1. Clovis "the Riparian" Frankish King of Cologne,1 2 son of Pharamond , King of the Franks [Legendary] and Argotta , Princess of the Salian Franks, was born before 420 and died in 448.
Research Notes: Kinsman of Clovis I.
Noted events in his life were:
• Living: 420.
Clovis married someone.
+ 2 M i. Childebert King of Cologne 3 4 5 was born before 440 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France and died between 483 and 488.
Second Generation 2. Childebert King of Cologne 3 4 5 (Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born before 440 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France and died between 483 and 488.
Noted events in his life were:
• Living: 450.
Childebert married someone.
+ 3 M i. Sigebert "the Lame" King of Cologne 6 7 was born before 460 and died about 509.
Third Generation 3. Sigebert "the Lame" King of Cologne 6 7 (Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born before 460 and died about 509.
Death Notes: Murdered by his son Cloderic, at the instigation of Clovis I, King of the Salic Franks, 481-511.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Sigobert the Lame :
Sigobert the Lame (also Sigibert or Sigebert, d. ca. 509) was a king of the Franks in the area of Zülpich (Latin : Tolbiac) and Cologne .
He was presumably wounded at the knee at the Battle of Tolbiac against the Alamanni .
According to Gregory of Tours , he was murdered by his son Chlodoric upon the instigation of Clovis I , sometime after his victory on the Visigoths (507). Clovis then accused Chlodoric of murder and had him killed in his turn. In this way Clovis became king of Sigobert's and Chlodoric's people.
Gregory suggests that Chlodoric was murdered in the same campaign that also killed the Frankish King Chararic . Before, Clovis had killed Ragnachar and his brothers. After all these murders Gregory tells us that Clovis lamented that he had left no family anymore, implying that amongst his own casualties were close relatives.
Noted events in his life were:
• King of the Franks: area of Zülpich. (Latin : Tolbiac)
• King of the Franks: Cologne.
Sigebert married Vultrogothe , Princess of Orleans.8
The child from this marriage was:
+ 4 M i. Cloderic "the Parricide" King of Cologne 9 10 11 died about 509.
Fourth Generation 4. Cloderic "the Parricide" King of Cologne 9 10 11 (Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died about 509.
Death Notes: Murdered by agents of his kinsman, Clovis I, King of the Salic Franks.
Research Notes: Killed his own father in 509, at the instigation of Clovis I, King of the Salic Franks, 481-511.
From Wikipedia - Chlodoric the Parricide :
Chlodoric (or Chloderic) the Patricide (died c. 509) murdered his own father, Sigobert the Lame , in order to take his kingdom. Chlodoric acted upon the instigation of Clovis I a rival king of the Salian Franks . After Sigobert's death Clovis then accused Chlodoric of the murder and had him killed in his turn for the crime. In this way Clovis became king of Sigobert's and Chlodoric's people.
Gregory suggest that Chlodoric was murdered in the same campaign that also killed the Frankish King Chararic . Before, Clovis had killed King Ragnachar and his brothers. After all these murders Gregory tells us that Clovis lamented that he had no family left anymore, implying that amongst his own casualties were close relatives.
Cloderic married Chroma , of the Burgundians.12
Children from this marriage were:
+ 5 M i. Munderic of Vitry-en-Perthois 13 14 was born about 505 in Cologne, Westphalia, (Germany) and died in 532 about age 27.
+ 6 F ii. Blithilda Princess of Cologne 15 16 was born between 508 and 513 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France and died in 580.
Fifth Generation 5. Munderic of Vitry-en-Perthois 13 14 (Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 505 in Cologne, Westphalia, (Germany) and died in 532 about age 27.
Research Notes: From Ancestral Roots, line 190-5 (Munderic), "very young in 509, when his father was murdered; revolted against Thierry I, who killed him."
Munderic married someone.
+ 7 M i. SaintGondulphus of Maastricht, Bishop of Tongres 17 18 19 was born in 524 in Aquitaine (France) and died on 6 Jul 607 in Tongres (France) at age 83.
6. Blithilda Princess of Cologne 15 16 (Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born between 508 and 513 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France and died in 580.
Research Notes: Ancestral Roots, line 180-6 (Ansbertus), says "m. perh. Bilichilde, whose ancestry is unproven."
Blithilda married Ansbertus , of Moselle, Senator of Rome.20 21 Ansbertus was born about 500 in Moselle, Austrasia (France).
Noted events in his life were:
• Gallo-Roman Senator:
The child from this marriage was:
+ 8 M i. Arnoaldus Bishop of Metz 22 23 was born about 540 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France and died in 601 about age 61.
Sixth Generation 7. SaintGondulphus of Maastricht, Bishop of Tongres 17 18 19 (Munderic, of Vitry-en-Perthois5, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 524 in Aquitaine (France) and died on 6 Jul 607 in Tongres (France) at age 83.
Research Notes: From Ancestral Roots, line 190-6 (St. Gondolfus), "He was almost certainly father of Bodegeisel II (Gen. 7), not Bodegeisel I as shown in earlier editions."
From Wikipedia - Gondulphus of Tongeren :
Saint Gondulphus of Maastricht (also Gondolfus, Gundulfus, Gondulf, Gondon; born c. 524, died c. 6 July 607) was the Bishop of Tongres and Bishop of Maastricht in the sixth century.
His predecessor, Monulphus (Monulf), transferred the seat of the bishopric from Tongeren to Maastricht , which thenceforth was the actual residence of the bishops of Tongeren. However, the official title of the Bishop of Tongeren, episcopus Tungrorum, was retained until the eleventh century, even when the episcopal see had been transferred by Lambert of Maastricht from Maastricht to Liège .
Bishop Gondulphus is a somewhat enigmatic figure indeed, one is inclined to question whether he be not identical with Monulphus. But the two saints must nevertheless be distinguished. Monulphus must have occupied the See of Tongeren until the end of the sixth or the beginning of the seventh century, while a Bishop of Maastricht named Betulphus was present at the Council of Paris in 614. Gondulphus, then, would be inserted between Monulphus and Betulphus, at least if this Betulphus must not be identified with Gondulphus on the grounds that the case is analogous to that of the episcopal list of Mainz , where Bertulfus and Crotoldus must be reckoned identical. Furthermore, the episcopal lists of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, whose value is, however, not very great, ignore the historically attested Betulphus, and make Gondulphus the immediate successor of Monulphus. The biographies of Gondulphus, which are handed down to us from the Middle Ages, are merely an extract from the Vita Servatii of the priest Jocundus. They are quite without value and are full of legends. If they are to be believed, Gondulphus endeavoured to rebuild the town of Tongeren, which had been destroyed by the barbarian invasions. But heaven opposed his scheme, and miraculously manifested its desire to the saint. Furious wolves fell upon the pagan colonists of this region, and devoured them before the eyes of the horrified bishop. Thus has legend quite obscured the authentic history of St. Gondulphus, the fact of his episcopacy at Maastricht being the only one that is authentic. According to local tradition he occupied the episcopal see for seven years and died about 607. This last statement does not tally with his presence at Paris in 614, if he is to be considered identical with the Betulphus who assisted at that council. In any case he was buried in the nave of the church of Saint-Servais at Maastricht, which had been magnificently restored by his predecessor, St. Monulphus.
The bodies of Monulphus and Gondulphus were solemnly exhumed in 1039 by the Bishops Nithard of Liège and Gérard of Cambrai . An epitaph commemorating this event was afterwards misinterpreted, and gave rise to a legend according to which the two saints arose from their tomb in 1039 in order to assist at the dedication of the church of Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), and at the conclusion of the ceremony returned to their tomb to resume their eternal sleep.
Together with St. Monulphus, St. Gondulphus is secondary patron of the city and church of Maastricht. His feast is kept on 16 July or 17 June .[citation needed ] The commemoration of the exhumation of 1039 is celebrated in August.
St. Gondulphus is known to have been married to Palatina de Troyes , they had a son named Baudgise D'Aquitaine II, who became Duke of Aquitaine , France.
Noted events in his life were:
• Consecrated: 599.
Gondulphus married Palatina , of Troyes.18 24 Palatina was born about 547 in Troyes, (Aube, France).
The child from this marriage was:
+ 9 M i. Baudgise II d'Aquitaine, Duke of Aquitaine 25 26 27 was born between 556 and 565 in Aquitaine, (France) and died in 588 in Carthage (Tunis), (Tunisia).
8. Arnoaldus Bishop of Metz 22 23 (Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 540 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France and died in 601 about age 61.
Noted events in his life were:
• Bishop of Metz: 601-611.
Arnoaldus married Adelberg , Princess of Paris.28 Adelberg was born in 555 and died in 610 in Metz, Moselle, (Lorraine), France at age 55.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 10 F i. Dode 29 was born about 586 in Saxony, (Germany) and was christened after 615.
Seventh Generation 9. Baudgise II d'Aquitaine, Duke of Aquitaine 25 26 27 (Gondulphus, of Maastricht, Bishop of Tongres (Saint)7, Munderic, of Vitry-en-Perthois5, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born between 556 and 565 in Aquitaine, (France) and died in 588 in Carthage (Tunis), (Tunisia).
Death Notes: Murdered while returning from Constantinople.
Baudgise married <Oda> , of Suevia.30
The child from this marriage was:
+ 11 M i. SaintArnulf Bishop of Metz 31 32 33 was born on 13 Aug 582 in Herstal, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium), died on 16 Aug 640 in Remiremont, (Vosges, Moselle), Austrasia, (France) at age 58, and was buried in Church of Apostles, Metz, (Moselle, Lorraine, France).
10. Dode 29 (Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 586 in Saxony, (Germany) and was christened after 615.
Noted events in her life were:
• Became a nun: 612, Trèves (Trier), (Germany).
Dode married Saint Arnulf , Bishop of Metz.31 32 33 Arnulf was born on 13 Aug 582 in Herstal, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium), died on 16 Aug 640 in Remiremont, (Vosges, Moselle), Austrasia, (France) at age 58, and was buried in Church of Apostles, Metz, (Moselle, Lorraine, France).
Noted events in his life were:
• Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia:
• Bishop of Metz: 612.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 12 M i. Ansegisel of Metz, Duke Ansgise 34 35 36 was born about 602 in <Metz>, (Lorraine), Austrasia (France) and died between 648 and 669.
+ 13 M ii. Chlodulf of Metz
Eighth Generation 11. SaintArnulf Bishop of Metz 31 32 33 (Baudgise II, d'Aquitaine, Duke of Aquitaine9, Gondulphus, of Maastricht, Bishop of Tongres (Saint)7, Munderic, of Vitry-en-Perthois5, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born on 13 Aug 582 in Herstal, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium), died on 16 Aug 640 in Remiremont, (Vosges, Moselle), Austrasia, (France) at age 58, and was buried in Church of Apostles, Metz, (Moselle, Lorraine, France).
Research Notes: Tutor of Dagobert.
Wikipedia says "His father may have been Arnoald , who also was dux of the Scheldt before becoming bishop of Metz."
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From Wikipedia - Arnulf of Metz :
Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582 . In his younger years he was called to the Merovingian court to serve king Theudebert II (595 -612 ) of Austrasia and as dux at the Scheldt. Later he became bishop of Metz . During his life he was attracted to religious life and he retired as a monk. After his death he was canonized as a saint . In the French language he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf.
Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II After the death of Theudebert in 612 he was made bishop of Metz . The rule of Austrasia came in hands of Brunhilda , the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda . The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II .
Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia and he ruled with the help of his advisor Arnulf. Not satisfied with his position, as a bishop he was involved in the murder of Chrodoald in 624 , an impportant leader of the Frankish Agilolfings -family and a protégé of Dagobert.
From 623 (with Pippin of Landen, then the Mayor of the Palace ), Arnulf was an adviser to Dagobert I . He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges , to implement his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit. His friend Romaric , whose parents were killed by Brunhilda , had preceded him to the mountains and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Arnulf settled there, and remained there until his death twelve years later.
Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church . In iconography , he is portrayed with a rake in his hand and is often confused in legend with Arnold of Soissons , who is a patron saint of brewing.
Arnulf was married to a woman who may have been called Doda and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel , who married Begga daughter of Pippin of Landen. His father may have been Arnoald , who also was dux of the Scheldt before becoming bishop of Metz.
Noted events in his life were:
• Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia:
• Bishop of Metz: 612.
Arnulf married Dode.29 Dode was born about 586 in Saxony, (Germany) and was christened after 615.
Noted events in her life were:
• Became a nun: 612, Trèves (Trier), (Germany).
(Duplicate Line. See Person 10)
12. Ansegisel of Metz, Duke Ansgise 34 35 36 (Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 602 in <Metz>, (Lorraine), Austrasia (France) and died between 648 and 669.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Ansegisel :
Ansegisel (also Ansgise) (ca 602 or 610 - murdered before 679 or 662 ) was the son of Saint Arnulf , bishop of Metz and his wife Saint Doda. He served King Sigbert III of Austrasia (634 -656 ) as a duke (Latin dux, a military leader) and domesticus. He was killed sometime before 679, slain in a feud by his enemy Gundewin.
Marriage and issue
He married sometime after 639 to Saint Begga , the daughter of Pepin of Landen . They had the following children:
Ansegisel married Saint Begga , of Landen 37 38 39 before 639. Begga was born about 613 in Landen, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium) and died on 17 Dec 693 in Andenne, (Belgium) about age 80.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 14 M i. Pepin II of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia 40 41 was born about 645 in Herstal, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium) and died on 16 Dec 714 in Junille, (Meuse, Lorraine), France about age 69.
13. Chlodulf of Metz (Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
Ninth Generation 14. Pepin II of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia 40 41 (Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 645 in Herstal, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium) and died on 16 Dec 714 in Junille, (Meuse, Lorraine), France about age 69.
Birth Notes: May have been b. abt. 635. Ancestral Roots line 190-10 has b. abt. 645.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: as Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia & Neustria, 687.
Pepin had a relationship with Alpaida.42 43
+ 15 M i. Charles Martel King of the Franks 41 44 45 46 47 was born about 676 in Herstal, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium), died on 22 Oct 741 in Ciersy Sur Oise, Austrasia (France) about age 65, and was buried in Monastery of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
Tenth Generation 15. Charles Martel King of the Franks 41 44 45 46 47 (Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 676 in Herstal, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium), died on 22 Oct 741 in Ciersy Sur Oise, Austrasia (France) about age 65, and was buried in Monastery of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
Birth Notes: Ancestral Roots has b. 676; Wikipedia has abt. 688
Research Notes: From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871722:
"Charles is particularly remembered in history for winning the battle of Tours in 732. The battle, near Poitiers on 11 October, ended the invasion of a 90,000 man Moorish [Saracen] army led by the Yemenite Abd ar-Rahman. The Moors had crossed the Pyrenees by 720 when they captured Narbonne. After sacking and burning Bordeaux, they defeated an army under Eudes, Duke of Aquitaine (RIN # 4056). Attracted by its riches, the Moors marched on Tours, but were defeated by Charles (afterwards called Charles the Hammer) then 44 years of age. Abd ar-Rahman is killed and the invaders retreated across the Pyrenees to Spain where they will not be driven from until 1492. In 735, Charles conquered Burgundy, adding its lands to the Kingdom of the Franks.
"!The People's Chronology; 65"
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From Wikipedia - Charles Martel :
Charles Martel (Latin : Carolus Martellus) (ca. 688 - 22 October 741),[1][2][3][4][5] called Charles the Hammer, was a Frankish military and political leader, who served as Mayor of the Palace under the Merovingian kings and ruled de facto during an interregnum (737-43) at the end of his life, using the title Duke and Prince of the Franks . In 739 he was offered the title of Consul by the Pope , but he refused.[6] He is perhaps best remembered for winning the Battle of Tours in 732, in which he defeated an invading Muslim army and halted northward Islamic expansion in western Europe.[7]
A brilliant general-he lost only one battle in his career (the Battle of Cologne )-he is a founding figure of the Middle Ages , often credited with a seminal role in the development of feudalism and knighthood , and laying the groundwork for the Carolingian Empire .[8] [9]
Birth and youth
Martel was born in Herstal , in present-day Belgium , the illegitimate son of the mayor and duke Pippin II and his concubine Alpaida .[10]
The following tale is told of Charles and of the origins of his name:[citation needed ] in 676, Pepin of Herstal and his wife Plectrude were talking together in a room when they were intruded upon by a messenger, bringing news that the Mayor's mistress, Alpaida , had given birth to a son at Herstal. The messenger, fearful of arousing the wrath of Plectrude, decided not to announce the news directly. Instead, he said: "Long live the king, it is a carl" ('man'). Pepin, equally cautious of his wife, dismissed the messenger as follows: "A carl, is it? Then let him be called that." This was done, and, so legend claims, the child was named "Carl". In Germany he's still called "Karl Martell". Alpaida also bore Pepin another son, Childebrand.
<<b>>Contesting for power<</b>>
In December 714, Pepin of Heristal died. Prior to his death, he had, at his wife Plectrude's urging, designated Theudoald , his grandson by their son Grimoald , his heir in the entire realm. This was immediately opposed by the nobles because Theudoald was a child of only eight years of age. To prevent Charles using this unrest to his own advantage, Plectrude had him gaoled in Cologne , the city which was destined to be her capital. This prevented an uprising on his behalf in Austrasia , but not in Neustria .
Death
Charles Martel died on October 22, 741, at Quierzy-sur-Oise in what is today the Aisne département in the Picardy region of France. He was buried at Saint Denis Basilica in Paris . His territories were divided among his adult sons a year earlier: to Carloman he gave Austrasia and Alemannia (with Bavaria as a vassal), to Pippin the Younger Neustria and Burgundy (with Aquitaine as a vassal), and to Grifo nothing, though some sources indicate he intended to give him a strip of land between Neustria and Austrasia.
Gibbon called him "the hero of the age" and declared "Christendom ... delivered ... by the genius and good fortune of one man, Charles Martel."
Family and children
Charles Martel married twice:
His first wife was Rotrude of Treves , (690-724) (daughter of St. Leutwinus, Bishop of Treves ). They had the following children:
His second wife was Swanhild . They had the following child:
Charles Martel also had a mistress, Ruodhaid . They had the following children:
Noted events in his life were:
• Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia:
• Victory: over the Saracens, 732, Tours near Poitiers, (France).
Charles married Swanachild. Swanachild was born about 691 in Bavaria (Germany).
Charles next married Rotrude , of Treves.48 Rotrude was born in 690 and died in 724 at age 34.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 16 M i. Pepin III "the Short" King of the Franks 41 49 50 51 was born in 714 in Austrasia, died on 24 Sep 768 in Saint-Denis, (Paris, Île-de-France, France) at age 54, and was buried in Basilica of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
+ 17 F ii. Hiltrud died in 754.
+ 18 M iii. Carloman Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia 52 was born about 0711 and died in 754 about age 43.
+ 19 F iv. Landrade was born about 713.
+ 20 F v. Auda
+ 21 M vi. DukeBernard
11th Generation 
16. Pepin III "the Short" King of the Franks 41 49 50 51 (Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 714 in Austrasia, died on 24 Sep 768 in Saint-Denis, (Paris, Île-de-France, France) at age 54, and was buried in Basilica of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
Research Notes: From Ancestral Roots, Line 190-12, "deposed the last of the Faineant (Merovingian) kings and became himself the first king of the Franks of the second race, 751-768, d. 768."
From Wikipedia - Pepin the Short :
Pepin or Pippin (714 - 24 September 768 ), called the Short, and often known as Pepin the Younger or Pepin III,[1] was the Mayor of the Palace and Duke of the Franks from 741 and King of the Franks from 751 to 768. He was the father of Charlemagne .
He was the son of Charles Martel , mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks, and of Rotrude of Trier (690 -724 ).
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' son by his second wife, Swanahild (aka Swanhilde), may also have been intended to receive an inheritance, but he was imprisoned in a monastery by his two half-brothers. Carloman, who by all evidence was a deeply pious man, retired to a monastery in 747 . This left Francia in the hands of Pepin as sole mayor of the palace and dux et princeps Francorum, a title originated by his grandfather and namesake Pepin of Heristal ...
Legacy
Pepin died during a campaign and was brought to Saint Denis to be buried near the saint in 768 and is interred there in the basilica with his wife Bertrada . Pepin was buried "outside that entrance [of Saint Denis Basilica ] according to his wishes, face down, for the sins of his father Charles Martel".[1] 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 maintained his father's policy of containing the Moors , he drove them over and across the Pyrenees with the capture of Narbonne. He continued his father's expansion of the Frankish church (missionary work in Germany and Scandinavia ) and the 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. It can certainly be argued that 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 Holy Roman Empire . He certainly 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. While not known as a great general, he was undefeated during his lifetime.
Family
In 740 , Pepin married Bertrada of Laon , his second cousin. Her father, Charibert , was the son of Pepin II's brother, Martin of Laon . They are known to have had four children:
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: as Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia & Neustria, 714.
• King of the Franks: of the second race, 751-768.
Pepin married Berthe , of Laon.53 Berthe died in 783.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 22 M i. Charlemagne King of France, Holy Roman Emperor 54 55 56 57 was born on 2 Apr 747 in Ingelheim, Rheinhessen (Rhineland-Palatinate), Hesse-Darmstadt, Austrasia (Germany), died on 28 Jan 814 in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), Rhineland, Prussia (Germany) at age 66, and was buried in Notre-Dame d'Aix-la-Chapelle, Rhineland, Prussia (Germany).
+ 23 M ii. Carloman was born in 751 and died on 4 Dec 771 at age 20.
+ 24 F iii. Gisela was born in 757 and died in 810 at age 53.
17. Hiltrud (Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died in 754.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Charles Martel
Hiltrud married Odilo I , Duke of Bavaria.
18. Carloman Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia 52 (Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 0711 and died in 754 about age 43.
Research Notes: From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593872691:
Mayor of the palace of Austrasia, it is probable that his wife was a
daughter of Alard. Upon the death of his father in 741, Carloman
succeeded to Austrasia, Alemannia, Thuringia and Bavaria. His brother Pepin (RIN # 570) recieves the other half of the realm and the title of King of Franks, when Carloman suddenly abdicated his lands and became a monk in 747.
19. Landrade (Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 713.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875391
Landrade married Sigrand , Count of Hesbania about 709. Sigrand was born about 709.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 25 M i. Gunderland Count of Hasbania 58 was born about 732 and died in 773 about age 41.
20. Auda (Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
Auda married Thierry IV , Count of Autun and Toulouse.
21. DukeBernard (Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
Bernard married someone.
+ 26 F i. < > [Daughter of Duke Bernard]
12th Generation 
22. Charlemagne King of France, Holy Roman Emperor 54 55 56 57 (Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born on 2 Apr 747 in Ingelheim, Rheinhessen (Rhineland-Palatinate), Hesse-Darmstadt, Austrasia (Germany), died on 28 Jan 814 in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), Rhineland, Prussia (Germany) at age 66, and was buried in Notre-Dame d'Aix-la-Chapelle, Rhineland, Prussia (Germany).
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-13 has b. 2 Apr 747, d. Aix la Chapelle, 28 Jan 813/4, King of France 768-814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor 25 Dec. 800.
From Wikipedia - Charlemagne :
Charlemagne (Latin : Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus, meaning Charles the Great) (742 /747 - 28 January 814 ) was King of the Franks from 768 to his death. He expanded the Frankish kingdoms into a Frankish Empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800 as a rival of the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople . His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance , a revival of art, religion, and culture through the medium of the Catholic Church . Through his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define both Western Europe and the Middle Ages . He is numbered as Charles I in the regnal lists of France , Germany , and the Holy Roman Empire .
The son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon , he succeeded his father and co-ruled with his brother Carloman I . The latter got on badly with Charlemagne, but war was prevented by the sudden death of Carloman in 771. Charlemagne continued the policy of his father towards the papacy and became its protector, removing the Lombards from power in Italy, and waging war on the Saracens , who menaced his realm from Spain . It was during one of these campaigns that Charlemagne experienced the worst defeat of his life, at Roncesvalles (778). He also campaigned against the peoples to his east, especially the Saxons , and after a protracted war subjected them to his rule. By forcibly converting them to Christianity, he integrated them into his realm and thus paved the way for the later Ottonian dynasty .
Today he is not only regarded as the founding father of both French and German monarchies, but as the father of Europe: his empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Romans, and the Carolingian renaissance encouraged the formation of a common European identity..,
Date and place of birth
Charlemagne is traditionally believed to have been born on April 2 , 742; however, several factors have led to a reconsideration of this date. First, the year 742 was calculated from his age given at death, rather than from attestation in primary sources. Another date is given in the Annales Petarienses , April 1 , 747. In that year, April 1 was at Easter . The birth of an emperor at eastertime is a coincidence likely to provoke comment, but there was no such comment documented in 747, leading some to suspect that the Easter birthday was a pious fiction concocted as a way of honoring the Emperor. Other commentators weighing the primary records have suggested that his birth was one year later, in 748. At present, it is impossible to be certain of the date of the birth of Charlemagne. The best guesses include April 1 , 747, after April 15 , 747, or April 1 , 748, in Herstal (where his father was born, a city close to Liège in modern day Belgium ), the region from where both the Merovingian and Carolingian families originate. He went to live in his father's villa in Jupille when he was around seven, which caused Jupille to be listed as a possible place of birth in almost every history book. Other cities have been suggested, including, Prüm , Düren , Gauting and Aachen ...
Early life
Charlemagne was the eldest child of Pippin the Short (714 - 24 September 768, reigned from 751) and his wife Bertrada of Laon (720 - 12 July 783 ), daughter of Caribert of Laon and Bertrada of Cologne . Records name only Carloman , Gisela , and a short-lived child named Pippin as his younger siblings. The semi-mythical Redburga , wife of King Egbert of Wessex , is sometimes claimed to be his sister (or sister-in-law or niece), and the legendary material makes him Roland 's maternal uncle through a lady Bertha.
