von Babenberg, Hedwiga

Female 853 - 903  (50 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  von Babenberg, Hedwiga 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.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 2. of Saxony, Oda  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 877; died in 952.
    2. 3. of Sachsen, Heinrich I  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Jul 876 in Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; died on 2 Jul 936 in Memleben Palace, Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; was buried on 2 Jul 936 in Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg, Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  of Saxony, Oda Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hedwiga1) was born in 877; died in 952.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 4. of Metz, Oda  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 911 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; was christened in Alsace, Lorraine, France; died on 7 Apr 963 in France.

  2. 3.  of Sachsen, Heinrich I Descendancy chart to this point (1.Hedwiga1) was born on 7 Jul 876 in Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; died on 2 Jul 936 in Memleben Palace, Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; was buried on 2 Jul 936 in Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg, Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 5. von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga  Descendancy chart to this point 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  of Metz, Oda Descendancy chart to this point (2.Oda2, 1.Hedwiga1) was born in 911 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; was christened in Alsace, Lorraine, France; died on 7 Apr 963 in France.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 6. de Lothiers, Godefroi  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 932 in Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France; died on 9 Apr 1005 in Tillières, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried on 10 Sep 1005 in Abbey of Saint Pierre-Du-Mont Blandin, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

  2. 5.  von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga Descendancy chart to this point (3.Heinrich2, 1.Hedwiga1) 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.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 7. de Lorraine, Charles I  Descendancy chart to this point 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.
    2. 8. de France, Mathilde  Descendancy chart to this point 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.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 9. de Lorraine, Countess Alberada  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Jul 930 in Brabant, Meuse, Lorraine, France; died on 18 Mar 972 in Coucy-Le-Château-Auffrique, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried after 18 Mar 972 in Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.
    2. 10. de Lorraine, Gerberge  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 935 in France; died on 7 Sep 978 in France.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  de Lothiers, Godefroi Descendancy chart to this point (4.Oda3, 2.Oda2, 1.Hedwiga1) was born in 932 in Verdun, Meuse, Lorraine, France; died on 9 Apr 1005 in Tillières, Eure, Haute-Normandie, France; was buried on 10 Sep 1005 in Abbey of Saint Pierre-Du-Mont Blandin, Gent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 11. de Troyes, Adelaide  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 953 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 18 Oct 989 in Moselle, Lorraine, France.

  2. 7.  de Lorraine, Charles I Descendancy chart to this point (5.Gerberga3, 3.Heinrich2, 1.Hedwiga1) 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.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 12. van Neder-Lotharingen, Lady Gerberga  Descendancy chart to this point 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.

  3. 8.  de France, Mathilde Descendancy chart to this point (5.Gerberga3, 3.Heinrich2, 1.Hedwiga1) 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.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 13. de Bourgogne, Berthe  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Mar 967 in Königreich, Stade, Niedersachsen, Germany; died on 16 Jan 1010 in Blois, Loir-et-Cher, Centre, France.

  4. 9.  de Lorraine, Countess Alberada Descendancy chart to this point (5.Gerberga3, 3.Heinrich2, 1.Hedwiga1) was born on 9 Jul 930 in Brabant, Meuse, Lorraine, France; died on 18 Mar 972 in Coucy-Le-Château-Auffrique, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried after 18 Mar 972 in Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 14. de Roucy, Ermentrude  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 958 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 5 Mar 1005 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; was buried after 5 Mar 1003 in Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy.

  5. 10.  de Lorraine, Gerberge Descendancy chart to this point (5.Gerberga3, 3.Heinrich2, 1.Hedwiga1) was born in 935 in France; died on 7 Sep 978 in France.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 15. de Vermandois, Gisela  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 955 in Vermandois (Historical), Picardie, France; died on 12 Mar 984 in Anjou, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in 984 in Saint Aubin Abbey, Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France.