louis' younger sons Pippin of Aquitaine (who was 20) and Louis the German (who was 13), as well as his nephew Bernard of Italy, Lothair's cousin. Lothair also would inherit their lands if they died childless. Lothair, at age 22, then was crowned joint emperor by his father at Aachen. At the same time, Aquitaine and Bavaria were granted to his brothers Pippin and Louis, respectively, as subsidiary kingdoms. Following the death of Bernard, Lothair also received the Kingdom of Italy.

In 821, Lothair married Ermengarde (who died in 851), daughter of Hugh the Count of Tours. In 822, he assumed the government of Italy, and at Easter, April 5, 823, he was crowned emperor again by Pope Paschal I, this time at Rome. In November 824, Lothair promulgated a statute, the "Constitutio Romana," concerning the relations of pope and emperor, which reserved the supreme power to the secular potentate, and he afterwards issued various ordinances for the good government of Italy.

On Lothair's return to his father's court, his stepmother Judith won his consent to her plan for securing a kingdom for her son Charles, a scheme that was carried out in 829, when the young prince was given Alemannia as king. However, Lothair soon changed his attitude and spent the succeeding decade in constant strife over the division of the Empire with his father. He was alternately master of the Empire, then banished and confined to Italy, at one time taking up arms in alliance with his brothers, and at another time fighting against them, while the bounds of his appointed kingdom were in turn extended and reduced.

The first rebellion began in 830. All three brothers fought their father, whom they deposed. In 831, their father was reinstated and he deprived Lothair of his imperial title and gave Italy to Charles. The second rebellion was instigated by Angilbert II, Archbishop of Milan, in 833, and again Louis was deposed in 834. Through the loyalty of the Lombards and later reconciliations, Lothair retained Italy and the imperial position through all remaining divisions of the Empire by his father.

When Louis the Pious was dying in 840, he sent the imperial insignia to Lothair, who, disregarding the various partitions, claimed the whole of the Empire. He was 45 years old when his father died. Negotiations with his brother Louis the German and his half-brother Charles, both of whom resisted this claim, were followed by an alliance of the younger brothers against him. A decisive battle was fought at Fontenay-en-Puisaye on June 25, 841, when, in spite of his and his allied nephew Pepin II of Aquitaine's personal gallantry, Lothair was defeated and fled to Aachen.

With fresh troops, Lothair began a war of plunder, but the forces of his brothers were too strong, and taking with him such treasure as he could collect, he abandoned his capital to them. He met with the leaders of the "Stellinga" in Speyer and promised them his support in return for theirs, but Louis, and then the native Saxon nobility, put down the "Stellinga" in the next years.

Peace negotiations began, and in June 842 the brothers met on an island in the Saône. They agreed to an arrangement that developed, after much difficulty and delay, into the Treaty of Verdun, signed in August 843. By this, Lothair received the imperial title as well as northern Italy and a long stretch of territory from the North Sea to the Mediterranean, essentially along the valleys of the Rhine and the Rhône; this territory included the regions Lorraine, Alsace, Burgundy, and Provence. He soon ceded Italy to his eldest son, Louis, and remained in his new kingdom, engaging in alternate quarrels and reconciliations with his brothers and in futile efforts to defend his lands from the attacks of the Northmen (as Vikings were known in Frankish writings) and the Saracens (as those loyal to the various Fatimids, Umayyads and Abbasides are known in Frankish writings). In 845, the count of Arles, Fulcrad, led a rebellion in Provence. The emperor put it down and the count joined him in an expedition against the Saracens in Italy in 846.

In 855, Lothair became seriously ill, and despairing of recovery, he renounced the throne, divided his lands among his three sons, and on September 23 entered the monastery of Prüm, where he died six days later. He was buried at Prüm, where his remains were found in 1860. It was at Prüm that Lothair was most commemorated. The same year, Lothair's kingdom was divided among his three sons in a deal called the Treaty of Prüm: the eldest, Louis II, received Italy and the title of emperor; the second, Lothair II, received Lotharingia; the youngest, Charles, received Provence.

Lothair married Ermengarde of Tours in 821, who died in 851. their children were: Louis II, crowned King of Italy in 844 by Pope Sergius II and crowned Emperor in 850, who married Engelberga; Hiltrude, who married Berengar of Spoleto; Bertha, who married an unknown man and was later Abbess of Avenay; Gisela, Abbess of San Salvatore at Brescia; Lothair II, who succeeded his father and married Teutberga, daughter of Boso the Elder, Count of Arles; Rotrude, who married Lambert III of Nantes; and Charles, who was Invested with Provence, Lyon and Transjuranian Burgundy.

Lothair had one known illegitimate child, Carloman.

-- Wikiwand: Lothair I

Lotharius married de Tours, Empress Ermengarde in Oct 821 in Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Ermengarde (daughter of de Tours, Hugues and de Morvois, Ava) was born in 804 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; was christened on 5 Oct 816 in France; died on 20 Mar 851 in Erstein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; was buried on 20 Mar 851 in Erstein, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Paris, Île-de-France, France; Countess
• Life Event: Abbey of Saint-Pierre-les-Dames, Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; Abbess Adaltrude of St. Peters- Rheims
• FSID: KFFM-MCB

Alphaide married de Paris, Bego I in 793 in Palatinate (Historical), Germany. Bego (son of de Paris, Gerard I and de Paris, Rothrude) was born in 757; died on 28 Oct 816 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duke of Brittany
• FSID: LCZN-T6T
• Life Event: 22 Aug 851, Battle of Jengland, Fougeray, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France; Frankish army of Charles the Bald.

Notes:

After the death of his father Nominoe, he led a successful military campaign against the Franks, culminating in his victory at the Battle of Jengland. He is subsequently referred to as "King of Brittany."

-- Wikiwand: Erispoe

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Pepin Seigneur de Senlis, de Peronne & de Saint-Quentin, II
French: Pépin comte de Péronne, Comte, seigneur de Peronne et Saint Quentin
Also Known As: "Pépin II", "seigneur de Péronne", "Lord of Senlis", "Péronne", "and Saint Quentin", "Pepin Quentin count of Senlis and lord of Valois", "Pepin II Quentin of Peronne de Valois Count of Vermandois", "Count Berenger of Bretagne Count of Bayeux", "Count of Vermandois; Lo..."
Birthdate: circa 817
Birthplace: Vermandois, Picardy, France
Death: circa 848 (22-39)
Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Place of Burial: Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Immediate Family:
Son of Bernard, King of Lombardy and Cunigundis
Husband of N.N. du Vexin

Father of
Pepin Bérenger de Senlis, comte de Bayeux;
Héribert I de Vermandois, comte de Vermandois, Senlis, Péronne;
Bernard I, count of Senlis; daughter of Pépin and
Cunegundes de Vermandois

Occupation: Count in the Region of Paris, Seigneur de Senlis, Seigneur de Péronne, Seigneur de Saint-Quentin, Lay Abbot 840, Compte de Peronnes et Senlis duc de Vermandois, roi d Italie, count of Vermandois, lord of Senlis, Péronne, and Saint Quentin, Count

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Sachsen, Germany; Duchess
• FSID: LC58-LGY

Notes:

"About 830 Liudolf married Oda, daughter of Billung and Aeda."

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"About 830 Liudolf married Oda, daughter of Billung and Aeda."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liudolf,_Duke_of_Saxony#Life

Granddaughter of Charlemagne: (dutch) Liudolf was married to Oda (ca. 806 - 17 May 913), daughter of the princeps of Billung (Billungers) and Aeda, daughter of Pepin of Italy and thus granddaughter of Charlemagne. Oda founded the monastery of Calbe an der Milde in 885 and lived to be more than 100 years old. Liudolf and Oda had twelve children. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liudolf_van_Saxony

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Oda married von Sachsen, Liudolf in 834 in Sachsen, Germany. Liudolf was born in 810 in Herzfeld, Bitburg-Prum, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died on 11 Mar 866 in Goslar, Goslar, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried after 11 Mar 866 in Brunshausen Abbey, Bad Gandersheim, Northeim, Niedersachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L8MS-M3H

Notes:

This is Ingeltrude (Engeltrude). Her sister is Judith.

DO NOT CONFUSE THEM. DO NOT MERGE THEM.

Family/Spouse: von Babenberg, Margrave Heinrich. Heinrich (son of von Babenberg, Count Poppo and Grapfeld, Kunigunda Cunegonde) was born in 825 in Babenberg, Holzkirchen, Miesbach, Bayern, Germany; died on 28 Aug 886 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried after 28 Aug 886 in Abbey of Saint-Médard de Soissons, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Carolingian
• FSID: LD98-69W
• Life Event: 1 Oct 856, Verberie, Oise, Picardie, France; Judith was crowned queen and anointed by Hincmar, Archbishop of Rheims; in Wessex it was not customary for kings\' wives to be queens, but Charles insisted that his daughter be crowned queen. Although empresses had been anointed before, this is the first definitely known anointing of a Carolingian queen.
• Life Event: 13 Jan 858, Kingdom of Wessex (England); Judith was widowed at age 14 when Æthelwulf died on 13 January 858. They had been married a year and 3 months and had no children.
• Life Event: Jul 860, Kingdom of Wessex (England); Judith was still childless when Æthelbald died in 860 after a reign of two-and-a-half years
• Life Event: Dec 860, Senlis, Somme, Picardie, France; Following Æthelbald's death, Judith sold her properties in Wessex and returned to France. Her father, Charles the Bald, sent her to the Monastery at Senlis. She was to remain \"under his protection and guardianship, with all the honour due a queen, until such time as she might marry...suitably and legally.\"
• Life Event: Dec 861, Harelbeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; Around Christmas 861, Judith eloped with Baldwin, later Count of Flanders, to Harelbeke (Belgium) with her brother Louis the Stammerer\'s consent.
• Life Event: 13 Dec 862, Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; Judith's father Charles the Bald wanted Judith and Baldwin excommunicated. Pope Nicholas I convinced him to accept the union of Judith and Baldwin as legally binding and welcome the young couple into his circle. They were officially married at Auxerre on 13 December 862.

Notes:

Judith of Flanders (or Judith of France) was the oldest child of Charles the Bald, King of the West Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, and his first wife Ermentrude of Orléans. She was born about 843, most likely in Orléans.
On 1 October 856, at Verberie in northern France, Judith married Æthelwulf, King of Wessex. Æthelwulf was about sixty-one years old and Judith was age 12 to 14. The marriage was a diplomatic alliance and as part of the arrangement Charles insisted his daughter be crowned Queen. Judith was crowned queen and anointed by Hincmar, Archbishop of Rheims. Although empresses had been anointed before, this is the first definitely known anointing of a Carolingian queen.
The marriage itself was unusual in that Carolingian princesses rarely married, were usually sent to nunneries, and it was almost unknown for them to marry foreigners. The marriage provoked a rebellion by Æthelwulf's eldest surviving son, Æthelbald, probably because he feared displacement by a higher-born half-brother. Æthelwulf, died on 13 January 858, married a little over a year, Judith was still no more than 14 or 15, the marriage produced no children. Æthelbald, succeed his father as King of Wessex and immediately married Judith, his step-mother, probably to enhance his status because she was the daughter of the West Frankish king.
Æthelbald died in July 860, they had been married two-and-a-half years. Judith was no more than 17 years old, she had been twice married, twice widowed, twice been the Queen of Wessex ad she was still childless. Done with Wessex, Judith sold her properties and went home to France. Her father Charles the Bald promptly put her in the Monastery at Senlis, "under his protection, with all the honour due to a queen, until such time as she might marry suitably and legally."
Around Christmas 861, Judith escaped and eloped with Baldwin (Count of Flanders) to the Flemish city of Harelbeke. Judith's brother Louis had given his consent but her father Charles the Bald was furious and tried to have the couple excommunicated. Thy fled to Rome and appealed to the Pope.
Pope Nicholas I convinced Judith's father to accept the union and welcome the young couple into his circle. They were officially married at Auxerre on 13 December 862.

Baldwin was given the County of Flanders to protect from Viking attacks. He not only succeeded in quelling the threat, but expanded both his army and his territory quickly, and became a faithful supporter of King Charles. Baldwin became known as "Iron Arm" and the March of Baldwin came to be known as the County of Flanders and would become one of the most powerful principalities of France.

Judith finally had children. She and Baldwin are known to have had:
Charles (c. 864/865 – died young), named after Judith's father, Charles the Bald

Baldwin II (c. 865/867 – c. 10 September 918). Succeeded his father as Margrave (Count) of Flanders. Married Ælfthryth, daughter of Alfred the Great

Raoul or Ralph (Rodulf) (c. 867/870 – murdered 17 June 896). Became Count of Cambrai around 888; he and his brother joined King Zwentibold of Lotharingia in 895, attacked Vermandois and captured Arras, Saint-Quentin and Peronne, and ended up captured and killed by Herbert I of Vermandois

Guinidilda, who married Wilfred I the Hairy, Count of Barcelona

Judith's exact date of death is not known, however, it is believed about 870, certainly before Baldwin who died in 879, they are both believed to be buried in the Abbey of St-Bertin, near Saint-Omer.

Judith married of Flanders, Baldwin I on 13 Dec 862 in Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France. Baldwin (son of of Flanders, Odoacer and of Flanders, N.N.) was born in 837 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 2 Jan 879 in Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried in 879 in Abbey of Saint Bertin, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Judith married of Wessex, Æthelbald in 858 in Kingdom of Wessex (England). Æthelbald was born in 834 in Wantage, Berkshire, England; died on 20 Dec 860 in Sherborne, Dorset, England; was buried after 20 Dec 860 in Sherborne, Dorset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: The Stammerer
• FSID: 94NX-NK2

Notes:

LOUIS II the Stammerer, King of Neustria, 856, King of Aquitaine, 867, King of France, 877-879, son and heir by his father's 1st marriage, born 1 Nov. c.846. He married (1st) March 862 ANSGARDE, daughter of Count Harduin. They had two sons, Louis (III) [joint King of France] and Carloman [King of France], and three daughters, Hildegarde and Gisela (or Gisele) (wife of Robert, Count palatine of Troyes), and Ermentrude. She died after 2 Nov. 880, 881, or 882. He married (2nd) ADELAIDE, daughter of Count Adelard. They had one son, Charles (III) the Simple [King of France]. LOUIS II, King of France, died at Compiegne 10 April 879. His widow, AdelaIde, died 18 October, after 9 Nov. 901.
Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 5 (1898): 113 (seal of King Louis II dated A.D. 879 - Oval: a bust in profile to the right. Legend: ... GRATIA …). Halphen Recueil d’Annales Angevines et Vendômoises (1903): 55 (Annales de Vendôme sub A.D. 879: "Hludovicus moritur, rex Germanie."). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) IV 34. Decker-Hauff (1955): 330 (identifies wife Adelheid as daughter of Welf, Graf im Argengau). Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 1 (sub Kings of the West Franks). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): IV.40, V.49-V.54. Settipani & von Kerrebrouck La Préhistoire des Capetians (1993).”
- this comes from “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013)
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"Louis II, known as Louis the Stammerer, was the King of Aquitaine and later the King of West Francia. He was the eldest son of emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans. Louis the Stammerer was physically weak and outlived his father by only two years."

"He succeeded his younger brother Charles the Child as the ruler of Aquitaine in 866 and his father in West Francia in 877, but he was *never* crowned Holy Roman Emperor."

"Louis was crowned king on 8 October 877 by Hincmar, archbishop of Reims, at Compiegne and was crowned a second time in August 878 by Pope John VIII at Troyes while the pope was attending a council there. The pope may have even offered him the imperial crown, but it was declined. Louis had relatively little impact on politics. He was described "a simple and sweet man, a lover of peace, justice, and religion". In 878, he gave the counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Besalú to Wilfred the Hairy. His final act was to march against the invading Vikings, but he fell ill and died on 9 April or 10 April 879, not long after beginning this final campaign. On his death, his realms were divided between his two sons, Carloman II and Louis III of France."

Louis married de Paris, Adélaïde in 862. Adélaïde was born in 850 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 10 Nov 901 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France; was buried after 19 Nov 901 in Compiègne, Oise, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LTY4-Y72
• Appointments / Titles: Between 839 and 840; König von Italien
• Appointments / Titles: 844; König der Langobarden
• Appointments / Titles: 844; König der Langobarden
• Appointments / Titles: 850; Römischer Mitkaiser
• Appointments / Titles: 850; Römischer Mitkaiser

Ludwig married d'Alsazia, Engelberga on 5 Oct 851. Engelberga was born in 830; died on 2 Apr 900 in San Salvatore, Brescia, Brescia, Lombardia, Italy; was buried after 2 Apr 900 in Parma, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Brescia, Brescia, Lombardia, Italy; Abbess to Saint Salvador of Brescia
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Moselle
• Appointments / Titles: Gräfin von Lothringen und Maasgau
• Appointments / Titles: Princess of Italy
• Appointments / Titles: Princess of Russia
• FSID: L87F-PT1

Notes:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmengarde_de_Germanie

Family/Spouse: de Maasgau, Giselbert II. Giselbert was born in 825 in Hainaut, Belgium; died on 6 Sep 885 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried after 6 Sep 885. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: King of Italy
• FSID: LHJC-WKM
• Appointments / Titles: Between 855 and 869; King of Lotharingia (Lorraine)

Lothaire married de Lorraine, Waldrada on 25 Dec 862. Waldrada was born in 835; died on 9 Apr 869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GQM2-6VR

Notes:

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANKISH%20NOBILITY.htm#SusannaMWulfhard

Suzanne married de Flavigny, Wulfhard in 825. Wulfhard (son of von Argengau, Udalrich II) was born in 803 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died in 856 in Flavigny, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Vermandois (Historical), Picardie, France; Count of Vermandois
• FSID: KT4G-S84

Notes:

The name of Herbert's wife is UNKNOWN!
THERE IS NO BERTHA DE MORVOIS!

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-- https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfravalver.htm#_Toc521223333 --
-- https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfravalver.htm#_Toc521223334 --
"THE NAME OF THE WIFE of Comte Héribert is NOT KNOWN. However, a 'Comtesse Liedgardis', different from the daughter of Comte Héribert II, is named who could have been his wife."

-- https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_von_Morvois --

"Seit den Untersuchungen von René Louis (1946), Daniel Misonne (1967) und Alain Dierkens (1985) wird die Chronik der Abtei Waulsort jedoch als Fantasiegebilde angesehen, insbesondere, was die genannte Genealogie angeht. Davon betroffen ist dann nicht nur die Ehe Berthas mit Heribert von Vermandois, sondern die Existenz Berthas überhaupt."

Google transaltion:

"However, since the studies by René Louis (1946), Daniel Misonne (1967) and Alain Dierkens (1985), the chronicle of Waulsort Abbey has been seen as A FIGMENT OF IMAGINATION, especially with regard to the genealogical table as constructed. This affects not only Bertha's marriage to Heribert von Vermandois, BUT BERTHA'S EXISTENCE IN GENERAL."

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“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“HERIBERT I, Count of Vermandois, with Saint-Quentin and Peronne, and lay abbot of Saint-Quentin, c.896-900/906, Count of Soissons and lay-abbot of Saint-Crepin, before 898-900/906, born about 850. HE MARRIED AN UNIDENTIFIED WIFE. They had one son, Heribert II [Count of Meaux, Soissons, and Vermandois] and one daughter, ___ (wife of Udo, Count of the Wetterau). In 896 he killed Raoul, brother of count Baudoin II. HERIBERT I, Count of Vermandois, was murdered 11 June, between 900 and 6 Nov. 907.
Barthelemy Cartulaire de l’Abbaye de Bucilly (1881): 109. Halphen & Poupardin Chroniques des Comtes d'Anjou et des Seigneurs D’Amboise (1913): 247-250 (Genealogiæ Comitum Andegavensium). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) V.3. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3(1) (1984): 49 (sub Vermandois). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): V.3, VI.3-VI.5. Settipani & von Kerrebrouck La Préhistoire des Capetians (1993). Schwager Graf Heribert ll (1994). Tanner Fams., Friends., & Allies (2004): 308 (Vermandois ped.).”

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Research by Friedrich R Wollmershhauser given to Sheldon Wimmer - HERIBERT I. VERMANDOIS, g.ca. 850,  06.11.907. From the Karolinger House, his father Pippin was a grandson of King Bernhard of Italy. Heribert, which is detectable in the sources from 877, was 886/898 Count of Soissons And Lay abbot From Monastery of St. Crispinus In Soissons, 888/889 Count of Meaux And MadrieAnd during this time was together with the Archbishop Fulco Of Reims, one of the leaders of the aristocratic opposition against the new king Odo of Paris, the 888 – 898 the first Robertiner On the French Throne was. On 28 January 893, the anniversary of Charlemagne of the Great Death, crowned Heribert and Fulco Charles the Einfumby, the son Louis the Stammler To the Counter-King, a measure that only succeeded after Odo's death in 898, partly because Odo gradually The party supporters of Charles moved to his side, including finally Heribert, to whom he was the important county in 896 Vermandois Handed. Heribert, after acquiring the Vermandois, expanded his power into the Champagne Without being held accountable by the king. On June 28, 896, he killed the Count during clashes over Vermandois. Rodulfus From the House of Flanders Killed. Like Fulco von Reims, Heribert was commissioned by the Count on 6 November. Baldwin II. Of Flanders, an older brother of Rodulfus, murdered. HERIBERT'S WIFE IS UNKNOWN.

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Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Brunonen
• FSID: LBMF-CD4

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liutgard_of_Saxony_(died_885)

Family/Spouse: von Schwaben, Burchard I. Burchard was born in 860 in Swabia (Historical), Germany; died on 5 Nov 911 in Swabia (Historical), Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duke of Saxony
• House: Ottonian
• Nickname: The Illustrious One
• FSID: G98N-1MN
• Life Event: Between 902 and 912, Hersfeld Abbey Bad Hersfeld, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hessen, Germany; Abbott

Notes:

Otto I, Duke of Saxony
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Otto I
Duke of Saxony
Otto I, Duke of Saxony.jpg
Otto I Dux, depiction in the Chronica Sancti Pantaleonis, Cologne (c. 1237
Born c. 830/40
Died 30 November 912
Wallhausen, Saxony
Buried Gandersheim Abbey
Noble family Ottonian dynasty
Spouse(s) Hathui of Babenberg
Issue
Henry the Fowler
Father Liudolf, Duke of Saxony
Mother Oda of Billung
Otto (c. 830/40 – 30 November 912), called the Illustrious (German: Otto der Erlauchte) by later authors, a member of the Ottonian dynasty, was Duke of Saxony from 880 to his death.

Contents
1 Family
2 Reign
3 Notes
4 Sources
Family
Otto was a younger son of the Saxon count Liudolf (d. 866), the progenitor of the dynasty, and his wife Oda (d. 913), daughter of the Saxon princeps Billung. Among his siblings were his elder brother Bruno, heir to their father's estates, and Liutgard, who in 876 became Queen of East Francia as consort of the Carolingian king Louis the Younger. The marriage expressed Liudolf's dominant position in the Saxon lands.

Around 873 Otto himself married Hathui (d. 903), probably daughter of the Frankish princeps militiae Henry of Franconia, a member of the noble House of Babenberg (Popponids). By her he had two sons, Thankmar and Liudolf, who predeceased him, but his third son Henry the Fowler succeeded him as duke of Saxony and was later elected king. Otto's daughter Oda married the Carolingian King Zwentibold of Lotharingia, son of Emperor Arnulf. His family is called the Liudolfinger after his father, upon the accession of his grandson Emperor Otto the Great it then was also called the Ottonian dynasty.