Much of what is known of Charlemagne's life comes from his biographer, Einhard , who wrote a Vita Caroli Magni (or Vita Karoli Magni), the Life of Charlemagne...
Charles and his children
During the first peace of any substantial length (780-782), Charles began to appoint his sons to positions of authority within the realm, in the tradition of the kings and mayors of the past. In 781 he made his two younger sons kings, having them crowned by the Pope. The elder of these two, Carloman , was made king of Italy , taking the Iron Crown which his father had first worn in 774, and in the same ceremony was renamed "Pippin". The younger of the two, Louis , became king of Aquitaine . He ordered Pippin and Louis to be raised in the customs of their kingdoms, and he gave their regents some control of their subkingdoms, but real power was always in his hands, though he intended each to inherit their realm some day. Nor did he tolerate insubordination in his sons: in 792, he banished his eldest, though illegitimate, son, Pippin the Hunchback , to the monastery of Prüm, because the young man had joined a rebellion against him.
The sons fought many wars on behalf of their father when they came of age. Charles was mostly preoccupied with the Bretons, whose border he shared and who insurrected on at least two occasions and were easily put down, but he was also sent against the Saxons on multiple occasions. In 805 and 806, he was sent into the Böhmerwald (modern Bohemia ) to deal with the Slavs living there (Czechs ). He subjected them to Frankish authority and devastated the valley of the Elbe, forcing a tribute on them. Pippin had to hold the Avar and Beneventan borders, but also fought the Slavs to his north. He was uniquely poised to fight the Byzantine Empire when finally that conflict arose after Charlemagne's imperial coronation and a Venetian rebellion. Finally, Louis was in charge of the Spanish March and also went to southern Italy to fight the duke of Benevento on at least one occasion. He took Barcelona in a great siege in the year 797 (see below).
Charlemagne's attitude toward his daughters has been the subject of much discussion. He kept them at home with him, and refused to allow them to contract sacramental marriages - possibly to prevent the creation of cadet branches of the family to challenge the main line, as had been the case with Tassilo of Bavaria - yet he tolerated their extramarital relationships, even rewarding their common-law husbands, and treasured the bastard grandchildren they produced for him. He also, apparently, refused to believe stories of their wild behaviour. After his death the surviving daughters were banished from the court by their brother, the pious Louis, to take up residence in the convents they had been bequeathed by their father. At least one of them, Bertha, had a recognised relationship, if not a marriage, with Angilbert , a member of Charlemagne's court circle...
Death
In 813, Charlemagne called Louis the Pious , king of Aquitaine , his only surviving legitimate son, to his court. There he crowned him with his own hands 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 (Einhard 59). He took to his bed on 21 January and as Einhard tells it:
He died January twenty-eighth, the seventh day from the time that he took to his bed, at nine o'clock in the morning, after partaking of the Holy Communion , in the seventy-second year of his age and the forty-seventh of his reign.
He was buried on the day of his death, in Aachen Cathedral , although the cold weather and the nature of his illness made such a hurried burial unnecessary. A later story, told by Otho of Lomello, Count of the Palace at Aachen in the time of Otto III , would claim that he and Emperor Otto had discovered Charlemagne's tomb: the emperor, they claimed, was seated upon a throne, wearing a crown and holding a sceptre, his flesh almost entirely incorrupt. The story was proved false by Frederick I , who discovered the remains of the emperor in a sarcophagus beneath the floor of the chapel.[7]
Charlemagne's death greatly affected many of his subjects, particularly those of the literary clique who had surrounded him at Aachen...
Marriages and heirs
Charlemagne had seventeen children over the course of his life with eight of his ten known wives or concubinues.
Concubinages and illegitimate children
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: as Emperor of the West & King of Franks, 768.
• Acceded: as King of the Lombards, 774.
• Crowned: Holy Roman Emperor, 25 Dec 800.
Charlemagne married Hildegard , of Vinzgouw 41 59 60 61 before 30 Apr 771 in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), Rhineland, Prussia (Germany). Hildegard was born about 758 in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), Rhineland, Prussia (Germany), died on 30 Apr 783 in Thionville, (Moselle, Lorraine), Austrasia (France) about age 25, and was buried in Abbaye de St. Arnoul, Metz, (Moselle, Lorraine), Austrasia (France).
Children from this marriage were:
+ 27 M i. Pepin King of Italy and Lombardy 62 63 was born in Apr 773, was christened on 12 Apr 781 in Rome, (Italy), and died on 8 Jul 810 in Milan, Italy at age 37.
+ 28 M ii. Charles "Karl" von Ingelheim Duke of Ingelheim 64 was born in 772 and died in 811 at age 39.
+ 29 M iii. Louis I Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks 65 66 67 68 was born on 16 Apr 778 in <Villa Cassinogilum (Chasseneuil-du-Poitou), (Poitou-Charentes)>, Aquitaine (France) and died on 20 Jun 840 in Ingelheim Kaiserpfalz, (Ingelheim am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) at age 62.
Charlemagne had a relationship with Himiltrude.
Charlemagne next married Desiderata.
Charlemagne next married Fastrade in 784. Fastrade died in 794.
Charlemagne next married Luitgard. They had no children.
23. Carloman (Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 751 and died on 4 Dec 771 at age 20.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Pepin the Short
24. Gisela (Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 757 and died in 810 at age 53.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Pepin the Short
25. Gunderland Count of Hasbania 58 (Landrade19, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 732 and died in 773 about age 41.
Research Notes: Possibly not the father of Ingram.
Gunderland married someone.
+ 30 M i. Ingram Count of Hesbaye 69 70 was born about 752 and died in <Hesbaye (Belgium)>.
26. < > [Daughter of Duke Bernard] (Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
< had a relationship with Pepin , King of Italy and Lombardy.62 63 Pepin was born in Apr 773, was christened on 12 Apr 781 in Rome, (Italy), and died on 8 Jul 810 in Milan, Italy at age 37.
Christening Notes: Baptized at Rome, 12 Apr. 781, by Pope Adrian I
Noted events in his life were:
• Baptized: by Pope Adrian I, 12 Apr 781, Rome, (Italy).
• King of Italy: 781-810.
• Consecrated: King of Lombardy, 15 Apr 781.
+ 31 M i. Bernard King of Italy 71 72 was born in 797 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died on 17 Apr 818 in Milan, Italy at age 21.
13th Generation 27. Pepin King of Italy and Lombardy 62 63 (Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in Apr 773, was christened on 12 Apr 781 in Rome, (Italy), and died on 8 Jul 810 in Milan, Italy at age 37.
Christening Notes: Baptized at Rome, 12 Apr. 781, by Pope Adrian I
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-14
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford) has b. Apr 777.
Wikipedia has b. April 773.
From Wikipedia - Pepin of Italy :
Pepin (April 773 - 8 July 810 ) was the son of Charlemagne and king of Italy (781 -810) under the authority of his father.
Pepin was the third son of Charlemagne , and the second with his wife Hildegard . He was born Carloman, but when his brother Pepin the Hunchback betrayed their father, the royal name Pepin passed to him. He was made king of Italy after his father's conquest of the Lombards , in 781, and crowned by Pope Hadrian I with the Iron Crown of Lombardy .
He was active as ruler of Italy and worked to expand the Frankish empire. In 791 , he marched a Lombard army into the Drava valley and ravaged Pannonia , while his father marched along the Danube into Avar territory. Charlemagne left the campaigning to deal with a Saxon revolt in 792 . Pepin and Duke Eric of Friuli continued, however, to assault the Avars' ring-shaped strongholds. The great Ring of the Avars, their capital fortress, was taken twice. The booty was sent to Charlemagne in Aachen and redistributed to all his followers and even to foreign rulers, including King Offa of Mercia .
His activities included a long, but unsuccessful siege of Venice in 810. The siege lasted six months and Pepin's army was ravaged by the diseases of the local swamps and was forced to withdraw. A few months later Pepin died.
He married Bertha, daughter of William of Gellone , count of Toulouse , and had five daughters with her (Adelaide , married Lambert I of Nantes ; Atala; Gundrada; Bertha; and Tetrada), all of whom but the eldest were born between 800 and Pepin's death and died before their grandfather's death in 814 . Pepin also had an illegitimate son Bernard . Pepin was expected to inherit a third of his father's empire, but he predeceased him. The Italian crown passed on to his son Bernard, but the empire went to Pepin's younger brother Louis the Pious .
Noted events in his life were:
• Baptized: by Pope Adrian I, 12 Apr 781, Rome, (Italy).
• King of Italy: 781-810.
• Consecrated: King of Lombardy, 15 Apr 781.
Pepin had a relationship with < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard].73
(Duplicate Line. See Person 26)
28. Charles "Karl" von Ingelheim Duke of Ingelheim 64 (Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 772 and died in 811 at age 39.
Charles married someone.
+ 32 M i. Rowland de Burgh
29. Louis I Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks 65 66 67 68 (Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born on 16 Apr 778 in <Villa Cassinogilum (Chasseneuil-du-Poitou), (Poitou-Charentes)>, Aquitaine (France) and died on 20 Jun 840 in Ingelheim Kaiserpfalz, (Ingelheim am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) at age 62.
Death Notes: Near Mainz
Research Notes: Holy Roman Emperor 814-840
King of the Franks, Crowned Holy Roman Emperor at Rheims 816-840. Louis began the partitioning of his father's empire.
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From Wikipedia - Louis the Pious :
Louis the Pious (also known as Louis I, Louis the Fair, and Louis the Debonaire, German : Ludwig der Fromme, French : Louis le Pieux or Louis le Débonnaire, Italian : Luigi il Pio or Ludovico il Pio, Spanish : Luis el Piadoso or Ludovico Pío) (778 - 20 June 840 ) was Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death in 840 .
Birth and Rule in Aquitaine
Louis was born while his father Charlemagne was on campaign in Spain, at the Carolingian villa of Cassinogilum, according to Einhard and the anonymous chronicler called Astronomus ; the place is usually identified with Chasseneuil , near Poitiers.[1] He was the third son of Charlemagne by his wife Hildegard .
Louis was crowned king of Aquitaine as a child in 781 and sent there with regents and a court. Charlemagne constituted the sub-kingdom in order to secure the border of his kingdom after his devastating defeat at the hands of Basques in Roncesvalles in (778).
In 794, Charlemagne settled four former Gallo-Roman villas on Louis, in the thought that he would take in each in turn as winter residence: Doué-la-Fontaine in today's Anjou , Ebreuil in Allier , Angeac-Charente , and the disputed Cassinogilum. Charlemagne's intention was to see all his sons brought up as natives of their given territories, wearing the national costume of the region and ruling by the local customs. Thus were the children sent to their respective realms at so young an age. Each kingdom had its importance in keeping some frontier, Louis's was the Spanish March . In 797 , Barcelona , the greatest city of the Marca, fell to the Franks when Zeid, its governor, rebelled against Córdoba and, failing, handed it to them. The Umayyad authority recaptured it in 799 . However, Louis marched the entire army of his kingdom, including Gascons with their duke Sancho I of Gascony , Provençals under Leibulf , and Goths under Bera , over the Pyrenees and besieged it for two years, wintering there from 800 to 801 , when it capitulated. The sons were not given independence from central authority, however, and Charlemagne ingrained in them the concepts of empire and unity by sending them on military expeditions far from their home bases. Louis campaigned in the Mezzogiorno against the Beneventans at least once.
Louis was one of Charlemagne's three legitimate sons to survive infancy, and, according to Frankish custom, Louis had expected to share his inheritance with his brothers, Charles the Younger , King of Neustria , and Pepin , King of Italy . In the Divisio Regnorum of 806 , Charlemagne had slated Charles the Younger as his successor as emperor and chief king, ruling over the Frankish heartland of Neustria and Austrasia , while giving Pepin the Iron Crown of Lombardy , which Charlemagne possessed by conquest. To Louis's kingdom of Aquitaine, he added Septimania , Provence , and part of Burgundy .
But in the event, Charlemagne's other legitimate sons died - Pepin in 810 and Charles in 811 - and Louis alone remained to be crowned co-emperor with Charlemagne in 813 . On his father's death in 814 , he inherited the entire Frankish kingdom and all its possessions (with the sole exception of Italy, which remained within Louis's empire, but under the direct rule of Bernard , Pepin's son).
Emperor
He was in his villa of Doué-la-Fontaine , Anjou , when he received news of his father's passing. Hurrying to Aachen , he crowned himself and was proclaimed by the nobles with shouts of Vivat Imperator Ludovicus.
In his first coinage type, minted from the start of his reign, he imitated his father Charlemagne's portrait coinage, giving an image of imperial power and prestige in an echo of Roman glory [2]. He quickly enacted a "moral purge", in which he sent all of his unmarried sisters to nunneries, forgoing their diplomatic use as hostage brides in favour of the security of avoiding the entanglements that powerful brothers-in-law might bring. He spared his illegitimate half-brothers and tonsured his father's cousins, Adalard and Wala, son of Bernard , shutting them up in Noirmoutier and Corbie , respectively, despite the latter's initial loyalty.
His chief councillors were Bernat, margrave of Septimania , and Ebbo , whom, born a serf, Louis would raise to the archbishopric of Rheims but who would ungratefully betray him later. He retained some of his father's ministers, such as Elisachar , abbot of St Maximin near Trier , and Hildebold, Archbishop of Cologne . Later he replaced Elisachar with Hildwin, abbot of many monasteries.
He also used Benedict of Aniane (the Second Benedict), a Septimanian Visigoth and monastic founder, to help him reform the Frankish church. One of Benedict's primary reforms was to ensure that all religious houses in Louis' realm adhered to the Rule of St Benedict , named for its creator, the First Benedict, Benedict of Nursia (480 -550 ).
In 816 , Pope Stephen V , who had succeeded Leo III , visited Rheims and again crowned Louis. The Emperor thereby strengthened the papacy by recognising the importance of the pope in imperial coronations.
Ordinatio imperii
On Maundy Thursday 817 , Louis and his court were crossing a wooden gallery from the cathedral to the palace in Aachen when the gallery collapsed, killing many. Louis, having barely survived and feeling the imminent danger of death, began planning for his succession; three months later he issued an Ordinatio Imperii, an imperial decree that laid out plans for an orderly succession. In 815 , he had already given his two eldest sons a share in the government, when he had sent his elder sons Lothair and Pepin to govern Bavaria and Aquitaine respectively, though without the royal titles. Now, he proceeded to divide the empire among his three sons and his nephew Bernard of Italy :
If one of the subordinate kings died, he was to be succeeded by his sons. If he died childless, Lothar would inherit his kingdom. In the event of Lothar dying without sons, one of Louis the Pious' younger sons would be chosen to replace him by "the people". Above all, the Empire would not be divided: the Emperor would rule supreme over the subordinate kings, whose obedience to him was mandatory.
With this settlement, Louis tried to combine his sense for the Empire's unity, supported by the clergy, while at the same time providing positions for all of his sons. Instead of treating his sons equally in status and land, he elevated his first-born son Lothair above his younger brothers and gave him the largest part of the Empire as his share.
Bernard's rebellion and Louis's penance
The ordinatio imperii of Aachen left Bernard of Italy in an uncertain and subordinate position as king of Italy, and he began plotting to declare independence upon hearing of it. Louis immediately directed his army towards Italy, and betook himself to Chalon-sur-Saône . Intimidated by the emperor's swift action, Bernard met his uncle at Chalon, under invitation, and surrendered. He was taken to Aix-la-Chapelle by Louis, who there had him tried and condemned to death for treason. Louis had the sentence commuted to blinding, which was duly carried out; Bernard did not survive the ordeal, however, dying after two days of agony. Others also suffered: Theodulf of Orleans , in eclipse since the death of Charlemagne, was accused of having supported the rebellion, and was thrown into a monastic prison, where he died soon after - poisoned, it was rumoured.[3] The fate of his nephew deeply marked Louis's conscience for the rest of his life.
In 822, as a deeply religious man, Louis performed penance for causing Bernard's death, at his palace of Attigny near Vouziers in the Ardennes , before Pope Paschal I , and a council of ecclesiastics and nobles of the realm that had been convened for the reconciliation of Louis with his three younger half-brothers, Hugo whom he soon made abbot of St-Quentin, Drogo whom he soon made Bishop of Metz , and Theodoric. This act of contrition, partly in emulation of Theodosius I , had the effect of greatly reducing his prestige as a Frankish ruler, for he also recited a list of minor offences about which no secular ruler of the time would have taken any notice. He also made the egregious error of releasing Wala and Adalard from their monastic confinements, placing the former in a position of power in the court of Lothair and the latter in a position in his own house.
Frontier wars
At the start of Louis's reign, the many tribes - Danes , Obotrites , Slovenes , Bretons , Basques - which inhabited his frontierlands were still in awe of the Frankish emperor's power and dared not stir up any trouble. In 816, however, the Sorbs rebelled and were quickly followed by Slavomir, chief of the Obotrites, who was captured and abandoned by his own people, being replaced by Ceadrag in 818. Soon, Ceadrag too had turned against the Franks and allied with the Danes, who were to become the greatest menace of the Franks in a short time.
A greater Slavic menace was gathering on the southeast. There, Ljudevit Posavski , duke of Pannonia , was harassing the border at the Drava and Sava rivers. The margrave of Friuli , Cadolah , was sent out against him, but he died on campaign and, in 820, his margarvate was invaded by Slovenes. In 821, an alliance was made with Borna , duke of the Dalmatia , and Ljudevit was brought to heel. Peace continued until 827, when the younger Louis had to deal with a Bulgar horde descending on Pannonia.
On the far southern edge of his great realm, Louis had to control the Lombard princes of Benevento whom Charlemagne had never subjugated. He extracted promises from Princes Grimoald IV and Sico , but to no effect.
On the southwestern frontier, problems commenced early when, in 815, Séguin , duke of Gascony , revolted. He was defeated and replaced by Lupus III , who was dispossessed in 818 by the emperor. In 820 an assembly at Quierzy-sur-Oise decided to send an expedition against the Cordoban caliphate. The counts in charge of the army, Hugh , count of Tours , and Matfrid , count of Orléans , were slow in acting and the expedition came to naught.
First civil war
In 818, as Louis was returning from a campaign to Brittany , he was greeted by news of the death of his wife, Ermengarde . Ermengarde was the daughter of Ingerman , the duke of Hesbaye. Louis had been close to his wife, who had been involved in policymaking. It was rumoured that she had played a part in her nephew's death and Louis himself believed her own death was divine retribution for that event. It took many months for his courtiers and advisors to convince him to remarry, but eventually he did, in 820, to Judith , daughter of Welf , count of Altdorf . In 823 Judith gave birth to a son, who was named Charles .
The birth of this son damaged the Partition of Aachen, as Louis's attempts to provide for his fourth son met with stiff resistance from his older sons, and the last two decades of his reign were marked by civil war.
At Worms in 829, Louis gave Charles Alemannia with the title of king or duke (historians differ on this), thus enraging his son and co-emperor Lothair,[4] whose promised share was thereby diminished. An insurrection was soon at hand. With the urging of the vengeful Wala and the cooperation of his brothers, Lothair accused Judith of having committed adultery with Bernard of Septimania, even suggesting Bernard to be the true father of Charles. Ebbo and Hildwin abandoned the emperor at that point, Bernard having risen to greater heights than either of them. Agobard , Archbishop of Lyon , and Jesse , bishop of Amiens , too, opposed the redivision of the empire and lent their episcopal prestige to the rebels.
In 830, at Wala's insistence that Bernard of Septimania was plotting against him, Pepin of Aquitaine led an army of Gascons , with the support of the Neustrian magnates, all the way to Paris . At Verberie , Louis the German joined him. At that time, the emperor returned from another campaign in Brittany to find his empire at war with itself. He marched as far as Compiègne , an ancient royal town, before being surrounded by Pepin's forces and captured. Judith was incarcerated at Poitiers and Bernard fled to Barcelona.
Then Lothair finally set out with a large Lombard army, but Louis had promised his sons Louis the German and Pepin of Aquitaine greater shares of the inheritance, prompting them to shift loyalties in favour of their father. When Lothair tried to call a general council of the realm in Nijmegen , in the heart of Austrasia , the Austrasians and Rhinelanders came with a following of armed retainers, and the disloyal sons were forced to free their father and bow at his feet (831). Lothair was pardoned, but disgraced and banished to Italy. Pepin returned to Aquitaine and Judith - after being forced to humiliate herself with a solemn oath of innocence - to Louis's court. Only Wala was severely dealt with, making his way to a secluded monastery on the shores of Lake Geneva . Though Hilduin , abbot of Saint Denis , was exiled to Paderborn and Elisachar and Matfrid were deprived of their honours north of the Alps; they did not lose their freedom.
Second civil war
The next revolt occurred a mere two years later (832). The disaffected Pepin was summoned to his father's court, where he was so poorly received he left against his father's orders. Immediately, fearing that Pepin would be stirred up to revolt by his nobles and desiring to reform his morals, Louis the Pious summoned all his forces to meet in Aquitaine in preparation of an uprising, but Louis the German garnered an army of Slav allies and conquered Swabia before the emperor could react. Once again the elder Louis divided his vast realm. At Jonac , he declared Charles king of Aquitaine and deprived Pepin (he was less harsh with the younger Louis), restoring the whole rest of the empire to Lothair, not yet involved in the civil war. Lothair was, however, interested in usurping his father's authority. His ministers had been in contact with Pepin and may have convinced him and Louis the German to rebel, promising him Alemannia, the kingdom of Charles.
Soon Lothair, with the support of Pope Gregory IV , whom he had confirmed in office without his father's support, joined the revolt in 833. While Louis was at Worms gathering a new force, Lothair marched north. Louis marched south. The armies met on the plains of the Rothfeld. There, Gregory met the emperor and may have tried to sow dissension amongst his ranks. Soon much of Louis's army had evaporated before his eyes, and he ordered his few remaining followers to go, because "it would be a pity if any man lost his life or limb on my account." The resigned emperor was taken to Saint Médard at Soissons , his son Charles to Prüm , and the queen to Tortona . The despicable show of disloyalty and disingenuousness earned the site the name Field of Lies, or Lügenfeld, or Campus Mendacii, ubi plurimorum fidelitas exstincta est[5]
On November 13 , 833 , Ebbo of Rheims presided over a synod in the Church of Saint Mary in Soissons which deposed Louis and forced him to publicly confess many crimes, none of which he had, in fact, committed. In return, Lothair gave Ebbo the Abbey of Saint Vaast. Men like Rabanus Maurus , Louis' younger half-brothers Drogo and Hugh, and Emma, Judith's sister and Louis the German's new wife, worked on the younger Louis to make peace with his father, for the sake of unity of the empire. The humiliation to which Louis was then subjected at Notre Dame in Compiègne turned the loyal barons of Austrasia and Saxony against Lothair, and the usurper fled to Burgundy , skirmishing with loyalists near Châlons-sur-Saône . Louis was restored the next year, on 1 March 834 .
On Lothair's return to Italy, Wala, Jesse, and Matfrid, formerly count of Orléans, died of a pestilence and, on 2 February 835 , the Synod of Thionville deposed Ebbo, Agobard, Bernard , Bishop of Vienne , and Bartholomew , Archbishop of Narbonne . Lothair himself fell ill; events had turned completely in Louis favour once again.
In 836, however, the family made peace and Louis restored Pepin and Louis, deprived Lothair of all save Italy, and gave it to Charles in a new division, given at the diet of Crémieux . At about that time, the Vikings terrorised and sacked Utrecht and Antwerp . In 837, they went up the Rhine as far as Nijmegen, and their king, Rorik , demanded the wergild of some of his followers killed on previous expeditions before Louis the Pious mustered a massive force and marched against them. They fled, but it would not be the last time they harried the northern coasts. In 838, they even claimed sovereignty over Frisia , but a treaty was confirmed between them and the Franks in 839. Louis the Pious ordered the construction of a North Sea fleet and the sending of missi dominici into Frisia to establish Frankish sovereignty there.
Third civil war
In 837, Louis crowned Charles king over all of Alemannia and Burgundy and gave him a portion of his brother Louis's land. Louis the German promptly rose in revolt, and the emperor redivided his realm again at Quierzy-sur-Oise , giving all of the young king of Bavaria's lands, save Bavaria itself, to Charles. Emperor Louis did not stop there, however. His devotion to Charles knew no bounds. When Pepin died in 838, Louis declared Charles the new king of Aquitaine. The nobles, however, elected Pepin's son Pepin II . When Louis threatened invasion, the third great civil war of his reign broke out. In the spring of 839, Louis the German invaded Swabia, Pepin II and his Gascon subjects fought all the way to the Loire , and the Danes returned to ravage the Frisian coast (sacking Dorstad for a second time).
Lothair, for the first time in a long time, allied with his father and pledged support at Worms in exchange for a redivision of the inheritance. By a final placitum issued there, Louis gave Bavaria to Louis the German and disinherited Pepin II, leaving the entire remainder of the empire to be divided roughly into an eastern part and a western. Lothair was given the choice of which partition he would inherit and he chose the eastern, including Italy, leaving the western for Charles. The emperor quickly subjugated Aquitaine and had Charles recognised by the nobles and clergy at Clermont-en-Auvergne in 840. Louis then, in a final flash of glory, rushed into Bavaria and forced the younger Louis into the Ostmark . The empire now settled as he had declared it at Worms, he returned in July to Frankfurt am Main , where he disbanded the army. The final civil war of his reign was over.
Death
Louis fell ill soon after his final victorious campaigns and went to his summer hunting lodge on an island in the Rhine, by his palace at Ingelheim . On 20 June 840 , he died, in the presence of many bishops and clerics and in the arms of his half-brother Drogo, though Charles and Judith were absent in Poitiers. Soon dispute plunged the surviving brothers into a civil war that was only settled in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun , which split the Frankish realm into three parts, to become the kernels of France and Germany , with Burgundy and the Low Countries between them. The dispute over the kingship of Aquitaine was not fully settled until 860.
