Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 9H4X-GTQ
• Appointments / Titles: 880; Count of Autun
• Appointments / Titles: Between 890 and 918; Duke of Burgundy

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Richard, Duke of Burgundy
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Richard
Duke of Burgundy
Born 858
Died 921
Noble family Bivinids
Spouse(s) Adelaide of Auxerre
Issue
Rudolph of France
Hugh the Black
Boso
Ermengard of Burgundy
Adelaide of Burgundy
Richilde of Burgundy
Father Bivin of Gorze
Mother Richildis (?)

Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858–921), also known as Richard of Autun or Richard the Justiciar, was Count of Autun from 880 and the first Margrave and Duke of Burgundy. He eventually attained suzerainty over all the counties of Burgundy save Mâcon and by 890 he was referred to as dux (duke) and by 900 as marchio (margrave). By 918 he was being called dux Burgundionem or dux Burgundiae, which probably signified less the existence of a unified Burgundian dukedom than feudal suzerainty over a multiplicity of counties in a specific region.

Life
Richard was a Bosonid, the son of Bivin of Gorze and Richildis. His elder brother was Boso of Provence and his younger sister was Richildis, second wife of Charles the Bald.

In 875, after the death of the Emperor Louis II, Richard and Boso accompanied Charles to Italy for his imperial coronation. In February 876, in Pavia, while preparing for his return journey, Charles nominated Boso "Duke and Viceroy of Italy and Duke of Provence". In 877, on Charles' death, Boso returned to France and confided the realm of Italy and the duchy of Provence to Richard and Hugh the Abbot as missi dominici.

In 879, Boso declared himself "King of Provence" following the death of Louis the Stammerer, but Richard defected from Boso and took Boso's county of Autun, which Carloman II confirmed to him in 880. The two joined battle on the Saône and Richard captured Mâcon and garrisoned it in the name of Carloman and Louis III under the command of Bernard Plantapilosa, a relative of the hereditary Counts of Mâcon. After taking Lyon, he besieged his brother's capital of Vienne, where he was joined by Louis, Carloman, and the emperor Charles the Fat. Richard eventually drove Boso out in 882 and captured his wife Ermengard and children Engelberga and Louis, sending them as prisoners to Autun. Boso went into hiding in Provence.

After the death of Charles the Fat in 888, Richard supported the claim of Duke Rudolph to be King of Upper Burgundy and married his sister Adelaide, daughter of Conrad II of Auxerre. Richard also supported the coronation of his nephew Louis as King of Provence in 890.

Richard died and was buried at Sens. He was exhorted by a bishop at his deathbed to beg a pardon for shedding so much blood in his life. He responded:[citation needed]

When I have killed a brigand, I have saved the life of honest men, the death of one helping prevent his accomplices from making more evil.

Family
By his wife Adelaide (married 888),[1] daughter of Conrad II, Count of Auxerre, and Waldrada of Worms, he had several sons and daughters:

Rudolph, successor and later King of Francia[2]
Hugh the Black, later Duke of Burgundy[3]
Boso,[4] married Bertha, daughter of Boso, Margrave of Tuscany
Ermengard, married Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy
Adelaide, married Reginar II, Count of Hainaut
Richilda, married Litaud I, Count of Mâcon

Family/Spouse: de Bourgogne, Adélaïde. Adélaïde (daughter of de Bourgogne, Conrad II and d'Orleans, Waldrada) was born in 870 in France; died in 929. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LHLK-1N5

Family/Spouse: of Henegouwen, Count Raginar II. Raginar (son of of Henegouwen, Duke Renier I and de Hainaut, Countess Alberada) was born in 880 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was christened in 880 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died in 932 in Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; was buried in 932 in Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. [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

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Reginar III, Count of Hainaut
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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:

• 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]