Reign
By a charter of King Louis the Younger to Gandersheim Abbey dated 26 January 877, the pago Suththuringa (region of South Thuringia) is described as in comitatu Ottonis (in Otto's county). He succeeded his brother Bruno after the latter's death in the Battle of Lüneburg Heath (Ebsdorf) on 2 February 880, fighting against the Viking invaders.[1]

Ruling over vast Saxon and Thuringian estates, Otto was mentioned as dux in later sources, while in a contemporary charter of 28 January 897, Otto is described as marchio and the pago Eichesfelden (Eichsfeld) is now found to be within his county (march). He was also the lay abbot of Hersfeld Abbey in 908 and fifty years later was described as magni ducis Oddonis (great duke Otto) by the chronicler Widukind of Corvey when describing the marriage of his sister Liutgard to King Louis.

Despite his dynastic relations, Otto only had loose connections to the Carolingian court and rarely left Saxony. He remained a regional East Frankish prince and his overlords, Louis the Younger and Emperor Arnulf, with both of whom he was on good terms, rarely interfered in Saxon autonomy. In his lands, Otto was prince in practice and he also established himself as a tributary ruler over the neighbouring Slavic tribes in the east, such as the Daleminzi.

According to Widukind of Corvey, the "Saxon and Franconian people" offered Otto the kingship of East Francia after the death of the last Carolingian monarch Louis the Child in 911. He did, however, not accept it on account of his advanced age, instead suggesting Duke Conrad of Franconia. The truthfulness of this report is considered doubtful.[2]

The next year, Otto died at the Pfalz of Wallhausen. He was buried in the church of Gandersheim Abbey.

Buried:
Gandersheim Abbey

Otto married von Babenberg, Hedwiga in 870 in Sachsen, Germany. Hedwiga (daughter of von Babenberg, Margrave Heinrich and of Fruili, Ingeltrude) was born on 10 Oct 853 in Babenberg Castle, Holzkirchen, Miesbach, Bayern, Germany; died on 24 Dec 903 in Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; was buried after 24 Dec 903 in Stiftskirche Gandersheim, Bad Gandersheim, Northeim, Niedersachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L8TG-1DR

Notes:

Hedwiga (also known as Hathui; c.?850/55-24 December 903), a member of the Elder House of Babenberg (Popponids), was Duchess of Saxony from about 880 until her death, by her marriage with the Liudolfing duke Otto the Illustrious. She is the mother of King

Hedwiga married of Saxony, Otto I in 870 in Sachsen, Germany. Otto (son of von Sachsen, Liudolf and Billung, Oda) was born in 830 in Sachsen, Germany; died on 30 Nov 912 in Wallhausen, Sangerhausen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; was buried after 30 Nov 912 in Bad Gandersheim, Northeim, Niedersachsen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Artois, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Count of Artois
• Appointments / Titles: Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Count of Boulogne
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Ternois
• Appointments / Titles: Margrave of Flanders
• House: House of Flanders
• FSID: LDHS-DWJ

Notes:

"Baldwin II was the second margrave of Flanders, ruling from 879 to 918. He was nicknamed the Bald (Calvus) after his maternal grandfather, King Charles the Bald."

"Baldwin II was born around 865 to Baldwin I of Flanders and Judith of Flanders, the great-granddaughter of Charlemagne."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin_II,_Margrave_of_Flanders
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudouin_II_de_Flandre

[NB: Information sourced from Wikipedia is subject to change by third-parties. Follow the URL(s) noted above to review the latest content.]

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Baldwin married of Flanders, Princess Ælfthryth in 890. Ælfthryth (daughter of of Wessex, King Alfred and of Mercia, Queen Eathswith) was born in 877 in Kingdom of Wessex (England); died on 7 Jun 929 in Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium; was buried on 7 Jun 929 in St Peter's Abbey, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: The Simple
• Nickname: The Simple
• FSID: LCDM-9D5

Notes:

Charles III, also called Charles the Simple and Charles the Straightforward, was the son of Louis the Stammerer and his second wife Adelaide of Paris. Charles was born on 17 September 879, 5 months after the death of his father Louis in Compiegne on 10 April 879.
In 875 Charles mother Adelaide had displaced Louis first wife of 13 years. Charles the Bald had not approved of the first marriage, had it annulled by the Pope, and arranged the marriage of Adelaide and Louis. After Louis' death his first wife, in and attempt to protect the inheritance of her own children, accused Charles mother Adelaide of adultery, bringing Charles parentage into question. After a long and difficult process Charles was finally confirmed as the only legitimate heir of Louis, and heir to the throne. Charles was but and infant, however, and unable to ascend any throne. His older half brothers took joint control of the throne and kept it until their death. Ranulf II, the Duke of Aquitaine, became the guardian of young Charles, and may have tried to claim the throne for him, but in the end used the royal title himself.

In 893, 14 year old Charles was crowned King of West Francia at the Reims Cathedral by Aquitainian nobles who opposed the rule of Odo. He was not able to truly claim the throne until Odo's death and when he finally succeeded to his father's throne in 898 his mother assisted in crowning him.

Charles reign of 24 years was filled with battles to keep his throne.

Charles married twice. His first marriage was in May 907 to Frederuna, daughter of Dietrich, Count in the Hamaland. They had six daughters:
-Ermentrude
-Frederuna
-Adelaide
-Gisela, wife of Rollo
-Rotrude
-Hildegarde

Next in 919 Charles married Eadgifu of Wessex, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of the Anglo-Saxons. Together they had one son:
Louis IV of France (10 September 920–10 September 954), who eventually succeeded to the throne of West Francia in 936

Charles also had several other offspring:
-Arnulf
-Drogo
-Rorice († 976), Bishop of Laon
-Alpais, who married Erlebold, count of Lommegau

In 922 Charles III was deposed and, after being defeated at the Battle of Soissons in 923, he was taken prisoner by Count Herbert II of Vermandois. Imprissoned first at Château-Thierry, then in Péronne, Charles the Simple died there on 7 October 929 and was immediately buried in the local Monastery of Saint-Fursy. His son Louis was now the legitimate Carolingian heir. When Charles was captured in 923 Eadgifu took baby Louis to England to the protection of her half-brother, King Æthelstan of England. In 936 the nobility of France requested Louis return to France and succeed to the throne. 15 year old Louis did so with the support of Hugh the Great. Thus although deposed, Charles son Louis still ascended to his throne
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“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“LOUIS II the Stammerer, King of Neustria, 856, King of Aquitaine, 867, King of France, 877-879, son and heir by his father's 1st marriage, born 1 Nov. c.846. He married (1st) March 862 ANSGARDE, daughter of Count Harduin. They had two sons, Louis (III) [joint King of France] and Carloman [King of France], and three daughters, Hildegarde and Gisela (or Gisele) (wife of Robert, Count palatine of Troyes), and Ermentrude. She died after 2 Nov. 880, 881, or 882. He married (2nd) ADELAIDE, daughter of Count Adelard. They had one son, Charles (III) the Simple [King of France]. LOUIS II, King of France, died at Compiegne 10 April 879. His widow, AdelaIde, died 18 October, after 9 Nov. 901.
Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 5 (1898): 113 (seal of King Louis II dated A.D. 879 - Oval: a bust in profile to the right. Legend: ... GRATIA …). Halphen Recueil d’Annales Angevines et Vendômoises (1903): 55 (Annales de Vendôme sub A.D. 879: "Hludovicus moritur, rex Germanie."). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) IV 34. Decker-Hauff (1955): 330 (identifies wife Adelheid as daughter of Welf, Graf im Argengau). Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 1 (sub Kings of the West Franks). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): IV.40, V.49-V.54. Settipani & von Kerrebrouck La Préhistoire des Capetians (1993).”

Charles married of Wessex, Eadgifu in 919. Eadgifu (daughter of of Wessex, King Edward and of Wiltshire, Ælfflæd) was born in 910 in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, England; died in 954 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France; was buried in 955 in Cathedral of St. Maurice, Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LHTH-XJT

Notes:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermentrude_(fille_de_Louis_le_B%C3%A8gue)

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Regent of Bavaria during minority of son Henry the Wrangler
• House: Liutpolding
• FSID: GMJ7-4VN

Notes:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ITALY,%20Kings%20to%20962.htm#Ermengardisdied896

Ermengarde is the second daughter of the Western Emperor Louis II the Younger and Engelberge.

Ermengarde (852 / 855-896 in Vienna 1 ) is the second daughter of the Western Emperor Louis II the Younger and Engelberge .

Summary
1 Biography
1.1 Boson's wife
1.2 Regent of the Kingdom of Provence
2 Offspring
3 Notes and references
4 See as well
4.1 Sources and bibliography
4.2 external links
Biography
Boson's wife
In 876 , she married, Duke Boson V of Provence - with Ermengarde, a branch of the Carolingians was founded in the Bosonides - and gave him two daughters and a son, Louis , future emperor of the West .

In May 878 , Pope John VIII, threatened by the Saracens and Italian nobles, took refuge in Arles with her and her husband, Duke Boson.

After the coup d'état of Boson in October 879 , she participated in the defense of Provence against the attempts of the Carolingian kings to reconquer . At the end of 880 , she successfully defended the city of Vienne , in the Rhône valley , capital of the kingdom of Burgondia that her husband Boson had tried to restore, and besieged by the troops of the alliance of the Carolingian kings Charles III the Fat , Louis III of France and Carloman II of France .

In August 881 , during the second siege of Vienna , the troops of Charles III the Fat , newly elected West Germanic Emperor , succeeded in taking the city which was pillaged and burned down. Richard the Justice , brother of Boson, then takes under his protection his sister-in-law and his niece and takes them to Autun , while her husband Boson takes refuge in Provence.

His genealogy on the FMG website [ archive ]
René Poupardin , The Kingdom of Provence under the Carolingians , p. 162-163.
See also
Sources and bibliography
René Poupardin , The Kingdom of Provence under the Carolingians , Lafitte Reprints, 1974.
External links
Notices in general dictionaries or encyclopedias :Dizionario biografico degli italiani [ archive ]Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana [ archive ]
(en) Charles Cawley, “ Italy, emperors & kings - Chapter 4. Kins of Italy 774-887 (Carolingians) ” [ archive ] , at fmg.ac/MedLands (Foundation for Medieval Genealogy) (consulted inapril 2020) , including the dedicated leaflet [ archive ]

Ermengarde married de Provence, Boson in 876. Boson (son of of Gorze, Bivin and d'Arles, Dame Richilde) was born in 841 in Metz, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 11 Jan 887 in Vienne, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried after 11 Jan 887 in Vienne, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Hainaut
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Henegouwen
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Maasgau
• Appointments / Titles: Duke of Lorraine
• Appointments / Titles: Duke of Lothringen
• House: House of Reginar
• FSID: L8YG-8PB

Notes:

Reginar Longneck
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Reginar Longneck
Duke of Lorraine
Count of Hainaut
Died 915
Noble family House of Reginar
Spouse(s) Hersinda
Alberada

Issue
Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
Reginar II, Count of Hainaut
Frederick, Archbishop of Mainz[citation needed]

Reginar Longneck or Reginar I (c. 850 – 915), Latin: Rainerus or Ragenerus Longicollus, was a leading nobleman in the kingdom of Lotharingia, variously described in contemporary sources with the titles of count, margrave, missus dominicus and duke. He stands at the head of a Lotharingian dynasty known to modern scholarship as the Reginarids, because of their frequent use of the name "Reginar".

Background
Reginar was probably the son of Gilbert, count of the Maasgau, and a daughter of Lothair I whose name is not known (Hiltrude, Bertha, Irmgard, and Gisela are candidate names). In an 877 charter in the Capitulary of Quierzy, he possibly already appears as "Rainerus", alongside his probable father as one of the regents of the kingdom during Charles the Bald's absence on campaign in Italy.[1]

Career
Reginar was lay abbot of important abbeys stretching from the Maas to the Moselle through the Ardennes, Saint-Servais in Maastricht, Echternach, Stavelot-Malmedy, and Saint-Maximin in Trier. All these abbeys lay on or near the boundary negotiated between the Eastern and Western Frankish kingdoms in the Treaty of Meerssen in 870, during a period when the Western Kingdom controlled much of Lotharingia. In Echternach, he was referred to as "Rainerus iunior" because the lay abbot before him, a probable relative, had the same name.

Reginar's secular titles and activities are mainly only known from much later sources which are considered to be of uncertain reliability. Dudo of Saint-Quentin, in describing the great deeds of the early Normans, calls Reginar I (who, along with a prince of the Frisians named Radbod, was an opponent of Rollo, the founder of Normandy) a duke of both Hainaut and Hesbaye.[2] Centuries later William of Jumièges, and then later still, Alberic de Trois Fontaines followed Dudo using the same titles when describing the same events. He was variously referred to as duke, count, marquis, missus dominicus, but historians doubt that these titles were connected to a particular territory. That he called himself a duke is known from a charter at Stavelot 21 July 905, but this was during a period when Gebhard was duke of Lotharingia.[3]

Reginar was originally a supporter of Zwentibold in 895, but he broke with the king in 898. He and some other magnates who had been key to Zwentibold's election three years earlier then took the opportunity provided by the death of Odo of France to invite Charles the Simple to become king in Lotharingia. His lands were confiscated, but he refused to give them up and entrenched himself at Durfost, downstream from Maastricht. Representatives of Charles, Zwentibold, and the Emperor Arnulf met at Sankt Goar and determined that the succession should go to Louis the Child. Zwentibold was killed by Reginar in battle in August 900.

Louis appointed Gebhard as his duke in Lotharingia. In 908, Reginar recuperated Hainaut after the death of Sigard. Then, after the death of Gebhard in 910, in battle with the Magyars, Reginar led the magnates in opposing Conrad I of Germany and electing Charles the Simple their king. He never appears as the duke of Lorraine, but he was probably the military commander of the region under Charles. He was succeeded by his son Gilbert; however, the Reginarids did not succeed in establishing their supremacy in Lotharingia like the Liudolfings or Liutpoldings did in the duchies of Saxony and Bavaria.

Family
By his wife Alberada, who predeceased him and was probably a second wife, Reginar left the following children:

Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
Reginar II, Count of Hainaut
a daughter, who married Berengar, Count of Namur

Family/Spouse: de Hainaut, Countess Alberada. Alberada (daughter of de Hainaut, Comte Alban II and de Namur, Hildeberge) was born in 854 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died in 916 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried in 916 in Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Arles
• Appointments / Titles: Margravine of Tuscany
• House: Carolingian
• FSID: LYZB-L4Y

Notes:

Bertha, daughter of Lothair II
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bertha (863-8 – March 925 in Lucca) was countess of Arles by marriage to Theobald of Arles, and margravine of Tuscany by marriage to Adalbert II of Tuscany. She served as regent of Lucca and Tuscany from 915 until 916 during the minority of her son Guy of Tuscany. She was described as beautiful, spirited, and courageous, and her influence over her spouse was, coupled with ambition, attributed to have involved her husbands in many wars.

She was the second illegitimate daughter of Lothair II, King of Lotharingia, by his concubine Waldrada.[1]

Life
Between 879 and 880, Bertha married her first husband, Theobald of Arles. A Bosonid, his father was Hucbert. Hucbert's brother-in-law was Lothair II.

Bertha is also known for her curious correspondence to Caliph al-Muktafi in 906, in which she described herself rather grandly as "Queen of the Franks." Bertha's letter is of interest in that she appears to have little knowledge of Baghdad politics or culture, and it is for this reason that details of her correspondence were recorded by one of the Muslim chroniclers. Bertha was seeking a marriage alliance between herself and the Emir of Sicily, unaware that al-Mukfati had little influence over the Aghlabid colony in Sicily. Moreover, the letter was written in a language unfamiliar to the Caliph's translators, and the accompanying gifts (among them a multicoloured woollen coat) which no doubt indicated largesse on Bertha's part, were unlikely to have impressed al-Muktafi beyond their novelty value.[2]

After the death of Adalbert II in 915, her son Guy became count and duke of Lucca and margrave of Tuscany. Bertha, as his mother, was his regent. She stepped down from regency in 916.

Bertha died on 8 March 925 in Lucca.

Issue
Bertha and Theobald of Arles had four children with :

Hugh (882 – 10 April 947);[3]
Boso (885–936)
Theutberga of Arles (890–948), married Warner, viscount of Sens[4]
An unknown daughter (d. after 924)
Bertha and Adalbert II of Tuscany had three children:

Guy (d. 3 February 929);[5]
Lambert (d. after 938);
Ermengarde (d. 932).

Bertha married d'Arles, Théobald in 880 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Théobald (son of d'Arles, Hucbert and d'Arles, Andaberta) was born on 5 Jan 850 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died in Jun 895 in Orbé, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried in Jun 895 in Cathedral of Lucca, Lucca, Lucca, Toscana, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; 5th Count
• Appointments / Titles: 5th Count of Angoulême - "Comte d'Angoulême"
• Appointments / Titles: Périgueux, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France; Count of Périgueux
• FSID: GM68-KDF

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulgrin_I_of_Angoul%C3%AAme
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulgrin_Ier_d%27Angoul%C3%AAme
http://racineshistoire.free.fr/LGN/PDF/Angouleme.pdf

Wulgrin married de Toulouse, Roselinde Guilhelmide in 865 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Roselinde (daughter of de Poitiers, Bernhard II and du Maine, Blichilde) was born in 842 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France; died on 5 Mar 886 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GDWG-4RQ

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Carolingian
• FSID: LBBB-4XS

Notes:

Herbert II of Vermandois was the son of Herbert I of Vermandois, born circa 880. He succeeded his father as Count of Vermandois, Count of Meaux, and Count of Soissons, in 907. Herbert II was the first to exercise power over the territory that became the province of Champagne.

Herbert married Adele (Adela), daughter of King Robert I of France, and together they had the following children:
- Luitgarde (–978), m. William I, Duke of Normandy and Theobald I of Blois
- Adela (910–960), m. Count Arnulf I of Flanders
- Eudes (915–946)
- Hugh (920–962), Archbishop of Reims
- Adalbert I (c. 915–987), m. Gerberge of Lorraine
- Robert (925 - 975), Count of Meaux and Châlons
- Herbert III of Omois (Herbert the Old) (–980) m. Eadgifu of Wessex, widow of King Charles III King
- Guy I (d. 986), Count of Soissons

Herbert was of the House of Carolingian, a descendant of Charlemagne, as was his wife Adele, giving their children the Carolingian heritage on both sides.

Herbert participated in the overthrow of King Charles III of France. In 923 he captured and imprisoned King Charles, who died still a captive in 929. Charles wife, Queen Eadgifu, and their young son Louis were forced to flee to the safety of her family in England. By 936 that son had returned to France and was crowned King Louis IV. Ironically Eadgifu, the widow of King Charles later married Herbert's son Herbert III of Omois.

In 925 Herbert acquired the archbishopric of Rheims for his second son Hugh, with the help of King Rudolph. Six year old Hugh was confirmed in this position by Pope John X in 926 and sent to Auxerre to study.
In 926 Herbert demanded the Countship of Laon for his oldest son Eudes, after Count Roger I of Laon had died. King Rudolph denied him and Herbert seized Laon in defiance, setting in motion a feud that resulted in the loss of all of his properties and titles, as well as those of his sons. With the assistance of King Henry the Fowler, Herbert submitted to King Rudolph in 934 and all his properties, except for Rheims and Laon, were restored to him.

Herbert II died on 23 February 943 at Saint-Quentin, Aisne (the capital of the county of Vermandois). His estates and territories were divided among his sons:
Adalbert I succeeded him as Count of Vermandois
Guy I as Count of Soissons
Robert as Count of Meaux
Herbert the Old as Count of Omois

Herbert of Omois died without children his titles going to his nephews, on Robert's death, Adalbert's son Herbert III inherited all. Herbert III's only son Stephen died childless in 1019–20 thus ending the male line of Herbert II.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_II_de_Vermandois
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_II,_Count_of_Vermandois

“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“HERIBERT II, Count of Meaux, Soissons, and Vermandois and lay-abbot of Saint-Crépin and Saint-Médard of Soissons, 900/907-943, born about 880. He married ___ OF FRANCE, daughter of Robert I, King of France, by his wife, Aelis. They had five sons, Eudes [Count of Vienne and Amiens], Heribert [Count of Omois and Troyes], Robert [Count of Troyes and Meaux], Albert (I) [Count of Vermandois], and Hugues [Archbishop of Reims], and two daughters, Adèle and Ligard (or Luitgard, Ledgarde) (wife of Guillaume I, Duke of Normandy, and Thibaut I, Count of Blois and Chartres). HERIBERT II, Count of Vermandois, etc., died 23 Feb. 943, and was buried at Saint-Quentin.
Martin & Jacob Histoire de Soissons 1 (1837): 370-371. Étienne-Gallois La Champagne et les derniers Carlovingiens (1853): 139-145. Halphen & Poupardin Chroniques des Comtes d'Anjou et des Seigneurs d'Amboise (1913): 247-250 (Genealogiæ Comitum Andegavensium). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) VI 3, VII 5. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 3(1) (1984): 49 (sub Vermandois). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VI.3, VII.1-VII.7. Settipani & von Kerrebrouck La Préhistoire des Capetians (1993). Schwager Graf Heribert II (1994). Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 308 (Vermandois ped).
Children of Heribert II de Vermandois, by ___ of France:
i. ROBERT, Count of Troyes and Meaux [see next].
ii. ADELE DE VERMANDOIS, married ARNULF (or ARNOUL) I the Great or the Old, Count/Marquis of

Family/Spouse: de France, Adela. Adela (daughter of de France, Robert I and du Maine, Aélis) was born in 898 in France; died in DECEASED in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Raetia
• House: Hunfridings
• FSID: L811-5PV
• Religion: Waldkirch, Emmendingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Founded the convent of St Margarethen in Waldkirch
• Appointments / Titles: Between 917 and 926, Swabia (Historical), Germany; Duke of Swabia

Notes:

Burchard II (883-29 April 926) was the Hunfriding Duke of Swabia (from 917) and Count of Raetia. He was the son of Burchard I of Swabia and Liutgard of Saxony.

Burchard took part in the early wars over Swabia. His family being from Franconia, he founded the monastery of St Margarethen in Waldkirch to extend his family's influence into the Rhineland. On his father's arrest and execution for high treason in 911, he and his wife, Regelinda, daughter of Count Eberhard I of Zürich, went to Italy: either banished by Count Erchanger or voluntarily exiling themselves to their relatives over the Alps. Around 913, Burchard returned from exile and took control over his father's property. In 915, he joined Erchanger and Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria, in battle against the Magyars. Then Burchard and Erchanger turned on King Conrad I and, at the Battle of Wahlwies in the Hegau, defeated him. Erchanger was proclaimed duke.

After Erchanger was killed on 21 January 917, Burchard seized all his lands and was recognised universally as duke. In 919, King Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy seized the county of Zürich and invaded the region of Konstanz, then the centre and practical capital of the Swabian duchy. At Winterthur, however, Rudolph was defeated by Burchard, who thus consolidated the duchy and forced on the king his own territorial claims. In that same year, he recognised the newly elected king of Germany, Henry the Fowler, duke of Saxony. Henry in turn gave Burchard rights of taxation and investiture of bishops and abbots in his duchy.