Louis the Pious, along with his half-brother Drogo, were buried in Saint Pierre aux Nonnains Basilica in Metz .
Marriage and issue
By his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye (married ca 794-98), he had three sons and three daughters:
By his second wife, Judith of Bavaria , he had a daughter and a son:
By Theodelinde of Sens[citation needed ], he had two illegitimate children:
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From Wikipedia - Chasseneuil-du-Poitou :
The town, then simply the villa Cassinogilum, was a royal residence of first the Merovingian , and then Carolingian dynasties in France.[8] Louis the Pious , later King of Aquitaine and King of the Franks was born in the villa on 16 April 778 , when his mother, Hildegard of Vinzgouw was staying in the villa whilst his father Charlemagne was on campaign in Spain .
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Aquitaine: 781-817.
• King of the Franks: 814-840.
• Holy Roman Emperor: 814-840.
Louis married Ermengarde , of Hesbaye 69 74 75 between 794 and 795 in Garonne, France. Ermengarde was born about 778 in <Hesbaye (Belgium)> and died on 3 Oct 818 in Angers, Anjou, (Maine-et-Loire, France) about age 40.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 33 M i. Lothair I Holy Roman Emperor 76 77 78 79 was born in 795 in Altdorf, Bavaria, (Germany), died on 29 Sep 855 in Prüm, Westeifel, Prussia (Germany) at age 60, and was buried in St. Sauveur, France.
+ 34 M ii. Louis II King of Germany was born about 805 and died on 8 Sep 876 in Frankfurt, Germany about age 71.
+ 35 M iii. Pepin I of Aquitaine 80 was born in 797 and died on 13 Dec 838 at age 41.
+ 36 F iv. Adelaide was born about 799.
+ 37 F v. Rotrude 81 was born about 800 in <(France)>.
+ 38 F vi. Hildegard was born about 802.
Louis next married Judith , of Bavaria 82 83 84 in Feb 819. Judith was born about 798 in Bavaria, Germany and died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours, Touraine (Indre-et-Loire), France about age 45.
Marriage Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 148-14 (Louis I) has m. 819
Birth Notes: Ancestral Roots has b. abt 805. Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871879 has b. abt 798.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 39 M i. Charles II "the Bald" of France and Holy Roman Emperor 85 86 was born on 13 Jun 823 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia (Germany), died on 5 Oct 877 in Mont Cenis, Brides-les-Bains, Bourgogne, (France) at age 54, and was buried in Basilica of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
+ 40 F ii. Gisèle 66 87 88 was born in 820 in France and died on 1 Jul 874 at age 54.
30. Ingram Count of Hesbaye 69 70 (Gunderland , Count of Hasbania25, Landrade19, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 752 and died in <Hesbaye (Belgium)>.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Ingerman of Hesbaye :
Ingerman, or Ingram was a Frank and count of Hesbaye . His family is known as Robertians . His family line is not entirely sure, but he was probably the son of a Frank named Rodbert. Robert of Hesbaye and Cancor , founder of the Lorsch Abbey were probably his brothers. Landrada, mother of Chrodegang , Archbishop of Metz and first abbot of the Lorsch Abbey, was probably his sister.
Ingerman's daughter is certainly Ermengarde . She married into the Frankish royal family, the Carolingians and was the first wife of King Louis the Pious .
Ingram married Hedwig , of Bavaria.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 41 F i. Ermengarde of Hesbaye 69 74 75 was born about 778 in <Hesbaye (Belgium)> and died on 3 Oct 818 in Angers, Anjou, (Maine-et-Loire, France) about age 40.
31. Bernard King of Italy 71 72 (< > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 797 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died on 17 Apr 818 in Milan, Italy at age 21.
Research Notes: Natural son of Pepin, probably by a daughter of Duke Bernard.
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-15
Also Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
From Wikipedia - Bernard of Italy :
Bernard (b. 797 , Vermandois , Normandy ; d. 17 April 818 , Milan , Lombardy ) was the King of Italy from 810 to 818. He plotted against his uncle, Emperor Louis the Pious , when the latter's Ordinatio Imperii made Bernard a vassal of his cousin Lothair . When his plot was discovered, Louis had him blinded, a procedure which killed him.
Life
Bernard was the illegitimate son of King Pepin of Italy , the second legitimate son of the Emperor Charlemagne . In 810, Pepin died from an illness contracted at a siege of Venice; although Bernard was illegitimate, Charlemagne allowed him to inherit Italy. Bernard married Cunigunda of Laon in 813. They had one son, Pepin, Count of Vermandois .
Prior to 817, Bernard was a trusted agent of his grandfather, and of his uncle. His rights in Italy were respected, and he was used as an intermediary to manage events in his sphere of influence - for example, when in 815 Louis the Pious received reports that some Roman nobles had conspired to murder Pope Leo III, and that he had responded by butchering the ringleaders, Bernard was sent to investigate the matter.
A change came in 817, when Louis the Pious drew up an Ordinatio Imperii, detailing the future of the Frankish Empire. Under this, the bulk of the Frankish territory went to Louis' eldest son, Lothair; Bernard received no further territory, and although his Kingship of Italy was confirmed, he would be a vassal of Lothair. This was, it was later alleged, the work of the Empress, Ermengarde , who wished Bernard to be displaced in favour of her own sons. Resenting Louis' actions, Bernard began plotting with a group of magnates: Eggideo, Reginhard, and Reginhar, the last being the grandson of a Thuringian rebel against Charlemagne, Hardrad. Anshelm, Bishop of Milan and Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans , were also accused of being involved: there is no evidence either to support or contradict this in the case of Theodulf, whilst the case for Anshelm is murkier.[1][2]
Bernard's main complaint was the notion of his being a vassal of Lothair. In practical terms, his actual position had not been altered at all by the terms of the decree, and he could safely have continued to rule under such a system. Nonetheless, "partly true" reports came to Louis the Pious that his nephew was planning to set up an 'unlawful' - i.e. independent - regime in Italy.[3]
Louis the Pious reacted swiftly to the plot, marching south to Chalon. Bernard and his associates were taken by surprise; Bernard travelled to Chalon in an attempt to negotiate terms, but he and the ringleaders were forced to surrender to him. Louis had them taken to Aix-la-Chapelle, where they were tried and condemned to death. Louis 'mercifully' commuted their sentences to blinding, which would neutralise Bernard as a threat without actually killing him; however, the process of blinding (carried out by means of pressing a red-hot stiletto to the eyeballs) proved so traumatic that Bernard died in agony two days after the procedure was carried out. At the same time, Louis also had his half-brothers Drogo, Hugh and Theoderic tonsured and confined to monasteries, to prevent other Carolingian off-shoots challenging the main line. He also treated those guilty or suspected of conspiring with Bernard treated harshly: Theodulf of Orleans was gaoled, and died soon afterwards; the lay conspirators were blinded, the clerics deposed and imprisoned; all lost lands and honours. [4][5][6]
Legacy
His Kingdom of Italy was reabsorbed into the Frankish empire, and soon after bestowed upon Louis' eldest son Lothair. In 822, Louis made a display of public penance at Attigny , where he confessed before all the court to having sinfully slain his nephew; he also welcomed his half-brothers back into his favour. These actions possibly stemmed from guilt over his part in Bernard's death. It has been argued by some historians that his behaviour left him open to clerical domination, and reduced his prestige and respect amongst the Frankish nobility.[7] Others, however, point out that Bernard's plot had been a serious threat to the stability of the kingdom, and the reaction no less a threat; Louis' display of penance, then, "was a well-judged gesture to restore harmony and re-establish his authority."[8]
References
^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians
^ Riche, Pierre, The Carolingians, p. 148
^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians
^ Riche, Pierre, The Carolingians, p. 148
^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians
^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The New Cambridge History, 700-900
^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians
^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The New Cambridge History, 700-900
Sources
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Italy: 813-Dec 817.
Bernard married Cunigunde.89 Cunigunde died about 835.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 42 M i. Pepin Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin 90 91 was born between 817 and 818 and died after 0840.
14th Generation 32. Rowland de Burgh (Charles "Karl" von Ingelheim , Duke of Ingelheim28, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
Rowland married someone.
+ 43 M i. Godfrey de Burgh
33. Lothair I Holy Roman Emperor 76 77 78 79 (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 795 in Altdorf, Bavaria, (Germany), died on 29 Sep 855 in Prüm, Westeifel, Prussia (Germany) at age 60, and was buried in St. Sauveur, France.
Research Notes: From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871901 :
King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor 840-855. Lothair received most of Burgundy and many German and French port cities upon the breakup of his grandfather's empire by his father, Louis. Upon his father's death, Lothair attepted to sieze the entire empire, but was defeated by his brothers Louis and Charles at the battle of Fontenoy in 841. He remained Emperor until his death in 855.
From Wikipedia - Lothair I :
Lothair I (German : Lothar, French : Lothaire, Italian : Lotario) (795 - 29 September 855 ), king of Italy (818 - 855) and crowned Carolingian King of (Northern) Italy, Emperor of the Romans and (nominally) was Emperor of the Franks (840 - 855).
Lothair was the eldest son of the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious and his wife Ermengarde of Hesbaye , daughter of Ingerman , duke of Hesbaye . He led his full-brothers Pippin I of Aquitaine and Louis the German in revolt against their father on several occasions, in protest against his attempts to make their half-brother Charles the Bald a co-heir to the Frankish domains. Upon the death of the father, Charles and Louis joined forces against Lothair in a three year civil war (840-843), the struggles between the brothers leading directly to the break up of the great Frankish Empire assembled by their grandfather Charlemagne , and would lay the foundation for the development of modern France and Germany.
Little is known of his early life, which was probably passed at the court of his grandfather Charlemagne . Shortly after the accession of his father, he was sent to govern Bavaria. He first comes to historical attention in 817, when Louis the Pious drew up his Ordinatio Imperii. In this, Louis designated Lothair as his principal heir, to whom his younger brothers Pippin of Aquitaine and Louis the German, as well as his cousin Bernard of Italy , would be subject after the death of their father; he would also inherit their lands if they were to die childless. Lothair was then crowned joint emperor by his father at Aix-la-Chapelle . At the same time, Aquitaine and Bavaria were granted to his brothers Pippin and Louis respectively as subsidiary kingdoms. Following the murder of Bernard, King of Italy, by Louis the Pious, Lothair also received the Kingdom of Italy. In 821, he married Ermengarde (d. 851), daughter of Hugh , count of Tours . In 822, he assumed the government of Italy , and at Easter, 5 April 823 , he was crowned emperor again by Pope Paschal I , this time at Rome .
In November 824, he promulgated a statute 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 his 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 which was carried out in 829, when the young prince was given Alemannia as king. Lothair, however, 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, and banished and confined to Italy, at one time taking up arms in alliance with his brothers and at another fighting against them, whilst 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, he was reinstated and he deprived Lothair of his imperial title and gave Italy to the young Charles. The second rebellion was instigated by Angilbert II, Archbishop of Milan , in 833, and again Louis was deposed and reinstated the next year (834). Lothair, through the loyalty of the Lombards and later reconciliations, 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. Negotiations with his brother Louis the German and his half-brother Charles, both of whom armed to resist this claim, were followed by an alliance of the younger brothers against Lothair. A decisive battle was fought at Fontenay-en-Puisaye on 25 June 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 he began a war of plunder, but the forces of his brothers were too strong for him, and taking with him such treasure as he could collect, he abandoned to them his capital. 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 , and agreed to an arrangement which 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 Rhone . He soon left 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 .
In 855, he became seriously ill and, despairing of recovery, renounced the throne, divided his lands between 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.
His kingdom was divided among his three sons - the eldest, Louis II , received Italy and the title of Emperor; the second, Lothair II , received Lotharingia ; while the youngest, Charles , received Provence .
Family
He married Ermengarde of Tours , who died in 851. The last of his nine children are illegitimate.
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Italy: 817-855.
• Holy Roman Emperor: 840-855.
Lothair married Ermengarde , of Tours 79 92 on 15 Oct 821 in Diedenhofen (Thionville, Moselle, France). Ermengarde was born about 805 in Orléans, Orléanais, (Loiret), France, died on 20 Mar 851 about age 46, and was buried in Abbaye d'Erstein, Strasbourg, Alsace, (France).
Children from this marriage were:
+ 44 F i. Helletrude of Lorraine 93 was born about 830 in Lorraine, France.
+ 45 M ii. Lothair II King of Lorraine 79 94 was born in 827 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 8 Aug 869 in Plaisance, Italy at age 42.
34. Louis II King of Germany (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 805 and died on 8 Sep 876 in Frankfurt, Germany about age 71.
Research Notes: From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875189 :
King of Germany. Louis received Bavaria and the eastern lands of the empire of his grandfather Charlemange when the empire was divided among Louis' brothers.
Louis married Emma , de Andech. Emma was born about 805 in Germany.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 46 M i. Carloman King of Bavaria was born about 821 in Germany and died in 880 in Bavaria, Germany about age 59.
+ 47 M ii. Charles III Holy Roman Emperor was born about 823.
35. Pepin I of Aquitaine 80 (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 797 and died on 13 Dec 838 at age 41.
Research Notes: Died childless.
From Wikipedia - Pepin I of Aquitaine :
Pepin I (797 - December 13 , 838 ) was King of Aquitaine . He was the second son of Emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye .
When his father assigned to each of his sons a kingdom (within the Empire ) in August 817, he received Aquitaine, which had been Louis's own subkingdom during his father Charlemagne's reign. Ermoldus Nigellus was his court poet and accompanied him on a campaign into Brittany in 824.
Pepin rebelled in 830 at the insistence of his brother Lothair 's advisor Wala . He took an army of Gascons with him and marched all the way to Paris , with the support of the Neustrians . His father marched back from a campaign in Brittany all the way to Compiègne , where Pepin surrounded and captured him. The rebellion, however, broke up.
In 832, Pepin rebelled again and his brother Louis the German soon followed. Louis the Pious was in Aquitaine to subdue any revolt, but the younger Louis' Bavarian insurrection drew him off. Pepin took Limoges and other Imperial territories. The next year, Lothair joined the rebellion and, with the assistance of Ebbo , archbishop of Rheims , they deposed their father in 833. Lothair's later behaviour alienated him and he was on his father's side when Louis the Pious was reinstated on 1 March 834 . Pepin was restored to his former status.
Pepin died scarcely four years later and was buried in Sainte-Croix in Poitiers . Louis the Pious named Charles, his son by a second wife, king. The Aquitainians, however, elected Pepin's son, Pepin II .
In 822, he married Ingeltrude,[1] daughter of Theodobert, count of Madrie , with whom he had two sons: Pepin (823-after 864), his successor in Aquitaine, and Charles (b.825-830, d.4 June 863), who became archbishop of Mainz and briefly claimed the kingdom. Both died childless.
36. Adelaide (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 799.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Ermengarde of Hesbaye :
Adelaide, born. ca. 799 . Possible wife of Robert the Strong , possible mother of Odo, Count of Paris and Robert I of France .
37. Rotrude 81 (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 800 in <(France)>.
Research Notes: Probably the mother of Ranulf I, Duke of Aquitaine.
From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871967 :
(Hildegarde) Hidegarde born 802-4 is unlikely mother. Most records state that Rotrude of Hildegarde are the mother. As Rotrude is the earlier issue of Louis, she seems the likelier choice.
Rotrude married Count Gerard , of Auvergne 95 about 814. Gerard died on 25 Jun 841.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 48 M i. Rorick Count of Maine
38. Hildegard (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 802.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Ermengarde of Hesbaye
39. Charles II "the Bald" of France and Holy Roman Emperor 85 86 (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born on 13 Jun 823 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia (Germany), died on 5 Oct 877 in Mont Cenis, Brides-les-Bains, Bourgogne, (France) at age 54, and was buried in Basilica of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
Death Notes: Died near Mont Cenis in the Alps on 5 or 6 October 877.
Research Notes: Name Suffix: Holy Roman Emperor
Also Known As: King of Lorraine
REFN: 831
King of France 843-877, King of Lorraine 869-877, crowned Holy Roman Emperor at Rome 25 December 875. In 840, Charles joined with his half-brother Louis in opposing their brother Lothair who attempted to secure the empire for himself upon the death of their father Louis.
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From Wikipedia - Charles the Bald :
Charles the Bald[1] (numbered Charles II of France and the Holy Roman Empire ) (French : Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 - 6 October 877 ), Holy Roman Emperor (875 -877 ) and King of West Francia (840 -877 ), was the youngest son of Emperor Louis the Pious , by his second wife Judith .
Struggle against his brothers
He was born on 13 June 823 in Frankfurt , when his elder brothers were already adults and had been assigned their own regna, or subkingdoms, by their father. The attempts made by Louis the Pious to assign Charles a subkingdom, first Alemannia and then the country between the Meuse and the Pyrenees (in 832, after the rising of Pepin I of Aquitaine ) were unsuccessful. The numerous reconciliations with the rebellious Lothair and Pepin, as well as their brother Louis the German , King of Bavaria , made Charles's share in Aquitaine and Italy only temporary, but his father did not give up and made Charles the heir of the entire land which was once Gaul and would eventually be France. At a diet near Crémieux in 837, Louis the Pious bade the nobles do homage to Charles as his heir. This led to the final rising of his sons against him and Pepin of Aquitaine died in 838, whereupon Charles received that kingdom, finally once and for all. Pepin's son Pepin II would be a perpetual thorn in his side.
The death of the emperor in 840 led to the outbreak of war between his sons. Charles allied himself with his brother Louis the German to resist the pretensions of the new emperor Lothair I, and the two allies defeated Lothair at the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye on June 25 , 841 . In the following year, the two brothers confirmed their alliance by the celebrated Oaths of Strasbourg . The war was brought to an end by the Treaty of Verdun in August 843. The settlement gave Charles the Bald the kingdom of the West Franks, which he had been up till then governing and which practically corresponded with what is now France, as far as the Meuse , the Saône , and the Rhône , with the addition of the Spanish March as far as the Ebro . Louis received the eastern part of the Carolingian Empire , known as the East Francia and later Germany . Lothair retained the imperial title and the Iron Crown of Lombardy . He also received the central regions from Flanders through the Rhineland and Burgundy as king of Middle Francia .
Reign in the West
The first years of Charles's reign, up to the death of Lothair I in 855 , were comparatively peaceful. During these years the three brothers continued the system of "confraternal government", meeting repeatedly with one another, at Koblenz (848 ), at Meerssen (851 ), and at Attigny (854 ). In 858 , Louis the German, invited by disaffected nobles eager to oust Charles, invaded the West Frankish kingdom. Charles was so unpopular that he was unable to summon an army, and he fled to Burgundy . He was saved only by the support of the bishops, who refused to crown Louis king, and by the fidelity of the Welfs , who were related to his mother, Judith. In 860 , he in his turn tried to seize the kingdom of his nephew, Charles of Provence , but was repulsed. On the death of his nephew Lothair II in 869 , Charles tried to seize Lothair's dominions, but by the Treaty of Mersen (870 ) was compelled to share them with Louis the German.
Besides these family disputes, Charles had to struggle against repeated rebellions in Aquitaine and against the Bretons . Led by their chiefs Nomenoë and Erispoë , who defeated the king at Ballon (845 ) and Juvardeil (851 ), the Bretons were successful in obtaining a de facto independence. Charles also fought against the Vikings , who devastated the country of the north, the valleys of the Seine and Loire , and even up to the borders of Aquitaine. Several times Charles was forced to purchase their retreat at a heavy price. Charles led various expeditions against the invaders and, by the Edict of Pistres of 864 , made the army more mobile by providing for a cavalry element, the predecessor of the French chivalry so famous during the next 600 years. By the same edict, he ordered fortified bridges to be put up at all rivers to block the Viking incursions. Two of these bridges at Paris saved the city during its siege of 885-886 .
Emperor
In 875 , after the death of the Emperor Louis II (son of his half-brother Lothair), Charles the Bald, supported by Pope John VIII , traveled to Italy, receiving the royal crown at Pavia and the imperial insignia in Rome on December 29 . Louis the German, also a candidate for the succession of Louis II, revenged himself by invading and devastating Charles' dominions, and Charles had to return hastily to Francia . After the death of Louis the German (28 August 876 ), Charles in his turn attempted to seize Louis's kingdom, but was decisively beaten at Andernach on October 8 , 876 . In the meantime, John VIII, menaced by the Saracens , was urging Charles to come to his defence in Italy. Charles again crossed the Alps , but this expedition was received with little enthusiasm by the nobles, and even by his regent in Lombardy , Boso , and they refused to join his army. At the same time Carloman , son of Louis the German, entered northern Italy. Charles, ill and in great distress, started on his way back to Gaul, but died while crossing the pass of Mont Cenis at Brides-les-Bain , on 6 October 877 .
According to the Annals of St-Bertin, Charles was hastily buried at the abbey of Nantua, Burgundy because the bearers were unable to withstand the stench of his decaying body. He was to have been buried in the Basilique Saint-Denis and may have been transferred there later. It was recorded that there was a memorial brass there that was melted down at the Revolution.
Legacy
Charles was succeeded by his son, Louis . Charles seems to have been a prince of education and letters, a friend of the church, and conscious of the support he could find in the episcopate against his unruly nobles, for he chose his councillors from among the higher clergy, as in the case of Guenelon of Sens , who betrayed him, and of Hincmar of Reims .
It has been suggested that Charles was not in fact bald, but that his epithet was applied ironically - that, in fact, he was extremely hairy. In support of this idea is the fact that none of his enemies commented on what would be an easy target. However, none of the voluble members of his court comments on his being hairy; and the Genealogy of Frankish Kings, a text from Fontanell dating from possibly as early as 869, and a text without a trace of irony, names him as Karolus Caluus ("Charles the Bald"). Certainly, by the end of the 10th century, Richier of Reims and Adhemar of Chabannes refer to him in all seriousness as "Charles the Bald".[2]
Family
Charles married Ermentrude , daughter of Odo I, Count of Orléans , in 842 . She died in 869 . In 870 , Charles married Richilde of Provence , who was descended from a noble family of Lorraine , but none of the children he had with her played a part of any importance.
With Ermentrude :
With Richilde:
Noted events in his life were:
• King of the Franks: 840-877.
• King of Western Francia: 843-877.
• Holy Roman Emperor: 25 Dec 875-5 Oct 877.
Charles married Ermentrude , of Orléans 96 97 98 on 14 Dec 842 in Crécy, France. Ermentrude was born on 27 Sep 830 in Orléans, Orléanais, (Loiret), Neustria (France), died on 6 Oct 869 at age 39, and was buried in St. Denis.
Birth Notes: Ancestral Roots has b. 830. Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871986 has b. abt 825. FamilySearch has b. 27 Sep 830.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 49 F i. Judith Princess of France 99 100 101 was born in Oct 844 in France and died after 870.
+ 50 M ii. Louis II "the Stammerer" King of Western Francia 96 102 103 was born on 1 Nov 846 in Western Francia (France) and died on 10 Apr 879 in Compeigne, Western Francia (France) at age 32.
+ 51 M iii. Hersent was born about 862 in France.
Charles next married Richildis.
40. Gisèle 66 87 88 (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 820 in France and died on 1 Jul 874 at age 54.
Gisèle married Eberhard , Margrave of Friuli before 840. Eberhard was born about 818 in Friuli, Italy and died on 16 Dec 866 about age 48.
41. Ermengarde of Hesbaye 69 74 75 (Ingram , Count of Hesbaye30, Gunderland , Count of Hasbania25, Landrade19, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 778 in <Hesbaye (Belgium)> and died on 3 Oct 818 in Angers, Anjou, (Maine-et-Loire, France) about age 40.
Research Notes: First wife of Louis I.
Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871904 has b. abt 774
From Wikipedia - Ermengarde of Hesbaye :
Ermengarde, or Irmengarde of Hesbaye (c. 778 - 818 ) was the daughter of Ingram , count of Hesbaye and Hedwig of Bavaria. She was a Frank . Her family is known as the Robertians
Ermengarde married in 794 /795 Louis the Pious , king of Aquitania , king of Franks , king of Italy, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire .
She had six children :
She died at Angers , France on 3 October 818 . Louis was married to Judith a few years later and became father of Charles the Bald .
Ermengarde married Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks 65 66 67 68 between 794 and 795 in Garonne, France. Louis was born on 16 Apr 778 in <Villa Cassinogilum (Chasseneuil-du-Poitou), (Poitou-Charentes)>, Aquitaine (France) and died on 20 Jun 840 in Ingelheim Kaiserpfalz, (Ingelheim am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) at age 62.
Death Notes: Near Mainz
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Aquitaine: 781-817.
• King of the Franks: 814-840.
• Holy Roman Emperor: 814-840.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 29)
42. Pepin Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin 90 91 (Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born between 817 and 818 and died after 0840.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-16
Also Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford) has b. abt 815.
From Wikipedia - Pepin, Count of Vermandois :
Pepin (born c. 815 ) was the first count of Vermandois , lord of Senlis , Peronne , and Saint Quentin . He was the son of King Bernard of Italy and Cunigunda.
Pepin first appears in 834 as a count to the north of the Seine and then appears as same again in 840. In that year, he supported Lothair I against Louis the Pious .
Pepin's wife is unknown, but his heir inherited much Nibelungid territory and so historian K. F. Werner hypothesised a marriage to a daughter of Theodoric Nibelung . Their children were:
Pepin married someone.
+ 52 M i. Herbert I Count of Vermandois 104 105 106 was born about 850 and died from 6 Nov 900 to 907 about age 50.
+ 53 M ii. Bernard Count of Laon was born about 844 and died after 893.
+ 54 M iii. Pepin Count of Senlis and Lord of Valois was born about 846 and died in 893 about age 47.
+ 55 F iv. Cunigunda
+ 56 F v. Gunhilde de Vermandois
15th Generation 43. Godfrey de Burgh (Rowland , de Burgh32, Charles "Karl" von Ingelheim , Duke of Ingelheim28, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
Godfrey married someone.
+ 57 M i. Baldwin I de Burgh
44. Helletrude of Lorraine 93 (Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 830 in Lorraine, France.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871900
Helletrude married Giselbert , Count of Darnau 107 108 in 846. Giselbert was born about 830 and died about 892 about age 62.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Darnau: 846-863.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 58 M i. Reginar I "Longneck" Duke of Lorraine 109 110 111 was born about 850 in <France> and died before 19 Jan 916.
45. Lothair II King of Lorraine 79 94 (Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 827 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 8 Aug 869 in Plaisance, Italy at age 42.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch has b. abt 835 in Alsace-Lorraine.
Death Notes: FamilySearch has d. 7 Aug 869
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593872024
KING OF LORRAINE. WALDRADE WAS HIS SECOND WIFE.
Lothair married Waldrade 79 112 in 862. Waldrade was born about 837 in <Lorraine, France> and died about 868 in Remiremont, Vosges, France about age 31.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 59 F i. Bertha Princess of Lorraine 79 was born about 871 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 8 Mar 925 about age 54.
46. Carloman King of Bavaria (Louis II , King of Germany34, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 821 in Germany and died in 880 in Bavaria, Germany about age 59.
Research Notes: From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875188 :
Carloman was named as successor to the Holy Roman Empire by his cousin Louis II. But his uncle Charles (RIN # 831) convinced him to go to Germany first, then rushed to Rome and was crowned Emperor as Charles II. Carloman became King of Bavaria and reigned until 880.
47. Charles III Holy Roman Emperor (Louis II , King of Germany34, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 823.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593879140
Holy Roman Emperor 881-887.
48. Rorick Count of Maine (Rotrude37, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
Rorick married someone.
+ 60 F i. Blichilde of Maine
49. Judith Princess of France 99 100 101 (Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in Oct 844 in France and died after 870.
Research Notes: Baldwin I was her third husband.
From Wikipedia - Judith of Flanders :
Judith of Flanders (844 - 870 ) was a daughter of the Frankish king Charles the Bald . Through her marriage to two kings of Wessex she was first a queen, then later through her third marriage to Baldwin, she became Countess of Flanders .
Judith was born in October of 844, the daughter of Charles the Bald , King of the Franks , and Ermentrude .
Her father gave her in marriage to Ethelwulf , King of Wessex on October 1 , 856 at Verberie sur Oise , France. Soon after, Ethelwulf's son Ethelbald forced his father to abdicate. Following Ethelwulf's death on January 13 , 858 , Ethelbald married his widowed stepmother. However, the marriage was annulled in 860 on the grounds of consanguinity .
Elopement
Judith eloped with Baldwin in January 862 . They were likely married at the monastery of Senlis before they eloped. The couple was in hiding from Judith's father, King Charles the Bald, until October after which they went to her uncle Lothair II for protection. From there they fled to Pope Nicholas I . The pope took diplomatic action and asked Judith's father to accept the union as legally binding and welcome the young couple into his circle - which ultimately he did. The couple then returned to France and were officially married at Auxerre .
Baldwin was accepted as son-in-law and was given the land directly south of the Scheldt to ward off Viking attacks. Although it is disputed among historians as to whether King Charles did this in the hope that Baldwin would be killed in the ensuing battles with the Vikings, Baldwin managed the situation remarkably well. Baldwin succeeded in quelling the Viking threat, expanded both his army and his territory quickly, and became one of the most faithful supporters of King Charles. The March of Baldwin came to be known as the County of Flanders and was for a long time the most powerful principality of France.
Succession
Judith and Baldwin had a son, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders, born in 864 . Judith died in 870.
Judith married Æthelwulf , King of Wessex and King of Kent 113 114 on 1 Oct 856 in Verberie-sur-Oise, (Oise), France. Æthelwulf was born between 795 and 800 and died on 13 Jan 858.
Marriage Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871945
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Wessex: 839-855.
Judith next married Æthelbald , King of Wessex 115 after 13 Jan 858. Æthelbald died in 860.
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Annulment: of marriage to Aethelbald, 860. on grounds of consanguinity
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Wessex: 858-860.
Judith next married Baldwin I , Count of Flanders 116 117 118 119 in Jan 862 in <Flanders (Belgium)>. Baldwin was born about 836 in <Flanders (Belgium)> and died in 879 in Flanders (Belgium) about age 43.
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Eloped: Jan 862.
• Marriage: with acceptance of Charles, 13 Dec 863, Auxerre, France.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 61 M i. Baldwin II Count of Flanders and Artois 118 120 121 122 was born about 864 in Flanders, Belgium and died on 10 Sep 918 about age 54.
+ 62 M ii. Raoul Count of Cambrai was born about 869 and died in 896 about age 27.
+ 63 F iii. Widnille Countess of Flanders 123 was born about 865 in Flanders (Belgium).
50. Louis II "the Stammerer" King of Western Francia 96 102 103 (Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born on 1 Nov 846 in Western Francia (France) and died on 10 Apr 879 in Compeigne, Western Francia (France) at age 32.
Research Notes: King of the Franks 877-879
From Wikipedia - Louis the Stammerer :
Louis the Stammerer (November 1 , 846 - April 10 , 879 ; French : Louis le Bègue), was the King of Aquitaine and later King of West Francia . He was the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans . He succeeded his younger brother in Aquitaine in 866 and his father in West Francia in 877, though he was never crowned Emperor .
Twice married, he and his first wife, Ansgarde of Burgundy , had two sons: Louis (born in 863) and Carloman (born in 866), both of whom became kings of France , and two daughters: Hildegarde (born in 864) and Gisela (865-884), who married Robert, Count of Troyes .
With his second wife, Adelaide of Paris , he had one daughter, Ermentrude (875-914) - who was the mother of Cunigunde, wife of the Count Palatine Wigerich of Bidgau ; they were the ancestors of the House of Luxemburg -, and a posthumous son, Charles the Simple , who would become, long after his elder brothers' deaths, king of France.
He was crowned on 8 December 877 by Hincmar , archbishop of Rheims , and was crowned a second time in September 878 by Pope John VIII at Troyes while the pope was attending a council there. The pope may even have offered the imperial crown, but it was declined. Louis the Stammerer was said to be physically weak and outlived his father by only two years. He 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 , Gerona , and Besalú to Wilfred the Hairy . His final act was to march against the Vikings who were then the scourge of Europe . He fell ill and died on 10 April or 9 April 879 not long after beginning his final campaign. On his death, his realms were divided between his two sons, Carloman and Louis.
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Aquitaine: 866-879.
• King of Western Francia: 877-879.
Louis married Adelaide , of Paris 96 124 between 868 and 870. Adelaide was born about 855 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France and died after 9 Nov 901.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 64 M i. Charles III "the Simple" King of Western Francia 96 125 126 was born on 17 Sep 879 in <Western Francia (France)>, died on 7 Oct 929 in Péronne, Somme, Western Francia (France) at age 50, and was buried in St. Fursi, Péronne, Somme, Western Francia (France).
+ 65 F ii. Ermentrude of France 127 was born in 870.
51. Hersent (Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 862 in France.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871898
52. Herbert I Count of Vermandois 104 105 106 (Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 850 and died from 6 Nov 900 to 907 about age 50.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-17 has b. abt. 850, d. 6 Nov bet. 900/907. Count of Soissons, Count of Méaux, Count of Vermandois 877/900
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford) has b. abt 840, d. abt 902. Has name as Hubert I.
From Wikipedia - Herbert I, Count of Vermandois :
Herbert I of Vermandois (c. 848 /850 - 907 ), Count of Vermandois , lord of Senlis , of Peronne and of Saint Quentin , was the son of Pepin of Vermandois .
Marriage and issue
He married Bertha de Morvois . They had the following:
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Soissons:
• Count of Méaux:
• Count of Vermandois: 877-900.
Herbert married Bertha , de Morvois.128 Bertha was born about 844 in Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 66 M i. Herbert II Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes 41 129 130 131 was born between 880 and 890 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died on 23 Feb 943 in St. Quentin, Picardy, France.
+ 67 F ii. Beatrice de Vermandois 132 133 was born in 880 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)> and died after Mar 931.
+ 68 F iii. Cunigunde de Vermandois died in 943.
+ 69 F iv. Adele of Vermandois
+ 70 M v. Berenger de Vermandois, Count of Bayeaux
53. Bernard Count of Laon (Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 844 and died after 893.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Pepin, Count of Vermandois
54. Pepin Count of Senlis and Lord of Valois (Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 846 and died in 893 about age 47.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Pepin, Count of Vermandois
55. Cunigunda (Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
56. Gunhilde de Vermandois (Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
16th Generation 57. Baldwin I de Burgh (Godfrey , de Burgh43, Rowland , de Burgh32, Charles "Karl" von Ingelheim , Duke of Ingelheim28, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
58. Reginar I "Longneck" Duke of Lorraine 109 110 111 (Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 850 in <France> and died before 19 Jan 916.
Death Notes: Ancestral Roots, Line 140-17 has d. aft. 25 Oct. 915, bef. 19 Jan. 916
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Reginar, Duke of Lorraine :
Reginar I Longneck[1] (c. 850 - 915)[2] was the Duke of Lorraine from 910 until his death. He stands at the head of the clan of Reginarids , an important Lotharingian noble family.
He was the son of Gilbert , Count of the Maas gau , and a daughter of Lothair I of whom the name is not known (Hiltrude, Bertha, Irmgard, and Gisela are good candidates).
He succeeded his father in the Maasgau and was the lay abbot of Echternach between 897 and 915, of Maastricht from before May 898, and of Stablo and Malmedy between 900 and 902.
He was the Count of Mons when in 870 he and Franco , Bishop of Liège , led an army against the Vikings in Walacria . He, as Duke of Hesbaye and Hainault , and Radbold led a Frisian army with against the forces of Rollo a little later, but were forced back to his fortresses.
In an 877 capitulary from Quierzy , he appears alongside his father as one of the regents of the kingdom during Charles the Bald 's absence on campaign in Italy. A Reginar appears at the Siege of Paris in 886, but this may be an uncle or nephew. The name "Reginar" or "Reginhar" (French : Régnier or Rainier) was commonplace in his family.
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 West Francia 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 Saint Goar and determined that the succession should go to Louis the Child . Zwentibold was killed by the rebels in battle in August 900.
At first, Louis appeared to be opposed to Reginar when he appointed Gebhard as his deputy in Lotharingia, but the two were never at war. In 908, Reginar recuperated the Hainault after the death of Sigard . Then, after the death of Gebhard in 910, in battle with the Magyars , Reginar appears as his successor. He led the magnates in opposing Conrad I of Germany and electing Charles the Simple their king. He was given the title marchio by Charles in 915. He never appears as the Duke of Lorraine, but he was definitely the military commander of the region under Charles. He himself 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 Hersinda (or Alberada), who predeceased him, Reginar left the following children:
Noted events in his life were:
• Lay Abbot of Echternach: (Luxembourg), 897-915.
• Duke of Lorraine: 910-916.
Reginar married Alberade.134 Alberade died in 916.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 71 M i. Giselbert Duke of Lorraine 79 135 136 was born about 880 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 2 Oct 939 in Andernach, Rhineland, Prussia about age 59.
+ 72 M ii. Reginar II Count of Hainaut 137 was born about 890 in <Lorraine, France> and died in 932 about age 42.
+ 73 M iii. Balderic Bishop of Utrecht
+ 74 M iv. Frederick Archbishop of Mainz 138 died in Oct 954.
+ 75 F v. Symphoria
59. Bertha Princess of Lorraine 79 (Lothair II , King of Lorraine45, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 871 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 8 Mar 925 about age 54.
Bertha married Adalbert , Marquis of Tuscany 79 in 898. Adalbert was born about 855 in <Tuscany, Italy> and died about 915 about age 60.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 76 M i. Boso Marquis of Tuscany 79 was born about 899 in <Tuscany, Italy> and died about 938 about age 39.
60. Blichilde of Maine (Rorick , Count of Maine48, Rotrude37, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
Blichilde married Ranulf I , Duke of Aquitaine.139 Ranulf died in 866.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 77 M i. Ranulf II Count of Poitou was born about 855 and died on 5 Aug 890 about age 35.
61. Baldwin II Count of Flanders and Artois 118 120 121 122 (Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 864 in Flanders, Belgium and died on 10 Sep 918 about age 54.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Baldwin II, Count of Flanders
Baldwin II (c. 865 - September 10 , 918 ), nicknamed Calvus (the Bald) was the second count of Flanders . He was also hereditary abbot of St. Bertin from 892 till his death. He was the son of Baldwin I of Flanders and Judith , a daughter of Charles the Bald .
The early years of Baldwin's rule were marked by a series of devastating Viking raids. Little north of the Somme was untouched. Baldwin recovered, building new fortresses and improving city walls, and taking over abandoned property, so that in the end he held far more territory, and held it more strongly, than had his father. He also took advantage of the conflicts between Charles the Simple and Odo, Count of Paris to take over the Ternois and the Boulonnias .
In 884 Baldwin married Ælfthryth (Ælfthryth, Elftrude, Elfrida), a daughter of King Alfred the Great of England . The marriage was motivated by the common Flemish-English opposition to the Vikings, and was the start of an alliance that was a mainstay of Flemish policy for centuries to come.
In 900 , he tried to curb the power of Archbishop Fulk of Rheims by assassinating him, but he was excommunicated by Pope Benedict IV .
He died at Blandimberg and was succeeded by his eldest son Arnulf I of Flanders . His younger son Adalulf was (the first) count of Boulogne .
Family
He married Ælfthryth, a daughter of Alfred the Great , King of England. They had the following:
His fifth child however, was illegitimate.
Baldwin married Ælfthryth , of Wessex 140 141 142 143 in 884. Ælfthryth was born about 869 in England and died on 9 Jun 929 about age 60.
Death Notes: Ancestral Roots has d. 7 June 929 and d. 9 June 929
Children from this marriage were:
+ 78 M i. Arnulf I Count of Flanders and Artois 144 145 146 147 was born about 890 in Flanders (Belgium) and died 27 Mar 964 or 965 in Flanders (Belgium) about age 74.
+ 79 M ii. Adalulf Count of Boulogne 148 was born about 890 and died in 933 about age 43.
+ 80 F iii. Ealswid
+ 81 F iv. Ermentrud
62. Raoul Count of Cambrai (Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 869 and died in 896 about age 27.
Death Notes: Murdered after capture by Count Heribert.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Baldwin I, Count of Flanders
63. Widnille Countess of Flanders 123 (Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 865 in Flanders (Belgium).
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875288
Widnille married Wilfred I "El Velloso" , Count of Urgel 123 in 877. Wilfred was born about 840 in <Urgel, Lerida>, Spain and died after 21 Aug 897.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 82 M i. Sunifred Count of Besalu and Urgel 123 was born about 878 in <Urgel, Lerida>, Spain and died in 948 about age 70.
64. Charles III "the Simple" King of Western Francia 96 125 126 (Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born on 17 Sep 879 in <Western Francia (France)>, died on 7 Oct 929 in Péronne, Somme, Western Francia (France) at age 50, and was buried in St. Fursi, Péronne, Somme, Western Francia (France).
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Charles the Simple :
Charles III (17 September 879 - 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Karolus Simplex), was the undisputed King of France from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919/23. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty , the third and posthumous son of Louis the Stammerer by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris .
As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman . The nobles of the realm instead asked his uncle, Charles the Fat , to rule them. He was also prevented from succeeded the unpopular Charles, who was deposed in November 887 and died in January 888, although it is unknown if his deposition was accepted or even made known in West Francia before his death. The nobility elected Odo , the hero of the Siege of Paris , king, though there was a faction that supported Guy III of Spoleto . Charles was put under the protection of Ranulf II , the Duke of Aquitaine , who may have tried to claim the throne for him and in the end used the royal title himself until making peace with Odo. Finally, in 893 Charles was crowned by a faction opposed to Odo at Reims Cathedral . He only became the effectual monarch with the death of Odo in 898.[1]
In 911 Charles signed the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte with the Viking leader Rollo , thus enfeoffing him with the lower Seine basin, the heart of what would become Normandy , in hopes that Rollo would fend off future Viking raids in the Seine area. He also gave the Viking his daughter Gisela in marriage. In the same year as the treaty with the Vikings, Louis the Child , the King of Germany , died and the nobles of Lotharingia , who had been loyal to him, under the leadership of Regina Longneck , declared Charles their new king, breaking from Germans who had elected Conrad of Franconia king.[1] Charles tried to win their support by marrying a Lotharingian woman named Frederuna , who died in 917.
On 7 October 919 Charles re-married to Eadgifu , the daughter of Edward the Elder , King of England . By this time Charles' excessive favouritism towards a certain Hagano had turned the aristocracy against him. He endowed Hagano with monasteries which were already the benefices of other barons, alienating these barons. In Lotharingia he earned the enmity of the new duke, Gilbert , who declared for the German king Henry the Fowler in 919.[1] Opposition to Charles in Lotharingia was not universal, however, and he retained the support of Wigeric . In 922 some of the West Frankish barons, led by Robert of Neustria and Rudolph of Burgundy , revolted. Robert, who was Odo's brother, was elected by the rebels and crowned in opposition to Charles, who had to flee to Lotharingia. He returned the next year (923) with a Norman army but was defeated on 15 June near Soissons by Robert, who died in the battle.[1] Charles was captured and imprisoned in a castle at Péronne under the guard of Herbert II of Vermandois .[2] Rudolph was elected to succeed him. In 925 the Lotharingians accepted Rudolph as their king. Charles died in prison on 7 October 929 and was buried at the nearby abbey of Saint-Fursy . Though he had had many children by Frederuna, it his son by Eadgifu who would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France . In the initial aftermath of Charles defeat, Eadgifu and Louis fled to England.
Charles married Ogiva , of England on 7 Oct 919. Ogiva was born in 902 in Wessex, England and died after 955.
Marriage Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 148-17 (Charles III) has m. 918.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 83 M i. Louis IV d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks 96 149 was born on 10 Sep 920 in <Laon, Champagne>, France, died on 10 Sep 954 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France at age 34, and was buried in Abbaye de St. Rémy, Reims, Marne, Champagne, (France).
65. Ermentrude of France 127 (Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 870.
Research Notes: Husband unknown, according to Ancestral Roots (line 143-17)
Ermentrude married someone.
+ 84 F i. Cunigonde 96 150 151 was born about 890 in <Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia> and died after 923.
66. Herbert II Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes 41 129 130 131 (Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born between 880 and 890 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died on 23 Feb 943 in St. Quentin, Picardy, France.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Herbert II, Count of Vermandois :
Herbert II (884 - 23 February 943 ), Count of Vermandois and Count of Troyes , was the son of Herbert I of Vermandois .
Life
He inherited the domain of his father and in 907 , added to it the Saint de Soissons abbey . His marriage with Adela of France (also known as Liégarde) brought him the County of Meaux . In 918 , he was also named Count of Mézerais and of the Véxin . With his cousin Bernard , Count of Beauvais and Senlis , he constituted a powerful group in the west of France, to the north and east of Paris . In 923 , he imprisoned King Charles III in Chateau-Thierry , then in Péronne .
In 922 , the Archbishop of Rheims , Seulf , called on Herbert II to reduce some of his vassals who were in rebellion against him. On the death of Seulf, in 925 , with the help of King Rudolph , he acquired for his second son Hugh (then five years old) the archbishopric of Rheims, which had a large inheritance in France and Germany. In 926 , on the death of Count Roger of Laon , Herbert demanded this County for Eudes , his eldest son. He settled there, initially against the will of King Rudolph and constructed a fortress there. Rudolph yielded to pressure to free king Charles III, whom Herbert still held in prison. In 930 , Herbert took the castle of Vitry in Perthois at the expense of Boso, the brother of King Rudolph. Rudolph united his army with the army of Hugh, marquis of Neustria , and in 931 , they entered Rheims and defeated Hugh, the son of Herbert. Artaud became the new archbishop of Reims. Herbert II then lost, in three years, Vitry, Laon , Chateau-Thierry, and Soissons . The intervention of his ally, Henry the Fowler , allowed him to restore his domains (except Rheims and Laon) in exchange for his submission to King Rudolph.
Later Herbert allied with Hugh the Great and William Longsword , duke of Normandy against King Louis IV , who allocated the County of Laon to Roger II, the son of Roger I, in 941 . Herbert and Hugh the Great took back Rheims and captured Artaud. Hugh, the son of Herbert, was restored as archbishop. Again the mediation of the German King Otto I in Visé , near Liège , in 942 allowed for the normalization of the situation.
Death and legacy
Herbert II died on 23 February 943 without having succeeded in building the principality of which he dreamed. His succession was reconciled by Hugh the Great, maternal uncle of his children. It took place in 946 and led to an equitable distribution between the sons of Herbert II: Herbert III, Robert, Albert, and Hugh (his other son Eudes died before 946). As for his girls, Adela was married to Arnulf I , count of Flanders , Luitgarde (widow of William Longsword) was married to Theobald I , count of Blois , the first lieutenant of Hugh. She brought to Theobald Provins and domains in the Mézerais.
Family
...With Adela [daughter of Robert I of France], he had 7 children:
Herbert married Liegarde , of France 152 153 by 907. Liegarde was born about 886 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)> and died after 931.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch has b. abt 897 in Vermandois, Neustria.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 85 M i. Robert of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux 41 154 155 156 was born about 920 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died Aug 967 or 968 in Troyes, Champagne, (Aube), France about age 47.
+ 86 F ii. Adele of Vermandois 145 157 158 159 was born between 910 and 915 in Vermand, Picardy, Neustria (France), died on 10 Oct 960 in Bruges, Aquitaine (West Flanders, Belgium), and was buried in Abbaye de St Pierre, Gand, Flandres.
+ 87 M iii. Eudes of Vermandois, Count of Amiens and Vienne was born in 910 and died in 946 at age 36.
+ 88 M iv. Herbert "the Elder" Count of Meaux and of Troyes died in 993.
+ 89 M v. Albert I "the Pious" Count of Vermandois 160 161 was born about 920 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)>, died on 8 Sep 988 in <St. Quentin, Flandres> about age 68, and was buried in St. Quentin, Flanders (Picardy, France).
+ 90 F vi. Luitgarde of Vermandois was born about 920 and died after 978.
+ 91 M vii. Hugh of Vermandois, Archbishop of Reims died in 962.
67. Beatrice de Vermandois 132 133 (Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 880 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)> and died after Mar 931.
Research Notes: Second wife of Robert I.
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
Beatrice married Robert I , Duke of France 162 after 893. Robert was born in 866 in <Bourgogne, Champagne, France> and died on 15 Jun 923 in Soissons, Picardie, France at age 57.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Paris: 888.
• King of the Franks: 922-923.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 92 M i. Hugh Magnus Count of Paris 163 was born about 895 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France, died on 16 Jun 956 in Deurdan, France about age 61, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
68. Cunigunde de Vermandois (Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died in 943.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Herbert I, Count of Vermandois
69. Adele of Vermandois (Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
70. Berenger de Vermandois, Count of Bayeaux (Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
17th Generation 71. Giselbert Duke of Lorraine 79 135 136 (Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 880 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 2 Oct 939 in Andernach, Rhineland, Prussia about age 59.
Birth Notes: Ancestral Roots has b. abt 880 or b. abt 890. The most recent research give abt 880.
Research Notes: First husband of Gerberga of Saxony.
From Ancestral Roots, Line 240-18, p. 217, "From these two brothers [Reginar II and Giselbert] are descended the later kings of England, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, many of the German emperors, the Dukes of Brabant, Burgundy, Warwick, Northumberland, and Lorraine, the Earls of Chester, Clare, and Pembroke, the Counts of Roucy, Vermandois, Barcelona, Provence, Nevers, Poitou, Burgundy, and Savoy, and the families of Cantelou, Courtenay, Zouche, and many others."
Noted events in his life were:
• Lay Abbot of Echternach: 915-939.
Giselbert married Gerberga , of Saxony 96 164 165 in 929. Gerberga was born about 914 in <Nordhausen, Saxony, Prussia>, died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France about age 70, and was buried in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 93 F i. Gerberga of Lorraine 166 was born about 935 and died in 978 about age 43.
+ 94 F ii. Alberade of Lorraine 167 168 was born about 930 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 15 Mar 973 about age 43.
72. Reginar II Count of Hainaut 137 (Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 890 in <Lorraine, France> and died in 932 about age 42.
Research Notes: From Ancestral Roots, Line 240-18, p. 217, "From these two brothers [Reginar II and Giselbert] are descended the later kings of England, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, many of the German emperors, the Dukes of Brabant, Burgundy, Warwick, Northumberland, and Lorraine, the Earls of Chester, Clare, and Pembroke, the Counts of Roucy, Vermandois, Barcelona, Provence, Nevers, Poitou, Burgundy, and Savoy, and the families of Cantelou, Courtenay, Zouche, and many others."
Reginar married < >.169
The child from this marriage was:
+ 95 M i. Reginar III Count of Hainaut 96 170 was born in 920 in <Hainaut, Belgium> and died in 973 at age 53.
73. Balderic Bishop of Utrecht (Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
74. Frederick Archbishop of Mainz 138 (Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died in Oct 954.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Frederick (Archbishop of Mainz) :
Frederick (died October 954) was the Archbishop of Mainz from 937, following the late Hildebert , until his death. He was a son of Reginar, Duke of Lorraine .
Immediately, Frederick acted as an opponent of Otto the Great , one of the most consistent opponents he faced. In 939, he joined the rebellion of Eberhard III of Franconia , Gilbert of Lorraine , and Henry I of Bavaria . He was imprisoned in Hammelburg for a while. He plotted with Henry to assassinate Otto in Easter 941 in Quedlinburg , but they were discovered and put in captivity in Ingelheim , being released and pardoned only after doing penance at Christmas of that year.