In 922, Burchard married his daughter Bertha to Rudolph and affirmed the peace of three years prior. Burchard then accompanied Rudolph into Italy when he was elected king by opponents of the Emperor Berengar. In 924, the emperor died and Hugh of Arles was elected by his partisans to oppose Rudolph. Burchard attacked Novara, defended by the troops of Lambert, Archbishop of Milan. There he was killed, probably on April 29. His widow, Regelinda (d. 958), remarried to Burchard's successor, Herman I. She had given him five children:

1.) Gisela (c. 905-26 October 923 or 925), abbess of Waldkirch

2.) Hicha (c. 905-950), whose son was Conrad, Duke of Lorraine

3.) Burchard III (c. 915-1 November 973), later duke of Swabia

4.) Bertha (c. 907 -2 January 961), married Rudolph II, King of Burgundy

5.) Adalric (d. 973), monk in Einsiedeln Abbey

Burchard married von Sülichgau, Regelinda in 904. Regelinda was born in 888 in Sülichgau (Historical), Tubingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; died in 959 in Insel Ufenau, Zürich, Switzerland; was buried in 959 in Kilianskappelle auf der Reichenau, Konstanz, Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Lotharingia
• FSID: LB2S-623

Notes:

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_of_Saxony --

Oda of Saxony was a Saxon princess. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF Otto I, Duke of Saxony (G98N-1MN) and Hedwiga of Babenberg (L8TG-1DR). She married King Zwentibold of Lotharingia and at his death in August 900 (when Oda was younger than 15), she contracted a SECOND MARRIAGE with Gerhard I of Metz (9CD1-KW4). From this union were born:

~ Wigfried, abbot of St. Ursula in Cologne, and then archbishop of Cologne from 924 to 953.
~ Oda (Uda) of Metz (d. aft. 18 May 963), married Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau (d. 942).[2]
~ A daughter of name unknown.
~ Godfrey, count of the Jülichgau.

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_of_Saxony --

Oda married of Metz, Gerhard I after 13 Aug 900. Gerhard (son of of Metz, Adalhard) was born in 875; died on 22 Jun 910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: King of East Francia, König des Ostfrankenreiches, King of Eastern Franconia, Duke of Saxony, Duc de Saxe, Herzog von Sachsen
• House: Ottonian
• Life Event: Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler; Latin: Henricus Auceps) (aprox. 876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912[1] and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ottonian dynasty of kings and emperors, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the medieval German state, known until then as East Francia. An avid hunter, he obtained the epithet \"the Fowler\" because he was allegedly fixing his birding nets when messengers arrived to inform him that he was to be king. He was born into the Liudolfing line of Saxon dukes. His father Otto I of Saxony died in 912 and was succeeded by Henry. The new duke launched a rebellion against the king of East Francia, Conrad I of Germany, over the rights to lands in the Duchy of Thuringia. They reconciled in 915 and on his deathbed in 918, Conrad recommended Henry as the next king, considering the duke the only one who could hold the kingdom together in the face of internal revolts and external Magyar raids. Henry was elected and crowned king in 919. He went on to defeat the rebellious dukes of Bavaria and Swabia, consolidating his rule. Through successful warfare and a dynastic marriage, Henry acquired Lotharingia as a vassal in 925. Unlike his Carolingian predecessors, Henry did not seek to create a centralized monarchy, ruling through federated autonomous stem duchies instead. Henry built an extensive system of fortifications and mobile heavy cavalry across Germany to neutralize the Magyar threat and in 933 routed them at the Battle of Riade, ending Magyar attacks for the next 21 years and giving rise to a sense of German nationhood. Henry greatly expanded German hegemony in Europe with his defeat of the Slavs in 929 at the Battle of Lenzen along the Elbe river, by compelling the submission of Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia through an invasion of the Duchy of Bohemia the same year and by conquering Danish realms in Schleswig in 934. Henry\'s hegemonic status north of the Alps was acknowledged by the kings Rudolph of West Francia and Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy, who both accepted a place of subordination as allies in 935. Henry planned an expedition to Rome to be crowned emperor by the pope, but the design was thwarted by his death. Henry prevented a collapse of royal power, as had happened in West Francia, and left a much stronger kingdom to his successor Otto I He was buried at Quedlinburg Abbey, established by his wife Matilda in his honour. Born in Memleben, in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Henry was the son of Otto the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony, and his wife Hedwiga, who was probably the daughter of Henry of Franconia. In 906 he married Hatheburg of Merseburg, daughter of the Saxon count Erwin. She had previously been a nun. The marriage was annulled in 909 because her vows as a nun were deemed by the church to remain valid. She had already given birth to Henry\'s son Thankmar. The annulment placed a question mark over Thankmar\'s legitimacy. Later that year he married Matilda, daughter of Dietrich of Ringelheim, Count in Westphalia. Matilda bore him three sons, one called Otto, and two daughters, Hedwig and Gerberga, and founded many religious institutions, including the Quedlinburg Abbey where Henry is buried. She was later canonized. As the first Saxon king of East Francia, Henry was the founder of the Ottonian dynasty. He and his descendants ruled East Francia, and later the Holy Roman Empire, from 919 until 1024. Henry had two wives and at least six children: With Hatheburg: - Thankmar (908–938)[2] – rebelled against his half-brother Otto and was killed in battle in 938 With Matilda: - Hedwig (910–965) – wife of West Francia\'s powerful Robertian duke Hugh the Great, mother of Hugh Capet, King of West Francia - Otto I (912–973) – Duke of Saxony, King of East Francia and Holy Roman Emperor. In 929 Henry married Otto to Eadgyth, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex - Gerberga (913–984) – wife of (1) Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia and (2) King Louis IV of France - Henry I (919–955) – Duke of Bavaria - Bruno (925–965) – Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia and regent of West Francia. Henry became Duke of Saxony after his father\'s death in 912. An able ruler, he continued to strengthen the position of his duchy within the weakening kingdom of East Francia, and was frequently in conflict with his neighbors to the South in the Duchy of Franconia. On 23 December 918 Conrad I, king of East Francia and Franconian duke, died. Although Henry had rebelled against Conrad I between 912 and 915 over the lands in Thuringia, Conrad recommended Henry as his successor. Kingship now changed from the Franks to the Saxons, who had suffered greatly during the conquests of Charlemagne and were proud of their identity. Henry, as Saxon, was the first non-Frank on the throne. Conrad\'s choice was conveyed by his brother, duke Eberhard III of Franconia at the Imperial Diet of Fritzlar in 919. The assembled Franconian and Saxon nobles elected Henry to be king with other regional dukes not participating in the election. Archbishop Heriger of Mainz offered to anoint Henry according to the usual ceremony, but he refused – the only king of his time not to undergo that rite – allegedly because he wished to be king not by the church\'s but by the people\'s acclaim. Henry, who was elected to kingship by only the Saxons and Franconians at Fritzlar, had to subdue the other dukes. Duke Burchard II of Swabia soon swore fealty to the new king, but when he died, Henry appointed a noble from Franconia to be the new duke. Duke Arnulf of Bavaria, lord over a realm of impressive extent, with de facto powers of a king and at times even named so in documents, proved a much harder nut to crack. He would not submit until Henry defeated him in two campaigns in 921. In Bavaria Duke Arnulf declared himself king in 919. Henry besieged Arnulf\'s residence at Ratisbon and forced the duke into submission. In 921 Arnulf renounced the crown and submitted to Henry while maintaining significant autonomy and the right to mint his own coins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler
• Life Event: King Henry, of Saxon heritage, was the first non-Frank to occupy the throne of Francia (Franconia)
• FSID: 9C72-WGJ
• Appointments / Titles: Between 30 Nov 912 and 2 Jul 936; Duke of Saxony
• Appointments / Titles: Between 919 and 936; King of the East of France (König des Ostfrankenreiches)
• Life Event: May 919; Archbishop Heriger of Mainz was to anoint Henry king as had become customary, however, Henry refused, the only king of his time not to undergo that rite, allegedly because he wished to be king not by the church\'s but by the people\'s acclaim.
• Life Event: Between 24 May 919 and 2 Jul 936; Designated as king by his predecessor Conrad the Younger, Henry became king in 919 and ruler nearly 17 years, until his death, at which time his son Otto succeeded him.

Notes:

Considered the first King of Germany (the first Saxon king of East Francia) Henry was the founder of the Ottonian dynasty. He and his descendants ruled East Francia, and later the Holy Roman Empire, from 919 until 1024.

Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler; Latin: Henricus Auceps) (876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912 and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ottonian dynasty of kings and emperors, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the medieval German state, known until then as East Francia. An avid hunter, he obtained the epithet "the Fowler" because he was allegedly fixing his birding nets when messengers arrived to inform him that he was to be king.

He was born into the Liudolfing line of Saxon dukes. His father Otto I of Saxony died in 912 and was succeeded by Henry. The new duke launched a rebellion against the king of East Francia, Conrad I of Germany, over the rights to lands in the Duchy of Thuringia. They reconciled in 915 and on his deathbed in 918, Conrad recommended Henry as the next king, considering the duke the only one who could hold the kingdom together in the face of internal revolts and external Magyar raids.

Henry was elected and crowned king in 919. He went on to defeat the rebellious dukes of Bavaria and Swabia, consolidating his rule. Through successful warfare and a dynastic marriage, Henry acquired Lotharingia as a vassal in 925. Unlike his Carolingian predecessors, Henry did not seek to create a centralized monarchy, ruling through federated autonomous stem duchies instead. Henry built an extensive system of fortifications and mobile heavy cavalry across Germany to neutralize the Magyar threat and in 933 routed them at the Battle of Riade, ending Magyar attacks for the next 21 years and giving rise to a sense of German nationhood. Henry greatly expanded German hegemony in Europe with his defeat of the Slavs in 929 at the Battle of Lenzen along the Elbe river, by compelling the submission of Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia through an invasion of the Duchy of Bohemia the same year and by conquering Danish realms in Schleswig in 934. Henry's hegemonic status north of the Alps was acknowledged by the kings Rudolph of West Francia and Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy, who both accepted a place of subordination as allies in 935. Henry planned an expedition to Rome to be crowned emperor by the pope, but the design was thwarted by his death. Henry prevented a collapse of royal power, as had happened in West Francia, and left a much stronger kingdom to his successor Otto I. He was buried at Quedlinburg Abbey, established by his wife Matilda in his honour.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_I._(Ostfrankenreich)

Heinrich Himmler believed he was Henry the Fowler reincarnated; On 2 July 1936 Himmler commemorated the 1000th anniversary of Henry's death with a ceremony at his crypt and in 1937 had Henry's remains interred in a new sarcophagus.

Succeeded his father, Otto I of Saxony, in 912 to become Duke of Saxony and reigned until his death at which time his son Otto succeeded him.

Heinrich married von Ringelheim, Saint Mathilde in 909 in Wallhausen, Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Mathilde (daughter of of The East Franks, Thiadrich and Reinhild) was born in 892 in Enger, Herford, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; died on 14 Mar 968 in Quedlinburg, Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; was buried on 15 Mar 968 in Stiftskirche Saint Servatius, Quedlinburg, Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: First Count of Flanders
• FSID: LZ1T-YG5

Notes:

Arnulf I (c. 893/899 – 27 March 964), called the Great, was the first Count of Flanders.
Arnulf was the son of margrave Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth of Wessex, daughter of Alfred the Great. Through his mother he was a descendant of the Anglo-Saxon kings of England, and through his father, a descendant of Charlemagne. Presumably Arnulf was named either after Saint Arnulf of Metz, a progenitor of the Carolingian dynasty, or King Arnulf of Carinthia, whom his father supported.

At the death of their father in 918, Arnulf became Count of Flanders while his brother Adeloft or Adelolf succeeded to the County of Boulogne. However, in 933 Adeloft died, and Arnulf took the countship of Boulogne for himself, but later conveyed it to his nephew, Arnulf II. Arnulf titled himself count by the Grace of God.

Arnulf I greatly expanded Flemish rule to the south, taking all or part of Artois, Ponthieu, Amiens, and Ostrevent. He exploited the conflicts between Charles the Simple and Robert I of France, and later those between Louis IV and his barons.

In his southern expansion Arnulf inevitably had conflict with the Normans, who were trying to secure their northern frontier. This led to the 942 murder of the Duke of Normandy, William Longsword, at the hands of Arnulf's men. The Viking threat was receding during the later years of Arnulf's life, and he turned his attentions to the reform of the Flemish government. Count Arnulf died 27 March 964, allegedly murdered by Heluin in revenge for the murder of William Longsword. He was buried in the Church of Saint-Pierre de Gand in Ghent.

Family
The name of Arnulf's first wife is unknown but he had at least one daughter by her:

Name unknown; married Isaac of Cambrai. Their son Arnulf succeeded his father as Count of Cambrai.
In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois. Their children were:

Hildegarde, born c. 934, died 990; she married Dirk II, Count of Holland. It is uncertain whether she is his daughter by his first or second wife.
Liutgard, born in 935, died in 962; married Wichmann IV, Count of Hamaland.
Egbert, died 953.
Baldwin III of Flanders (c. 940 – 962), married Matilda of Saxony († 1008), daughter of Hermann Billung.
Elftrude; married Siegfried, Count of Guînes.
Succession
Arnulf made his eldest son and heir Baldwin III of Flanders co-ruler in 958, but Baldwin died untimely in 962, so Arnulf was succeeded by Baldwin's infant son, Arnulf II of Flanders.

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This is from: Arnulf I, Count of Flanders in Wikipedia

Family/Spouse: de Vermandois, Adèle. Adèle (daughter of de Vermandois, Hérbert II and de France, Adela) was born in 910 in Vermandois (Historical), Picardie, France; died on 10 Oct 958 in Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; was buried after 10 Oct 958 in Abbey of Saint Pierre-Du-Mont Blandin, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Carolingian
• FSID: 9S9W-MPL
• Appointments / Titles: Between 936 and 954; King of West Francia

Notes:

Louis IV , called d'Outremer or Transmarinus (both meaning "from overseas"), reigned as king of West Francia from 936 to 954. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, he was the only son of king Charles the Simple and his second wife Eadgifu of Wessex, daughter of King Edward the Elder of Wessex.His reign is mostly known thanks to the Annals of Flodoard and the later Historiae of Richerus.

Louis was born in the heartlands of West Francia's Carolingian lands between Laon and Reims in 920 or 921. From his father's first marriage with Frederuna (d. 917) he had six half-sisters. He was the only male heir to the throne.

After the dethronement and capture of his faher, Charles the Simple, in 923, following his defeat at the Battle of Soissons, queen Eadgifu and her infant son took refuge in Wessex (for this he received the nickname of d'Outremer) at the court of her father King Edward, and after Edward's death, of her brother King Æthelstan. Young Louis was raised in the Anglo-Saxon court until his teens.

Louis became the heir to the western branch of the Carolingian dynasty after the death of his captive father in 929, and in 936, at the age of 15, was recalled from Wessex by the powerful Hugh the Great, Margrave of Neustria, to succeed the Robertian king Rudolph who had died.

Once he took the throne, Louis wanted to free himself from the tutelage of Hugh the Great, who, with his title of Duke of the Franks was the second most powerful man after the King.

In 945, following the death of William I Longsword, Duke of Normandy, Louis tried to conquer his lands, but was kidnapped by the men of Hugh the Great.

The Synod of Ingelheim in 948 allowed the excommunication of Hugh the Great and released Louis from his long tutelage. From 950 Louis gradually imposed his rule in the northeast of the kingdom, building many alliances (especially with the Counts of Vermandois) and under the protection of the Ottonian kingdom of East Francia.

Louis IV was crowned King by Artald, Archbishop of Rheims on Sunday, 19 June 936, probably at the Abbey of Notre-Dame and Saint-Jean in Laon, perhaps at the request of the King since it was a symbolic Carolingian town and he was probably born there.

In 939 Louis IV married Gerberga of Saxony, the widow of Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. They were parents to eight children:
-Lothair of France (941–986)
-Matilda b. about 943; married Conrad of Burgundy
-Hildegarde b. about 944
-Carloman b. about 945
-Louis b. about 948
-Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953–993)
-Alberade b. before 953
-Henry b. about 953

Louis IV died on September 10, 954, after falling from a horse, some records report he died from tuberculosis.

Louis married von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga in 939 in France. Gerberga (daughter of of Sachsen, Heinrich I and von Ringelheim, Saint Mathilde) was born on 10 Jun 913 in Nordhausen, Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Germany; was christened on 4 Aug 914 in Markneukirchen, Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Germany; died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried on 22 May 984 in Reims Cathedral, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Lotharingia
• FSID: G8K2-QK3

Notes:

"Cunigunda WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ERMENTRUDE of France, [who was the daughter] of Louis the Stammerer. THE IDENTITY OF HER FATHER IS UNKNOWN."

"To gain greater affinity with the nobles of Lotharingia, King Charles III arranged the marriage of Cunigunda in 909 with the powerful Wigeric of Lotharingia."

"Their children were:
- Frederick I
- Adalberon I
- Gilbert
- Sigebert
- Liutgarde
- Gozlin
- Siegfried"

"Around 922, she married Ricwin, Count of Verdun."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunigunda_of_France

[NB: Information sourced from Wikipedia is subject to change by third-parties. Follow the URL(s) noted above to review the latest content.]

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Cunigunda married de Lorraine, Wigerich in 909. Wigerich was born in 870; died in 919; was buried in 919 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L8YB-MPN

Notes:

Willa of Provence was an early medieval Frankish queen in the Rhone valley. It is certain that she was the first consort of Rudolf I of Upper Burgundy; and later, from 912, consort of Hugh of Arles, border count of Provence, who in 926 became king of Northern Italy.

Willa van de Provence was een vroegmiddeleeuwse Frankische koningin in het Rhônedal. Het is zeker dat ze de eerste echtgenote was van Rudolf I van Opper-Bourgondië; en later, vanaf 912, gemalin van Hugo van Arles, grensgraaf van de Provence, die in 926 koning van Noord-Italië werd.

Everything else in her genealogy is more or less UNCERTAIN.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilla_of_Provence
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willa_de_Provence
https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willa_di_Provenza

Guilla married von Hochburgund, Rudolph I in 888 in France. Rudolph (son of de Bourgogne, Conrad II and d'Orleans, Waldrada) was born in 859 in Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France; died on 25 Oct 912 in Bourgogne, France; was buried on 30 Oct 912 in Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Guilla married d'Arles, Hugues in 912 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Hugues (son of d'Arles, Théobald and de Lorraine, Bertha) was born in 880 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 10 Apr 947 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 2M5T-R9P

Notes:

Gotfrid of Champagne was the son of Drogo of Champagne and his wife Anstrude of Neustria and Burgundy. He was born in Champagne about 700. He was the younger brother of Arnulf, Duke of Champagne and Hugh Archbishop of Rouen, and older brother of Pippin. He was also the grandson of Pepin of Herstal.

In 723 it is recorded that at the command of Gotfrid's paternal uncle Charles Martel "two sons of Drogo were bound, Arnold [Arnulf] and another who died", either Gotfrid or Pippin. (Recorded in the Annales Nazariani, the Annales Petaviani, Annales Laureshamenses and Annales Alamannici.) As most records give Gotfrid's year of death as 735, it appears that it was Pippin and not Gotfrid who died at the hands of their uncle.

Family/Spouse: le Pieux, WIlliam. WIlliam (son of d'Auvergne, Bernard II and d'Auvergne, Ermengarde) was born in 860 in Uzès, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France; died in DECEASED in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Bourgogne, France; King of Basse Bourgogne
• FSID: 99Y7-Y7P
• Life Event: 21 Jul 905; Blinded by King Berengar of Friuli

Family/Spouse: de Constantinople, Anne. Anne (daughter of Macedonicos, Emperor Leo VI and Karbonopsina, Zoe) was born in 880 in Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey; died in 901 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Henegouwen
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Lorraine
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Louvain
• House: Reginar
• FSID: 9W7P-G88
• Appointments / Titles: 915; Count of Hainaut

Notes:

Reginar II, Count of Hainaut
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Reignar II
Count of Hainaut
Born 890
Died 932 (aged 42)
Noble family Reginar
Issue
Reginar III, Count of Hainaut
Rudolph, Count of the Maasgau
Liéthard
Father Reginar, Duke of Lorraine
Mother Hersinda

Reginar (or Rainier) II (890–932) was Lotharingian magnate who was active from approximately 915 to 932. He was brother of Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia, who died at the Battle of Andernach in 939, and because his son and grandson claimed it, he probably already personally held the fort of Mons in Hainaut as the seat of a county.

History
He was the son of Reginar I Longneck, and this means his paternal grandmother was possibly a daughter of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude.

Flodoard's Annals, reports under the year 924 that Reginar the brother of Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia already had a son who was given as a hostage during conflicts between several of the Lotharingian magnates of the time.[1]

By 943 he was dead, because a charter made in favor of his widowed daughter was done partly in the name of atoning for his sins.[2]

Family
Reginar II had at least three children with Adelaide of Burgundy:

Reginar III, Count of Hainaut
Rudolf, possibly a Count in the Hesbaye
Possibly Liethard or Liechard, a son mentioned in one 966 charter as a son of a Count Reginar.
A daughter who married to Nibelung, Count of Betuwe.
Upon his death, Reginar was succeeded as Count of Hainaut by his son and namesake.

Family/Spouse: de Bourgogne, Princess Adélaïde. Adélaïde (daughter of de Bourgogne, Duke Richard and de Bourgogne, Adélaïde) was born in 896 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France; died in 932 in Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in 932 in Seltz, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Carolingian
• FSID: K6WN-292
• Appointments / Titles: Between 911 and 931, Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; Count of Avignon
• Appointments / Titles: Between 926 and 931, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; Count
• Appointments / Titles: Between 931 and 936, Tuscania, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy; Margrave of Tuscany

Notes:

"Boso was a Burgundian nobleman who spent much of his career in Italy, where he became Margrave of Tuscany about 932.

"Boso was the second son of Count Theobald of Arles and Bertha, illegitimate daughter of King Lothair II. His family belonged to the highest ranks of the aristocracy of the Carolingian Empire and were related by marriage to the Carolingian dynasty and the Bosonids, the ruling family of Provence."

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“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):

“BOSO, Count of Avignon, 911-931, Count of Arles, 926-931, Margrave of Tuscany, 931-936, younger son by his mother's 1st marriage. He married WILLA, conjectured to be a daughter of Rudolf I, King of Burgundy. They had four daughters, Bertha (wife of Boso, Count in Upper Burgundy, and Raymond, Count of Rouergue, Margrave of Septimania, Duke of Aquitaine), Willa, Richilda, and Gisela. BOSO conspired against his brother, Hugo, in 936, and was captured and imprisoned by him.

Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 186 (sub Italy). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VI.17, VII.35-VII.38. Bouchard Those of My Blood (2001): 84 (chart), 87. Jackman Ins Hereditarium Encountered II: Approaches to Reginlint (2008): 22-27.
Child of Count Boso, by Willa:
i. WILLA OF ARLES, married BERENGARIO (or BÉRENGER) II, Margrave of Ivrea, King of Italy [see Line D, Gen. 6].”

"Boso was a Burgundian nobleman who spent much of his career in Italy, where he became Margrave of Tuscany about 932.