Frederick refused to accompany Otto to Italy in 951. He participated in another rebellion with Liudolf, Duke of Swabia , and Conrad, Duke of Lorraine , luring the king to Mainz in 953. Abandoned by the Lorrainers and without Henry's support this time, the rebels were easily crushed and punished. Frederick tried to distance himself from the fighting, but died before anything could come to him.
Noted events in his life were:
• Archbishop of Mainz: 937-954.
75. Symphoria (Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
76. Boso Marquis of Tuscany 79 (Bertha , Princess of Lorraine59, Lothair II , King of Lorraine45, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 899 in <Tuscany, Italy> and died about 938 about age 39.
Boso married Willa , Princess of Burgundy.79 Willa was born about 906 in <Bourgogne, Champagne, France>.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 96 F i. Willa Princess of Tuscany 79 was born about 924 in <Tuscany, Italy>.
77. Ranulf II Count of Poitou (Blichilde , of Maine60, Rorick , Count of Maine48, Rotrude37, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 855 and died on 5 Aug 890 about age 35.
Research Notes: According to Ancestral Roots, Line 144A-17, Ada was not the mother of Ebles Mancer.
Ranulf married someone.
+ 97 M i. Ebles Mancer Count of Poitou was born in 868 and died in 932 at age 64.
78. Arnulf I Count of Flanders and Artois 144 145 146 147 (Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 890 in Flanders (Belgium) and died 27 Mar 964 or 965 in Flanders (Belgium) about age 74.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Arnulf I, Count of Flanders
Arnulf I of Flanders (c. 890 - March 28 , 965 ), called the Great, was the third count of Flanders .
Arnulf was the son of count Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth , daughter of Alfred the Great . He was named after his distant ancestor, Saint Arnulf of Metz ; this was intended to emphasize his family's descent from the Carolingian dynasty.
History
Arnulf greatly expanded Flemish rule to the south, taking all or part of Artois , Ponthieu , Amiens , and Ostravent . 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 943 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.
Family
In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois , daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois . Their children were:
He also had a previous daughter, Hildegard.
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 .
Arnulf married Adele , of Vermandois 145 157 158 159 in 934. Adele was born between 910 and 915 in Vermand, Picardy, Neustria (France), died on 10 Oct 960 in Bruges, Aquitaine (West Flanders, Belgium), and was buried in Abbaye de St Pierre, Gand, Flandres.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 98 F i. Elftrude 146 171 172 was born about 912 in Flanders, Belgium.
+ 99 F ii. Hildegarde was born about 914 in Flanders, Belgium.
+ 100 M iii. Egbert died in 953.
+ 101 M iv. Baldwin III Count of Flanders 146 173 174 175 was born about 915 in Flanders (Belgium) and died on 1 Nov 962 in Flanders (Belgium) about age 47.
+ 102 F v. Luitgarde of Flanders 145 146 was born about 941 in Flanders and died on 29 Sep 964 about age 23.
79. Adalulf Count of Boulogne 148 (Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 890 and died in 933 about age 43.
80. Ealswid (Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
81. Ermentrud (Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
82. Sunifred Count of Besalu and Urgel 123 (Widnille , Countess of Flanders63, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 878 in <Urgel, Lerida>, Spain and died in 948 about age 70.
Sunifred married Richilde , de Rouergue 123 Betw 920 and 925. Richilde was born about 882 in <Rouergue, Aveyron>, France, died after 12 Nov 954, and was buried before 26 Dec 954.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 103 M i. Borrell II Count of Barcelona 123 was born about 946 in <Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain and died on 30 Sep 992 about age 46.
83. Louis IV d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks 96 149 (Charles III "the Simple" , King of Western Francia64, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born on 10 Sep 920 in <Laon, Champagne>, France, died on 10 Sep 954 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France at age 34, and was buried in Abbaye de St. Rémy, Reims, Marne, Champagne, (France).
Research Notes: King of the West Franks 936-954
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 148-18
Louis married Gerberga , of Saxony 96 164 165 939 or 940. Gerberga was born about 914 in <Nordhausen, Saxony, Prussia>, died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France about age 70, and was buried in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 104 M i. Charles Duke of Lower Lorraine 96 was born about 953 in <Laon, Champagne>, France, died on 21 May 992 in Kerker, Orléans, France about age 39, and was buried in St. Servatius, Maastricht.
84. Cunigonde 96 150 151 (Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 890 in <Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia> and died after 923.
Research Notes: Granddaughter of Louis II "the Stammerer" of France.
Cunigonde married Wigeric , Count of Bidgau 96 176 177 Betw 907 and 909. Wigeric was born about 882 in <Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia> and died before 923.
Death Notes: May have died by 919.
Noted events in his life were:
• Living: 899-916.
• Count Palatine: of Lotharingia, 916-923.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 105 M i. Gozlin Count of Bidgau and Methingau 96 178 was born about 911 in <Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia> and died on 18 Dec 943 about age 32.
+ 106 M ii. Siegfried of Luxembourg 179 was born about 922 and died on 28 Oct 988 about age 66.
85. Robert of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux 41 154 155 156 (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 920 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died Aug 967 or 968 in Troyes, Champagne, (Aube), France about age 47.
Birth Notes: Another source has b. abt 916
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Robert of Vermandois :
Robert of Vermandois (died 968 ) was Count of Meaux after his father Herbert II of Vermandois .
He was married to Adelaide of Burgundy, daughter of Giselbert, Duke of Burgundy . They had three children:
Robert married Adelaide , of Burgundy 41 180 by 950. Adelaide was born about 918 in Burgundy, France and died on 19 Aug 967 about age 49.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 107 F i. Adelaide of Vermandois 181 was born about 934 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died 12 Mar 975 or 978 in Châlons-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France about age 41.
86. Adele of Vermandois 145 157 158 159 (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born between 910 and 915 in Vermand, Picardy, Neustria (France), died on 10 Oct 960 in Bruges, Aquitaine (West Flanders, Belgium), and was buried in Abbaye de St Pierre, Gand, Flandres.
Adele married Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois 144 145 146 147 in 934. Arnulf was born about 890 in Flanders (Belgium) and died 27 Mar 964 or 965 in Flanders (Belgium) about age 74.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 78)
87. Eudes of Vermandois, Count of Amiens and Vienne (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 910 and died in 946 at age 36.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Herbert II, Count of Vermandois
88. Herbert "the Elder" Count of Meaux and of Troyes (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died in 993.
Research Notes: Not the same person as Herbert III
Source: Wikipedia - Herbert II, Count of Vermandois
89. Albert I "the Pious" Count of Vermandois 160 161 (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 920 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)>, died on 8 Sep 988 in <St. Quentin, Flandres> about age 68, and was buried in St. Quentin, Flanders (Picardy, France).
Death Notes: FamilySearch has d. 7 Sep 978 in St. Quentin, Flanders. May have reversed digits in 978, and it should be 987.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois :
Adalbert I of Vermandois (French : Albert I le Pieux, the Pious) (c. 915 /917 - 9 September 988 ), Count of Vermandois , was the son of Herbert II of Vermandois and Adela.
Family
In 954 he married Gerberge of Lorraine (c. 935 -978 ), daughter of Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine , and Gerberga of Saxony .
Their children were:
Albert married Gerberga , of Lorraine 166 before 954. Gerberga was born about 935 and died in 978 about age 43.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 108 M i. Herbert III Count of Vermandois 133 182 was born between 942 and 953 and died in 993.
+ 109 M ii. Eudes of Vermandois was born about 956 and died in 983 about age 27.
+ 110 M iii. Liudolfe de Noyon was born about 957 and died in 986 about age 29.
+ 111 M iv. Guy I of Vermandois, Count of Soissons
90. Luitgarde of Vermandois (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 920 and died after 978.
Research Notes: Second wife of William I "Longsword"
Source: Wikipedia - Herbert II, Count of Vermandois
Luitgarde married William I "Longsword" , Duke of Normandy.183 184 185 William was born about 892 in <Rouen, (France)> and died on 17 Dec 942 in France about age 50.
Birth Notes: May have been born in Bayeux.
Death Notes: Killed in treacherous ambush by servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders
Noted events in his life were:
• Succeeded: to County of Normandy, Abt 927.
91. Hugh of Vermandois, Archbishop of Reims (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died in 962.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Herbert II, Count of Vermandois
92. Hugh Magnus Count of Paris 163 (Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 895 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France, died on 16 Jun 956 in Deurdan, France about age 61, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
Research Notes: Count of Paris, Orléans, Vexin and Le Mans, Duke of France.
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
Hugh married Edhilda in 926. Edhilda died about 26 Jan 945.
Hugh next married Hedwig , of Saxony 186 in 938 in Mainz oder Ingelheim. Hedwig died 10 May aft 965.
Death Notes: Ancestral Roots gives various death dates - aft. 958 or 10 May aft. 965
The child from this marriage was:
+ 112 M i. Hugh Capet, King of France 187 188 was born Winter 941 in France, died on 24 Oct 996 in Les Juifs, Chartres, France at age 55, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
18th Generation 93. Gerberga of Lorraine 166 (Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine71, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 935 and died in 978 about age 43.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-20 (Herbert III)
Gerberga married Albert I "the Pious" , Count of Vermandois 160 161 before 954. Albert was born about 920 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)>, died on 8 Sep 988 in <St. Quentin, Flandres> about age 68, and was buried in St. Quentin, Flanders (Picardy, France).
Death Notes: FamilySearch has d. 7 Sep 978 in St. Quentin, Flanders. May have reversed digits in 978, and it should be 987.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 89)
94. Alberade of Lorraine 167 168 (Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine71, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 930 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 15 Mar 973 about age 43.
Alberade married Reinald , Comes de Roucy 189 on 5 Nov 945 in <France>. Reinald was born about 920 in <Bourgogne, France> and died on 10 May 967 about age 47.
Death Notes: Ancestral Roots has d. 10 May 967; http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f001/f90/a0019042.htm has d. 15 Mar 973.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 113 M i. Giselbert Count of Roucy 190 191 was born before 956 in <Reims, Marne, France>, died from 19 Apr 991 to 1000, and was buried in Rheims, Marne, France.
Alberade next married Renaud de Roucy 79 about 945 in France. Renaud was born about 931 in <Reims, Marne, Champagne, France> and died on 15 Mar 973 about age 42.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 114 F i. Ermentrude Countess of Rheims 79 was born about 963 in <Rheims, Marne>, France and died before 5 Mar 1005.
95. Reginar III Count of Hainaut 96 170 (Reginar II , Count of Hainaut72, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 920 in <Hainaut, Belgium> and died in 973 at age 53.
Reginar married Adela.96 192 Adela was born about 929 in <Hainaut, Belgium> and died in 961 about age 32.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 115 M i. Lambert I "the Bearded" Count of Louvain 96 193 was born about 950 in <Louvain, Brabant>, Belgium and died on 12 Sep 1015 about age 65.
96. Willa Princess of Tuscany 79 (Boso , Marquis of Tuscany76, Bertha , Princess of Lorraine59, Lothair II , King of Lorraine45, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 924 in <Tuscany, Italy>.
Willa married Berenger II , King of Italy.79 Berenger was born about 919 in <Italy>.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 116 M i. Adalbert Marquis of Ivrea 79 was born about 947 in <Italy> and died in 968 about age 21.
97. Ebles Mancer Count of Poitou (Ranulf II , Count of Poitou77, Blichilde , of Maine60, Rorick , Count of Maine48, Rotrude37, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 868 and died in 932 at age 64.
Research Notes: Per Ancestral Roots, line 144A-18, "bastard of Ranulf II by Ermengarde, prob. a concubine"
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Poitou: 890-892, 903.
Ebles married Aremburge.194
The child from this marriage was:
+ 117 M i. William I Count of Poitou 195 was born in 900 in <Poitiers, France> and died on 3 Apr 963 in <Saint-Cyrien de Poitiers, France> at age 63.
Ebles next married Emiliane.194
98. Elftrude 146 171 172 (Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 912 in Flanders, Belgium.
Elftrude married Sigfred "The Dane" , First Count of Guînes.196 197 Sigfred was born about 910 in Denmark and died in 965 about age 55.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 118 M i. Adolfus Count of Guînes 198 was born about 937 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, France and died in 996 about age 59.
+ 119 F ii. Haloise de Guines was born about 940 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, France.
99. Hildegarde (Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 914 in Flanders, Belgium.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871977
100. Egbert (Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died in 953.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Arnulf I, Count of Flanders
101. Baldwin III Count of Flanders 146 173 174 175 (Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 915 in Flanders (Belgium) and died on 1 Nov 962 in Flanders (Belgium) about age 47.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch has b. abt. 933
Research Notes: Co-regent with his father 958-962
Noted events in his life were:
• Co-regent with his father: 958-962.
Baldwin married Mathilde , of Saxony 118 about 960. Mathilde was born about 921 in Saxony, (Germany) and died on 28 May 1008 about age 87.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch has b. abt 958. This would make her incredibly young when she was married to Baldwin III.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 120 M i. Jean de Conteville 199 200 was born about 960 in <Conteville>, Normandy, France.
+ 121 M ii. Arnulf II Count of Flanders was born from about 961 to 962 in Flanders, died on 30 Mar 987 about age 25, and was buried in Ghent, (East Flanders, Belgium).
+ 122 F iii. Bertha Countess of Flanders 118 was born about 987 in <Flanders (Belgium)>.
102. Luitgarde of Flanders 145 146 (Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 941 in Flanders and died on 29 Sep 964 about age 23.
Luitgarde married Wieman I , Count of Gand 145 about 955 in Flanders. Wieman was born about 920 in Gand, Flanders (Belgium).
The child from this marriage was:
+ 123 M i. Theodoric de Gand 145 was born about 956 in Gand, Flanders (Belgium).
103. Borrell II Count of Barcelona 123 (Sunifred , Count of Besalu and Urgel82, Widnille , Countess of Flanders63, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 946 in <Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain and died on 30 Sep 992 about age 46.
Borrell married Luitgarde , de Toulouse.123 Luitgarde was born about 952 in Toulouse, France and died after 977.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 124 M i. Raimund Borrel I Count of Barcelona 123 was born about 972 in <Barcelona, Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain and died on 25 Feb 1018 about age 46.
104. Charles Duke of Lower Lorraine 96 (Louis IV , d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks83, Charles III "the Simple" , King of Western Francia64, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 953 in <Laon, Champagne>, France, died on 21 May 992 in Kerker, Orléans, France about age 39, and was buried in St. Servatius, Maastricht.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 148-19
Charles married Adelheid 96 201 about 972. Adelheid was born about 953 in <Ardenne>, France.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 125 F i. Ermengarde of Lorraine 202 203 was born about 975 in <Lower Lorraine>, France and died after 1012.
+ 126 F ii. Gerberga of Lorraine 204 was born about 975 and died 27 jan aft 1018 about age 43.
105. Gozlin Count of Bidgau and Methingau 96 178 (Cunigonde84, Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 911 in <Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia> and died on 18 Dec 943 about age 32.
Gozlin married Oda , of Metz.96 178 Oda was born about 915 and died on 7 Apr 963 about age 48.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 127 M i. Godfrey I "the Captive" Count of Verdun 96 178 205 was born about 927 in <Ardenne>, France and died in 1002 about age 75.
+ 128 M ii. Adalberon Archbishop of Reims 206 died in 989.
106. Siegfried of Luxembourg 179 (Cunigonde84, Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 922 and died on 28 Oct 988 about age 66.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Siegfried of Luxembourg :
Siegfried or Sigefroy (c.922-28 Oct 998 ) is considered the first count of Luxembourg . He was actually count in the Moselgau and the Ardennes . He was also the advocate of the abbeys of Saint-Maximin de Trêves and Saint-Willibrod d'Echternach . He was a son of the Count Palatine Wigeric of Lotharingia and Cunigunda. He is the founder of the House of Luxembourg , a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes .
He had possessions from his father in Upper Lorraine . At the centre of his dominions he constructed the fortress of Luxembourg in 963. A town soon grew up around the castle. Though he used the title of count, the title "count of Luxembourg" was only applied to William some 150 years later.
Around 950, he married Hedwig of Nordgau (937-992), daughter of Eberhard IV of Nordgau . They had the following issue:
Noted events in his life were:
• Count in the Moselgau:
• Count in the Ardennes:
Siegfried married Hedwig , of Nordgau 207 about 950. Hedwig was born between 922 and 937 and died in 993.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 129 M i. Frederick I Count of Luxembourg 208 209 was born about 965 and died on 6 Oct 1019 about age 54.
107. Adelaide of Vermandois 181 (Robert , of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux85, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 934 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died 12 Mar 975 or 978 in Châlons-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France about age 41.
Birth Notes: Kevin Bradford has b. 950
Adelaide married Geoffrey I "Grisgonelle" , Count of Anjou 210 on 2 Mar 951 in Anjou, France. Geoffrey died on 21 Jul 987.
Marriage Notes: Kevin Bradford has m. 979. Seems too late.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 130 F i. Ermengarde of Anjou 211 212 was born about 952 in <Anjou, France> and died on 27 Jun 992 about age 40.
+ 131 M ii. Fulk III "the Black" of Maine, Count of Anjou 213 died on 21 Jun 1040.
108. Herbert III Count of Vermandois 133 182 (Albert I "the Pious" , Count of Vermandois89, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born between 942 and 953 and died in 993.
Birth Notes: Ancestral Roots has b. abt 955, but if he married Ogiva in 951, something is in error.
FamilySearch has b. between 942 and 953
Death Notes: FamilySearch has d. 29 Aug 0997/1015.
Ancestral Roots has d. 993
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-20. This source has b. abt 955, but if he married Ogiva in 951, something is in error.
Herbert married Ermengarde 153 214 by 987. Ermengarde was born about 946 in <Bourgogne, Champagne, France> and died after 1042.
Marriage Notes: FamilySearch has m. bef. 974.
Noted events in her life were:
• Living: 1021-1043.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 132 M i. Otto of Vermandois 153 215 was born about 1000 in <Vermandois, France> and died on 25 May 1045 in France about age 45.
Herbert next married Ogiva , of England in 951. Ogiva was born in 902 in Wessex, England and died after 955.
109. Eudes of Vermandois (Albert I "the Pious" , Count of Vermandois89, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 956 and died in 983 about age 27.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois
110. Liudolfe de Noyon (Albert I "the Pious" , Count of Vermandois89, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 957 and died in 986 about age 29.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois
111. Guy I of Vermandois, Count of Soissons (Albert I "the Pious" , Count of Vermandois89, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
112. Hugh Capet, King of France 187 188 (Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris92, Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born Winter 941 in France, died on 24 Oct 996 in Les Juifs, Chartres, France at age 55, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
Birth Notes: Birth date variously given as Aft. 939, winter 941
Death Notes: Another source says d. in Paris.
Research Notes: King of France 987-996. First of the Capetian kings of France. Count of Poitou, Count of Orleans.
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), Line 141-20.
Also Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
From Wikipedia - Hugh Capet :
Hugh Capet[1] (c. 940 - 24 October 996 ) was the first King of France of the eponymous Capetian dynasty from his election to succeed the Carolingian Louis V in 987 until his death.
Descent and inheritance
The son of Hugh the Great , Duke of France , and Hedwige of Saxony , daughter of the German king Henry the Fowler , Hugh was born about 940. His paternal family, the Robertians , were powerful landowners in the Île-de-France . His grandfather had been King Robert I and his grandmother Beatrice was a Carolingian, a daughter of Herbert I of Vermandois . King Odo was his great uncle and King Rudolph Odo's son-in-law. Hugh was born into a well-connected and powerful family with many ties to the reigning nobility of Europe.[2] But for all this, Hugh's father was never king. When Rudolph died in 936, Hugh the Great organized the return of Louis d'Outremer , son of Charles the Simple , from his exile at the court of Athelstan of England . Hugh's motives are unknown, but it is presumed that he acted to forestall Rudolph's brother and successor as Duke of Burgundy, Hugh the Black from taking the French throne, or to prevent it from falling into the grasping hands of Herbert II of Vermandois or William Longsword , Count of Rouen .[3]
In 956, Hugh inherited his father's estates and became one of the most powerful nobles in the much-reduced West Frankish kingdom . However, as he was not yet an adult, his uncle Bruno , Archbishop of Cologne , acted as regent . Young Hugh's neighbours made the most of the opportunity. Theobald I of Blois , a former vassal of Hugh the Great, took the counties of Chartres and Châteaudun . Further south, on the border of the kingdom, Fulk II of Anjou , another former client of Hugh the Great, carved out a principality at Hugh's expense and that of the Bretons .[4]...
Election and extent of power
From 978 to 986, Hugh Capet allied himself with the German emperors Otto II and Otto III and with Archbishop Adalberon of Reims to dominate the Carolingian king, Lothair . By 986, he was king in all but name. After Lothair and his son died in early 987, the archbishop of Reims and Gerbert of Aurillac convened an assembly of nobles to elect Hugh Capet as their king....
Dispute with the papacy
Hugh made Arnulf Archbishop of Reims in 988, even though Arnulf was the nephew of the his bitter rival, Charles of Lorraine . Charles thereupon succeeded in capturing Reims and took the archbishop prisoner. Hugh, however, considered Arnulf a turncoat and demanded his deposition by Pope John XV . The turn of events outran the messages, when Hugh captured both Charles and Arnulf and convoked a synod at Reims in June 991, which obediently deposed Arnulf and chose as his successor Gerbert of Aurillac. These proceedings were repudiated by Rome, although a second synod had ratified the decrees issued at Reims. John XV summoned the French bishops to hold an independent synod outside the King's realm, at Aachen , to reconsider the case. When they refused, he called them to Rome, but they protested that the unsettled conditions en route and in Rome made that impossible. The Pope then sent a legate with instructions to call a council of French and German bishops at Mousson , where only the German bishops appeared, the French being stopped on the way by Hugh and Robert.
Through the exertions of the legate, the deposition of Arnulf was finally pronounced illegal. After Hugh's death, Arnulf was released from his imprisonment and soon restored to all his dignities.
Legacy
Hugh Capet died on 24 October 996 in Paris and was interred in the Saint Denis Basilica . His son Robert continued to reign.
Most historians regard the beginnings of modern France with the coronation of Hugh Capet. This is because, as Count of Paris , he made the city his power center. The monarch began a long process of exerting control of the rest of the country from there.
He is regarded as the founder of the Capetian dynasty . The direct Capetians, or the House of Capet , ruled France from 987 to 1328; thereafter, the Kingdom was ruled by collateral branches of the dynasty. All French Kings down to Louis Philippe , and royal pretenders since then, have been members of the dynasty (the Bonapartes styled themselves emperors rather than kings). As of 2007 , the Capetian dynasty is still the head of state in the kingdom of Spain (in the person of the Bourbon Juan Carlos ) and the duchy of Luxembourg , being the oldest continuously reigning dynasty in Europe. Queen Elizabeth II is a direct descendent of Hugh Capet.
Marriage and issue
Hugh Capet married Adelaide , daughter of William Towhead , Count of Poitou . Their children are as follows:
A number of other daughters are less reliably attested.[10]
References
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Paris: 956-996.
• King of France: 987-996.
Hugh married Adelaide , de Poitou 41 216 Summer 968. Adelaide was born about 945 and died on 15 Jun 1006 about age 61.
Marriage Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 144A-20
Children from this marriage were:
+ 133 M i. Robert II "the Pious" King of France 217 218 was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orléans, Orléanais, (Loiret), France and died on 20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Normandy, France at age 59.
+ 134 F ii. Hedwig of France 219 was born about 969 and died after 1013.
Hugh next married someone.
+ 135 F i. Emma of Paris died about 968.
19th Generation 113. Giselbert Count of Roucy 190 191 (Alberade , of Lorraine94, Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine71, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born before 956 in <Reims, Marne, France>, died from 19 Apr 991 to 1000, and was buried in Rheims, Marne, France.
Death Notes: Ancestral Roots, line 151-20 says "Seversmith, 2, 548 says he was liv. 994, but d. by 997)."
Giselbert married someone.
+ 136 M i. Ebles I Count of Rheims & Roucy, Archbishop of Rheims 220 221 was born about 980 in <Roucy, Marne, France> and died on 11 May 1033 about age 53.
114. Ermentrude Countess of Rheims 79 (Alberade , of Lorraine94, Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine71, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 963 in <Rheims, Marne>, France and died before 5 Mar 1005.
Ermentrude married Otto Guillaume , Count of Burgundy 79 about 983. Otto was born about 958 in <Lombardy, Italy> and died on 21 Sep 1027 about age 69.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 137 M i. Renaud I Count Palantine of Burgundy 79 was born about 986 in <Bourgogne, Champagne>, France and died on 4 Sep 1057 in France about age 71.
115. Lambert I "the Bearded" Count of Louvain 96 193 (Reginar III , Count of Hainaut95, Reginar II , Count of Hainaut72, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 950 in <Louvain, Brabant>, Belgium and died on 12 Sep 1015 about age 65.
Lambert married Gerberga , of Lorraine 204 Betw 985 and 990. Gerberga was born about 975 and died 27 jan aft 1018 about age 43.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 138 F i. Maud of Louvain
+ 139 M ii. Lambert II Count of Louvain 96 222 was born about 991 in <Lorraine, France>, died after 21 Sep 1062, and was buried in Cloister of St. Gertrud, Nivelles, France.
116. Adalbert Marquis of Ivrea 79 (Willa , Princess of Tuscany96, Boso , Marquis of Tuscany76, Bertha , Princess of Lorraine59, Lothair II , King of Lorraine45, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 947 in <Italy> and died in 968 about age 21.
Adalbert married Gerberge , Countess of Burgundy.79 Gerberge was born about 948 in <Macon>, France and died 11 Dec 986 or 991 in Château de Pouilly, Pouilly-sur-Saone, Bourgogne, France about age 38.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 140 M i. Otto Guillaume Count of Burgundy 79 was born about 958 in <Lombardy, Italy> and died on 21 Sep 1027 about age 69.
117. William I Count of Poitou 195 (Ebles Mancer , Count of Poitou97, Ranulf II , Count of Poitou77, Blichilde , of Maine60, Rorick , Count of Maine48, Rotrude37, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 900 in <Poitiers, France> and died on 3 Apr 963 in <Saint-Cyrien de Poitiers, France> at age 63.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008).line 144A-19. Also line 45-22 (Henry III) and 110-23 (Hildegarde).
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford) has b. 910 in Poitier, d. bet 963 & 966 in Saint-Cyrien de Poitiers
William married Adele , de Normandie 223 in 935. Adele died after 969.
Marriage Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 144A-19
The child from this marriage was:
+ 141 F i. Adelaide de Poitou 41 216 was born about 945 and died on 15 Jun 1006 about age 61.
William next married someone.
+ 142 M i. William II Count of Poitou
118. Adolfus Count of Guînes 198 (Elftrude98, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 937 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, France and died in 996 about age 59.
Adolfus married Maud , de Bologne.224 Maud was born about 944.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 143 M i. Raoul Count of Guînes 225 was born about 978 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, France and died in 1036 about age 58.
119. Haloise de Guines (Elftrude98, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 940 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593872019
120. Jean de Conteville 199 200 (Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 960 in <Conteville>, Normandy, France.
Jean married someone.
+ 144 M i. Herluin de Conteville, Viscount of Conteville, Count of Crespon 226 227 228 was born about 1001 in Conteville, <Eure>, Normandy, France and died about 1066 about age 65.
+ 145 F ii. Oda de Conteville 229 230 was born about 998 in Conteville, Seine Maritime, France.
121. Arnulf II Count of Flanders (Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born from about 961 to 962 in Flanders, died on 30 Mar 987 about age 25, and was buried in Ghent, (East Flanders, Belgium).
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 162-20, has b. abt. 961/2, d. 30 Mar. 987, m. 968 Rosela (or Susanna) of Ivrea, d. 26 Jan. 1003.
From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871971 :
1 NAME Arnulf II "the Young" of /Flanders/ 2 SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001 1 BIRT 2 PLAC ,Flanders, Belgium 2SOUR S033320 3 DATA 4 TEXT Date of Import: Jan 17, 2001
[De La Pole.FTW]
Sources: RC 141, 184, 332; K and Q of Britain, Coe, A. Roots, AF,Smallwood, Kraentzler 1157, 1218, 1244, 1258; Pfafman.
Count of Flanders. Arnulf/Arnold.
K: Arnoul II, le Jeune, Count de Flandre et de Boulogne.
Another early arranged marriage?
This source has b. abt 941 in Flanders, d. 30 Mar 987, buried in Ghent.
Arnulf married Rosala , of Ivrea in 968. Rosala was born about 943 in Ivrea, (Turin, Piedmont, Italy) and died on 26 Jan 1003 about age 60.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 146 M i. Baldwin IV "the Bearded" Count of Valenciennes & Count of Flanders 41 231 232 was born in 980 in Flanders and died 30 May 1035 or 1036 at age 55.
122. Bertha Countess of Flanders 118 (Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 987 in <Flanders (Belgium)>.
Bertha married Aimon I , Count of Vienne.118 Aimon was born about 985 in <Geneva, Switzerland> and died in 1016 about age 31.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 147 M i. Gérold of Geneva 118 233 was born about 1012 in <Geneva, Switzerland> and died by 1080 about age 68.
123. Theodoric de Gand 145 (Luitgarde , of Flanders102, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 956 in Gand, Flanders (Belgium).
Theodoric married Hildegarde de Holland 145 about 983 in Gand, East Vlaanderen, (Belgium). Hildegarde was born about 961 in Zuid Holland, (Netherlands).
The child from this marriage was:
+ 148 M i. Arnoul Count of Gand 145 was born about 984 in Gand, Flanders (Belgium).
124. Raimund Borrel I Count of Barcelona 123 (Borrell II , Count of Barcelona103, Sunifred , Count of Besalu and Urgel82, Widnille , Countess of Flanders63, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 972 in <Barcelona, Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain and died on 25 Feb 1018 about age 46.
Raimund married Ermensinde , de Carcassonne 123 on 20 Jan 992. Ermensinde was born about 975 in Carcassonne, Aude, France.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 149 M i. Raimund Berenger, I, Count of Barcelona 123 was born in 1005 in <Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain, died on 26 May 1035 at age 30, and was buried in Santa Maria, Ripoll, Gerona, Spain.
125. Ermengarde of Lorraine 202 203 (Charles , Duke of Lower Lorraine104, Louis IV , d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks83, Charles III "the Simple" , King of Western Francia64, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 975 in <Lower Lorraine>, France and died after 1012.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 149-20
Ermengarde married Albert I , Count of Namur 202 234 in 990. Albert was born about 975 in <Lorraine, France> and died between 998 and 1011.
Death Notes: Ancestral Roots has d. bet. 998 and 1011, and d. 1012. FamilySearch has d. 1011
Children from this marriage were:
+ 150 M i. Albert II Count of Namur 235 was born about 1000 and died in 1064 about age 64.
+ 151 F ii. Hedwig of Namur 202 236 was born about 995 in Namur, Namur, Belgium and died about 1080 about age 85.
126. Gerberga of Lorraine 204 (Charles , Duke of Lower Lorraine104, Louis IV , d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks83, Charles III "the Simple" , King of Western Francia64, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 975 and died 27 jan aft 1018 about age 43.
Gerberga married Lambert I "the Bearded" , Count of Louvain 96 193 Betw 985 and 990. Lambert was born about 950 in <Louvain, Brabant>, Belgium and died on 12 Sep 1015 about age 65.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 115)
127. Godfrey I "the Captive" Count of Verdun 96 178 205 (Gozlin , Count of Bidgau and Methingau105, Cunigonde84, Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 927 in <Ardenne>, France and died in 1002 about age 75.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Godfrey I, Count of Verdun :
Godfrey I (died 1002), called the Prisoner or the Captive (le Captif), sometimes the Old (le Vieux), was the count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959 and the count of Verdun from 963 to his death. In 969, he obtained the margravate of Antwerp and Ename . Between 974 and 998, he was also the count of Hainault and Mons .
History
He was the son of Gozlin , Count of Bidgau and Methingau, and Oda of Metz. 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 Limburg or 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.
He appears as the new count of Verdun in 963, though 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 and held several years. He was released in 987 by Hugh Capet, whose political ally Godfrey's family was: Adalberon, Godfrey's brother, having crowned Hugh and Godfrey being an enemy of Charles of Lower Lorraine, Hugh's Carolingian rival.
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.
Family
In 963, he married Matilda, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony , of the Billung family, a widow of Baldwin III of Flanders . He had the following issue:
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Bidgau and Methingau: 959-1002.
• Count of Verdun: 963-1002.
• Margrave of Antwerp and Ename: 969-1002.
• Count of Hainault and Mons: 974-998.
Godfrey married Mathilde , of Saxony 118 about 963. Mathilde was born about 921 in Saxony, (Germany) and died on 28 May 1008 about age 87.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch has b. abt 958. This would make her incredibly young when she was married to Baldwin III.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 152 M i. Herman von Enham, Count in Eifelgau, Count in Westphalia 205 died in 1029.
+ 153 M ii. Gothelo I Duke of Lorraine 96 237 238 was born about 967 in Verdun, Meuse, France, died on 19 Apr 1044 about age 77, and was buried in Abbey Church of Bilsen.
128. Adalberon Archbishop of Reims 206 (Gozlin , Count of Bidgau and Methingau105, Cunigonde84, Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died in 989.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Adalberon (Archbishop of Reims) :
Adalberon (died 989) was the archbishop of Reims , chancellor of Kings Lothair and Louis V of France .
Upon the death of Louis V, in 987, Adalberon and Gerbert of Aurillac addressed the electoral assembly at Senlis in favour of Hugh Capet , to replace the Carolingian monarch. Adalberon pleaded:
"Crown the Duke. He is most illustrious by his exploits, his nobility, his forces. The throne is not acquired by hereditary right; no one should be raised to it unless distinguished not only for nobility of birth, but for the goodness of his soul."
Capet was elected and crowned at Noyon , 3 July in that year by Adalberon. The part played by Adalberon in bringing down the Carolingians would not be continued by their successors, Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine or the bastard son, Arnulf .
129. Frederick I Count of Luxembourg 208 209 (Siegfried , of Luxembourg106, Cunigonde84, Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 965 and died on 6 Oct 1019 about age 54.
Research Notes: From Ancestral Roots, line 143-20. "FREDERICK I OF LUXEMBOURG, b. abt. 965, d. 1019, Count of Salm and Luxembourg; m. bef. 995, NN heiress (Ermentrude?) of Gleiberg, dau. of Heribert I, d. 992, Count of Gleiberg, Count in the Kinziggau, by his wife, by Ermentrud (Imizi), dau. of Megingoz, count in Avalgau, by Gerberga of Alsace (Herbert I was son of Udo, Count in the Wetterau, by his wife, a dau. of HERBERT I (50-17), Count of Vermandois)."
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From Wikipedia - Frederick of Luxembourg :
Frederick of Luxembourg (965 - 6 October 1019 ), count of Moezelgouw , was a son of count Siegfried of Luxembourg and Hedwig of Nordgau .
By a wife whose name is unknown (certain historians give her as Ermentrude, countess of Gleiberg), he had :
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Moezelgouw:
• Count of Salm:
Frederick married <Ermentrude> , of Gleiberg.208
The child from this marriage was:
+ 154 F i. Ogive de Luxembourg 41 239 was born about 995 and died 21 Feb 1030 or 1036 about age 35.
130. Ermengarde of Anjou 211 212 (Adelaide , of Vermandois107, Robert , of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux85, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 952 in <Anjou, France> and died on 27 Jun 992 about age 40.
Research Notes: 2nd wife of Robert the Old.
Ermengarde married Conan I , Count of Rennes, Duke of Brittany 79 240 241 about 952 in France. Conan was born about 927 in <Bretagne, France> and died on 29 Jun 992 in Conquereuil, Bretagne, France about age 65.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 155 M i. Geoffrey de Bretagne 242 was born about 971 in Bretagne, France and died on 20 Nov 1008 about age 37.
+ 156 F ii. Judith of Brittany 79 243 244 was born about 982 in <Bretagne, (France)> and died on 16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France about age 35.
Ermengarde next married Robert "the Old" , Duke of Burgundy 245 246 about 1048. Robert was born about 1011 and died on 21 Mar 1076 about age 65.
131. Fulk III "the Black" of Maine, Count of Anjou 213 (Adelaide , of Vermandois107, Robert , of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux85, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died on 21 Jun 1040.
Fulk married Hildegarde 247 after 1000. Hildegarde died on 1 Apr 1040 in Jerusalem, Palestine.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 157 F i. Ermengarde of Anjou 211 was born about 1018 and died on 21 Mar 1076 about age 58.
132. Otto of Vermandois 153 215 (Herbert III , Count of Vermandois108, Albert I "the Pious" , Count of Vermandois89, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1000 in <Vermandois, France> and died on 25 May 1045 in France about age 45.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-21
Also Wikipedia - Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois
Otto married Parvie.248
The child from this marriage was:
+ 158 M i. Herbert IV Count of Vermandois and Valois 153 249 was born about 1032 in <Vermandois> and died about 1080 in France about age 48.
133. Robert II "the Pious" King of France 217 218 (Hugh Capet, King of France112, Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris92, Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orléans, Orléanais, (Loiret), France and died on 20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Normandy, France at age 59.
Death Notes: Melun, France?
Research Notes: Count of Paris, King of France
From Wikipedia - Robert II of France:
Robert II (27 March 972 - 20 July 1031 ), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet , he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine .
Co-rule with father
Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy.[1] Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona , an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition.[2] Ralph Glaber , however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility.[3] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain.[4] Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December 987. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.
Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV , with whom Hugh was then in disagreement.
Marital problems
As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess,[5]Hugh Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy , Rozala , who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen.[6] She was many years his senior. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders , with whom she had children, the oldest of whom was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha , daughter of Conrad of Burgundy , around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois , but was also Robert's cousin. For reasons of consanguinity , Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II , the marriage was annulled.
Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles , the daughter of William I of Provence . She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.
Piety
Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety", resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.
Children
Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:[7]
Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges
Sources
Noted events in his life were:
• King of France: 1 Jan 996-1031.
Robert married Rosela , of Ivrea.250
Robert next married Bertha , of Burgundy 251 in 995. Bertha was born about 964 and died after 1010.
Noted events in her life were:
• Repudiated: 998.
Robert next married Constance , of Provence 252 253 in 998. Constance was born about 986, died on 25 Jul 1032 in Melun, France about age 46, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 159 F i. Adele Capet, Princess of France 254 255 was born about 1009 and died about 8 Jan 1079 in Messines Monastery, Messines (Mesen), West Flanders, (Belgium) about age 70.
+ 160 F ii. Constance Capet 202 256 was born about 1014 in France.
+ 161 M iii. Hugh Magnus of France was born in 1007 and died on 17 Sep 1025 at age 18.
+ 162 M iv. Henry I of France 257 258 was born on 4 May 1008 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, died on 4 Aug 1060 in Vitry-en-Brie, France at age 52, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
+ 163 M v. Robert "the Old" Duke of Burgundy 245 246 was born about 1011 and died on 21 Mar 1076 about age 65.
+ 164 M vi. Odo was born in 1013 and died about 1056 about age 43.
+ 165 F vii. Adèle of France, Countess of Auxerre 259 was born about 1003 and died about 1063 about age 60.
134. Hedwig of France 219 (Hugh Capet, King of France112, Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris92, Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 969 and died after 1013.
Hedwig married Régnier IV , Count of Hainaut 260 in 996. Régnier was born about 950 and died in 1013 about age 63.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Hainaut: 1013.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 166 M i. Régnier V Count of Hainaut 261 died after 1039.
135. Emma of Paris (Hugh Capet, King of France112, Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris92, Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died about 968.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 121E-20 (Richard I)
Emma married Richard I , Duke of Normandy 183 262 263 264 265 in 960. Richard was born on 28 Aug 933 in <Fécamp>, Normandy, (France), died on 20 Nov 996 in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, France at age 63, and was buried in Fécamp, Seine-Inferieure, France.
Marriage Notes: Betrothed about 945 and married 960
Birth Notes: Ancestral Roots has b. abt 933 in Fecamp, France.
Noted events in his life were:
• Named: his father's heir, 29 May 942.
20th Generation 136. Ebles I Count of Rheims & Roucy, Archbishop of Rheims 220 221 (Giselbert , Count of Roucy113, Alberade , of Lorraine94, Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine71, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 980 in <Roucy, Marne, France> and died on 11 May 1033 about age 53.
Birth Notes: http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f001/f93/a0019300.htm has b. 994.
Ebles married Beatrix , of Hainaut.266 Beatrix was born about 998 in <Hainaut, Belgium>.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 167 F i. Adele de Roucy 267 268 was born about 1014 in <Roucy, Aisne, France> and died about 1062 about age 48.
137. Renaud I Count Palantine of Burgundy 79 (Ermentrude , Countess of Rheims114, Alberade , of Lorraine94, Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine71, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 986 in <Bourgogne, Champagne>, France and died on 4 Sep 1057 in France about age 71.
Renaud married Adelais , de Normandie 79 before 1023 in France. Adelais was born about 1007 in <Normandy, France> and died about 1037 in France about age 30.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 168 M i. Guillaume I de Bourgogne 79 269 was born about 1040 in <Bourgogne, Champagne>, France and died on 12 Nov 1087 in France about age 47.
138. Maud of Louvain (Lambert I "the Bearded" , Count of Louvain115, Reginar III , Count of Hainaut95, Reginar II , Count of Hainaut72, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
Maud married Eustace I , Count of Boulogne.270 Eustace died in 1049.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 169 M i. Eustace II Count of Boulogne 123 271 272 was born between 1015 and 1020 in <Buckinghamshire>, England and died about 1087.
139. Lambert II Count of Louvain 96 222 (Lambert I "the Bearded" , Count of Louvain115, Reginar III , Count of Hainaut95, Reginar II , Count of Hainaut72, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 991 in <Lorraine, France>, died after 21 Sep 1062, and was buried in Cloister of St. Gertrud, Nivelles, France.
Lambert married Oda.96 273 Oda was born about 995 in Lorraine, France and died in 1044 about age 49.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 170 M i. Henry II Count of Leuven and Brussels 96 274 275 was born about 1021 in <Brabant, France>, died in 1079 about age 58, and was buried in Cloister of St. Gertrud, Nivelles, France.
140. Otto Guillaume Count of Burgundy 79 (Adalbert , Marquis of Ivrea116, Willa , Princess of Tuscany96, Boso , Marquis of Tuscany76, Bertha , Princess of Lorraine59, Lothair II , King of Lorraine45, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 958 in <Lombardy, Italy> and died on 21 Sep 1027 about age 69.
Otto married Ermentrude , Countess of Rheims 79 about 983. Ermentrude was born about 963 in <Rheims, Marne>, France and died before 5 Mar 1005.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 114)
141. Adelaide de Poitou 41 216 (William I , Count of Poitou117, Ebles Mancer , Count of Poitou97, Ranulf II , Count of Poitou77, Blichilde , of Maine60, Rorick , Count of Maine48, Rotrude37, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 945 and died on 15 Jun 1006 about age 61.
Adelaide married Hugh Capet, King of France 187 188 Summer 968. Hugh was born Winter 941 in France, died on 24 Oct 996 in Les Juifs, Chartres, France at age 55, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
Marriage Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 144A-20
Birth Notes: Birth date variously given as Aft. 939, winter 941
Death Notes: Another source says d. in Paris.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Paris: 956-996.
• King of France: 987-996.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 112)
142. William II Count of Poitou (William I , Count of Poitou117, Ebles Mancer , Count of Poitou97, Ranulf II , Count of Poitou77, Blichilde , of Maine60, Rorick , Count of Maine48, Rotrude37, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
William married someone.
+ 171 M i. William III Count of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine
143. Raoul Count of Guînes 225 (Adolfus , Count of Guînes118, Elftrude98, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 978 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, France and died in 1036 about age 58.
Raoul married someone.
+ 172 M i. Manasses Count of Guînes 276 277 was born about 1012 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, France.
144. Herluin de Conteville, Viscount of Conteville, Count of Crespon 226 227 228 (Jean de Conteville120, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1001 in Conteville, <Eure>, Normandy, France and died about 1066 about age 65.
Death Notes: His death may have been as late as 1087.
Research Notes: Stepfather of William the Conqueror. Historiams are apparently not certain which of his daughters was William's mother.
Source http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593874598 has b. abt 1001 in Conteville, Seine Maritime, France. Same place? Sets death date as 1066. Count of Crespon
Herluin had a relationship with Harlette de Falaise 278 279 280 about 1031 in Conteville, Eure, Normandy, France. This couple did not marry. Harlette was born about 1003 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France, died before 1050, and was buried in Abbey of St. Grestain, France.
Marriage Notes: Wikipedia (Herluin de Conteville) has married in 1031. ThePeerage.com has between 1029 and 1035.
Birth Notes: Citing the Royal Genealogies Website, thepeerage.com has b. abt 1012. Wikipedia (Herleva) has abt 1003.
Burial Notes: From Wikipedia (Herleva):
According to Robert of Torigni , Herleva was buried at the abbey of Grestain, which was founded by Herluin and their son Robert around 1050. This would put Herleva in her forties around the time of her death. However, David C. Douglas suggests that Herleva probably died before Herluin founded the abbey because her name does not appear on the list of benefactors, whereas the name of Herluin's second wife, Fredesendis, does.
+ 173 F i. Miss < > de Conteville, [stepmother of Hamon] 281 was born from about 1037 to 1041 in Conteville, Normandy, France.
+ 174 M ii. Odo de Conteville, Bishop of Bayeux 282 was born between 1031 and 1035, died in Feb 1097 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, and was buried in Palermo Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
+ 175 M iii. Robert de Burgo, Count of Mortain 282 was born between 1030 and 1031 and was buried in Abbey of St. Grestain, France.
+ 176 F iv. Emma de Conteville 283 284 was born about 1043.
+ 177 F v. Isabella de Conteville
+ 178 F vi. Muriel de Burgo 285 was buried in Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
145. Oda de Conteville 229 230 (Jean de Conteville120, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 998 in Conteville, Seine Maritime, France.
Oda married Waleran I , Count of Meulan about 1017 in France. Waleran was born about 990 and died about 1069 about age 79.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 179 F i. Adeline of Meulan 230 286 was born about 1014 in <Pont-Audemer>, Normandy, France and died in 1081 about age 67.
+ 180 M ii. Hugh Count of Meulan
146. Baldwin IV "the Bearded" Count of Valenciennes & Count of Flanders 41 231 232 (Arnulf II , Count of Flanders121, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 980 in Flanders and died 30 May 1035 or 1036 at age 55.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders :
Baldwin IV of Flanders (980-May 30 , 1035 [1]), known as the Bearded, was Count of Flanders from 988 until his death. He was the son of Arnulf II, Count of Flanders . His mother was Rozala of Lombardy .
History
In contrast to his predecessors Baldwin turned his attention to the east and north, leaving the southern part of his territory in the hands of his vassals the counts of Guînes , Hesdin , and St. Pol .
To the north of the county Baldwin was given Zeeland as a fief by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II , while on the right bank of the Scheldt river he received Valenciennes (1013) and parts of the Cambresis and Hainaut .
In the French territories of the count of Flanders, the supremacy of the Baldwini remained unchallenged. They organized a great deal of colonization of marshland along the coastline of Flanders and enlarged the harbour and city of Brugge.
Family
Baldwin first married Ogive of Luxembourg , daughter of Frederick of Luxembourg , by whom he had a son and heir Baldwin V .
He later married Eleanor of Normandy daughter of Richard II of Normandy , by whom he had at least one daughter Judith who married Tostig Godwinson and Welf I, Duke of Bavaria .
His granddaughter, Matilda of Flanders , would go on to marry William the Conqueror , therefore starting the line of Anglo-Norman Kings of England .
Baldwin married Ogive , de Luxembourg 41 239 about 1012. Ogive was born about 995 and died 21 Feb 1030 or 1036 about age 35.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 181 M i. Baldwin V de Lille, Count of Flanders 41 287 288 was born in 1012 and died on 1 Sep 1067 in Lille, France at age 55.
+ 182 F ii. Ermengarde of Flanders 145 was born about 1005 in <Flanders (Belgium)>.
147. Gérold of Geneva 118 233 (Bertha , Countess of Flanders122, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1012 in <Geneva, Switzerland> and died by 1080 about age 68.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 274A-23 (Amadeus II)
Gérold married Gisele.123 233 Gisele was born about 1020 in <Switzerland>.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 183 F i. Jeanne of Geneva 79 289 was born about 1040 in <Geneva, Switzerland>.
148. Arnoul Count of Gand 145 (Theodoric de Gand123, Luitgarde , of Flanders102, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 984 in Gand, Flanders (Belgium).
Arnoul married Lietgarde de Cleves 145 about 1003 in Gand, East Vlaanderen, (Belgium). Lietgarde was born about 987 in <Cleves, (Germany)>.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 184 M i. Adalbert de Gand 145 was born about 1004 in Gand, Flanders (Belgium).
149. Raimund Berenger, I, Count of Barcelona 123 (Raimund Borrel I , Count of Barcelona124, Borrell II , Count of Barcelona103, Sunifred , Count of Besalu and Urgel82, Widnille , Countess of Flanders63, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 1005 in <Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain, died on 26 May 1035 at age 30, and was buried in Santa Maria, Ripoll, Gerona, Spain.
Raimund married Sancha Sanchez, de Castile 123 in 1021 in Spain. Sancha was born about 1006 in Castile, Spain, died on 26 Jun 1026 about age 20, and was buried in Santa Maria, Ripoll, Gerona, Spain.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 185 M i. Ramon Berenguer I Count of Barcelona 123 290 was born in 1023 in <Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain and died on 26 May 1076 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Aragón, Spain at age 53.
150. Albert II Count of Namur 235 (Ermengarde , of Lorraine125, Charles , Duke of Lower Lorraine104, Louis IV , d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks83, Charles III "the Simple" , King of Western Francia64, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1000 and died in 1064 about age 64.
Albert married Regilinde , of Lorraine. Regilinde died in 1064.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 186 M i. Albert III Count of Namur 96 291 was born about 1048 in <Namur>, Belgium and died on 22 Jun 1102 about age 54.
151. Hedwig of Namur 202 236 (Ermengarde , of Lorraine125, Charles , Duke of Lower Lorraine104, Louis IV , d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks83, Charles III "the Simple" , King of Western Francia64, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 995 in Namur, Namur, Belgium and died about 1080 about age 85.
Hedwig married Gerard IV , Count of Alsace, Duke of Upper Lorraine.202 236 292 Gerard was born before 1050 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 4 Apr 1070 in Remiremont, Vosges, France.
Birth Notes: Wikipedia has b. abt. 1030.
Death Notes: May have died on 14 April 1070.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Metz and Chatenois: 1048-1070.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 187 M i. Thierry II Duke of Lorraine 236 293 died in 1115.
+ 188 M ii. Gerard of Lorraine, Count of Vaudemont 202 294 was born about 1057 in <Lorraine, France>, died about 1120 about age 63, and was buried in Belval, Ardennes, France.
152. Herman von Enham, Count in Eifelgau, Count in Westphalia 205 (Godfrey I "the Captive" , Count of Verdun127, Gozlin , Count of Bidgau and Methingau105, Cunigonde84, Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died in 1029.
Herman married someone.
+ 189 F i. Mathilde of Verdun 205 died about 1039.