Bosone married de Bourgogne, Willa in 912 in Bourgogne, France. Willa was born in 900 in Bourgogne, France; died in 936 in Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugues_d%27Arles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_of_Italy

Hugues married de Provence, Guilla in 912 in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Guilla (daughter of de Provence, Boson and de Italy, Queen of Burgundy Ermengarde) was born in 873 in Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 14 Feb 929 in Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Hildouin
• FSID: GWL6-T7K
• Appointments / Titles: Between 886 and 916, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; 6th Count

Alduin married d'Angouleme, Countess N.N. in 894 in France. N.N. was born in 866 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died in 895 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; Countess of Angouleme
• FSID: 99QR-DL6

Family/Spouse: de Marcillac, Ramnoul. Ramnoul (son of de Marcillac, Wilgrim) was born on 23 Aug 835 in France; died on 28 Apr 898 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LYV1-5QJ

Notes:

Vicount of Marcillac

Family/Spouse: d'Angoulême, Senegonde. Senegonde (daughter of de Taillefer, Wulgrin I and de Toulouse, Roselinde Guilhelmide) was born on 3 Feb 840 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died in 965 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L8YY-PZ9

Notes:

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfravalver.htm#AlbertIdied987B

Albert married de Lorraine, Gerberge in 954. Gerberge (daughter of de Lorraine, Gilbert and von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga) was born in 935 in France; died on 7 Sep 978 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LZZF-5Z1

Notes:

*Adèle* de Vermandois and *Adélaïde* de Vermandois are TWO DIFFERENT WOMEN! DO NOT MERGE THEM. DO NOT COMMINGLE THEIR FAMILIES.

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfravalver.htm#Adeladied960
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A8le_de_Vermandois
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adele_of_Vermandois

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https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A9la%C3%AFde_de_Vermandois
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide,_Countess_of_Vermandois
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Adelaide_of_Vermandois.jpg

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Family/Spouse: of Flanders, Arnulf I. Arnulf (son of of Flanders, Count Baldwin II and of Flanders, Princess Ælfthryth) was born in 890; died on 27 Mar 964; was buried after 27 Mar 964 in Saint-Pierre de Gand, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Alemannic Hunfriding
• FSID: G83X-S7B
• Appointments / Titles: Between 922 and 937, Bourgogne, France; Queen
• Appointments / Titles: Between 922 and 926, Italy; Queen

Notes:

Bertha of Swabia a member of the Alemannic Hunfriding dynasty, was queen of Burgundy from 922 until 937 and queen of Italy from 922 until 926, by her marriage with King Rudolph II. She was again queen of Italy during her second marriage with King Hugh from 937 until his death in 948.

Bertha was the daughter of Duke Burchard II of Swabia and his wife Regelinda.

In 922 she was married to the Burgundian king Rudolph II. The Welf rulers of Upper Burgundy had campaigned the adjacent Swabian Thurgau region several times, and the marriage was meant as a gesture of reconciliation. With her husband Rudolph, Bertha founded the church of Amsoldingen.

12 December 937, the widowed Bertha married King Hugh of Italy in what is today Colombier. This marriage was not a happy one; when Hugh died in 947, Bertha returned to Burgundy.

Between 950 and 960, Bertha founded Payerne Priory, where she was buried. Up to today she is venerated as "Good Queen Bertha" (La reine Berthe) in the Swiss Romandy region, mainly in Vaud, and numerous myths and legends have evolved about her life.

Bertha married von Hochburgund, King Rudolph II in 922 in Bourgogne, France. Rudolph (son of von Hochburgund, Rudolph I and de Provence, Guilla) was born on 11 Jul 880 in Bourgogne, France; died on 11 Jul 937 in Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; was buried on 13 Jul 937 in Sankt Moritz, Graubünden, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GSX5-T31

Notes:

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_of_Metz --

Oda of Metz was a German noblewoman. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF Gerhard I of Metz (9CD1-KW4). HER MOTHER, ODA OF SAXONY (LB2S-623), was a daughter of Otto I Duke of Saxony and thus a member of the Liudolfings.

In 930, Oda married Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau, who gained fame as military commander for his brother, Adalberon I of Metz. Because she outlived her husband by twenty years, she was head of the household and ran the estate and lands until their children had reached adulthood.

They had the following children:

~ Reginar, count of Bastogne (d. 18 Apr 963)
~ Henry (d. 6 Sep 1000)
~ Godfrey (935/940 – 3 Sep 995/1002), count of Verdun[1]
~ Adalberon (935/940 – 23 Jan 989), archbishop of Reims 969-989

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_of_Metz --

Oda married de Lothiers, Count Gozelon I in 930 in France. Gozelon (son of de Lorraine, Wigerich and de France, Countess Cunigunda) was born in 914 in Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France; died on 18 Dec 943 in Champagne, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Ottonian
• FSID: LD9Y-VRR
• Religion: Abbess of Notre Dame

Notes:

"Gerberga of Saxony was a French queen who ruled as regent of France during the minority of her son Lothair in 954–959. She was a member of the Ottonian dynasty. Her first husband was Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. Her second husband was Louis IV of France. Contemporary sources describe her as a highly educated, intelligent and forceful political player."

Family
Gerberga was born c.913. She was the oldest daughter of Henry the Fowler, King of Germany, and his second wife, Matilda. Her older brother was Otto I of Germany.

First marriage
In 929, Gerberga married her first husband, Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine.
They had four children:

1.) Alberade of Lorraine b. about 929. Married Renaud (originally as Ragenold), a Viking chieftain who became the Count of Roucy

2.) Henry, Duke of Lorraine b. about 932

3.) Gerberge of Lorraine b. about 935. Married Adalbert I of Vermandois.

4.) Wiltrude, b. about 937.

Jocundus, a Lotharingia chronicler writing in the 1070s, recorded that Gerberga was the driving force behind Gilbert's decision to support her younger brother Henry when he rebelled against her older brother Otto I c.936. Giselbert was defeated by Otto I in 939 at the Battle of Andernach and, while trying to escape, drowned in the Rhine.

Second marriage
When Gilbert died, Gerberga was about 26 years old. She married secondly Louis IV of France in 939. They were parents to eight children:

1.) Lothair of France (941-986)

2.) Matilda b. about 943; married Conrad of Burgundy

3.) Hildegarde b. about 944

4.) Carloman b. about 945

5.) Louis b. about 948

6.) Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953-993)

7.) Alberade b. before 953

8.) Henry b. about 953

Widowhood
As regent
Louis IV died on 10 September 954. At this time, his son and heir with Gerberga, Lothair of France, was only thirteen. Gerberga took action to ensure that Lothar could succeed his father. She reached an agreement with her brother-in-law Hugh the Great, who had been an adversary to Lothair's father. In exchange for supporting Lothair's rule Hugh was given rule over Aquitaine and much of Burgundy Gerberga did not seek the support of her brother, Emperor Otto I, because the interference of the East-Frankish emperor in West-Frankish affairs would have placed the West-Frankish kingdom in a weak position politically, and angered the West-Frankish nobles.

After the death of Hugh the Great in 956, Gerberga and her sister Hadwig (who was Hugh's widow) were the heads of the two most powerful dynasties in West Francia. Along with their brother, Bruno, who was both archbishop of Cologne and duke of Lotharingia, Gerberga and Hadwig ruled the kingdom, until Lothair came of age.

As abbess
In 959, after Lothair had come of age, Gerberga became abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Notre Dame in Soissons. Nevertheless, she remained politically active. In 961 she was involved in choosing the new archbishop of Reims, Odalric. In 965 she was present at the imperial court in Cologne, when her son Lothair married Emma of Italy, the step-daughter of her brother Emperor Otto I.

Death
There is some debate about when Gerberga died. She is last documented in May 968. Since necrology records indicate that she died on 5 May, her date of death is often given as 968 or 969. The death date of 5 May 968 is not possible since Gerberga was still alive on 17 May 968 so her death date could only be in 969 or later some maintain that Gerberga did not die until 984. She is buried in the Abbey of Saint-Remi in Reims, Champagne.

Gerberga married of the West Franks, King Louis IV in 939 in France. Louis (son of de France, Charles and of Wessex, Eadgifu) was born on 10 Sep 921 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 10 Sep 954 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried after 10 Sep 954 in Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gerberga married de Lorraine, Gilbert in 928. Gilbert was born in 880 in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 2 Oct 939 in Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; was buried after 2 Oct 939 in Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Friesland
• FSID: G98Z-6RZ

Notes:

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_van_Vlaanderen

Hildegard married of Friesland, Dietrich II in 950. Dietrich (son of of Friesland, Count Dietrich I) was born in Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died on 6 May 988 in Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duke of Lower Lorraine, Duke of Brabant
• Appointments / Titles: Prince of France, Duc de Basse-Lotharingie
• House: Carolingian
• Nickname: The Gross
• FSID: LZLQ-664

Charles married de Troyes, Adelaide in 969 in Normandy, France. Adelaide (daughter of de Lothiers, Godefroi and von Sachsen, Mathilde Billung) was born in 953 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 18 Oct 989 in Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Carolingian
• FSID: KND9-P91

Notes:

Matilda of France - member of the Carolingian dynasty.

Daughter of King Louis IV of France (920/921–954), ruler of West Francia, and his wife, Gerberga of Saxony (d. about 984), sister of the East Frankish king Otto I. At the time of her birth, Carolingian rule had already weakened: King Louis attempted to stabilize his reign by marrying an East Frankish princess, while he fought with the reluctant dukes of Normandy and with the forces of his Robertian rival Hugh the Great.

When Matilda's brother, 13-year-old Lothair ascended the French throne in 954, Gerberga acted as regent.

In 964 Matilda was married to Conrad, the Welf ruler of the Kingdom of Burgundy, who strongly relied on the support of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Matilda's maternal uncle and husband of Conrad's sister Adelaide. As her dowry, the young queen brought her husband the city of Vienne, which her brother Lothair had ceded to her.

Matilda was outlived by her husband, she probably died after 981. She is buried in Vienne Cathedral

Mathilde married von Hochburgund, Conrad III in 955 in Germany. Conrad (son of von Hochburgund, King Rudolph II and von Schwaben, Bertha) was born in 925 in Franche-Comté, France; died on 19 Oct 993 in Wien, Wien, Wien, Austria; was buried on 19 Oct 993 in Wien, Wien, Wien, Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G8K2-9TL

Family/Spouse: of Nordgau, Eberhard IV. Eberhard (son of of Nordgau, Hughes V and de Ferrdis, Hildegard) was born in 918; died in DECEASED. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Ardennes
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Lorrain
• FSID: GSFP-764

Gozelon married of Metz, Oda in 930 in France. Oda (daughter of of Metz, Gerhard I and of Saxony, Oda) was born in 911 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; was christened in Alsace, Lorraine, France; died on 7 Apr 963 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Ardennes
• FSID: LZ9M-HWG

Notes:

"Sigfried (or Siegfried) was count of the Ardennes and the first person to rule Luxembourg. He was an advocate of the abbeys of St. Maximin in Trier and Saint Willibrord in Echternach. He MAY have been the son of Count Palatine Wigeric of Lotharingia and Cunigunda. He was the founder of the House of Luxembourg, a branch of the House of Ardennes."

"In the mid-10th century, Siegfried acquired the rocky promontory known as Lucilinburhuc (Luxembourg) and its immediate surrounding area, as well as usage rights for the river from the Abbey of Saint-Maximin in Trier; this was in exchange for land he owned near Feulen."

"Around 950, he married Hedwig of Nordgau (937–992), daughter of Eberhard IV of Nordgau. They had the following issue:
- Henry I of Luxembourg
- Siegfried
- Frederick I
- Dietrich II
- Adalberon
- Gislebert
- Cunigunda
- Eve
- Ermentrude
- Luitgarde
- a daughter [that married Thietmar]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigfried,_Count_of_the_Ardennes

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Siegfried married of Nordgau, Hedwig in 950. Hedwig (daughter of of Nordgau, Eberhard IV and de Lorraine, Lutgard) was born in 922; died in 993. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Welf
• FSID: L8TY-B3W
• Appointments / Titles: 912; King of Hochburgund (Burgundy)
• Appointments / Titles: Between 922 and 926, Italy; King
• Appointments / Titles: 933; King of Niederburgund
• Appointments / Titles: Between 933 and 937; König von Burgund

Notes:

Rudolph II (c. 880-11 July 937), a member of the Elder House of Welf, was King of Burgundy from 912 until his death. He initially succeeded in Upper Burgundy and also ruled as King of Italy from 922 to 926. In 933 Rudolph acquired the Kingdom of Lower Burgundy (Provence) from King Hugh of Italy in exchange for the waiver of his claims to the Italian crown, thereby establishing the united Burgundian Kingdom of Arles.

He was the son of the Upper Burgundian king Rudolph I, and it is presumed that his mother was his father's known wife Guilla, probably a daughter of King Boso of Provence. Following his ascent to the throne in 912, Rudolph II entered into a border conflict with the neighbouring Dukes of Swabia and campaigned the Thurgau and Zurich estates. Duke Burchard II of Swabia finally defeated him in the 919 Battle of Winterthur; both rulers made peace and Rudolph married Burchard's daughter Bertha in 922.

At the same time, Rudolph was asked by several Italian nobles led by Margrave Adalbert I of Ivrea to intervene in Italy on their behalf against Emperor Berengar. Having entered Italy, he was crowned King of the Lombards at Pavia. In 923, he defeated Berengar at Piacenza; Berengar was murdered the following year, possibly at the instigation of Rudolph. The king then ruled Upper Burgundy and Italy together, residing alternately in both kingdoms.

However, in 926 the Italian nobility turned against him and requested that Hugh of Arles, the effective ruler of Provence (or Lower Burgundy), rule them instead. Rudolph's father-in-law Duke Burchard II of Swabia came for his support, however, he was attacked and killed near Novara by the henchmen of Archbishop Lambert of Milan. The king returned to Upper Burgundy to protect himself, assuring Hugh's coronation as King of Italy in the process. At the Diet of Worms, Rudolph rendered the royal symbol of the Holy Lance to the East Frankish king Henry the Fowler in exchange for the Swabian Basel estates.

The two Burgundian kingdoms unified from 933; Rudolph ruled until his death in 937 and was succeeded by his son Conrad. After his death in 937, his daughter Adelaide was married to Hugh's son Lothair, while Hugh married Rudolph's widow Bertha. Adelaide later became the second wife of Otto the Great, crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 962, and the mother of Emperor Otto II.

Rudolph II - a member of the Elder House of Welf
912-937 King of Burgundy
922-926 King of Italy
933 Rudolph acquired the Kingdom of Lower Burgundy (Provence) from King Hugh of Italy in exchange for the waiver of his claims to the Italian crown, thereby establishing the united Kingdom of Burgundy.

Following his ascent to the throne in 912, Rudolph II entered into a border conflict with the neighbouring dukes of Swabia and campaigned the Thurgau and Zurich estates. Duke Burchard II of Swabia finally defeated him in the 919 Battle of Winterthur; both rulers made peace and Rudolph married Burchard's daughter Bertha in 922.

At the same time, Rudolph was asked by several Italian nobles led by Margrave Adalbert I of Ivrea to intervene in Italy on their behalf against Emperor Berengar.

Having entered Italy, he was crowned king at Pavia. In 923, he defeated Berengar at the Battle of Firenzuola; Berengar was murdered the following year, possibly at the instigation of Rudolph. The king then ruled Upper Burgundy and Italy together, residing alternately in both kingdoms.

However, in 926 the Italian nobility turned against him and requested that Hugh of Arles, the effective ruler of Provence (or Lower Burgundy), rule them instead.

Rudolph's father-in-law Duke Burchard II of Swabia came for his support; however, he was attacked and killed near Novara by the henchmen of Archbishop Lambert of Milan. The king returned to Upper Burgundy to protect himself, assuring Hugh's coronation as King of Italy in the process.

At the Diet of Worms, Rudolph rendered the royal symbol of the Holy Lance to the East Frankish king Henry the Fowler in exchange for the Swabian Basel estates.

The two Burgundian kingdoms unified from 933; Rudolph ruled until his death in 937 and was succeeded by his son Conrad.

Rudolph married von Schwaben, Bertha in 922 in Bourgogne, France. Bertha (daughter of von Schwaben, Burchard II and von Sülichgau, Regelinda) was born in 907 in Schwaben, Kelheim, Bayern, Germany; died on 16 Jan 1016 in Bourgogne, France; was buried after 16 Jan 1016 in Payerne Priory, Payerne, Vaud, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G8XC-GM9

Notes:

geni.com

Émilienne
Also Known As: "Emilienne", "Emilianne", "Emiliana", "Emillane", "may be Aremburga ?"
Birthdate: circa 879
Birthplace: France
Death: circa 935 (47-65)
Poitiers, Vienne, Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes, France
Place of Burial: Poitiers, Vienne, Aquitaine Limousin Poitou-Charentes, France
Immediate Family:
Wife of Ebles II Manzer, duc d'Aquitaine
Mother of Guillaume 'Tête d'étoupe' d'Aquitaine, III duc d'Aquitaine, I comte de Poitou

Emilienne married d'Aquitaine, Ebles II in 911 in France. Ebles (son of de Poitiers, Ranulf II) was born on 23 Feb 876 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 27 May 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 27 May 935 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Comte de Vienne
• FSID: G8XV-QXF
• Appointments / Titles: Between 928 and 930; Count

Notes:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Constantin_de_Vienne

Charles-Constantin de Vienne est un comte de Viennois. Charles Constantin est le fils de Louis III l'Aveugle et d'Anne de Constantinople.

Family/Spouse: de Troyes, Teutberga. Teutberga (daughter of Sens, Garnier and Bosonid, Thietburge) was born in 903 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 14 Feb 961 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Henegouwen
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Lorraine
• House: Reginar
• FSID: LDSS-26H
• Appointments / Titles: Between 940 and 958; Count of Hainaut

Notes:

Reginar III, Count of Hainaut
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Reignar III
Count of Hainaut
Born Brabant
Died before 973
Bohemia
Noble family Reginar
Spouse(s) Adela
Issue
Reginar IV, Count of Mons
Lambert I of Leuven
Father Reginar II, Count of Hainaut
Mother Adelaide of Burgundy
Reginar III (c. 920 – 973) was a Count of Hainaut from approximately 940 until his exile in 958.

He was the son of Reginar II, Count of Hainaut.

He took part in the rebellion of his uncle Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. When Gilbert was killed in 939, Reginar had to pledge fealty to King Otto the Great.[citation needed]

He then allied himself with King Louis IV of France, but King Otto sent duke Hermann of Swabia to quell the rebels in 944.[1]

Otto appointed Conrad the Red as duke of Lotharingia, who tried to diminish the power of Reginar. However, when Conrad rose against Otto, Reginar supported him. In an anarchic situation, Reginar appropriated the dowry of Gerberga of Saxony, Otto's sister and mother of the French king, and also church property.

In 957, Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne, who had also been appointed duke of Lotharingia, restored order and defeated Reginar.

As Reginar refused to submit, he was exiled to Bohemia, where he died before 973.

References

Family/Spouse: van Leuven, Countess Adele. Adele was born in 929 in Dabo, Moselle, Lorraine, France; was christened in 929 in Ringelheim, Salzgitter, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 9 Sep 966 in Hainaut, Belgium; was buried on 9 Sep 966 in Hainaut, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GS9Q-VKC
• Appointments / Titles: Between 926 and 945, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Angoulême

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GHV2-TM4

Odelgar married de Marcillac, Mr. Mr. Remi in 904 in Marcillac, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. Remi was born in 874 in Marcillac, Gironde, Aquitaine, France; died between 930 and 965 in Blaye, Gironde, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GM6K-6FL

Family/Spouse: de Beaumont, Ivo I. Ivo was born in 940 in Ham, Somme, Picardie, France; died in 1002 in Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Friesland
• FSID: G98Z-6RZ

Notes:

https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildegard_van_Vlaanderen

Hildegard married of Friesland, Dietrich II in 950. Dietrich (son of of Friesland, Count Dietrich I) was born in Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; died on 6 May 988 in Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Welf
• FSID: LDSH-S6J
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Appointments / Titles: Between 937 and 993; King of Bourgogne

Notes:

Conrad I, called the Peaceful (French: Conrad le Pacifique; German: Konrad der Friedfertige), a member of the Elder House of Welf, was King of Burgundy from 937 until his death.

Son of King Rudolph II, and his consort Bertha, a daughter of Duke Burchard II of Swabia.

Also known as Conrad III, since he was the third Conrad in his family: his great-grandfather was Duke Conrad II, whose father was Count Conrad I.

According to chronicler Ekkehard IV, in a story that is probably apocryphal, when Conrad learned that both the Magyars and the Saracens of Fraxinetum were marching against him, he sent envoys to both armies warning them of the other. The envoys offered Burgundian aid to each invader against the other and then informed them of the other's whereabouts. When the Magyars and Saracens met, the Burgundians held back and only attacked when the opposing forces were spent. In this way, both invading armies were destroyed and the captives sold into slavery.

He married -

Adelaide of Bellay.
Gisela - married to Henry II, Duke of Bavaria

Matilda
Bertha (964 – 16 January 1016), married Odo I, Count of Blois/ Robert II of France
Matilda (969), possibly married Robert, Count of Geneva
Rudolph III
Gerberga (born 965), married Herman II, Duke of Swabia[5]

By his concubine, Aldiud, he had a son:
Burchard, Archbishop of Lyons[6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_I_of_Burgundy

Conrad married de France, Mathilde in 955 in Germany. Mathilde (daughter of of the West Franks, King Louis IV and von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga) was born in 943 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 26 Nov 982 in Vermandois (Historical), Picardie, France; was buried after 26 Nov 982 in Wien, Wien, Wien, Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Ardennes-Verdun
• Nickname: The Captive
• FSID: 94HZ-CG3
• Appointments / Titles: 959; Count of Bidgau and Methingau
• Appointments / Titles: Between 963 and 1005, Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France; Count of Verdun
• Military: 969, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium; Antwerp and Ename; Margraviate
• Appointments / Titles: 974, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; Count

Notes:

Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
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Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
Died 1002
Noble family House of Ardennes-Verdun
Spouse(s) Matilda Billung of Saxony
Father Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau
Mother Oda of Metz
Godfrey I (died 1002), called the Prisoner or the Captive[1] (le Captif), sometimes the Old (le Vieux), was the count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959 and the sovereign count of Verdun [1][2] 963 to his death. In 969, he obtained the Margraviate of Antwerp and Ename. Between 974 and 998, he was also the sovereign count of Hainault and Mons. He was the son of Gozlin, Count of Bidgau and Methingau, and Oda of Metz.[3] He was the brother of Adalberon, Archbishop of Reims, who crowned Hugh Capet the king of France.

He was the founder of the House of Ardennes-Verdun, a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes. He was always loyal to the Ottonians, whom he was related through his maternal grandmother.

Contents
1 Life
2 Family
3 Notes
4 References
Life
He is styled as Count by the grace of God of [2] in 963 and already count of Bidgau and Methingau through inheritance since 959. In 974, he became count of Mons, and Hainault jointly with Arnold, Count of Valenciennes, after the fall of Reginar IV. Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, was a supporter of Reginar and defeated Godfrey and Arnold at Mons in 976, where the former was captured.

After his release, he was at the side of the Emperor Otto II fighting Lothair of France at Verdun in 985, but he was again taken captive, along with his son Frederick, and held several years.[4][5] He was released in 987 by Hugh Capet, whose political ally was Adalberon, Godfrey's brother,[6] having crowned Hugh and Godfrey being an enemy of Charles of Lower Lorraine, Hugh's Carolingian rival.[6]

In 989, he was made prisoner a third time by Herbert III of Vermandois. He was liberated before 995, when he appears at the synod of Mousson. In 998, he lost his Hainault portion (the county of Mons) to Reginar IV.