153. Gothelo I Duke of Lorraine 96 237 238 (Godfrey I "the Captive" , Count of Verdun127, Gozlin , Count of Bidgau and Methingau105, Cunigonde84, Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 967 in Verdun, Meuse, France, died on 19 Apr 1044 about age 77, and was buried in Abbey Church of Bilsen.
Research Notes: Great-grandson of Cunegonde. Youngest son of Godfrey I and Matilda Billung.
From Wikipedia - Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine :
Gothelo or Gozelo (c. 967 - 19 April 1044 ), called the Great, was the duke of Lower Lorraine from 1023 and of Upper Lorraine from 1033. He was also the margrave of Antwerp from 1005 (or 1008) and count of Verdun . Gothelo was the youngest son of Godfrey I, Count of Verdun , and Matilda Billung, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony . On his father's death, he received the march of Antwerp and became a vassal of his brother, Godfrey II , who became duke of Lower Lorraine in 1012. He succeeded his brother in 1023 with the support of the Emperor Henry II , but was opposed until Conrad II forced the rebels to submit in 1025. When the House of Bar , which ruled in Upper Lorraine, became extinct in 1033, with the death of his cousin Frederick III , Conrad made him duke of both duchies, so that he could assist in the defence of the territory against Odo II , count of Blois , Meaux , Chartres , and Troyes (the later Champagne ).
In the Battle of Bar on 15 November 1037 , Gothelo dealt a decisive blow to Odo, who was trying to creating an independent state between France and Germany. Odo died in the battle.
Gothelo died on 19 April 1044 and is buried in the Abbey Church of Bilsen . His son Godfrey succeeded in Upper Lorraine, but the Emperor Henry III refused to give him the duchy of Lower Lorraine as well. When Godfrey showed disagreement with the imperial decision, Henry III threatened to pass the duchy to Godfrey's incompetent brother Gothelo . This caused a long rebellion in Lotharingia between the allies of Godfrey (the counts of Flanders and Leuven ) and imperial forces (1044-1056).
Family
The name of Gothelo's wife is not known, the name Barbe de Lebarten (and in fact her entire ancestry), being a spurious concoction of later genealogists.[1][2] He had the following children:
Noted events in his life were:
• Duke of Lower Lorraine: 1023-1044.
• Duke of Upper Lorraine: 1033-1044.
• Margrave of Antwerp: Abt 1005-1044.
Gothelo married < > , [Not Barbe de Lebarten].
Children from this marriage were:
+ 190 F i. Regilinde of Lorraine died in 1064.
+ 191 F ii. Oda 96 273 was born about 995 in Lorraine, France and died in 1044 about age 49.
+ 192 M iii. Godfrey III Duke of Lower Lorraine 295 296 was born about 997 and died in 1069 about age 72.
154. Ogive de Luxembourg 41 239 (Frederick I , Count of Luxembourg129, Siegfried , of Luxembourg106, Cunigonde84, Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 995 and died 21 Feb 1030 or 1036 about age 35.
Ogive married Baldwin IV "the Bearded" , Count of Valenciennes & Count of Flanders 41 231 232 about 1012. Baldwin was born in 980 in Flanders and died 30 May 1035 or 1036 at age 55.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 146)
155. Geoffrey de Bretagne 242 (Ermengarde , of Anjou130, Adelaide , of Vermandois107, Robert , of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux85, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 971 in Bretagne, France and died on 20 Nov 1008 about age 37.
Geoffrey married Havlive , de Normandie 297 in 996 in Bretagne, France. Havlive was born about 976 in Normandy, France and died on 21 Feb 1034 in Évreux, Rouen, Seine-et-Maritime, France about age 58.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 193 M i. Geoffrey de Bretagne 298 was born about 1001 in Bretagne, France.
156. Judith of Brittany 79 243 244 (Ermengarde , of Anjou130, Adelaide , of Vermandois107, Robert , of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux85, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 982 in <Bretagne, (France)> and died on 16 Jun 1017 in Normandy, France about age 35.
Research Notes: First wife of Richard II. Founded abbey of Bernay, Normandy, abt 1026.
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 132A-22
From Wikipedia - Judith of Brittany :
Judith of Brittany (982 - 1017) was the daughter of Conan I, Duke of Brittany and the mother of Robert the Magnificent .
She was the first wife of Richard the Good, Duke of Normandy , whom she married in 996. They had six children:
The duchess Judith died in 1017 and was buried in the abbey of Bernay, which she had founded.
Judith married Richard II , Duke of Normandy 79 299 300 301 about 996 in Normandy, France. Richard was born about 985 in Normandy, (France), died on 28 Aug 1027 in Fécamp, Normandy, France about age 42, and was buried in Fécamp, Normandy, France.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch and thepeerage.com have b. abt. 963.
Noted events in his life were:
• Duke of Normandy: 20 Nov 996.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 194 M i. Richard III Duke of Normandy 302 was born about 997 and died on 6 Aug 1028 about age 31.
+ 195 F ii. Adelais de Normandie 79 was born about 1007 in <Normandy, France> and died about 1037 in France about age 30.
+ 196 M iii. Robert I Duke of Normandy 303 304 305 306 was born about 1008 in Normandy, France and died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Bythnia, (Turkey) about age 27.
157. Ermengarde of Anjou 211 (Fulk III "the Black" , of Maine, Count of Anjou131, Adelaide , of Vermandois107, Robert , of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux85, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1018 and died on 21 Mar 1076 about age 58.
Ermengarde married Aubri-Geoffrey , Count of the Gâtinais 307 308 about 1035. Aubri-Geoffrey was born about 1013 in Orléanais, France and died on 11 Apr 1046 about age 33.
Death Notes: Death date may be 1 Apr. 1046
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of the Gâtinais: 1034-1043.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 197 M i. Fulk IV "le Réchin" Count of Anjou 309 310 311 was born in 1043 in Anjou, France and died on 14 Apr 1109 at age 66.
158. Herbert IV Count of Vermandois and Valois 153 249 (Otto , of Vermandois132, Herbert III , Count of Vermandois108, Albert I "the Pious" , Count of Vermandois89, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1032 in <Vermandois> and died about 1080 in France about age 48.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-22
Also Source: Wikipedia - Elizabeth of Vermandois
Herbert married Adela , of Valois and Vexin.312 313
Children from this marriage were:
+ 198 F i. Adelaide de Vermandois, Countess of Vermandois and Valois 153 314 315 was born about 1065 in <Valois, Île-de-France, France> and died on 28 Sep 1120 in <Vermandois> about age 55.
+ 199 M ii. Eudes "l'Insensé"
159. Adele Capet, Princess of France 254 255 (Robert II "the Pious" , King of France133, Hugh Capet, King of France112, Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris92, Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1009 and died about 8 Jan 1079 in Messines Monastery, Messines (Mesen), West Flanders, (Belgium) about age 70.
Research Notes: Second daughter of Robert the Pious and Constance of Arles.
From Wikipedia - Adela of France, Countess of Flanders :
Adela Capet, Adèle of France or Adela of Flanders[1], known also as Adela the Holy or Adela of Messines; (1009 - 8 January 1079 , Messines ) was the second daughter of Robert II (the Pious), and Constance of Arles . As dowry to her future husband, she received from her father the title of Countess of Corbie.
Her family
She was a member of the House of Capet , the rulers of France. As the wife of Baldwin V , she was Countess of Flanders from 1036 to 1067.
She married first 1027 Richard III Duke of Normandy (997 † 1027). They never had children.
As a widow, she remarried in 1028 in Paris to Baldwin V of Flanders (1012 † 1067). Their children were:
Political influence
Adèle's influence lay mainly in her family connections. On the death of her brother, Henry I of France, the guardianship of his seven-year-old son Philip I fell jointly on his widow, Ann of Kiev , and on his brother-in-law, Adela's husband, so that from 1060 to 1067, they were Regents of France.
Church influence
Adèle had an especially great interest in Baldwin V's church-reform politics and was behind her husband's founding of several collegiate churches . Directly or indirectly, she was responsible for establishing the Colleges of Aire (1049), Lille (1050) and Harelbeke (1064) as well as the abbeys of Messines (1057) and Ename (1063). After Baldwin's death in 1067, she went to Rome, took the nun's veil from the hands of Pope Alexander II and retreated to the Benedictine convent of Messines, near Ypres . There she died, being buried at the same monastery. Her commemoration day is 8 September.
Adele married Baldwin V , de Lille, Count of Flanders 41 287 288 in 1028 in Amiens. Baldwin was born in 1012 and died on 1 Sep 1067 in Lille, France at age 55.
Marriage Notes: May have been married in Paris.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Flanders: 1035-1067.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 200 F i. Matilda of Flanders 316 317 was born about 1032 in Flanders, died on 2 Nov 1083 in Caen, Normandy, France about age 51, and was buried in Abbaye aux Dames, Caen, Normandy, France.
+ 201 M ii. Robert I Count of Flanders 318 319 was born between 1029 and 1035 and died on 13 Oct 1093 in Kassel.
Adele next married Richard III , Duke of Normandy 302 on 10 Jan 1027. Richard was born about 997 and died on 6 Aug 1028 about age 31.
Death Notes: Died in 1027 or 1028.
Noted events in his life were:
• Duke of Normandy: 1026-1028.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 202 F i. Judith of Normandy 320 was born in 1028 and died on 4 Mar 1094 at age 66.
160. Constance Capet 202 256 (Robert II "the Pious" , King of France133, Hugh Capet, King of France112, Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris92, Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1014 in France.
Research Notes: Married Manasses de Dammartin per Wikipedia.
Source: Wikipedia - Robert II of France and Constance of Arles
Constance married Manasses Calva Asina de Rameru 202 about 1032 in Orléans, Orléanais, (Loiret), France. Manasses was born about 1010 in <Dammartin-en-Goele, Seine-et-Marne>, France and died on 15 Nov 1057 in Bar-le-Duc, Meuse, Lorraine, France about age 47.
Death Notes: Was killed during the Siege of Bar-le-Duc.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 203 M i. Hugues de Dammartin, Count of Dammartin 202 321 was born about 1042 in <Dammartin-en-Goele, Seine-et-Marne>, France and died in 1103 about age 61.
161. Hugh Magnus of France (Robert II "the Pious" , King of France133, Hugh Capet, King of France112, Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris92, Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 1007 and died on 17 Sep 1025 at age 18.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Hugh Magnus of France :
Hugh (II) Magnus of France (French : Hugues le Grand) (1007 - 17 September 1025 ) was co-King of France under his father, Robert II , from 1017 until his death in 1025 . He was a member of the House of Capet , a son of Robert II by his third wife, Constance of Arles .
The first Capetian King of France, Hugh Capet , had ensured his family's succession to the throne by having his son, Robert II, crowned and accepted as King during his own lifetime; father and son had ruled together as King thenceforth until Hugh Capet's death. Robert II, when his son was old enough, determined to do the same. Hugh Magnus was thus crowned King of France on /19 June 1017 ,[1] and thenceforth ruled beside his father. However, when older, he rebelled against Robert.
Hugh is said to have been married (or betrothed) before his death to Halwisa (Hawisa?) or Elisabeth d'Avoye (the daughter of Henri l'Oiseteur), who later married Hamon Dapifer Crevecouer, Count of Corbeil.
Hugh died, perhaps of a fall from his horse,[2] at Compiègne in 1025/1026 while preparing a rebellion against his father, aged around 18 years old.[1]
Rodulfus Glaber was fulsome in his praise of the young king, writing: "My pen cannot express all of the great and good qualities that he showed...in all things he was better than the best. No elegy can ever equal his merits."
As a King of France, he would technically be Hugh II of France; however, he is rarely referred to as such.
References
^ a b Thys, Laurent, Histoire du Moyen Âge français, p. 88.
^ New Cambridge Medieval History, IV:124.
Sources
162. Henry I of France 257 258 (Robert II "the Pious" , King of France133, Hugh Capet, King of France112, Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris92, Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born on 4 May 1008 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France, died on 4 Aug 1060 in Vitry-en-Brie, France at age 52, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Henry I of France :
Henry I (4 May 1008 - 4 August 1060 ) was King of France from 1031 to his death. The royal demesne of France reached its lowest point in terms of size during his reign and for this reason he is often seen as emblematic of the weakness of the early Capetians . This is not entirely agreed upon, however, as other historians regard him as a strong but realistic king, who was forced to conduct a policy mindful of the limitations of the French monarchy.
A member of the House of Capet , Henry was born in Reims , the son of King Robert II (972-1031) and Constance of Arles (986-1034). He was crowned King of France at the Cathedral in Reims on May 14 , 1027 , in the Capetian tradition, while his father still lived. He had little influence and power until he became sole ruler on his father's death.
The reign of Henry I, like those of his predecessors, was marked by territorial struggles. Initially, he joined his brother Robert , with the support of their mother, in a revolt against his father (1025 ). His mother, however, supported Robert as heir to the old king, on whose death Henry was left to deal with his rebel sibling. In 1032 , he placated his brother by giving him the duchy of Burgundy which his father had given him in 1016 .
In an early strategic move, Henry came to the rescue of his very young nephew-in-law, the newly appointed Duke William of Normandy (who would go on to become William the Conqueror ), to suppress a revolt by William's vassals. In 1047 , Henry secured the dukedom for William in their decisive victory over the vassals at the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes near Caen .
A few years later, when William, who was cousin to King Edward the Confessor of England (1042-66), married Matilda , the daughter of the count of Flanders , Henry feared William's potential power. In 1054 , and again in 1057 , Henry went to war to try to conquer Normandy from William, but on both occasions he was defeated. Despite his efforts, Henry I's twenty-nine-year reign saw feudal power in France reach its pinnacle.
Henry had three meetings with Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor -all at Ivois . In early 1043 , he met him to discuss the marriage of the emperor with Agnes of Poitou , the daughter of Henry's vassal. In October 1048 , the two Henries met again, but the subject of this meeting eludes us. The final meeting took place in May 1056 . It concerned disputes over Lorraine. The debate over the duchy became so heated that the king of France challenged his German counterpart to single combat. The emperor, however, was not so much a warrior and he fled in the night. But Henry did not get Lorraine.
King Henry I died on August 4 , 1060 in Vitry-en-Brie , France, and was interred in Saint Denis Basilica . He was succeeded by his son, Philip I of France , who was 7 at the time of his death; for six years Henry I's Queen, Anne of Kiev , ruled as regent.
He was also Duke of Burgundy from 1016 to 1032 , when he abdicated the duchy to his brother Robert Capet .
Marriages and family
Henry I was betrothed to Matilda, the daughter of the Emperor Conrad II (1024-39), but she died prematurely in 1034 . Henry I then married Matilda , daughter of Liudolf, Margrave of Frisia, but she died in 1044 , following a Caesarean section. Casting further afield in search of a third wife, Henry I married Anne of Kiev on May 19 , 1051 . They had four children:
Philip I (May 23, 1052 - July 30, 1108)
Emma (1054-?)
Robert (c. 1055-c. 1060)
Hugh the Great (1057-1102)
Noted events in his life were:
• King of France: 1031-1060.
• Count of Paris:
Henry married Anne , of Kiev 322 323 on 19 May 1051 in Cathedral de Rheims, Rheims, France. Anne was born between 1024 and 1032, died in 1075, and was buried in Villiers Abbey, La-Ferte-Alais, Essonne, (Île-de-France), France.
Marriage Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 241-6 has m. 20 Jan 1044 or 1045. Wikipedia has 19 May 1051. Was 1044/45 the betrothal?
Death Notes: Ancestral Roots line 241-6 has d. aft. 1075
Children from this marriage were:
+ 204 M i. Hugh Magnus of Vermandois and Valois, Duke of France 324 325 was born in 1057 and died on 18 Oct 1102 in Tarsus, Cilicia, (Turkey) at age 45.
+ 205 M ii. Philip I of France was born on 23 May 1052 and died on 30 Jul 1108 at age 56.
+ 206 M iii. Robert was born about 1055 and died about 1060 about age 5.
+ 207 F iv. Emma 326 was born in 1054.
163. Robert "the Old" Duke of Burgundy 245 246 (Robert II "the Pious" , King of France133, Hugh Capet, King of France112, Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris92, Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1011 and died on 21 Mar 1076 about age 65.
Research Notes: Duke of Burgundy from 1032 to his death in 1076.
From Wikipedia - Robert I, Duke of Burgundy :
Robert I Capet (1011 - March 21 , 1076 ) was duke of Burgundy between 1032 to his death. Robert was son of King Robert II of France and brother of Henry I .
In 1025 , with the death of his eldest brother Hugh Magnus, he and Henry rebelled against their father and defeated him, forcing him back to Paris . In 1031 , after the death of his father the king, Robert participated in a rebellion against his brother, in which he was supported by his mother, Queen Constance d'Arles . Peace was only achieved when Robert was given Burgundy (1032 ).
Throughout his reign, he was little more than a robber baron who had no control over his own vassals, whose estates he often plundered, especially those of the Church. He seized the income of the diocese of Autun and the wine of the canons of Dijon . He burgled the abbey of St-Germain at Auxerre . In 1055 , he repudiated his wife, Helie of Semur, and assassinated her brother Joceran and murdered her father, his father-in-law, Lord Dalmace I of Semur , with his own hands. In that same year, the bishop of Langres , Harduoin, refused to dedicate the church of Sennecy so as not "to be exposed to the violence of the duke."
His first son, Hugh, died in battle at a young age and his second son, Henry , also predeceased him. He was succeeded by Henry's eldest son, his grandson, Hugh I .
Family
He married his first wife, Helie of Semur , about 1033 , and repudiated her in 1055. Robert and Helie had five children:
Hugh (1034-1059), killed in battle
Henry (1035-ca.1074)
Robert (1040-1113), poisoned; married Violante of Sicily, daughter of Roger I of Sicily
Simon (1045-1087)
Constance (1046-1093), married Alfonso VI of Castile
Hildegard (c.1056-1104), married Duke William VIII of Aquitaine
Sources
Robert married Hélie 327 about 1033. Hélie was born in 1016 and died 22 April after 1055 at age 39.
Death Notes: Died a nun
Noted events in her life were:
• Repudiated: 1046.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 208 M i. Henry of Burgundy 123 328 329 was born about 1035 in <Bourgogne, Champagne>, France and died about 1071 about age 36.
+ 209 F ii. Constance of Burgundy 330 331 was born in 1046 and died in 1092 at age 46.
Robert next married Ermengarde , of Anjou 211 212 about 1048. Ermengarde was born about 952 in <Anjou, France> and died on 27 Jun 992 about age 40.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 130)
Robert next married Hildegarde , of Metz.332
164. Odo (Robert II "the Pious" , King of France133, Hugh Capet, King of France112, Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris92, Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 1013 and died about 1056 about age 43.
Research Notes: May have been mentally retarded.
Source: Wikipedia - Robert II of France
165. Adèle of France, Countess of Auxerre 259 (Robert II "the Pious" , King of France133, Hugh Capet, King of France112, Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris92, Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1003 and died about 1063 about age 60.
Adèle married Renaud I , Count of Nevers 333 about 1015. Renaud died on 29 May 1040.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Nevers: 1000-1040.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 210 M i. William I Count of Nevers 334 was born about 1030 and died on 20 Jun 1100 about age 70.
166. Régnier V Count of Hainaut 261 (Hedwig , of France134, Hugh Capet, King of France112, Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris92, Beatrice de Vermandois67, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died after 1039.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Hainaut: 1013.
Régnier married Mathilde , of Verdun 205 about 1015. Mathilde died about 1039.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 211 F i. Beatrix of Hainaut 266 was born about 998 in <Hainaut, Belgium>.
21st Generation 167. Adele de Roucy 267 268 (Ebles I , Count of Rheims & Roucy, Archbishop of Rheims136, Giselbert , Count of Roucy113, Alberade , of Lorraine94, Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine71, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1014 in <Roucy, Aisne, France> and died about 1062 about age 48.
Adele married Hilduin III de Rameru, Count of Montdidier 335 336 about 1031. Hilduin was born between 1010 and 1021 in <Montdidier, Somme, France> and died about 1063.
Birth Notes: Ancestral Roots has b. abt 1010; http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f001/f92/a0019295.htm has b. 1021.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Roucy: 1032.
• Lord of Rameru: 1061.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 212 F i. Adela de Rameru
+ 213 F ii. Beatrix de Mondidier 337 died 2 Sep aft 1129.
+ 214 F iii. Marguerite de Rameru 338 339 340 was born between 1045 and 1050 in <Montdidier, Somme, France> and died about 1110.
+ 215 M iv. Andre I de Rameru, and d'Arcis-sur-Aube 341 died in 1118.
168. Guillaume I de Bourgogne 79 269 (Renaud I , Count Palantine of Burgundy137, Ermentrude , Countess of Rheims114, Alberade , of Lorraine94, Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine71, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1040 in <Bourgogne, Champagne>, France and died on 12 Nov 1087 in France about age 47.
Death Notes: FamilySearch has d. 11 Nov 1087
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 132-24
Guillaume married Stephanie , de Longwy 202 342 between 1049 and 1057. Stephanie was born about 1035 in <Longwy, Meurthe-et-Moselle>, France and died after 1088.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 216 M i. Raymond of Burgundy, Count of Amous 343 344 was born about 1060 in <Dijon>, France and died on 26 Mar 1107 in Grajal do Campos, Léon, Spain about age 47.
+ 217 F ii. Gisele of Burgundy 123 345 was born about 1070 in <Bourgogne, Champagne, France> and died after 1133.
+ 218 F iii. Sibylle of Burgundy-Ivrea 346 died after 1103.
+ 219 F iv. Ermentrude of Burgundy 202 347 was born about 1060 in Burgundy, France and died after 8 Mar 1105.
169. Eustace II Count of Boulogne 123 271 272 (Maud , of Louvain138, Lambert I "the Bearded" , Count of Louvain115, Reginar III , Count of Hainaut95, Reginar II , Count of Hainaut72, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born between 1015 and 1020 in <Buckinghamshire>, England and died about 1087.
Death Notes: May have died around 1080.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Eustace II, Count of Boulogne :
Eustace II, (c. 1015-1020 - c. 1087) [1][2] was count of Boulogne from 1049-1087, fought on the Norman side at the Battle of Hastings , and afterwards received a large honour in England.
He was the son of Eustace I . His first wife was Goda , daughter of the English king Æthelred the Unready , and sister of Edward the Confessor .[3] Goda died in 1055, before the Norman Conquest of her homeland, in which her husband participated. From his second marriage with Ida of Lorraine (daughter of Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine ), Eustace had three sons, Eustace III , the next count of Boulogne, and Godfrey of Bouillon and Baldwin , both later monarchs of Jerusalem .
In 1048 Eustace joined his father-in-law's rebellion against the Emperor Henry III . The next year Eustace was excommunicated by Pope Leo IX for marrying within the prohibited degree of kinship [4]. It's likely the pope's action was at the behest of Henry III. The rebellion failed, and in 1049 Eustance and Godfrey submitted to Henry III.
Eustace paid a visit to England in 1051, and was honourably received at the Confessor's court. Edward and Eustace were former brothers-in-law and remained allied politically. On the other hand the dominant figure in England, Earl Godwin , had recently married his son Tostig to the daughter of Eustace's rival the count of Flanders. Furthermore Godwin's son Sweyn had been feuding with Eustace's stepson Ralph the Timid .
A brawl in which Eustace and his servants became involved with the citizens of Dover led to a serious quarrel between the king and Godwin. The latter, to whose jurisdiction the men of Dover were subject, refused to punish them. His lack of respect to those in authority was made the excuse for outlawing himself and his family. They left England, but returned the next year (1052) with a large army, aided by the Flemish.
In 1052 William of Talou rebelled against his nephew William of Normandy. Eustace may well have been involved in this rebellion, although there is no specific evidence, for after William of Talou's surrender he fled to the Boulonnais court.
The following years saw still further advances by Eustace's rivals and enemies. Count Baldwin of Flanders consolidated his hold over territories he had annexed to the east. In 1060 he became regent of France during the minority of his nephew Philip I of France . In contrast Eustace's stepson Walter of Mantes failed in his attempt to claim the County of Maine . He was captured by the Normans and died soon afterwards in mysterious circumstances.
These events evidently caused a shift in Eustace political allegiances, for he then became an important participant in the Norman conquest of England in 1066. He fought at Hastings, although sources vary regarding the details of his conduct during the battle. Sources suggest that Eustace was present, with William thr Bastard at the Malfosse incident in the immediate aftermath of the battle, where a Saxon, feigning death leaps up and attacks him, and is presumably cut down before h can reach William.
Eustace received large land grants afterwards, which suggests he contributed in other ways as well, perhaps by providing ships.
In the following year, probably because he was dissatisfied with his share of the spoil, he assisted the Kentishmen in an attempt to seize Dover Castle . The conspiracy failed, and Eustace was sentenced to forfeit his English fiefs .
Subsequently he was reconciled to the Conqueror, who restored a portion of the confiscated lands.
Eustace died circus 1087, and was succeeded by his son, Eustace III .
Noted events in his life were:
• Comanion of William the Conqueror: at Battle of Hastings, 1066.
• Count of Boulogne: 1049-1087.
Eustace married Ida , of Lorraine 295 348 in 1057. Ida was born about 1040 in Bouillon, Ardenne, South Belgium and died on 13 Aug 1113 about age 73.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 220 M i. Geoffrey Count of Boulogne, Duke of Lower Lorraine 349 was born prob. bef. 1061 in <Baisy, > Brabant and died on 18 Jul 1100 in Jerusalem, Palestine at age 39.
+ 221 M ii. Eustace III Count of Boulogne and Lens 350 351 died after 1125.
170. Henry II Count of Leuven and Brussels 96 274 275 (Lambert II , Count of Louvain139, Lambert I "the Bearded" , Count of Louvain115, Reginar III , Count of Hainaut95, Reginar II , Count of Hainaut72, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine58, Helletrude , of Lorraine44, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor33, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1021 in <Brabant, France>, died in 1079 about age 58, and was buried in Cloister of St. Gertrud, Nivelles, France.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Leuven: 1054-1071.
• Count of Lorraine:
Henry married Adelheid , Countess of Betuwe.96 352 Adelheid was born about 1023 in France and died after 1086.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 222 M i. Godefroi de Louvain, Duc de Basse-Lorraine 353 354 was born about 1060 in <Lorraine, France>, died on 25 Jan 1139 in Affligem Abbey, Affligem, Belgium about age 79, and was buried in Church of Affligem Abbey, Affligem, Belgium.
+ 223 M ii. Henry III Count of Leuven died in 1095 in Tournai, (Hainaut), France (Belgium).
171. William III Count of Poitou, Duke of Aquitaine (William II , Count of Poitou142, William I , Count of Poitou117, Ebles Mancer , Count of Poitou97, Ranulf II , Count of Poitou77, Blichilde , of Maine60, Rorick , Count of Maine48, Rotrude37, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
William married someone.
+ 224 F i. Agnes of Poitou 355 was born about 1025 and died on 14 Dec 1077 about age 52.
172. Manasses Count of Guînes 276 277 (Raoul , Count of Guînes143, Adolfus , Count of Guînes118, Elftrude98, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1012 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, France.
Research Notes:
Manasses married someone.
+ 225 F i. Sibilla Manasses, de Guînes 356 357 358 was born about 1038 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, France.
173. Miss < > de Conteville, [stepmother of Hamon] 281 (Herluin de Conteville, Viscount of Conteville, Count of Crespon144, Jean de Conteville120, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born from about 1037 to 1041 in Conteville, Normandy, France.
Research Notes: The "Miss de Conteville" in several sources may have been Muriel de Conteville.
Per Wikipedia (Herluin de Conteville) one of Muriel's sisters could have been married to William, lord of La Ferte -Mace instead of Muriel. If Muriel, aka Muriel de Montaigne, Muriel de Conteville. More ancestry on Muriel may be available.
< married Viscount William de la Ferté-Macé 359 360 361 362 in 1058 in Normandy, France. William was born in 1034 in Massey, <Cheshire, > England and died <1066> at age 32.
Birth Notes: May have been born in Normandy.
Death Notes: May have died at the Battle of Hastings.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 226 M i. Hamon de Massey, 1st Baron de Dunham 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 was born before 1056 in Dunham Massey, Bucklow, Cheshire, England and died in 1101 in Dunham, Lancaster, Lancashire, England. (Relationship to Father: Biological, Relationship to Mother: Step)
+ 227 M ii. Baron Mathieu de la Ferté Macé 370 was born after 1058 and died about 1075 in Normandy, France.
+ 228 M iii. William de la Ferté-Macé, Baron of La Ferté-Macé 371 was born about 1059. (Relationship to Father: Biological, Relationship to Mother: Step)
+ 229 M iv. Sir Hugue de Macey 371 died about 1100 in <Normandy, (France)>.
+ 230 F v. Margaret de la Ferté-Macé
174. Odo de Conteville, Bishop of Bayeux 282 (Herluin de Conteville, Viscount of Conteville, Count of Crespon144, Jean de Conteville120, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born between 1031 and 1035, died in Feb 1097 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, and was buried in Palermo Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
Research Notes: From thepeerage.com:
Odo de Bayeaux, Earl of Kent was born between 1031 and 1035.1 He was the son of Herluin de Conteville, Vicomte de Conteville and Herleva de Falaise . He died in February 1097 at Palermo, Sicily, Italy .1 He was buried at Palermo Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, Italy .1
Odo de Bayeaux, Earl of Kent was also known as Eudes de.1 He held the office of Bishop of Bayeux in 1049.1 He gained the title of Earl of Kent between 1066 and 1067.1
175. Robert de Burgo, Count of Mortain 282 (Herluin de Conteville, Viscount of Conteville, Count of Crespon144, Jean de Conteville120, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born between 1030 and 1031 and was buried in Abbey of St. Grestain, France.
Research Notes: From thepeerage.com:
Robert de Burgo, Count of Mortain was born between 1030 and 1031.2 He was the son of Herluin de Conteville, Vicomte de Conteville and Herleva de Falaise . He married Matilda de Montgomery , daughter of Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel de Bellême , before 1066.2 He married Almodis (?) .2 He died on 8 December 1090.2 He was buried at Abbey of St. Grestain, France .2
Robert de Burgo, Count of Mortain gained the title of Count of Mortain between 1049 and 1056.2 He gained the title of Earl of Cornwall between 1066 and 1067
176. Emma de Conteville 283 284 (Herluin de Conteville, Viscount of Conteville, Count of Crespon144, Jean de Conteville120, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1043.
Research Notes: Per Wikipedia (Herluin de Conteville) Emma, not Muriel, could have been married to William, lord of La Ferte-Macé.
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 132A-25 (Ranulph II). This source says "alleged to be a half-sister of William the Conqueror; Prof Douglas says 'fictitious.'
Emma married Richard le Goz, Viscomte d'Avranches.372 373 374 Richard was born about 1020 in Avranches, Manche (Normandy), France and died after 1084.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 231 F i. Maud d'Avranches 374 375 376 was born about 1054 in <Avranches, Normandy, France>.
+ 232 M ii. Hugh d'Avranches, 1st Earl of Chester 377 378 was born about 1047 in Avranches, Normandy, France, died on 27 Jul 1101 about age 54, and was buried in Chapter House of Chester Cathedral.
+ 233 F iii. Judith d'Avranches
+ 234 F iv. Hélisende d'Avranches
177. Isabella de Conteville (Herluin de Conteville, Viscount of Conteville, Count of Crespon144, Jean de Conteville120, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
Isabella married Henry , Count of Séez.306
178. Muriel de Burgo 285 (Herluin de Conteville, Viscount of Conteville, Count of Crespon144, Jean de Conteville120, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was buried in Abbey of Bury St. Edmunds, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England.
Research Notes: Per Wikipedia (Herluin de Conteville) Muriel or one of her sisters could have been married to William, lord of La Ferte -Mace.
Muriel married Eudo de Capello, Vicomte de la Côtentin.379
179. Adeline of Meulan 230 286 (Oda de Conteville145, Jean de Conteville120, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1014 in <Pont-Audemer>, Normandy, France and died in 1081 about age 67.
Adeline married Roger de Beaumont, Lord of Beaumont-le-Roger and Pont-Audemer 230 286 about 1048. Roger was born about 1015 in <Pont Audemer>, Normandy, France, died on 29 Nov 1094 about age 79, and was buried in Preaux Abbey, Preaux, Normandy, France.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 235 M i. Sir Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester and Count of Meulan 286 380 381 was born about 1049 in Pont-Audemer, Beaumont, Normandy, France, died on 5 Jun 1118 in Leicestershire, England about age 69, and was buried in Preaux, Normandy, France.
+ 236 M ii. Henry de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Warwick 382 383 was born about 1046, died on 20 Jun 1123 about age 77, and was buried in Preaux Abbey, Preaux, Normandy, France.
+ 237 M iii. William de Beaumont
+ 238 F iv. Alberee de Beaumont, Abess of Eton
180. Hugh Count of Meulan (Oda de Conteville145, Jean de Conteville120, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1)
181. Baldwin V de Lille, Count of Flanders 41 287 288 (Baldwin IV "the Bearded" , Count of Valenciennes & Count of Flanders146, Arnulf II , Count of Flanders121, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 1012 and died on 1 Sep 1067 in Lille, France at age 55.
Research Notes: Second husband of Adele de France
From Wikipedia - Baldwin V, Count of Flanders :
Baldwin V of Flanders (died 1 September 1067) was Count of Flanders from 1035 until his death.
He was the son of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders , who died in 1035.
History
In 1028 Baldwin married Adèle of France in Amiens, daughter of King Robert II of France ; at her instigation he rebelled against his father but in 1030 peace was sworn and the old count continued to rule until his death.
During a long war (1046-1056) as an ally of Godfrey the Bearded , Duke of Lorraine , against the Holy Roman Emperor Henry III , he initially lost Valenciennes to Hermann of Hainaut . However, when the latter died in 1051 Baldwin married his son Baldwin VI to Herman's widow Richildis and arranged that the sons of her first marriage were disinherited, thus de facto uniting the County of Hainaut with Flanders. Upon the death of Henry III this marriage was acknowledged by treaty by Agnes de Poitou , mother and regent of Henry IV .
From 1060 to 1067 Baldwin was the co-Regent with Anne of Kiev for his nephew-by-marriage Philip I of France , indicating the importance he had acquired in international politics.
Family
Baldwin and Adèle had five children:
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Flanders: 1035-1067.
Baldwin married Adele Capet, Princess of France 254 255 in 1028 in Amiens. Adele was born about 1009 and died about 8 Jan 1079 in Messines Monastery, Messines (Mesen), West Flanders, (Belgium) about age 70.
Marriage Notes: May have been married in Paris.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 159)
182. Ermengarde of Flanders 145 (Baldwin IV "the Bearded" , Count of Valenciennes & Count of Flanders146, Arnulf II , Count of Flanders121, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1005 in <Flanders (Belgium)>.
Ermengarde married Adalbert de Gand 145 about 1021 in Gand, East Vlaanderen, (Belgium). Adalbert was born about 1004 in Gand, Flanders (Belgium).
The child from this marriage was:
+ 239 M i. Ralph de Gand 145 was born about 1022 in Gand, Flanders (Belgium).
183. Jeanne of Geneva 79 289 (Gérold , of Geneva147, Bertha , Countess of Flanders122, Baldwin III , Count of Flanders101, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1040 in <Geneva, Switzerland>.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 274A-23 (Amadeus II)
Jeanne married Amadeus II , Count of Maurienne and Savoy, Margrave of Susa 79 289 Betw 1065 and 1070. Amadeus was born about 1032 in <Geneva, Switzerland> and died on 26 Jan 1080 about age 48.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 240 M i. Humbert II "Le Renforcé" Count of Maurienne and Savoy 79 384 was born about 1062 in <Savoie>, France, died on 14 Oct 1103 about age 41, and was buried on 19 Oct 1103.
184. Adalbert de Gand 145 (Arnoul , Count of Gand148, Theodoric de Gand123, Luitgarde , of Flanders102, Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois78, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois61, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1004 in Gand, Flanders (Belgium).
Adalbert married Ermengarde , of Flanders 145 about 1021 in Gand, East Vlaanderen, (Belgium). Ermengarde was born about 1005 in <Flanders (Belgium)>.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 182)
185. Ramon Berenguer I Count of Barcelona 123 290 (Raimund Berenger, I, Count of Barcelona149, Raimund Borrel I , Count of Barcelona124, Borrell II , Count of Barcelona103, Sunifred , Count of Besalu and Urgel82, Widnille , Countess of Flanders63, Judith , Princess of France49, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born in 1023 in <Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain and died on 26 May 1076 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Aragón, Spain at age 53.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona :
Ramon Berenguer I the Old (née in French : Ramond Berenger LeVieux, in Catalan : el Vell) was Count of Barcelona in 1035-1076. He promulgated the earliest versions of a written code of Catalan law, the Usages of Barcelona .
Born in 1024, he succeeded his father, Berenguer Ramon the Crooked in 1035. It is during his reign that the dominant position of Barcelona among other Catalan counties became evident.
Ramon Berenguer campaigned against the Moors , extending his dominions as far west as Barbastro and imposing heavy tributes (parias ) on other Moorish cities. Historians claim that those tributes helped create the first wave of prosperity in Catalan history. During his reign Catalan maritime power started to be felt in Western Mediterranean. Ramon Berenguer the Old was also the first count of Catalonia to acquire lands (counties of Carcassonne and Razés ) and influence north of the Pyrenees.
Another major achievement of his was beginning of codification of Catalan law in the written Usatges or Usatici of Barcelona which was to become the first full compilation of feudal law in Western Europe. Legal codification was part of the count's efforts to forward and somehow control the process of feudalization which started during the reign of his weak father, Berenger Ramon. Another major contributor was the Church acting through the institution of the Peace and Truce of God . This established a general truce among warring factions and lords in a given region for a given time. The earliest extant date for introducing the Truce of God in Western Europe is 1027 in Catalonia, during the reign of Ramon Berenguer the Old.
Ramon Berenguer I together with his third wife Almodis also founded the Romanesque cathedral of Barcelona, to replace the older basilica presumably destroyed by Almanzor. Their velvet and brass bound wooden coffins are still shown in the Gothic cathedral which replaced Ramon Berenguer's building.
He was succeeded by his twin sons Ramon Berenguer II and Berenguer Ramon II . It has been speculated that the obscure wife of Henry of Burgundy , the grandmother of Alfonso Henriques , first king of Portugal , was his sister.
Ramon Berenguers's marriages and descendants
Ramon married Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges 123 385 386 in 1056. Almodis was born about 1000 in Toulouse, France, died on 16 Nov 1071 about age 71, and was buried in Cathedral of Barcelona, Spain.
Death Notes: Murdered
Children from this marriage were:
+ 241 M i. Ramon Berenguer II Count of Barcelona 123 387 was born in 1054 in <Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain and died on 5 Dec 1082 at age 28.
+ 242 M ii. Berenguer Ramon II Count of Barcelona 388 was born in 1054 in <Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain and died in 1097 at age 43.
186. Albert III Count of Namur 96 291 (Albert II , Count of Namur150, Ermengarde , of Lorraine125, Charles , Duke of Lower Lorraine104, Louis IV , d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks83, Charles III "the Simple" , King of Western Francia64, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1048 in <Namur>, Belgium and died on 22 Jun 1102 about age 54.
Albert married Ida , of Saxony 1065 or 1066. Ida was born about 1046 in Saxony, (Germany).
Children from this marriage were:
+ 243 F i. Adelaide of Namur 389 was born in 1068 and died in 1124 at age 56.
+ 244 F ii. Clementia of Burgundy 96 390 was born about 1078 in Namur, Namur, Belgium and died about 1122 about age 44.
187. Thierry II Duke of Lorraine 236 293 (Hedwig , of Namur151, Ermengarde , of Lorraine125, Charles , Duke of Lower Lorraine104, Louis IV , d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks83, Charles III "the Simple" , King of Western Francia64, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died in 1115.
Research Notes: Second husband of Gertrude of Flanders.
From Wikipedia - Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine :
Theodoric II (died 1115), called the Valiant, was the duke of Lorraine from 1070 to his death. He was the son and successor of Gerhard and Hedwige de Namur. He is sometimes numbered Theodoric I if the dukes of the House of Ardennes , who ruled in Upper Lorraine from 959 to 1033, are ignored in favour of the dukes of Lower Lorraine as predecessors of the later dukes of Lorraine.
In fact, Sophia, the daughter of Duke Frederick II of the House of Ardennes, who had inherited the counties of Bar and Montbéliard , had a husband named Louis , who contested the succession. In order to receive the support of his brother, he gave him the county of Vaudémont and convened an assembly of nobles, who elected him duke over Louis. Soon Louis was dead, but his son, Theodoric II of Bar , claimed the succession anyway. However, Emperor Henry IV confirmed Theodoric the Valiant in the duchy. Probably for this reason, Theodoric remained faithful to the emperors throughout his rule. He fought the Saxons while they were at war with the Emperor between 1070 and 1078 and he opposed the popes Gregory VII and Urban II when they were in conflict with the Emperor.
In 1095, he planned to take up the Cross (i.e., go on Crusade , specifically the First ), but his ill health provoked him to drop out, nevertheless convincing his barons to go east. Thereafter, he took little part in imperial affairs, preferring not to intervene between Henry IV and his son Henry , or against Lothair of Supplinburg , duke of Saxony .
Family and children
His first wife was Hedwige (d. 1085 or 1090), daughter of Frederick, count of Formbach , they married around 1075.
They had the following issue:
His second wife was Gertrude (1080-1117), daughter of Robert I of Flanders and Gertrude of Saxony .
They had the following issue:
Thierry married Gertrude , of Flanders.391 Gertrude was born about 1070 and died in 1117 about age 47.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 245 M i. Thierry I of Lorraine, Count of Flanders 392 393 was born about 1099 and died on 17 Jan 1168 about age 69.
188. Gerard of Lorraine, Count of Vaudemont 202 294 (Hedwig , of Namur151, Ermengarde , of Lorraine125, Charles , Duke of Lower Lorraine104, Louis IV , d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks83, Charles III "the Simple" , King of Western Francia64, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1057 in <Lorraine, France>, died about 1120 about age 63, and was buried in Belval, Ardennes, France.
Gerard married Helwide , Countess of Egisheim 202 294 before 1038. Helwide was born before 1078 in Eguisheim, Haut-Rhin, France and died in 1118.
Death Notes: FamilySearch has d. after 1126
The child from this marriage was:
+ 246 F i. Gisele of Vaudemont 202 294 was born about 1090 in Vaudemont, Meurthe-et-Moselle, France and died after 1141.
189. Mathilde of Verdun 205 (Herman von Enham, Count in Eifelgau, Count in Westphalia152, Godfrey I "the Captive" , Count of Verdun127, Gozlin , Count of Bidgau and Methingau105, Cunigonde84, Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died about 1039.
Mathilde married Régnier V , Count of Hainaut 261 about 1015. Régnier died after 1039.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Hainaut: 1013.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 166)
190. Regilinde of Lorraine (Gothelo I , Duke of Lorraine153, Godfrey I "the Captive" , Count of Verdun127, Gozlin , Count of Bidgau and Methingau105, Cunigonde84, Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) died in 1064.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 149-21 (Albert II)
Regilinde married Albert II , Count of Namur.235 Albert was born about 1000 and died in 1064 about age 64.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 150)
191. Oda 96 273 (Gothelo I , Duke of Lorraine153, Godfrey I "the Captive" , Count of Verdun127, Gozlin , Count of Bidgau and Methingau105, Cunigonde84, Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 995 in Lorraine, France and died in 1044 about age 49.
Oda married Lambert II , Count of Louvain.96 222 Lambert was born about 991 in <Lorraine, France>, died after 21 Sep 1062, and was buried in Cloister of St. Gertrud, Nivelles, France.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 139)
192. Godfrey III Duke of Lower Lorraine 295 296 (Gothelo I , Duke of Lorraine153, Godfrey I "the Captive" , Count of Verdun127, Gozlin , Count of Bidgau and Methingau105, Cunigonde84, Ermentrude , of France65, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia50, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor39, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks29, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor22, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks16, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 997 and died in 1069 about age 72.
Research Notes: Eldest son of Gothelo I.
From Wikipedia - Godfrey III, Duke of Lower Lorraine :
Godfrey III[1] (c. 997-1069), called the Bearded, was the eldest son of Gothelo I , duke of Upper and Lower Lorraine . By inheritance, he was count of Verdun and he became margrave of Antwerp as a vassal of the duke of Lower Lorraine. The Holy Roman Emperor Henry III authorised him to succeed his father as duke of Upper Lorraine in 1044, but refused him the ducal title in Lower Lorraine, for he feared the power of a united duchy. Instead Henry threatened to appoint a younger son, Gothelo , as duke in Lower Lorraine. At a much later date, Godfrey became duke of Lower Lorraine, but he had lost the upper duchy by then.
Godfrey rebelled against his king and devastated land in Lower Lorraine, as well as the city of Verdun , which, though his by inheritance, Henry had not given him. He was soon defeated by an imperial army and was deposed imprisoned together with his son (Gibichenstein , 1045). When his son died in prison, the war recommenced. Baldwin V of Flanders joined Godfrey and Henry gave Thierry, Bishop of Verdun , the eponymous county. Godfrey surprised the bishop (who escaped) and sacked Verdun, burning the cathedral. On 11 November 1048 at Thuin , Godfrey fell on Adalbert , his replacement in Upper Lorraine, and defeated him, killing him in battle. Henry immediately nominated the young Gerard of Chatenoy to replace Adalbert at the Diet of Worms . In his subsequent campaigns to take the Moselle region, Godfrey met with stiff resistance from Gerard and was forced to renounce his claims and reconcile with the bishop. He even assisted in rebuilding the cathedral he had destroyed.
In 1053, his first wife Doda having died, Godfrey remarried Beatrice of Bar , the widow of Boniface III of Tuscany and mother of Matilda , Boniface' heir. Henry arrested Beatrice and her young son Frederick and imprisoned her in Germany, separate from either husband or son, who died within days. The emperor claimed the marriage had been contracted without his consent and was invalid. Young Frederick died a short while later. Nevertheless, Godfrey took over the government of the Tuscany in right of Beatrice and Matilda.
Baldwin V then rebelled, carrying the war to Trier and Nijmegen . Henry responded by devastating Flanders and ravaging Lille and Tournai (1054). In this war, Godfrey captured Frederick of Luxembourg , Duke of Lower Lorraine, who had received that duchy, including Antwerp, from Henry III.
In 1055, Godfrey besieged Antwerp, but Frederick was delivered by the Lorrainers, no longer loyal to Godfrey. Henry died in 1056 and his successor, Henry IV , was only six years old. In that year, Baldwin made peace and did homage to the new king. In 1056 and 1059, by the treaties of Andernach , Baldwin received the march of Ename in the Landgraviate of Brabant , probably in exchange for giving up the march of Valenciennes , which was confiscated by emperor Henry III in 1045.
In 1057, Godfrey was exiled to Tuscany, where he joined Beatrice and co-governed with her. He was enfeoffed with the Duchy of Spoleto (1057) by Pope Stephen IX , his brother. In January 1058, Leo de Benedicto Christiano threw open the city gates to him and Beatrice after the election of Pope Nicholas II . Possessing the Tiber and assaulting the Lateran , Godfrey succeeded in expelling the antipope Benedict X on 24 January . During the papal reign of his brother and his brothers reforming successors, he played an important rôle in the politics of central and northern Italy, including Sardinia , where he interfered on behalf of Barisone I of Logudoro against the Republic of Pisa , indicating his authority over both.
In 1065, he was recalled to become duke of Lower Lorraine after the death of Frederick. He was also given Antwerp again. He installed his court at Bouillon and died on Christmas Eve 1069.
Family
By Doda, he had:
Noted events in his life were:
• Duke of Upper and Lower Lorraine:
• Count of Verdun:
• Margrave of Antwerp:
Godfrey married Doda.295
The child from this marriage was:
+ 247 F i. Ida of Lorraine 295 348 was born about 1040 in Bouillon, Ardenne, South Belgium and died on 13 Aug 1113 about age 73.
193. Geoffrey de Bretagne 298 (Geoffrey , de Bretagne155, Ermengarde , of Anjou130, Adelaide , of Vermandois107, Robert , of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux85, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1001 in Bretagne, France.
Geoffrey married Hedwige , de Normandie.394 Hedwige was born about 1004 in Normandy, France.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 248 F i. Emme de Bretagne 395 was born about 1026 in Bretagne, France.
194. Richard III Duke of Normandy 302 (Judith , of Brittany156, Ermengarde , of Anjou130, Adelaide , of Vermandois107, Robert , of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux85, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 997 and died on 6 Aug 1028 about age 31.
Death Notes: Died in 1027 or 1028.
Research Notes: Eldest son. First husband of Adele of France.
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 132A-23
From Wikipedia - Richard III, Duke of Normandy :
Richard III (997 - 1027) was the eldest son of Richard II , who died in 1027. Before succeeding his father, perhaps about 1020, he had been sent by his father in command of a large army, to attack bishop/count Hugh of Chalon in order to rescue his brother-in-law, Reginald , later Count of Burgundy , who the count/bishop had captured and imprisoned. He was betrothed to Adela, countess of Corbie (1009-June 5, 1063), second daughter of Robert II of France and Constance of Arles , but they never married.
After his father's death, he ruled the Duchy of Normandy only briefly, dying mysteriously, perhaps by poison, soon after his father. The duchy passed to his younger brother Robert I . Adela later married Baldwin V, Count of Flanders .
By unknown women, he had two known children:
Noted events in his life were:
• Duke of Normandy: 1026-1028.
Richard had a relationship with < > , [Unknown mistress].396
+ 249 F i. Alice of Normandy 375 397 was born about 1021 in <Normandy, France>.
Richard married Adele Capet, Princess of France 254 255 on 10 Jan 1027. Adele was born about 1009 and died about 8 Jan 1079 in Messines Monastery, Messines (Mesen), West Flanders, (Belgium) about age 70.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 159)
195. Adelais de Normandie 79 (Judith , of Brittany156, Ermengarde , of Anjou130, Adelaide , of Vermandois107, Robert , of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux85, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1007 in <Normandy, France> and died about 1037 in France about age 30.
Adelais married Renaud I , Count Palantine of Burgundy 79 before 1023 in France. Renaud was born about 986 in <Bourgogne, Champagne>, France and died on 4 Sep 1057 in France about age 71.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 137)
196. Robert I Duke of Normandy 303 304 305 306 (Judith , of Brittany156, Ermengarde , of Anjou130, Adelaide , of Vermandois107, Robert , of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux85, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes66, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois52, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin42, Bernard , King of Italy31, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]26, Duke Bernard21, Charles Martel , King of the Franks15, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia14, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise12, Dode10, Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz8, Blithilda , Princess of Cologne6, Cloderic "the Parricide", King of Cologne4, Sigebert "the Lame", King of Cologne3, Childebert, King of Cologne2, Clovis "the Riparian", Frankish King of Cologne1) was born about 1008 in Normandy, France and died on 22 Jul 1035 in Nicaea, Bythnia, (Turkey) about age 27.
Birth Notes: Citing Alison Weir's Britains's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy, thepeerage.com has born c. 1008.
Death Notes: May have died on 2 July 1035.
Research Notes: Father of William the Conqueror and Adelaide (Adela) of Normandy.
From Wikipedia - Robert I, Duke of Normandy :
Robert the Magnificent[1] (June 22 , 1000 - 3 July 1035 ), a