Family
In 963, he married Matilda, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony, of the Billung family, a widow of Baldwin III of Flanders.[7] He had the following issue:

Frederick (d. 1022), count of Verdun[8]
Godfrey (d. 1023), duke of Lower Lorraine (1012–1023)[8]
Adalberon (d. 988), bishop of Verdun (984–988)[9]
Herman of Ename (d. 1024), count of Brabant (retired as a monk in the abbey of Verdun abt. 1022)[8]
Gothelo (d. 1044), margrave of Antwerp, duke of Lower (1023–1044) and later also Upper (1033–1044) Lorraine
Ermengarde (d. 1042), married Otto of Hammerstein, count in the Wettergau
Ermentrude, married Arnold de Rumigny (d. 1010), lord of Florennes
Adela, married Count Godizo of Aspelt. Their daughter Irmgard married Berthold von Walbeck, son of Lothair I, Margrave of the Nordmark.

Family/Spouse: von Sachsen, Mathilde Billung. Mathilde (daughter of Billung, Hermann and von Sachsen, Oda) was born in 937 in Lüneburg, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 25 May 1008 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; was buried after 25 May 1008 in Abbey of Saint Pierre-Du-Mont Blandin, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duke of Lower Lorraine, Duke of Brabant
• Appointments / Titles: Prince of France, Duc de Basse-Lotharingie
• House: Carolingian
• Nickname: The Gross
• FSID: LZLQ-664

Charles married de Troyes, Adelaide in 969 in Normandy, France. Adelaide (daughter of de Lothiers, Godefroi and von Sachsen, Mathilde Billung) was born in 953 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 18 Oct 989 in Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Carolingian
• FSID: KND9-P91

Notes:

Matilda of France - member of the Carolingian dynasty.

Daughter of King Louis IV of France (920/921–954), ruler of West Francia, and his wife, Gerberga of Saxony (d. about 984), sister of the East Frankish king Otto I. At the time of her birth, Carolingian rule had already weakened: King Louis attempted to stabilize his reign by marrying an East Frankish princess, while he fought with the reluctant dukes of Normandy and with the forces of his Robertian rival Hugh the Great.

When Matilda's brother, 13-year-old Lothair ascended the French throne in 954, Gerberga acted as regent.

In 964 Matilda was married to Conrad, the Welf ruler of the Kingdom of Burgundy, who strongly relied on the support of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Matilda's maternal uncle and husband of Conrad's sister Adelaide. As her dowry, the young queen brought her husband the city of Vienne, which her brother Lothair had ceded to her.

Matilda was outlived by her husband, she probably died after 981. She is buried in Vienne Cathedral

Mathilde married von Hochburgund, Conrad III in 955 in Germany. Conrad (son of von Hochburgund, King Rudolph II and von Schwaben, Bertha) was born in 925 in Franche-Comté, France; died on 19 Oct 993 in Wien, Wien, Wien, Austria; was buried on 19 Oct 993 in Wien, Wien, Wien, Austria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Belle-fille de Louis IV
• FSID: GWZB-NNM

Notes:

Alberade de Lorraine, (von Lothringen (Lorraine) von Hennegau von Hainault), Countess of Lorraine, de Roucy
Also Known As: "Alberada", "Albrede", "von Lothringen", "von Hennegau", "Alberade /Hainault/"
Birthdate: 930
Birthplace: Lorraine, France
Death: 973 (34-51) France
Place of Burial: Rheims, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Immediate Family:
Daughter of
Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine and Gerberga of Saxony

Wife of
Renaud I de Rheims, Comte de Roucy and de Rheims

Mother of
Brunon de Roucy, Bishop of Langres;
Gerberge de Roucy de Reims;
Ermentrude of Roucy, countess of Mâcon and Burgundy and
Giselbert de Roucy

Sister of Ermintrud Countess van Henegouwen; Henry, duke of Lorraine; Gerberga of Lorraine and Hedwige
Half sister of Lothair IV, roi de France; Mathilde de France, Reine Consort des Deux-Bourgognes; Charles de France; Louis de France; Henri de France; and Charles de France, duc de Basse-Lotharingie
Occupation: Countess of Roucy (Alberade de Lorraine)(Aubrée Reginar)

Family/Spouse: de Roucy, Renaud II. Renaud (son of Rognvald) was born in 921 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 10 May 967 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried after 10 May 967 in Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 9H65-XXK

Notes:

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIAN%20(LOWER)%20NOBILITY.htm#Gerbergadied978
https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfravalver.htm#AlbertIdied987B

Gerberge married of Vermandois, Albert I in 954. Albert (son of de Vermandois, Hérbert II and de France, Adela) was born in UNKNOWN; died on 9 Sep 988 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 9WMP-NNQ

Notes:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#Arnulfdied993

a)         ARNULF ([Gent] [950/55]-killed in battle Winkel, West-Friesland 18 Sep 993, bur Egmond).  The Annales Egmundani name "Arnulfus filius eius [=Theoderici II comitis]" when recording that he succeeded his father[261].  The Chronologia Johannes de Beke names (in order) "Arnulfum comitem, Egbertum Treverensem archiepiscopum ac Arlindam puellam" as the children of Count Dirk II & his wife[262].  "Arnulfi comitum" subscribed a charter dated 29 Jun [955/64], signing directly after "Theoderici comitis"[263].  "Theoderico comite et Arnulfo filio eius, Folberto advocato…Ingelberto advocato…" signed the charter dated 26 Oct 970 under which "Mathelgodus et uxor sua Ingelswindis" donated "hereditatem sue possessionis in loco…Wessingim…Siringim…in pago Bracbantensi" to Saint-Pierre de Gand[264].  "…Hecberto et Arnulfo filiis ipsius Theoderici…" signed the charter dated 2 Oct 974 under which "Theodericus comes et uxor sua Hildegardis" donated "in villa Haleftra in pago Mempesco sita" to Saint-Pierre de Gand[265].  "Arnulpho filio Theoderici comitis" is named in a charter dated 30 Sep 975, subscribed by "Arnulfi filii eorum [Theoderici et Hildegardis]"[266].  "Theodericus comes et uxor sua Hildegardis" and "Hecberto et Arnulfo filiis ipsius Theoderici" are named in a charter dated Oct [967/79][267].  "Arnulfus filius Theoderici comitis et Arnulfus filius Hildwini" donated "in pago Taruennensis…in Rumingehim et in Keremberg, in pago Flandrensi…in Uckesham et super Gersta" to Saint-Pierre de Gand, at the request of "Everardi et filii eius Baldwini nepotis sui", by charter dated 4 Mar 981, signed by "Arnulfi junioris…marchysi, Theoderici comitis…Ingelberti advocati…"[268].  "…Theoderico comite, Arnulfo comite…" signed the charter dated 1 Apr 988 under which "Baldwinus marchysus cum matre sua Susanna" donated "villam Aflingehem…jacentem in pago Tornacinse" to Saint-Pierre de Gand, after the death of "Arnulfi marchysi"[269].  He succeeded his father in 988 as ARNULF Count of Holland.  "Arnulfi comitum" subscribed a charter dated 20 May 988[270], the first charter included in the compilation which he signed without his father.  He was killed in battle against the Frisians[271], although this is doubted by de Boer & Cordfunke who suggest that he was killed at the mouth of the river Rhine as the quarrels with the West Frisians started much later[272].  The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records the death in battle "Winckel apud pagum Westfrisie…993 XIV Kal Oct" of "Arnulfus comes" and his burial at Egmond[273].  m (Betrothed 980) LIUTGARD de Luxembourg, daughter of SIEGFRIED Count [of Luxembourg] & his wife Hedwig --- ([965/70]-14 May, after 1005, bur Egmond).  The Annales Egmundani name "Lutgarda comitissa" as wife of "Arnulphus comes tertius [Hollandensium]" but do not give her origin, specifying in a later passage that they were "legally" betrothed in 980 at "coram rege Ottone"[274].  Her origin is indicated by Thietmar who names "the queen's sister Liudgard", recording that "the king attacked the Frisians with a fleet…to placate [her] fury", dated to [May/Jun] 1005 from the context of the text[275].  Her origin is confirmed by the necrology of Ranshofen which records the death "III Id May" of "Liukart com soror Chunigundis imperatricis"[276].  The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records that the wife of "Arnulfus tercius comes Hollandie" was "Lutgardim, filiam Theophani…imperatoris Grecorum et sororum Theophane imperatoris"[277], but this is clearly inconsistent with all other primary sources consulted.  "Theodericus comes cum matre sua Lietgarda" donated "alodum suum situm secus fluvium Scaldum in pago Gandensi seu Tornacensi in vulla Rucga" to Saint-Pierre de Gand, for the soul of "patris sui Arnulfi", by charter dated 20 Sep 995[278].  The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records the death "II Id Mai" of "Lutgardis…sua collateralis" and her burial at Egmond[279].  Beke's Egmondsch Necrologium records the death "pridie Id Mai" of "Lutgairdis uxor eius [Arnulfi comitis] filia regis Grecorum"[280].  According to the Preface of Vitæ Heinrici et Cunegundis Imperatores, "Liukart comitissa, soror Chunigundis imperatricis, obiit II Non Iulii"[281], but this date is inconsistent with other primary sources.  Count Arnulf & his wife had [three] children

Arnulf married Luxembourg, Liutgard of in May 980. Liutgard (daughter of of Luxemburg, Siegfried I and of Nordgau, Hedwig) was born in 955 in Cleves, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; died on 14 May 1005 in Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Lorraine
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Brabant
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Louvain
• FSID: LDSS-KKV

Notes:

BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANCONIA.htm#dauHeribertdiedafter985MFriedrichMoselga, as of 10/21/2014

GERBERGA ([975/80]-after 1036). Thietmar names "Ottone germano sui", referring to Gerberga wife of Heinrich von Schweinfurt, whose captivity is recorded in the preceding paragraph, an earlier paragraph referring to "Heriberti comitis filio Ottone" which appears to refer to the same Otto[333]. An alternative possibility is that Gerberga was the daughter of Otto Graf von Grabfeld (see below), the solution chosen by Europäische Stammtafeln[334], but this assumes that the two references to "Otto" in Thietmar were to different individuals. It is also less likely chronologically as it would appear that Otto Graf von Grabfeld was several decades older than Otto Graf von Hammerstein. Her birth date range is estimated on the basis of her daughter Eilika having given birth to her first child in [1020]. Thietmar states that Gerberga and her children were guarded by her husband's brother Bukko during their rebellion against Heinrich II King of Germany in 1003[335].

m (before 1003) HEINRICH von Schweinfurt Graf im Nordgau, son of Graf BERNHARD & his wife Eilika von Walbeck ([970/75][336]-18 Sep 1017, bur Schweinfurt).

Family/Spouse: of Leuven, Graaf Lambert I. Lambert (son of of Hainaut, Raginar III and van Leuven, Countess Adele) was born in 952 in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium; was christened in 952 in Verberie, Oise, Picardie, France; died on 12 Sep 1015 in Florennes, Namur, Belgium; was buried after 12 Sep 1015 in Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GDZ6-3JS

Berthe married de Blois, Odo I in 983 in Bourgogne, France. Odo was born in 950 in Marmoutier, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 12 Mar 995 in Touraine, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; was buried after 12 Mar 995 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 9M85-YGM

Notes:

PARENTS ARE UNKNOWN:
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LUXEMBOURG.htm#_ftnref31
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedwig_of_Nordgau

"Hedwig of Nordgau was the wife of Siegfried of Luxembourg, first count of Luxembourg and founder of the country. They were married c. 950. She was of Saxon origin but her parentage is not known for sure. [...]"

Hedwig of Nordgau (c. 922 – after 993) was the wife of Siegfried of Luxembourg, first count of Luxembourg and founder of the country. They were married c. 950.[1] She was of Saxon origin but her parentage is not known for certain. Some sources claim that she was connected to the family of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.[2] Described as "saintly" herself, Hedwig of Nordgau was the mother of Saint Cunigunde of Luxembourg, the seventh of eleven children from her marriage to Siegfried.[3]

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Hedwig married of Luxemburg, Siegfried I in 950. Siegfried (son of de Lorraine, Wigerich and de France, Countess Cunigunda) was born in 922 in Herzogtum Lauenburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; died on 28 Oct 998 in Luxembourg. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 945D-J9Y
• Death: 14 May 1005, Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Notes:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LUXEMBOURG.htm#Liutgarddiedafter1005

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#Arnulfdied993

Liutgard married of Holland, Arnulf in May 980. Arnulf (son of of Friesland, Dietrich II and van Vlaanderen, Hildegard) was born in 952; died on 18 Sep 993 in Winkel, Ammerland, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried after 18 Sep 993 in Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Towhead
• FSID: LD9Y-C7T
• Appointments / Titles: Between 935 and 963, Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France; Count of Poitou and Auvergne
• Appointments / Titles: Between 962 and 963, Aquitaine, France; Duc d'Aquitaine - after restoration

Notes:

Wikipedia

William III (913 – 3 April 963), called Towhead (French: Tête d'étoupe, Latin: Caput Stupe) from the colour of his hair, was the "Count of the Duchy of Aquitaine" from 959 and Duke of Aquitaine from 962 to his death. He was also the Count of Poitou (as William I) from 935 and Count of Auvergne from 950. The primary sources for his reign are Ademar of Chabannes, Dudo of Saint-Quentin, and William of Jumièges.

William was son of Ebalus Manzer[1] and Emilienne. He was born in Poitiers. He claimed the Duchy of Aquitaine from his father's death, but the royal chancery did not recognise his ducal title until the year before his own death.

Shortly after the death of King Rudolph in 936, he was constrained to cede some land to Hugh the Great by Louis IV. He did it with grace, but his relationship with Hugh thenceforward deteriorated. In 950, Hugh was reconciled with Louis and granted the duchies of Burgundy and Aquitaine. He tried to conquer Aquitaine with Louis's assistance, but William defeated them. Lothair, Louis's successor, feared the power of William. In August 955 he joined Hugh to besiege Poitiers, which resisted successfully. William, however, gave battle and was routed.

After the death of Hugh, his son Hugh Capet was named duke of Aquitaine, but he never tried to take up his fief, as William reconciled with Lothair.

He was given the abbey of Saint-Hilaire-le-Grand, which remained in his house after his death. He also built a library in the palace of Poitiers.

Family background, marriage and issue

His father was duke Ebles Manzer, who already was a man in his middle years when he was born in about 913. According to the chronicle of Ademar de Chabannes, William's wife was Geirlaug (French: Gerloc, also known as Adèle), a daughter of Rollo of Normandy. The less reliable Dudo of Saint-Quentin has William rather than Ebles marrying Gerloc, perhaps about 936, in a match that may have been arranged by William I of Normandy.

With Gerloc, he had at least one child whose filiation is clearly attested:

William, his successor in Aquitaine. He abdicated to the abbey of Saint-Cyprien in Poitiers and left the government to his son.
Many[who?] genealogies accept the high likelihood[vague] that they also had a daughter:

Adelaide, who married Hugh Capet
But her parentage is not reliably documented of their era and is regarded only as a good possibility by usual modern genealogical literature.

WIlliam married de Normandie, Adèle on 1 Jan 935 in Lyons-la-Forêt, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France. Adèle (daughter of Rognvaldsson, Earl Rollo and of Bayeux, Poppa) was born in 911 in Fécamp, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; was christened in 912 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 14 Oct 962 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France; was buried on 14 Oct 962 in Saint-Maixent-l'École, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LYB4-75S
• Alternate Birth: 935, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
• Alternate Birth: 935, Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Constantine_of_Vienne

Charles-Constantine (died 962) was the Count of Vienne and son of Louis the Blind, the latter of whom was King of Provence and Holy Roman Emperor.

Life[edit]
When Charles' father Louis died in 929, Hugh of Arles, who was already king of Italy, took over Provence and gave it, in 933, to King Rudolf II of Burgundy.[1] Charles-Constantine for whatever reason, did not inherit the imperial throne or Provence.[2] This has led many to believe he was, in fact, illegitimate.[3] He was awarded the county of the Viennois in 931, by Rudolph of France.[4]
He was married to Thiberge de Troyes.[4] They had two sons:
• Richard[4]
• Hubert[4]
and possibly a daughter:
• Constance of Vienne, married to Boson II count of Arles.
Name and ancestry[edit]
This count appears simply as "Carolus" (Charles) in his own charters.[5] Flodoard, writing his annals during the count's lifetime, called him Karolo Constantino Ludovici orbi filii (Charles Constantine, son of Louis the Blind), and this added byname also appears in the writings of 10th-century historian Richerus, who used Flodoard as a source.[5][6] The implications of this byname, Constantine, have been subject to debate. Poole considered it a toponymic name of Flodoard's devising, reference to Arles (sometimes called Constantina urbs),[5] but Previté-Orton sees in it a reference to his parentage.[7] A surviving letter by Patriarch Nicholas I Mystikos testifies that Emperor Leo VI the Wise of Byzantium, father of Constantine VII, had betrothed his daughter to a Frank prince, a cousin of Bertha (of Tuscany), to whom came later a great misfortune. That unfortunate prince could only be Louis III, whose mother Ermengard of Italy was a first cousin of Bertha, and who was blinded on 21 July 905, while the prospective bride would have been Emperor Leo's only surviving daughter at that time, Anna, born to his second wife Zoe Zaoutzaina.[7] Charles Constantine would thus have been given names reflecting his paternal and maternal imperial heritage.[8] However, it is still questioned whether the planned marriage ever took place,[9] and there are chronological difficulties (not insurmountable in the opinion of Previté-Orton) in making Anna the mother of Charles Constantine.[7]  Richerus suggested that the ancestry of Charles Constantine was tainted by illegitimacy back to five generations,[7] although the meaning of this is disputed.

Constance married d'Arles, Boson II in 953 in France. Boson was born in 920 in Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France; died in Jul 965 in Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Brabant
• Nickname: The Bearded
• FSID: LYCY-PN6
• Appointments / Titles: 1003; Count of Louvain

Notes:

Lambert I of Louvain nicknamed "The Bearded" (born in Louvain, Duchy of Lotharingia, East Francia c. 950, died in Florennes, County of Namur, Duchy of Lower Lorraine, Holy Roman Empire on 12 September 1015) was the first Count of Louvain in 1003. He was killed by Godfrey II, Duke of Lower Lorraine in battle for Godfrey's claim of Count of Verdun.

He was the son of Reginar III, Count of Hainaut and Adela d' Eguisheim, daughter of Hugh V, Count of Eguisheim. His brother was Reginar IV, Count of Mons. He was the husband of Gerberga of Lower Lorraine,[1] and father of:[2]

Henry I, Count of Louvain
Lambert II, Count of Louvain, married Oda of Verdun.
Reinier
Matilda (Maud) of Louvain, countess consort of Boulogne as wife of Eustace I of Boulogne
Eustache I de Fiennes (ca. 1015-1084) was the Lord (Seigneur) of Fiennes..

Family/Spouse: van Neder-Lotharingen, Lady Gerberga. Gerberga (daughter of de Lorraine, Charles I and de Troyes, Adelaide) was born in 975 in Brabant, Meuse, Lorraine, France; died on 27 Jan 1018 in Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium; was buried after 27 Jan 1018 in Cloister de Sainte Gertrude, Nivelles, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Appointments / Titles: Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; 8th Count of Angouleme
• Nickname: Bastard
• FSID: G8WB-M5Z

Notes:

Arnaud Manzer Taillefer, count of Angoulême known as the Bastard (930 - 991)
# 24110

He is also known under the name of Arnaud Manzer Taillefer, Count of Angoulême known as the Bastard 1 . He is also known under the name of Arnaud Mauzer, count of Angoulême known as the Bastard 2 . He is also known under the name of Arnoul, comte d 'Angoulême 3 .

He is the son of Guillaume II Taillefer, Count of Angoulême 1 , 4 .

He was born in 930 1 . He married Raingarde in 960 2 . He died on March 4, 991 1 , 5 , 6 .

List of his known children:

+ 1. Aldéarde d 'Angoulême (950 -) 2 (de Raingarde )
+ 2. Guillaume III Taillefer, count of Angoulême (960 - 1027) 1 , 4 (de Raingarde )

Family/Spouse: d'Aulnay, Renegarde. Renegarde (daughter of d'Aulnay, Vicomte Cadelon III and de Marcillac, Viscomtesse Sénégonde) was born in 926 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 13 May 988 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: KLVF-HQH

Family/Spouse: d'Aulnay, Vicomte Cadelon III. Cadelon (son of de Aulnay, Cadelon II and de Melle, Gisela) was born in 912 in Aulnay, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France; died in 968 in Aulnay, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France; Count
• FSID: GC35-TBX

Family/Spouse: de Chevreuse, Countess Gisele. Gisele (daughter of de Chevreuse, Guy and de Corbeil, Adeline) was born in 982 in Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France; was christened after 982 in Grandmesnil, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 27 Jul 1039 in Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 9WMP-NNQ

Notes:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#Arnulfdied993

a)         ARNULF ([Gent] [950/55]-killed in battle Winkel, West-Friesland 18 Sep 993, bur Egmond).  The Annales Egmundani name "Arnulfus filius eius [=Theoderici II comitis]" when recording that he succeeded his father[261].  The Chronologia Johannes de Beke names (in order) "Arnulfum comitem, Egbertum Treverensem archiepiscopum ac Arlindam puellam" as the children of Count Dirk II & his wife[262].  "Arnulfi comitum" subscribed a charter dated 29 Jun [955/64], signing directly after "Theoderici comitis"[263].  "Theoderico comite et Arnulfo filio eius, Folberto advocato…Ingelberto advocato…" signed the charter dated 26 Oct 970 under which "Mathelgodus et uxor sua Ingelswindis" donated "hereditatem sue possessionis in loco…Wessingim…Siringim…in pago Bracbantensi" to Saint-Pierre de Gand[264].  "…Hecberto et Arnulfo filiis ipsius Theoderici…" signed the charter dated 2 Oct 974 under which "Theodericus comes et uxor sua Hildegardis" donated "in villa Haleftra in pago Mempesco sita" to Saint-Pierre de Gand[265].  "Arnulpho filio Theoderici comitis" is named in a charter dated 30 Sep 975, subscribed by "Arnulfi filii eorum [Theoderici et Hildegardis]"[266].  "Theodericus comes et uxor sua Hildegardis" and "Hecberto et Arnulfo filiis ipsius Theoderici" are named in a charter dated Oct [967/79][267].  "Arnulfus filius Theoderici comitis et Arnulfus filius Hildwini" donated "in pago Taruennensis…in Rumingehim et in Keremberg, in pago Flandrensi…in Uckesham et super Gersta" to Saint-Pierre de Gand, at the request of "Everardi et filii eius Baldwini nepotis sui", by charter dated 4 Mar 981, signed by "Arnulfi junioris…marchysi, Theoderici comitis…Ingelberti advocati…"[268].  "…Theoderico comite, Arnulfo comite…" signed the charter dated 1 Apr 988 under which "Baldwinus marchysus cum matre sua Susanna" donated "villam Aflingehem…jacentem in pago Tornacinse" to Saint-Pierre de Gand, after the death of "Arnulfi marchysi"[269].  He succeeded his father in 988 as ARNULF Count of Holland.  "Arnulfi comitum" subscribed a charter dated 20 May 988[270], the first charter included in the compilation which he signed without his father.  He was killed in battle against the Frisians[271], although this is doubted by de Boer & Cordfunke who suggest that he was killed at the mouth of the river Rhine as the quarrels with the West Frisians started much later[272].  The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records the death in battle "Winckel apud pagum Westfrisie…993 XIV Kal Oct" of "Arnulfus comes" and his burial at Egmond[273].  m (Betrothed 980) LIUTGARD de Luxembourg, daughter of SIEGFRIED Count [of Luxembourg] & his wife Hedwig --- ([965/70]-14 May, after 1005, bur Egmond).  The Annales Egmundani name "Lutgarda comitissa" as wife of "Arnulphus comes tertius [Hollandensium]" but do not give her origin, specifying in a later passage that they were "legally" betrothed in 980 at "coram rege Ottone"[274].  Her origin is indicated by Thietmar who names "the queen's sister Liudgard", recording that "the king attacked the Frisians with a fleet…to placate [her] fury", dated to [May/Jun] 1005 from the context of the text[275].  Her origin is confirmed by the necrology of Ranshofen which records the death "III Id May" of "Liukart com soror Chunigundis imperatricis"[276].  The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records that the wife of "Arnulfus tercius comes Hollandie" was "Lutgardim, filiam Theophani…imperatoris Grecorum et sororum Theophane imperatoris"[277], but this is clearly inconsistent with all other primary sources consulted.  "Theodericus comes cum matre sua Lietgarda" donated "alodum suum situm secus fluvium Scaldum in pago Gandensi seu Tornacensi in vulla Rucga" to Saint-Pierre de Gand, for the soul of "patris sui Arnulfi", by charter dated 20 Sep 995[278].  The Chronologia Johannes de Beke records the death "II Id Mai" of "Lutgardis…sua collateralis" and her burial at Egmond[279].  Beke's Egmondsch Necrologium records the death "pridie Id Mai" of "Lutgairdis uxor eius [Arnulfi comitis] filia regis Grecorum"[280].  According to the Preface of Vitæ Heinrici et Cunegundis Imperatores, "Liukart comitissa, soror Chunigundis imperatricis, obiit II Non Iulii"[281], but this date is inconsistent with other primary sources.  Count Arnulf & his wife had [three] children

Arnulf married Luxembourg, Liutgard of in May 980. Liutgard (daughter of of Luxemburg, Siegfried I and of Nordgau, Hedwig) was born in 955 in Cleves, Kleve, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; died on 14 May 1005 in Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GDZ6-3JS

Berthe married de Blois, Odo I in 983 in Bourgogne, France. Odo was born in 950 in Marmoutier, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France; died on 12 Mar 995 in Touraine, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; was buried after 12 Mar 995 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Ardennes
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Brabant
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Lorraine
• FSID: LDW2-HFV

Notes:

geni.com
Duchess Adelaide d'Ardennes of Lorraine
Finnish: duchesse Adelaide d'Ardennes de Lorraine, Swedish: Adelaide d'Ardennes, duchesse de Lorraine, Dutch: Hertogin Adelheid der Ardennen van Lotharingen
Also Known As: "Dutchess of Lorraine"
Birthdate: circa 959 (31)
Birthplace: Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Death: 990 (27-35)
Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Godefroi I the Captive, count of Ardennes and Matilda of Saxony, countess of Flanders
Wife of Graaf Van Laon Karel Hertog Hertog van Opper- Lotharingen and Charles de France, duc de Basse-Lotharingie
Mother of Ermengarde; Otto De Lorraine; Gerberge and Adelaide de Lorraine, comtesse de Lower Lorraine
Sister of Comte van Verdun Godefroy Herzog von Niederlothringen, II; Gerberge de Verdun, comtesse; Hermann, comte de Verdun et d'Enham; Gothelo I "the Great", duke of Lorraine; Irmgard, comtesse de Verdun; Roger de Verdun, Governor of Ambriences Castle; Frédéric de Verdun; Regilla de Verdun; comte Adalberto Evêque de Vermandois, II and Ermentrude von Lothringen de Verdun « less
Half sister of Arnulf II the Young, count of Flanders

Adelais de Troyes
Also Known As: "Adelheid /De Vermandois/"
Birthdate: circa 950
Death: circa 991 (32-49)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert de Vermandois, comte de Meaux et de Troyes and Adélaïde-Wera de Bourgogne, Chalon et Troyes

Wife of Charles de France, duc de Basse-Lotharingie

Mother of
Otton, duc de Basse-Lotharingie;
Ermengarde;
Gerberge;
Adélaïde;
Louis; C
harles and
Jutta de Basse-Lotharingie « less

Sister of Archambaud de Vermandois; Arnulf de Ganelon; Adele de Meaux (de Vermandois); Heribert V "le jeune" de Vermandois, comte de Troyes and Gersende de Gascoigne

Adelaide married de Lorraine, Charles I in 969 in Normandy, France. Charles (son of of the West Franks, King Louis IV and von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga) was born in 953 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 21 May 992 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; was buried on 21 May 992 in Sint-Servatius, Maastricht, Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Lorraine
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Brabant
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Louvain
• FSID: LDSS-KKV

Notes:

BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANCONIA.htm#dauHeribertdiedafter985MFriedrichMoselga, as of 10/21/2014

GERBERGA ([975/80]-after 1036). Thietmar names "Ottone germano sui", referring to Gerberga wife of Heinrich von Schweinfurt, whose captivity is recorded in the preceding paragraph, an earlier paragraph referring to "Heriberti comitis filio Ottone" which appears to refer to the same Otto[333]. An alternative possibility is that Gerberga was the daughter of Otto Graf von Grabfeld (see below), the solution chosen by Europäische Stammtafeln[334], but this assumes that the two references to "Otto" in Thietmar were to different individuals. It is also less likely chronologically as it would appear that Otto Graf von Grabfeld was several decades older than Otto Graf von Hammerstein. Her birth date range is estimated on the basis of her daughter Eilika having given birth to her first child in [1020]. Thietmar states that Gerberga and her children were guarded by her husband's brother Bukko during their rebellion against Heinrich II King of Germany in 1003[335].

m (before 1003) HEINRICH von Schweinfurt Graf im Nordgau, son of Graf BERNHARD & his wife Eilika von Walbeck ([970/75][336]-18 Sep 1017, bur Schweinfurt).

Family/Spouse: of Leuven, Graaf Lambert I. Lambert (son of of Hainaut, Raginar III and van Leuven, Countess Adele) was born in 952 in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium; was christened in 952 in Verberie, Oise, Picardie, France; died on 12 Sep 1015 in Florennes, Namur, Belgium; was buried after 12 Sep 1015 in Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LCFL-9DP

Notes:

Ermentrude de Roucy (958 – 5 May 1005) (Irmtrude) was a Countess and Duchess of Burgundy.

She was a daughter of Renaud of Roucy and his wife, Alberade of Lorraine, daughter of Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine.

Ermentrude married Aubry II of Mâcon and thus became a countess of Mâcon.
They were the parents of:

Létaud, archbishop of Besançon;
Aubry, abbot of Saint-Paul de Besançon;
Béatrice de Mâcon (974–1030), who was married in 975 to Count Geoffrey I of Gâtinais, and afterwards to the Count Hugues du Perche;
Perhaps a daughter, N de Mâcon, the putative spouse of Eble de Poitiers, son of William IV of Aquitaine and Emma of Blois; they were possibly the parents of Ebles I of Roucy and all of his siblings, including Yvette de Roucy, the wife of either Manasses II or Manasses III of Rethel.

She also married Otto-William, Count of Burgundy. They had children:

Guy I of Mâcon;
Matilda, married Landri of Nevers;
Gerberga, married William II of Provence;
Reginald I, Count of Burgundy;
Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermentrude_de_Roucy

Family/Spouse: de Bourgogne, Otto William I. Otto (son of d'Ivrea, King Adalbert and de Chalons, Gerberga) was born in 958 in Ivrea, Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy; died on 21 Sep 1026 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; was buried on 23 Oct 1026 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GM6K-6FL

Family/Spouse: de Beaumont, Ivo I. Ivo was born in 940 in Ham, Somme, Picardie, France; died in 1002 in Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Ponthieu de Normandie
• FSID: L28D-TJH

Notes:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudouin_II_de_Boulogne

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enguerrand_Ier_de_Ponthieu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelina_of_Holland

Adelina married de Boulogne, Baudouin II in 1003 in Artois, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Baudouin (son of de Boulogne, Arnulf III and de Desvres, Adeline) was born in 990 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died in 1033 in Abbey of Samer-aux-Bois, Ognolles, Oise, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Countess of Boulogne
• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Hennegau
• FSID: LZG2-MSS

Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_of_Boulogne
https://www.geni.com/people/Mathilde-de-Louvain-Countess-of-Boulogne/6000000008640434825
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163079542/maud-of_boulogne

“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“EUSTACHE I a l'Oeil, Count of Boulogne, son and heir of Baldwin, Count of Boulogne, by his wife, Adelvie de Gant, born about 995. He married MATHILDE (or MAHAUT) OF LOUVAIN, daughter of Lambert I, Count of Louvain, by Gerberge, daughter of Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine. She was born about 993. They had three sons, Eustache (II) [Count of Boulogne], Lambert [Count of Lens], and Godfrey (or Geoffrey) [Bishop of Paris, Arch-Chancellor of France], and one daughter, Gerberge (wife of Friedrich II, Duke of Lower Lorraine). EUSTACHE I, Count of Boulogne, died about 1049.
L'Art de Vérifier les Dates 2 (1784): 760-767 (sub Comtes de Boulogne). Delisle Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 11 (1876): 205-206 (Ex Genealogia de qua ortis est Carolus Magnus), 346 (Ex Genealogia Comitum Bononiensium), 370 (Ex Genealogia B. Arnulphi Metensis Episcopi); 374 (Genealogix ex Chronicis Hainoniensibus); 13 (1869): 585 (Ex Genealogia Caroli Magni qua Namurcensium Comitum et Boloniens), 647-648 (Ex Genealogia B. Amulphi). Monumenta Germaniae Historica 9 (1925): 300-301; 14 (1925): 621. Sellers De Carpentier Allied Ancestry (1928): 185-187. Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935): IX 69. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 1 (1980): 95 (sub Hainault, Brabant); 3(4) (1989): 621 (sub Boulogne). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): IX.69, XI.461j, X.124-X.127.
Children of Eustache I of Boulogne, by Mathilde of Louvain:
i. EUSTACHE II, Count of Boulogne [see below].
ii. LAMBERT OF BOULOGNE, Count of Lens, married ALICE OF NORMANDY, Countess of Aumale [see AUMALE 1].”

Family/Spouse: de Boulogne, Eustace I. Eustace (son of de Boulogne, Baudouin II and of Holland, Adelina) was born on 11 Aug 989 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was christened in 1010; died on 4 Oct 1049 in Neuville, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried after 4 Oct 1049 in Samer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Beauvais, Tours and Troyes
• FSID: GDZ6-MW9

Notes:

"Odo quickly married a second wife, Ermengarde, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM IV of Auvergne."

By his second wife, Ermengarde of Auvergne, Odo had three children:

Theobald III, who inherited the county of Blois and most of his other possessions.
Stephen II, who inherited the counties of Meaux and Troyes in Champagne.
Bertha, who married first Alan III, Duke of Brittany, and second Hugh IV, Count of Maine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_II,_Count_of_Blois

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudes_II_de_Blois#Mariages_et_descendance
"Il épouse en secondes noces ERMENGARDE D'AUVERGNE, fille du comte GUILLAUME IV D'AUVERGNE, dont il eut quatre enfants."

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarda_d%27Alvernia --
"Secondo la Genealogiae comes Flandriae era figlia del Conte d'Alvernia, Guglielmo IV e della moglie Humberge (o Ermengarda)."

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Odo married d'Auvergne, Ermengarde in 1003. Ermengarde (daughter of d'Auvergne, WIlliam IV and d'Auvergne, Humberge) was born in 970 in Auvergne, France; died on 12 Mar 1042 in Aquitaine, France; was buried after 12 Mar 1042 in Épernay, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 945D-J9Y
• Death: 14 May 1005, Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Notes:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LUXEMBOURG.htm#Liutgarddiedafter1005

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#Arnulfdied993

Liutgard married of Holland, Arnulf in May 980. Arnulf (son of of Friesland, Dietrich II and van Vlaanderen, Hildegard) was born in 952; died on 18 Sep 993 in Winkel, Ammerland, Niedersachsen, Germany; was buried after 18 Sep 993 in Egmond-Binnen, Egmond, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Poitiers (by birth)
• House: Robertian (by marriage)
• FSID: M15L-V4Q
• Appointments / Titles: Between 987 and 996; Queen consort of The Franks

Notes:

Adelahide, Adele, or Adelaide of Aquitaine (also known as Adelaide of Poitiers; c. 945 or 952 – 1004),[1] was queen consort of France by marriage to Hugh Capet. Adelaide and Hugh were the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France, and Adelaide had some extent of influence over her husband's governance of France.

Adelaide was the daughter of William III, Duke of Aquitaine and Adele of Normandy, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. Her father used her as security for a truce with Hugh Capet, whom she married in 969.[2]

In 987, after the death of Louis V, the last Carolingian king of France, Hugh was elected the new king with Adelaide as queen. The couple were proclaimed as the new monarchs at Senlis and blessed at Noyon. As such, they had become the founders of the Capetian dynasty of France.[1] Apparently, Hugh trusted in Adelaide's judgement and allowed her to take part in government. He asked her to negotiate on his behalf with the regent of the Holy Roman Empire, Empress Theophanu, committing himself beforehand to any agreement they reached.[1]

Adelaide's son, Robert, came into conflict in the late 990's with Gerbert, the Archbishop of Reims. Gerbert took refuge with Otto III, Theophanu's son and the new Holy Roman Emperor, and Adelaide attempted to recall the former to Reims, but Gerbert resisted this command in a letter dated to the spring of 997.[3]

Adelaide and Hugh had at least three children that lived to adulthood:

Hedwig, Countess of Mons (or Hadevide, or Avoise) (c. 969–after 1013), wife of Reginar IV, Count of Mons
Robert II (972–1031), the future king of France. Crowned co-king in 987, in order to consolidate the new dynasty.
Gisèle, Countess of Ponthieu (c. 970–1002), wife of Hugh I, Count of Ponthieu.
A number of other daughters are less reliably attested.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Aquitaine

Adélaïde married Capet, Hugues in 968 in Paris, Île-de-France, France. Hugues was born on 3 Jul 941 in Dourdan, Essonne, Île-de-France, France; was christened on 3 Jul 941 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France; died on 24 Oct 996 in Prasville, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France; was buried on 24 Oct 996 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Arles
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Provence
• Nickname: The Liberator
• FSID: L133-HLP

Notes:

Wikipedia -transalation of the French site

Guillaume I er de Provence said the Liberator, born around 955 and died at Avignon in 994 , after August 29[1], was a Provencal nobleman, famous for having defeated and driven out the
Saracens of Provence in 973.

William I of Provence
Title of nobility
Count of Provence
Biography
Birth
Toward 955
Death
After 29 Aug 993
Avignon
Activity
Monarch
Family
Bosonids
Father
Boson II of Arles
Mother
Constance
Siblings
Rotboald I of Provence
Spouses
Adélaïde d'Anjou
Arsinde de Comminges
Children
Constance d'Arles
Odile de Provence
Guillaume II de Provence
Toda, countess of Besalú

Son of Boson II , Count of Arles and Constance de Provence , he was successively Count of Avignon (962), Count of Provence (972), Marquis of Arles Provence (979) and Prince of all Provence (991) [2] . Due to an uncle also called William [3] , he is sometimes referred to as William II of Provence.

Biography

His early years
Guillaume and his older brother Roubaud (aka Rotbold II), succeeded their father Boson and uncle also called Guillaume between 962 and 966 . The county of Provence belongs to them in joint possession, Guillaume becoming count of Avignon and Roubaud count of Arles following the division in the previous generation between their father and uncle. He married between 968 and April 970 [4] , Arsinde de Comminges [ 5 ] , daughter of Arnaud, count of Comminges and d'Arsinde de Carcassonne. Arsinde, his first wife, has sometimes been confused with Adelaide, his second, but that controversy is now over[6] . From this first union would be born:

Odile de Provence known as Odile de Nice (c. 976-c. 1032)
Arsinde
Ermengarde

The liberation of Provence and its consequences
Following the removal of the Abbot Mayeul in July 972 by bands of Saracens installed in the Maures mountain range since the end of the IXth century, Count William and his brother Roubaud took the lead in reinforcing Provencal lost by the troops of Ardouin, count of Turin.

They track down the Moors whom they crush at the battle of Tourtour in 973, then drive them out of Provence [7] . In September 983[8], Guillaume annihilated the Saracens on their return from a campaign in the Alps and his brother
Roubaud retired from Freinet with the help of Ardouin Marquis of Turin [ 9 ] . This military campaign against the Saracens, conducted without Conrad's troops, is in fact coupled with a feudalization of Provence, of the local aristocracy and of the urban and peasant communities who had until then always refused the feudal mutation and the count's power. . This allowed William to obtain the de facto suzerainty of Provence and with the royal consent, to control the tax authorities of Provence. He distributed the reconquered lands to his vassals, such as the territory of Hyères to to the lords of Fos, arbitrated the differences of various
individuals and created Provençal feudalism [10]. With Isarn, bishop of Grenoble , he undertook to repopulate the Dauphiné and authorized an Italian count named Ugo Blavia to settle near Fréjus in the early 970s to put the land back into cultivation.

His government and his fame
Like his father Boson, Guillaume was advised by a viscount who, from 977, accompanied him on all these trips [11] and he relied on a large group of judges to dispense justice [12] . Having become Marquis of Provence in 979 , he moved to Arles in the early 980s . When his first wife Arsinde de Comminges (c. 950-983) died, he married in 984 in this city, against the advice of the pope, Adelaide of Anjou who had just separated from her husband, the future king of France, Louis V. The couple had at least two children:

William II of Provence (c.981-av.May 30, 1018) [ 13 ]
Constance d'Arles ( 986 - 1032 ) queen of France by her marriage to Robert II around the year 1000 ,

Adelaide
and another Ermengarde daughter of Arles , whose parentage is more disputed [14] ; Ermengarde Arles wife later Robert I st Auvergne .

For all this, he is an important character in the chronicles of Raoul Glaber who treats him as a duke and he appears in a charter of 992 with the name of pater patriae .

The end of his life
At the end of his life, Guillaume became very pious and returned many goods to the Church's temporal. Already in 991 [15] , at the request of the bishop of Fréjus , Riculf [16], who implored the prince to make restitution of the former domains of the bishopric, Guillaume acceded to this petition and granted him in addition the half of Fréjus and the village of Puget [17]. In 992 , he also returned important estates in the Camargue to the Saint-Jean d'Arles monastery. In 993, near the end of his life, in the city of Avignon of which he was the count, he took the habit of a monk and appealed to the Abbot Mayeul to relieve his soul. He made restitutions and offerings to the abbey of Cluny [2], and was surrounded by a multitude of his subjects when Guillaume de Provence died, shortly after the 29 Aug 993. Before dying, he expressed the wish to be buried in Sarrians, near Carpentras, in the priory under construction on the villa offered to the Burgundian abbey [ 18 ] .

WIlliam married d'Anjou, Adélaïde in 984 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France. Adélaïde (daughter of d'Anjou, Count Fulk II and du Gatinais, Gerberge) was born in 947 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 29 May 1026 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; was buried after 29 May 1026 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G35P-RJ2
• Appointments / Titles: 952, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; 9th Count of Angouleme

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Angoul%C3%AAm

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#GuillaumeIVdied1028

Family/Spouse: d'Anjou, Gerberga. Gerberga was born in 962 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died in 1056 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; Countess of Angouleme
• FSID: 9QQM-1JZ

Family/Spouse: de Taillefer, Arnaud. Arnaud (son of de Taillefer, William I) was born in 927 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; died on 4 Mar 992 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 4 Mar 992 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Alice
• Nickname: Alice
• FSID: GCVT-DWT

Family/Spouse: de Stuteville, Robert I. Robert was born in 1000 in Estouteville, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1066 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Ponthieu de Normandie
• FSID: L28D-TJH

Notes:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudouin_II_de_Boulogne

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enguerrand_Ier_de_Ponthieu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelina_of_Holland

Adelina married de Boulogne, Baudouin II in 1003 in Artois, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Baudouin (son of de Boulogne, Arnulf III and de Desvres, Adeline) was born in 990 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died in 1033 in Abbey of Samer-aux-Bois, Ognolles, Oise, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Blois, Chartres, Châteaudun, Beauvais, Tours and Troyes
• FSID: GDZ6-MW9

Notes:

"Odo quickly married a second wife, Ermengarde, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM IV of Auvergne."

By his second wife, Ermengarde of Auvergne, Odo had three children:

Theobald III, who inherited the county of Blois and most of his other possessions.
Stephen II, who inherited the counties of Meaux and Troyes in Champagne.
Bertha, who married first Alan III, Duke of Brittany, and second Hugh IV, Count of Maine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odo_II,_Count_of_Blois

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudes_II_de_Blois#Mariages_et_descendance
"Il épouse en secondes noces ERMENGARDE D'AUVERGNE, fille du comte GUILLAUME IV D'AUVERGNE, dont il eut quatre enfants."

https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarda_d%27Alvernia --
"Secondo la Genealogiae comes Flandriae era figlia del Conte d'Alvernia, Guglielmo IV e della moglie Humberge (o Ermengarda)."

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Odo married d'Auvergne, Ermengarde in 1003. Ermengarde (daughter of d'Auvergne, WIlliam IV and d'Auvergne, Humberge) was born in 970 in Auvergne, France; died on 12 Mar 1042 in Aquitaine, France; was buried after 12 Mar 1042 in Épernay, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Lorraine
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Brabant
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Louvain
• FSID: LDSS-KKV

Notes:

BIO: from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANCONIA.htm#dauHeribertdiedafter985MFriedrichMoselga, as of 10/21/2014

GERBERGA ([975/80]-after 1036). Thietmar names "Ottone germano sui", referring to Gerberga wife of Heinrich von Schweinfurt, whose captivity is recorded in the preceding paragraph, an earlier paragraph referring to "Heriberti comitis filio Ottone" which appears to refer to the same Otto[333]. An alternative possibility is that Gerberga was the daughter of Otto Graf von Grabfeld (see below), the solution chosen by Europäische Stammtafeln[334], but this assumes that the two references to "Otto" in Thietmar were to different individuals. It is also less likely chronologically as it would appear that Otto Graf von Grabfeld was several decades older than Otto Graf von Hammerstein. Her birth date range is estimated on the basis of her daughter Eilika having given birth to her first child in [1020]. Thietmar states that Gerberga and her children were guarded by her husband's brother Bukko during their rebellion against Heinrich II King of Germany in 1003[335].

m (before 1003) HEINRICH von Schweinfurt Graf im Nordgau, son of Graf BERNHARD & his wife Eilika von Walbeck ([970/75][336]-18 Sep 1017, bur Schweinfurt).

Family/Spouse: of Leuven, Graaf Lambert I. Lambert (son of of Hainaut, Raginar III and van Leuven, Countess Adele) was born in 952 in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium; was christened in 952 in Verberie, Oise, Picardie, France; died on 12 Sep 1015 in Florennes, Namur, Belgium; was buried after 12 Sep 1015 in Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Countess of Boulogne
• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Hennegau
• FSID: LZG2-MSS

Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_of_Boulogne
https://www.geni.com/people/Mathilde-de-Louvain-Countess-of-Boulogne/6000000008640434825
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163079542/maud-of_boulogne

“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“EUSTACHE I a l'Oeil, Count of Boulogne, son and heir of Baldwin, Count of Boulogne, by his wife, Adelvie de Gant, born about 995. He married MATHILDE (or MAHAUT) OF LOUVAIN, daughter of Lambert I, Count of Louvain, by Gerberge, daughter of Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine. She was born about 993. They had three sons, Eustache (II) [Count of Boulogne], Lambert [Count of Lens], and Godfrey (or Geoffrey) [Bishop of Paris, Arch-Chancellor of France], and one daughter, Gerberge (wife of Friedrich II, Duke of Lower Lorraine). EUSTACHE I, Count of Boulogne, died about 1049.
L'Art de Vérifier les Dates 2 (1784): 760-767 (sub Comtes de Boulogne). Delisle Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 11 (1876): 205-206 (Ex Genealogia de qua ortis est Carolus Magnus), 346 (Ex Genealogia Comitum Bononiensium), 370 (Ex Genealogia B. Arnulphi Metensis Episcopi); 374 (Genealogix ex Chronicis Hainoniensibus); 13 (1869): 585 (Ex Genealogia Caroli Magni qua Namurcensium Comitum et Boloniens), 647-648 (Ex Genealogia B. Amulphi). Monumenta Germaniae Historica 9 (1925): 300-301; 14 (1925): 621. Sellers De Carpentier Allied Ancestry (1928): 185-187. Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935): IX 69. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 1 (1980): 95 (sub Hainault, Brabant); 3(4) (1989): 621 (sub Boulogne). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): IX.69, XI.461j, X.124-X.127.
Children of Eustache I of Boulogne, by Mathilde of Louvain:
i. EUSTACHE II, Count of Boulogne [see below].
ii. LAMBERT OF BOULOGNE, Count of Lens, married ALICE OF NORMANDY, Countess of Aumale [see AUMALE 1].”

Family/Spouse: de Boulogne, Eustace I. Eustace (son of de Boulogne, Baudouin II and of Holland, Adelina) was born on 11 Aug 989 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was christened in 1010; died on 4 Oct 1049 in Neuville, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried after 4 Oct 1049 in Samer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Burgundy
• FSID: GVJW-9RQ

Notes:

Renaud I st of Burgundy (986-1057) was Count of Burgundy (1 st count palatine of Burgundy) of anscarids the xi th century.

Biography
Son of the I st Count Otto-William and Adelaide Ermentrude Rheims and Roucy (daughter of Renaud of Roucy, count of Reims and Lord of Roucy and Albérade of Hainault, daughter of the Duke Gislebert of Lorraine and Gerberge of Saxony ). Adelaide de Reims was the heiress of the county of Mâcon by his first marriage with Aubry II of Mâcon (982 ).

995: at the age of 20, his father combines the elder brother of Renaud de Bourgogne Guy I st Macon , born in 975, to power the county of Burgundy and the county of Macon , for his succession.

1002: 27 years old, Guy I st Macon becomes Count of Macon.

1004: Guy I st Macon died at the age of 29. His son Otton II of Mâcon succeeds him as Count of Mâcon. Otte-Guillaume shares his lands: his son Renaud receives the counties of Amous, Varais and Portois; Otton, his grandson receives Mâconnais and Escuens. Otte-Guillaume retains his rights over the counties of Frankish Burgundy (Beaumont, Fouvent and Oscheret). The Counts of Burgundy will for a long time retain many lands or suzerainties on counties located in the Duchy of Burgundy.

1016: Renaud married Adélaïde de Normandie (1002-1038), daughter of Duke Richard II of Normandy and Judith of Brittany.

1026: Renaud I st Burgundy succeeds, October 21, 1026, at the age of 40, under the Count of Burgundy , his father dies, and his brother Guy died.

1027: Renaud I st of Burgundy is at war against the bishop count of Auxerre, Hugh of Chalon. This one makes him prisoner with Auxerre. Renaud I st is liberated by troops sent by his stepfather and led by the future Duke Richard III of Normandy.

1032: Rodolphe III of Burgundy (last king of Burgundy) dies without posterity, on September 6, 1032. He had designated his cousin the Germanic emperor Conrad II the Salic as heir. His nephew Eudes II de Blois , son of his elder sister Bertha of Burgundy, raised against Conrad the Salic, the revolt of the feudal lords and prelates of the kingdom of Burgundy. The war of succession of Burgundy (1032-1034) and started is supported by Renaud I st of Burgundy, Count Gerold II Geneva, Archbishop of Vienna, the Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, as well as Archbishop of Lyon, Burchard II, bastard son of Conrad the Pacific and half-brother of Rodolphe III of Burgundy.

In front of them, Conrad the Salique has the support of Héribert, Archbishop of Milan, Marquis Boniface III of Tuscany, Ermengarde, widow of Rodolphe III, and Humbert de Maurienne, former advisor and vassal of Rodolphe III today, better known as Humbert to the White Hands.

Eudes II of Blois is crowned king of Burgundy in Lausanne, by his partisans, but in January 1033, the emperor is also crowned in Basel.

The revolt fails and the kingdom of Burgundy must remain in the empire. In order to escape the imperial armies, Renaud de Bourgogne retires to Dijon, ducal Burgundy where he has retained many supports.

1034: the German Emperor Conrad II takes possession of the kingdom of Burgundy (actually the county of Burgundy) and receives the 1 st August , the homage of his new vassals in Geneva.

Conrad II vassalizes the county of Burgundy over many generations, to the detriment of the Duchy of Burgundy and the Kingdom of France.

1037: Renaud I st of Burgundy and Odo II continue the fight against the imperial troops led by Gothelon I st of Lorraine and allied for the occasion, to those of the king of France Henry I st . November 15, Battle of Hanol, between Bar-le-Duc and Verdun. Death of Eudes II de Blois.

Emperor Conrad II decides to lift the sentences against his opponents yesterday. Renaud I st of Burgundy, leader of the coalition receives in Dijon, embassy of the emperor, who announces reconciliation desires it. Renaud I st of Burgundy became count palatine (Pfalzgraf) of Burgundy, gave way in the German imperial administration, to those who are responsible for administering land and to administer justice in the name of the emperor. His successors will continue to wear this title.

1038: Conrad II transmits the kingdom of Burgundy to his nephew Henry III . He made him crown King of Burgundy in Solothurn. The major, whose Renaud Count and the Archbishop of Besançon Hugues I er de Salins, are present at the event and must pay tribute to their new king.

1039: Archbishop of Besancon, Hugues I st Salins , becomes the confidant Henry III. The emperor then granted a certain frank autonomy and the right to self-administer by his own government to the county of Burgundy. The Archbishop of Besançon is appointed Chancellor and has been widely awarded for his total and very devoted collaboration.

1043: Henry III comes in Besancon, to become engaged to Agnes of Aquitaine , niece of Renaud I st of Burgundy, and daughter of the Duke of Aquitaine, William V Poitiers. On this occasion, the Archbishop of Besancon, Hugues I er de Salins, gets royal rights over the city of Besançon (legal, political, fiscal and economic). He is appointed prince of the Germanic Empire (maximum rank before emperor) and reigns supreme over the city, with the emperor and the pope Gregory VII for only superiors. It escapes the power of the Counts of Burgundy.

1044: Henry III continues to favor those who have supported his father. He gives the city of Montbeliard to Count Louis de Mousson. Renaud I st Burgundy revolt against the Emperor again, allied to the Count Gerold Geneva. He besieged the castle of Montbeliard, but Count Louis defeated their troops and thus maintains the independence of Montbéliard vis-à-vis the county of Burgundy. The two counts submit the following year to the emperor.

1057: in September, Count Renaud disappears at the age of 71 years. His son Guillaume (1057-1087), succeeds him. He had already been associated with county decisions for several years, and was in charge of the county of Burgundy in the absence of his father. Renaud I st of Burgundy was buried in St. Stephen's Cathedral Besancon, replaced the xviii th century by St John's Cathedral, which were transferred to the graves of counts of Burgundy (Sacred Heart chapel).

Descendancy
From his marriage to Adelaide of Normandy, Renaud I st of Burgundy had four son and two daughters:

1.) Guillaume I er Burgundy said the Grand or Tête Hardie (1020-1087) who succeeded him as Count of Burgundy

2.) Gui de Brionne or Gui de Bourgogne (v 1025-1069), raised at the court of Normandy, who wanted to succeed the duchy of Normandy against his cousin William of Normandy (future William the Conqueror). He had to separate from his counties of Brionne and Vernon in Normandy, having been at the head of the coalition of the barons of Normandy, which was defeated at the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes in 1047. Gui de Brionne found refuge with his uncle Geoffroy II Martel, Count of Anjou. On the death of Renaud I st from Burgundy, he tried to delight the county of Burgundy for about ten years to his brother Guillaume.

3.) Hugues de Bourgogne, called Superalios (cited in 1037- v. 1086), Viscount of Lons-le-Saunier , Lord of Montmorot, Navilly and Scey, married to Aldeberge de Scey. And their son Thibert I st Montmorot, Viscount of Lons-le-Saunier (house Montmorot, alias Montmoret)

4.) Foulques de Bourgogne, aka Foulques de Joux de Grandson (quoted in 1060-1114) (after the chronicler Herman de Laon), married to Alix de Roucy (v 1055-?) (Home of Grandson)

5.) Aubrée of Buonalbergo

Renaud I st of Burgundy also rose to his court Robert Nevers (1035-1098), "Le Bourguignon", son of Renaud I st Nevers (1000-1040), his nephew. Robert de Nevers is at the origin of the house of Craon-Nevers. His grandson Robert de Craon, also known as Le Bourguignon, succeeded Hugues de Payns as second Master of the Order of the Temple.

Family/Spouse: de Normandie, Adélaïde I. Adélaïde (daughter of de Normandie, Sir Richard II and de Bretagne, Lady Judith) was born in 1002 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 27 Jul 1037 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried on 5 Jun 1063 in Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France; Count
• FSID: GC35-TBX

Family/Spouse: de Chevreuse, Countess Gisele. Gisele (daughter of de Chevreuse, Guy and de Corbeil, Adeline) was born in 982 in Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France; was christened after 982 in Grandmesnil, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 27 Jul 1039 in Beaumont-sur-Oise, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Boulogne
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Lens-despite accounts of Lens passing to Baldwin V of Flanders circa 1036 it was still held by Eustace I and was passed to his son Lambert at his death
• House: Founder of House of Boulogne branch of House of Flanders
• FSID: M1VS-25N
• Appointments / Titles: 1024, Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Count of Boulogne-Eustace succeeded his father as count of Boulogne in 1024

Notes:

“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):

“EUSTACHE I a l'Oeil,
Count of Boulogne,
son and heir of Baldwin,
Count of Boulogne, by his wife, Adelvie de Gant,
born about 995.

He married MATHILDE (or MAHAUT) OF LOUVAIN,
daughter of Lambert I, Count of Louvain, by Gerberge, daughter of Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine.

She was born about 993.

They had three sons, Eustache (II) [Count of Boulogne],
Lambert [Count of Lens], and
Godfrey (or Geoffrey) [Bishop of Paris, Arch-Chancellor of France], and one daughter,

Gerberge (wife of Friedrich II, Duke of Lower Lorraine).

EUSTACHE I, Count of Boulogne, died about 1049.

L'Art de Vérifier les Dates 2 (1784): 760-767 (sub Comtes de Boulogne).

Delisle Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 11 (1876): 205-206 (Ex Genealogia de qua ortis est Carolus Magnus), 346 (Ex Genealogia Comitum Bononiensium), 370 (Ex Genealogia B. Arnulphi Metensis Episcopi); 374 (Genealogix ex Chronicis Hainoniensibus); 13 (1869): 585 (Ex Genealogia Caroli Magni qua Namurcensium Comitum et Boloniens), 647-648 (Ex Genealogia B. Amulphi).

Monumenta Germaniae Historica 9 (1925): 300-301; 14 (1925): 621. Sellers De Carpentier Allied Ancestry (1928): 185-187.

Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935): IX 69.

Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 1 (1980): 95 (sub Hainault, Brabant); 3(4) (1989): 621 (sub Boulogne).

Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): IX.69, XI.461j, X.124-X.127.

Children of Eustache I of Boulogne, by Mathilde of Louvain:
i. EUSTACHE II, Count of Boulogne [see below].
ii. LAMBERT OF BOULOGNE, Count of Lens, married ALICE OF NORMANDY, Countess of Aumale [see AUMALE 1].”

Family/Spouse: de Louvain, Matilde. Matilde (daughter of of Leuven, Graaf Lambert I and van Neder-Lotharingen, Lady Gerberga) was born in 1006 in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium; died in 1049 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried in 1049 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Comte de Lens
• FSID: LRHH-9JN
• Military: 1054, Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; slain in battle of Lille at Bataille de Lille, Flanders

Notes:

He was a French nobleman and the son of Eustace I, Count of Bologne and of Maud de Leuven (daughter of Lambert I of Leuven). c. 1053 he married Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale, daughter of Robert I, Duke of Normandy and sister of William the Conqueror. Adelaide was the widow of Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu who died in 1053. c. 1054 Lambert and Adelaide had a daughter, Judith of Lens, although Lambert would scarcely have seen her; he was killed at the battle of Lille in 1054. Lambert was supporting Baldwin V, Count of Flanders against Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor when he was killed in battle. His widow, Adelaide, married thirdly, Odo, Count of Champagne

Lambert married de Normandie, Adélaïde in 1054 in Normandy, France. Adélaïde (daughter of de Normandie, Lord Duke Robert and de Falaise, Herleva) was born on 14 Oct 1026 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 3 Aug 1090 in Gournay, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried after 3 Aug 1090 in Aumale, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Comte de Blois Meaux et Troyes
• FSID: L51Z-XMG

Notes:

"It is unclear whether the [second/third] wife of Thibaut III Comte de Blois could have been the daughter of Comte Raoul [III]."

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfravalver.htm#AdelaideValoisMThibautIIIBlois

THE PARENTAGE OF ADELA IS UNCERTAIN:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CENTRAL%20FRANCE.htm#ThibautIIIdied1089B
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CENTRAL%20FRANCE.htm#_ftnref156

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Theobald married du Maine, Countess Gersende Berthe in 1045 in France. Gersende (daughter of du Maine, Herbert I and de Preuilly, Paula II) was born on 14 Oct 1024 in France; died on 10 May 1100 in Aquitaine, France; was buried after 10 May 1100 in Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Hereditary Mareschal de Normandie
• FSID: L55P-QVF
• Occupation: Hereditary Marshall of the Stable
• Residence: 1050; Sold lands at Vaucelles - to Duchess Matilda for Holy Trinity, Caen

Notes:

Miles the Marshal, and his wife Lesceline, in or after 1059, sold to the Countess Maud (the Conqueror's wife) for her foundation of the Abbey of the Holy Trinity at Caen, whatever they held in the vill of Vaucelles -- now a suburb of Caen -- and in the church and the mill there, for four score pounds. Miles and Leseline gave land at Caen, Vaucelles and Venoix in marriage with their daughter Beatrice to a certain Arfast. Miles sold to Lanfranc, abbot of St. Stephen's, Caen (1066-1070), the land occupied by the channel of the Odon, from the point at which it left the old channel, with both banks, but he died before Lanfranc left Caen for Canterbury in 1070. [Complete Peerage XI:Appendix E:122-3]
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DE VENOIS.
From Venoix near Caen, Normandy. The barons of Venoix,Verbois or Venois held their fief as hereditary marshals of the stable (master of the horse) of the dukes of Normandy, hence they bore the name of le Marescal or Mareschal of Venois. Milo le Mareschal and Lasceline his wife, were living in 1050, when the duchess Matilda purchased lands at Vancelles from them for Holy Trinity at Caen.
They had issue:
. Ralph le Mareschal and other sons, who came to England at the conquest.
. Robert of Hastings
. Geoffrey the Marshall

Ralph was living in 1086 and had issue:
. Robert,
. Roger le Mareschal, who had lands in Essex,
. Gerald, owner of estates in Sussex, and
. Goisfred, a baron in Hampshire and Wiltshire in 1086 (Domesday). Goisfred was the father of Gilbert ancestor of the Mareschals.

Robert the eldest son, sometimes styled Fitz Ralph, de Hastings, and le Mareschal, was lord of Venoix and the king's sheriff or seneschal at Hastings, where, and at Rye, his descendants long held the revenue in farm from the crown. He had issue William de Hastings who c. 1100 married Juliana, granddaughter and heir of Waleran, a great baron in Essex, living in 1130. With Robert de Venoix his brother, he instituted a suit against his cousin, Gilbert Marescal and his son John, to recover the office of hereditary marshal, which Gilbert or Goisfrid his father had obtained and successfully held, although it could not have been theirs by right of birth. The suit failed, but William in compensation was created dapifer. Hence the celebrated and renowned family of Hastings, who married into the royalty of England and were so famous in history. From this line descended the Hastings, barons of Abergavenny, the marquesses of Hastings, the earls of Pembroke, and earls of Striguil in Ireland, as well as the earls of Huntingdon. This latter great branch of the family still exists in the male line which was ennobled in the person of sir William Hastings, created baron Hastings of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, by king Edward IV, in 1461, under which title he was summoned to parliament. He was one of the most powerful persons in the kingdom and erected at Ashby a magnificent castle, where afterwards Mary queen of Scots was kept in captivity. He possessed tremendous estates, the honours of Pevrel, Belvoir Hagenet, and Huntingdon, the lands of viscount Beaumont, Belvoir castle, with a great part of the possessions of lord Ros, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, which had belonged to the earls of Wiltshire, the castle and rape of Hastings. He was invested with many high offices; was ambassador to France, chamberlain to North Wales, constable of six castles and many more honours, too numerous to mention. Upon the death of king Edward IV, his greatness came to a sudden end, as he was lured to the tower of London by the new protector, Richard, duke of Gloucester, and beheaded forthwith in 1483.

--(Falaise Roll).
http://www.1066.co.nz/Mosaic%20DVD/library/people/venois.htm

Miles married de Venoix, Lesceline in 1035. Lesceline was born in 1022 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1059 in Venoix, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Capetian
• FSID: LD9R-RBH
• Appointments / Titles: 970; Countess de Dagsbourg
• Appointments / Titles: 970, Hainaut, Belgium; Countess of Hainaut
• Appointments / Titles: 970; Princesse de France
• Appointments / Titles: 996; Countess of Mons

Notes:

Hedwig of France (c. 970 – after 1013), also called Avoise, Hadevide or Haltude, was Countess of Mons. She was the daughter of Hugh Capet, the first King of France, and his wife, Queen Adelaide of Aquitaine.

Family
In 996 Hedwig married Reginar IV of Hainaut (947–1013). Their children were:

Reginar V, Count of Mons
Gisèle (998-1049), who married Wautier III d'Olhain
Lambert
Beatrix, who married Ebles I, Count of Rheims and Roucy
Ermentrude, died at the age of two or three; buried in the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude in Nivelles, Belgium. The burial came to light during an excavation. A lead cross, inscribed with her name and that of her parents, was found in the tomb.

Death
Following the death of her first husband, Hedwig remarried to Hugh de Dagsbourg. She died after 1013.
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“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“HUGUES OF FRANCE nicknamed le Grand or Capet, Duke of France, 960-987, King of France, 987-996, son of Hugues “le Grand,” Duke of France, by his 3rd wife, Hedwig, daughter of Heinrich I, King of Germany, born say 940. He married in the summer of 968 ADELAIDE OF POITOU, daughter of Guillaume I, Count of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine, by Adèle, daughter of Rollo of Normandy. They had one son, Robert II [King of France], and two daughters, Hawise (or Hawidis/Hadwidis/Hathuidis/Hadevidam) (wife of Regnier IV, Count of Hainault) and Gisèle (wife of Hugues I, seigneur of Abbeville, Avoué of Saint-Riquier). He was consecrated King of France at Noyon 1 July 987. HUGUES CAPET, King of France, died at "Les Juifs" near Prasville, Eure-et-Loire 24 October 996, and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Denis. His widow, Adélaide, died 15 June 1003-5.
Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS IX (1851): 366 (Historia Francorum Senonensis: "Secundo anno obiit Hugo Magnus dux Francorum apud Drodingam villam 16. Kal. Iul. [16 June], sepultusque est in basilica beati Dyonisii martiris Parisius. Cui successerunt filii eius, Hugo videlicet, Otto et Heinricus, nati ex filia Odonis regis."), 368 (Historia Francorum Senonensis sub A.D. 998: "Obiit Hugo rex, sepultusque est in basilica beati Dyonisii martiris Parisius."). Acta Sanctorum Octobris 10 (1861): 791-793 (Translatio S. Maglorii et Aliorum Ex tomo III Annalium Ord. S. Benedicti: "Hugone, Francorum duce ... qui etiam cum sua venerabili conjuge, Adelaide nomine, filia Pictavorum comitis, de progenie Caroli Magni ..."). Prou Raoul Glaber - Les cinq Livres de ses Histoires (900-1044) (1886). Molinier Obituaires de la Province de Sens 1(1) (Recueil des Historiens de la France, Obituaires 1) (1902): 319 (Abbaye de Saint-Denis: "XVII kal. jul. [15 June] - Ob. Adelaidis regina"), 329 (Abbaye de Saint-Denis: "VIIII Kal. Nov. [24 Oct.] - Ob. Hugo rex [996]"). Lot Sur le Règne de Hugues Capet et la Fin the Xe Siècle (1903). Chaume Les Origins du Daché de Bourgogne 1 (1925): 536-537 (chart). Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des Charles 115 (1957): 168-171. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 11 (sub France), 76 (ancestry of Alix de Poitou). Bouchard Sword, Miter, & Cloister (1987). Medieval Prosopography 9 (1988): 1-32. Van Kerrebrouck Les Capétians 987-1328 (2000): 47-55. Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 310 (France ped.).”

Hedwig married de Mons, Régnier IV in 996 in Hainaut, Belgium. Régnier was born on 11 Jan 947 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; died in 1013 in Mons, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in 1013. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: Capet
• Nickname: The Pious
• Nickname: The Wise
• FSID: LD9R-RB7
• Appointments / Titles: Between 987 and 996; King of The Franks (co-reign)
• Life Event: 30 Dec 987, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France
• Appointments / Titles: Between 996 and 1031; King of the Franks

Robert married d'Arles, Constance in 1003 in France. Constance (daughter of de Provence, WIlliam I and d'Anjou, Adélaïde) was born in 986 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; died on 25 Jul 1032 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried after 25 Jul 1032 in Basilica of St Denis, Paris, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LDSS-6H5

Constance married de France, King Robert II in 1003 in France. Robert (son of Capet, Hugues and d'Aquitaine, Adélaïde) was born on 23 Mar 972 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France; was christened on 27 Apr 972 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried after 20 Jul 1031 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L18X-Q82
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1030 and 1048, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; 10th Comte d'Angouleme

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Angoul%C3%AAme

Geoffrey married d'Archiac, Petronille in 1012 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. Petronille (daughter of d'Archiac, Baron Mainard and d'Udulgardis, N.N.) was born in 994 in Bonneville, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; died on 24 Sep 1043 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; was buried after 24 Sep 1043 in Abbey of Notre-Dame de La Couronne, La Couronne, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G35P-RJ2
• Appointments / Titles: 952, Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France; 9th Count of Angouleme

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_of_Angoul%C3%AAm

https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ANGOULEME.htm#GuillaumeIVdied1028

Family/Spouse: d'Anjou, Gerberga. Gerberga was born in 962 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; died in 1056 in Angoulême, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LJRG-7ST
• Military: 1066; Fought with William the Conqueror
• Appointments / Titles: 1097, Estouteville, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; Sir Crusader

Notes:

ROBERT I d'ESTOUTEVILLE of Etoutteville, Seine-Maritime, France arr. Yvetot, cant. Yerville and Cottingham, Yorkshire, England. Robert, nicknamed "Grandbois," was included in the list of Knights who accompanied their Duke GUILLAUME to conquer England in 1066. He was a Crusader in 1097.

The Estoutevilles were a great seigneurial family whose senior line was based at Vallemont in the Caux district of eastern Normandy. They claimed descent from a legendary Viking ancestor, Stoot (or Estout) the Dane. Robert I d’Estouteville participated in the Norman conquest of England, and his several sons by a second, Saxon, wife produced the English Stutevill families.

In 1086, the estates of Hugh fitzBaldric, Domesday lord of Cottingham, were divided after his death and the bulk of his lands in Yorkshire passed to Robert I de Stuteville. However, by 1105, Robert was a supporter of Robert III Duke of Normandy and Robert Curthose. He was captured at the battle of Tinchebrai in 1106 after which he was condemned to be imprisoned for life.

Robert I d'Estouteville died in 1066 of starvation in an English prison (exact location unknown).

His lands were subsequently granted to Nigel d'Aubigny from whom they descended to Roger de Mowbray. His son and heir, Robert II de Stuteville, did not hold lands in England and it was not until the reign of Stephen that Robert III, son and heir of Robert II, recovered Cottingham.

He was a benefactor of St Mary's abbey, York, Durham priory and the church at Lincoln. An entry in the Liber Vitae makes mention of himself, his wife Beatrice (whose parentage is unknown) and sons Robert II, Gradulf and William. He was also father of Emma, second wife of Robert fitz-Hugh de Grandmesnil, whose six children are named in the Durham Liber Vitae.

Family/Spouse: de Rieux, Blanche. Blanche (daughter of de Rieux, Guéthenoc) was born in 1045 in Yorkshire, England; died in 1140 in Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Boulogne
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Lens-despite accounts of Lens passing to Baldwin V of Flanders circa 1036 it was still held by Eustace I and was passed to his son Lambert at his death
• House: Founder of House of Boulogne branch of House of Flanders
• FSID: M1VS-25N
• Appointments / Titles: 1024, Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Count of Boulogne-Eustace succeeded his father as count of Boulogne in 1024

Notes:

“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):

“EUSTACHE I a l'Oeil,
Count of Boulogne,
son and heir of Baldwin,
Count of Boulogne, by his wife, Adelvie de Gant,
born about 995.

He married MATHILDE (or MAHAUT) OF LOUVAIN,
daughter of Lambert I, Count of Louvain, by Gerberge, daughter of Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine.

She was born about 993.

They had three sons, Eustache (II) [Count of Boulogne],
Lambert [Count of Lens], and
Godfrey (or Geoffrey) [Bishop of Paris, Arch-Chancellor of France], and one daughter,

Gerberge (wife of Friedrich II, Duke of Lower Lorraine).

EUSTACHE I, Count of Boulogne, died about 1049.

L'Art de Vérifier les Dates 2 (1784): 760-767 (sub Comtes de Boulogne).

Delisle Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 11 (1876): 205-206 (Ex Genealogia de qua ortis est Carolus Magnus), 346 (Ex Genealogia Comitum Bononiensium), 370 (Ex Genealogia B. Arnulphi Metensis Episcopi); 374 (Genealogix ex Chronicis Hainoniensibus); 13 (1869): 585 (Ex Genealogia Caroli Magni qua Namurcensium Comitum et Boloniens), 647-648 (Ex Genealogia B. Amulphi).

Monumenta Germaniae Historica 9 (1925): 300-301; 14 (1925): 621. Sellers De Carpentier Allied Ancestry (1928): 185-187.

Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935): IX 69.

Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 1 (1980): 95 (sub Hainault, Brabant); 3(4) (1989): 621 (sub Boulogne).

Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): IX.69, XI.461j, X.124-X.127.

Children of Eustache I of Boulogne, by Mathilde of Louvain:
i. EUSTACHE II, Count of Boulogne [see below].
ii. LAMBERT OF BOULOGNE, Count of Lens, married ALICE OF NORMANDY, Countess of Aumale [see AUMALE 1].”

Family/Spouse: de Louvain, Matilde. Matilde (daughter of of Leuven, Graaf Lambert I and van Neder-Lotharingen, Lady Gerberga) was born in 1006 in Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium; died in 1049 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried in 1049 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Comte de Blois Meaux et Troyes
• FSID: L51Z-XMG

Notes:

"It is unclear whether the [second/third] wife of Thibaut III Comte de Blois could have been the daughter of Comte Raoul [III]."

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/nfravalver.htm#AdelaideValoisMThibautIIIBlois

THE PARENTAGE OF ADELA IS UNCERTAIN:

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CENTRAL%20FRANCE.htm#ThibautIIIdied1089B
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CENTRAL%20FRANCE.htm#_ftnref156

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Theobald married du Maine, Countess Gersende Berthe in 1045 in France. Gersende (daughter of du Maine, Herbert I and de Preuilly, Paula II) was born on 14 Oct 1024 in France; died on 10 May 1100 in Aquitaine, France; was buried after 10 May 1100 in Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Hereditary Mareschal de Normandie
• FSID: L55P-QVF
• Occupation: Hereditary Marshall of the Stable
• Residence: 1050; Sold lands at Vaucelles - to Duchess Matilda for Holy Trinity, Caen

Notes:

Miles the Marshal, and his wife Lesceline, in or after 1059, sold to the Countess Maud (the Conqueror's wife) for her foundation of the Abbey of the Holy Trinity at Caen, whatever they held in the vill of Vaucelles -- now a suburb of Caen -- and in the church and the mill there, for four score pounds. Miles and Leseline gave land at Caen, Vaucelles and Venoix in marriage with their daughter Beatrice to a certain Arfast. Miles sold to Lanfranc, abbot of St. Stephen's, Caen (1066-1070), the land occupied by the channel of the Odon, from the point at which it left the old channel, with both banks, but he died before Lanfranc left Caen for Canterbury in 1070. [Complete Peerage XI:Appendix E:122-3]
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DE VENOIS.
From Venoix near Caen, Normandy. The barons of Venoix,Verbois or Venois held their fief as hereditary marshals of the stable (master of the horse) of the dukes of Normandy, hence they bore the name of le Marescal or Mareschal of Venois. Milo le Mareschal and Lasceline his wife, were living in 1050, when the duchess Matilda purchased lands at Vancelles from them for Holy Trinity at Caen.
They had issue:
. Ralph le Mareschal and other sons, who came to England at the conquest.
. Robert of Hastings
. Geoffrey the Marshall

Ralph was living in 1086 and had issue:
. Robert,
. Roger le Mareschal, who had lands in Essex,
. Gerald, owner of estates in Sussex, and
. Goisfred, a baron in Hampshire and Wiltshire in 1086 (Domesday). Goisfred was the father of Gilbert ancestor of the Mareschals.

Robert the eldest son, sometimes styled Fitz Ralph, de Hastings, and le Mareschal, was lord of Venoix and the king's sheriff or seneschal at Hastings, where, and at Rye, his descendants long held the revenue in farm from the crown. He had issue William de Hastings who c. 1100 married Juliana, granddaughter and heir of Waleran, a great baron in Essex, living in 1130. With Robert de Venoix his brother, he instituted a suit against his cousin, Gilbert Marescal and his son John, to recover the office of hereditary marshal, which Gilbert or Goisfrid his father had obtained and successfully held, although it could not have been theirs by right of birth. The suit failed, but William in compensation was created dapifer. Hence the celebrated and renowned family of Hastings, who married into the royalty of England and were so famous in history. From this line descended the Hastings, barons of Abergavenny, the marquesses of Hastings, the earls of Pembroke, and earls of Striguil in Ireland, as well as the earls of Huntingdon. This latter great branch of the family still exists in the male line which was ennobled in the person of sir William Hastings, created baron Hastings of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, by king Edward IV, in 1461, under which title he was summoned to parliament. He was one of the most powerful persons in the kingdom and erected at Ashby a magnificent castle, where afterwards Mary queen of Scots was kept in captivity. He possessed tremendous estates, the honours of Pevrel, Belvoir Hagenet, and Huntingdon, the lands of viscount Beaumont, Belvoir castle, with a great part of the possessions of lord Ros, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, which had belonged to the earls of Wiltshire, the castle and rape of Hastings. He was invested with many high offices; was ambassador to France, chamberlain to North Wales, constable of six castles and many more honours, too numerous to mention. Upon the death of king Edward IV, his greatness came to a sudden end, as he was lured to the tower of London by the new protector, Richard, duke of Gloucester, and beheaded forthwith in 1483.

--(Falaise Roll).
http://www.1066.co.nz/Mosaic%20DVD/library/people/venois.htm

Miles married de Venoix, Lesceline in 1035. Lesceline was born in 1022 in Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in 1059 in Venoix, Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; Countess of Boulogne
• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Hennegau
• FSID: LZG2-MSS

Notes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_of_Boulogne
https://www.geni.com/people/Mathilde-de-Louvain-Countess-of-Boulogne/6000000008640434825
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163079542/maud-of_boulogne

“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“EUSTACHE I a l'Oeil, Count of Boulogne, son and heir of Baldwin, Count of Boulogne, by his wife, Adelvie de Gant, born about 995. He married MATHILDE (or MAHAUT) OF LOUVAIN, daughter of Lambert I, Count of Louvain, by Gerberge, daughter of Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine. She was born about 993. They had three sons, Eustache (II) [Count of Boulogne], Lambert [Count of Lens], and Godfrey (or Geoffrey) [Bishop of Paris, Arch-Chancellor of France], and one daughter, Gerberge (wife of Friedrich II, Duke of Lower Lorraine). EUSTACHE I, Count of Boulogne, died about 1049.
L'Art de Vérifier les Dates 2 (1784): 760-767 (sub Comtes de Boulogne). Delisle Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 11 (1876): 205-206 (Ex Genealogia de qua ortis est Carolus Magnus), 346 (Ex Genealogia Comitum Bononiensium), 370 (Ex Genealogia B. Arnulphi Metensis Episcopi); 374 (Genealogix ex Chronicis Hainoniensibus); 13 (1869): 585 (Ex Genealogia Caroli Magni qua Namurcensium Comitum et Boloniens), 647-648 (Ex Genealogia B. Amulphi). Monumenta Germaniae Historica 9 (1925): 300-301; 14 (1925): 621. Sellers De Carpentier Allied Ancestry (1928): 185-187. Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935): IX 69. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 1 (1980): 95 (sub Hainault, Brabant); 3(4) (1989): 621 (sub Boulogne). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): IX.69, XI.461j, X.124-X.127.
Children of Eustache I of Boulogne, by Mathilde of Louvain:
i. EUSTACHE II, Count of Boulogne [see below].
ii. LAMBERT OF BOULOGNE, Count of Lens, married ALICE OF NORMANDY, Countess of Aumale [see AUMALE 1].”

Family/Spouse: de Boulogne, Eustace I. Eustace (son of de Boulogne, Baudouin II and of Holland, Adelina) was born on 11 Aug 989 in Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was christened in 1010; died on 4 Oct 1049 in Neuville, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried after 4 Oct 1049 in Samer, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Comte de Lens
• FSID: LRHH-9JN
• Military: 1054, Lille, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; slain in battle of Lille at Bataille de Lille, Flanders

Notes:

He was a French nobleman and the son of Eustace I, Count of Bologne and of Maud de Leuven (daughter of Lambert I of Leuven). c. 1053 he married Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale, daughter of Robert I, Duke of Normandy and sister of William the Conqueror. Adelaide was the widow of Enguerrand II, Count of Ponthieu who died in 1053. c. 1054 Lambert and Adelaide had a daughter, Judith of Lens, although Lambert would scarcely have seen her; he was killed at the battle of Lille in 1054. Lambert was supporting Baldwin V, Count of Flanders against Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor when he was killed in battle. His widow, Adelaide, married thirdly, Odo, Count of Champagne

Lambert married de Normandie, Adélaïde in 1054 in Normandy, France. Adélaïde (daughter of de Normandie, Lord Duke Robert and de Falaise, Herleva) was born on 14 Oct 1026 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died on 3 Aug 1090 in Gournay, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried after 3 Aug 1090 in Aumale, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: The Grand
• FSID: 998F-RYD
• Appointments / Titles: Between 1057 and 1087; Count of Burgundy

Notes:

William I (1020 – 12 November 1087), called the Great (le Grand or Tête Hardie, "the Stubborn"), was Count of Burgundy from 1057 to 1087 and Mâcon from 1078 to 1087. He was a son of Renaud I and Alice of Normandy, daughter of Richard II, Duke of Normandy. William was the father of several notable children, including Pope Callixtus II.

In 1057, he succeeded his father and reigned over a territory larger than that of the Franche-Comté itself. In 1087, he died in Besançon, Prince-Archbishopric of Besançon, Holy Roman Empire -- an independent city within the County of Burgundy. He was buried in Besançon's Cathedral of St John.

William married a woman named Stephanie [fr] (a.k.a. Etiennette).

Children of Stephanie (order uncertain):

Renaud II, William's successor, died on First Crusade.
Stephen I, successor to Renaud II, Stephen died on the Crusade of 1101.
Raymond of Burgundy who married Urraca of León and Castile and thus was given the government of Galicia (Spain) (died 1107).
Sybilla (or Maud), married (1080) Eudes I of Burgundy
Gisela of Burgundy, married (1090) Humbert II of Savoy and then Renier I of Montferrat.
Clementia married Robert II, Count of Flanders and was Regent, during his absence. She married secondly Godfrey I, Count of Leuven and was possibly the mother of Joscelin of Louvain.
Guy of Vienne, elected pope, in 1119 at the Abbey of Cluny, as Calixtus II.
William
Eudes.
Hugh III [fr], Archbishop of Besançon.
Stephanie married Lambert, lord of Peyrins, brother of Adhemar of Le Puy)
Ermentrude, married (1065) Theodoric I Count of Montbéliard.
(perhaps) Bertha wife of Alphonso VI of Castile and Leon.
and maybe another daughter.

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Ier_de_Bourgogne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Count_of_Burgundy His father was Renaud I de Bourgogne, also known as Reginald I Count of BURGUNDY (LDSV-BJ1). https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaud_Ier_de_Bourgogne https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_I,_Count_of_Burgundy His mother was Adélaïde de Normandie (MHT3-W8P). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_of_Normandy https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%C3%A9la%C3%AFde_de_Normandie_(1002-1038) He married Étiennette de Bourgogne, also known as Stephanie of BURGUNDY (9WYV-M96). https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tiennette_de_Bourgogne Guillaume I de Bourgogne (9S47-R3L) and Étiennette (9WYV-M96) had the following children: ~ Octavien ~ Eudes ~ Renaud II ~ Guillaume ~ Ermentrude ~ Guy ~ Étienne Ier ~ Sybille ~ Raymond ~ Hugues ~ Gisèle ~ Clémence ~ Étiennette ~ Berthe Read the above AGAIN before attempting any merges! !

Family/Spouse: of Burgundy, Stephanie. Stephanie was born in 1035 in France; died in 1088 in France; was buried in 1088 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Alice
• Nickname: Alice
• FSID: GCVT-DWT

Family/Spouse: de Stuteville, Robert I. Robert was born in 1000 in Estouteville, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died in 1066 in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LDSS-ZMD

Notes:

“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“JUDITH OF LENS, born about 1054. She married after January 1070 WALTHEOF, Earl of Northumberland, lord of Potton, Bedfordshire, Waltharnstow, Essex, Conington, Leighton Bromswold, Little Catford, and Sawtry, Huntingdonshire, Barnack, East Farndon, Fotheringay, Harringworth, and Lilford, Northamptonshire, etc., son and heir of Siward, Earl of Northumberland, by Ælfflaed, daughter of Earl Ealdred. They had two daughters, Maud [Queen of Scotland] and Alice. He was still young at the death of his father in 1055. He was active against the Norman in the northern counties and especially at York in 1069. In 1070 he made his peace with King William the Conqueror. He occurs as one of the witnesses to King William's charter to Wells dated 1068. He was present at the marriage of Ralph de Wader at Exning, Cambridgeshire, where the guests entered into a conspiracy against the king. In this he was to some slight extent implicated, but acting on the advise of Archbishop Lanfranc, he crossed over to Normandy to the king, and disclosed the matter to him. The conspiracy having been crushed, the king kept Waltheof with him. But he was accused by his wife, Judith, of more than a mere knowledge of the plot. After a year's deliberation, during which he was imprisoned at Winchester, Waltheof was executed at Winchester, Hampshire 31 May 1075 (or 1076). Two weeks afterwards the king allowed his body to be removed to Croyland Abbey, Lincolnshire, where the abbot buried him in the chapterhouse; his remains were subsequently translated into the church near the altar. At an unknown date, Judith was granted the manor of Elstow, Bedfordshire by her uncle, King William the Conqueror. Sometime prior to 1086, she founded a nunnery at Elstow and endowed it with the vill. She was living in 1086, and presumably died about 1090.

Wharton Anglia Sacra (1691): 159 (Chronicon Sanctæ Crucis Edinburgensis sub A.D. 1076: "Walthevus Comes decollatus est."). Lysons Environs of London 1(2) (1811): 699-700. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum 5 (1825): 522-523. Palgrave Docs. & Recs. illus. the Hist. of Scotland 1 (1837): 100-101 xxx (Cronica Canonicorum Beate Marie Huntingdon: "David qui regnavit et duxit Matildam Comitissam Huntingd' neptem Willelmi Regis Anglorum filiam Ivette que fuit filia Lamberti de Louns Comitis."). Col. Top. et Gen. 6 (1840): 261-265. Edwards Liber Monasterii de Hyda (Rolls Ser. 45) (1866): 294-295 (Judith [of Lens], wife of Earl Waltheof, styled "king's kinswoman" [consanguineam regis] [i.e., kinswoman of King William the Conqueror]). Freeman Hist. of the Norman Conquest of England 4 (1871): 813-815 (re. connection of Earl Waltheof with conspiracy of Ralph). Remarks & Colls. of Thomas Hearne 3 (Oxford Hist. Soc.) (1889): 104 (ped. chart). Searle Ingulf & the Historia Croylandensis (1894): 104-110 (biog. of Earl Waltheof, the martyr). Notes & Queries 9th Ser. 8 (1901): 525-526. Rutland Mag. & County Hist. Rec. 3 (1908): 97-106, 129-137. VCH Bedford 2 (1908): 237-242; 3 (1912): 280-281, 296-305. Pubs. of Bedfordshire Hist. Rec. Soc. 9 (1925): 23-34. VCH Northampton 3 (1930): 227-231. VCH Huntingdon 3 (1936): 86-92, 144-151, 203-212. Arch. Aeliana 30 (1952): 200-201. Giles Vita et Passio Waldevi comitis in Original Lives of Anglo-Saxons and others who lived before the Conquest (Caxton Soc. 16) (1954): 1-30. Offler Durham Episcopal Charters 1071-1152 (1968): 2, 5, 6, 16n, 27, 30-31, 39-47. VCH Essex 6 (1973): 253-263. VCH Cambridge 6 (1978): 177-182. Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): XI.227, XII.398-XII.399. Schwennicke Europaische Stammtafeln 3(4) (1989): 621 (sub Boulogne). Bower Scotichronicon 3 (1995): 64-65 & 126-127 (instances of Judith, wife of Earl Waltheof, styled "niece" [neptis] of King William the Conqueror). Van Houts Gesta Normannorum Ducum of William of Jumièges, Orderic Vitalis, and Robert of Torigny 2 (1995): 270-273 (Deeds of the Norman Dukes: "Waltheof had three daughters by his wife [Judith], a daughter of the countess of Aumâle, who was a uterine sister of William the elder, king of the English. Simon de Senlis married another of Earl Waltheof’s daughters and received with her the earldom of Huntingdon. He had by her a son called Simon. After the death of Earl Simon, David, brother of secundae Maud, queen of the English, married his widow, by whom he had one son. After the death of his brothers Duncan and Alexander, kings of Scots, he became king. Another of Waltheof’s daughters, Judith [recte Alice], married Rodolf de Toeny, as we have already mentioned. The third daughter [recte granddaughter] was married by Robert Fitz Richard, as we have also mentioned above."). William The English & the Norman Conquest (1995). Tanner Fams., Friends, & Allies (2004): 290 (chart).
Children of Judith of Lens, by Waltheof of Northumberland:
i. MAUD OF NORTHUMBERLAND [see next].
ii. ALICE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, married RALPH DE TONY, of Flamstead, Hertfordshire [see TONY 3].”
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Judith was a niece of William the Conqueror. She was a daughter of his sister Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale and Lambert II, Count of Lens.
In 1070, Judith married Earl Waltheof of Huntingdon and Northumbria. They had three children. Their eldest daughter, Maud, brought the earldom of Huntingdon to her second husband, David I of Scotland. Their daughter, Adelise, married Raoul III de Conches whose sister, Godehilde, married Baldwin I of Jerusalem.

In 1075, Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William. It was the last serious act of resistance against the Norman conquest of England. Judith betrayed Waltheof to her uncle, who had Waltheof beheaded on 31 May 1076. After Waltheof's execution Judith was betrothed by William to Simon I of St. Liz, 1st Earl of Northampton. Judith refused to marry Simon and she fled the country to avoid William's anger. William then temporarily confiscated all of Judith's English estates. Simon, later, married, as his second wife, Judith's daughter, Maud, as her first husband.
Judith founded Elstow Abbey in Bedfordshire around 1078. She also founded churches at Kempston and Hitchin.
She had land-holdings in 10 counties in the Midlands and East Anglia. Her holdings included land at:
• Earls Barton, Northamptonshire
• Great Doddington, Northamptonshire
• Grendon, Northamptonshire
• Merton, Oxfordshire
• Piddington, Oxfordshire
• Potton, Bedfordshire

"Countess Judith of Lens was a niece of William the Conqueror. She was a daughter of his sister Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale and Lambert II, Count of Lens."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_of_Lens

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. In 1070, Judith married Earl Waltheof of Huntingdon and Northumbria. They had three children - Maud de Lens aka Matilda (1074-1130), Judith (1075-1137) and Adelese aka Alice (c1075/6-1126). Their eldest daughter, Maud, brought the earldom of Huntingdon to her second husband, David I of Scotland. Their daughter, Adelise, married Raoul III de Conches whose sister, Godehilde, married Baldwin I of Jerusalem.

In 1075, Waltheof joined the Revolt of the Earls against William. It was the last serious act of resistance against the Norman conquest of England. Some sources claim that Judith betrayed Waltheof to the bishop of Winchester, who informed her uncle, the king. Other sources say that Waltheof was innocent and that it was he who notified the bishop and king of the plot. Waltheof was beheaded on 31 May 1076 at St. Giles Hill, near Winchester.

After Waltheof's execution, Judith was betrothed by William to Simon I of St. Liz, 1st Earl of Northampton by her uncle, William. Judith refused to marry Simon and fled the country to avoid William's anger. He then (temporarily) confiscated all Judith's English estates. Simon married Judith's daughter, Maud, in or before 1090.
The parish of Sawtry Judith in Huntingdonshire is named after the Countess

Judith married Siwardsson, Waltheof of Northumbria in 1070. Waltheof (son of Digri, Siward Earl of Northumbria and of Bamburgh, Ælfflæd) was born in 1050 in Wallsend, Northumberland, England; died on 31 May 1076 in St Giles Hill, Hampshire, England; was buried after 31 May 1076 in Crowland Abbey, Crowland, Lincolnshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]