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Counts Of Chiny
The Counts of Chiny were part of the nobility of Lotharingia that ruled from the 9th to the 14th century in what is now part of Belgium. It has been proposed that the County of Chiny was created in the early 10th century out of the ancient county of Ivois. The county now forms part of the province of Luxembourg in present-day Belgium. The County of Chiny included the present-day towns of Chiny, Virton, Étalle, Florenville, Neufchâteau, Montmédy and Carignan, as well as the castles of Warcq on the Meuse, which was built in 971 by Otto, ancestor of the later Counts of Chiny. It has also been proposed that there is a close relationship between the Counts of Chiny and the early counts of Looz, the counts of Verdun and the bishops of Verdun.Jeantin, J. François Louis. (185859)Histoire du comté de Chiny et des pays haut-wallons Paris: J. Tardieu. The family of the counts of Chiny merged with the family of the counts of Looz. The final count of Chiny, Arnold IV de Rumingy, so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lotharingia
Lotharingia was a historical region and an early medieval polity that existed during the late Carolingian and early Ottonian era, from the middle of the 9th to the middle of the 10th century. It was established in 855 by the Treaty of Prüm, as a distinctive kingdom within the Carolingian Empire, but abolished already in 869-870 when it was divided by the Treaty of Meerssen. It was territorially reunited in 880 by the Treaty of Ribemont, and reestablished as a kingdom from 895 to 900. Since 903, it was organized as a duchy, that existed up to 959, when it was divided in two distinctive duchies: the Upper Lotharingia (southern half), and the Lower Lotharingia (northern half). The regional name ''Lotharingia'' means, approximately, "the land of Lothair", and was derived from the name of its first ruler, king Lothair II, who received this territory as his share of the Kingdom of Middle Francia. The region comprised present-day Lorraine (France), Luxembourg, parts of modern Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gisela Of Swabia
Gisela of Swabia ( 990 – 15 February 1043), was queen of Germany from 1024 to 1039 and empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1027 to 1039 by her third marriage with Emperor Conrad II. She was the mother of Emperor Henry III. She was regent of Swabia for her minor son Duke Ernest II of Swabia in 1015, although it seems at that time her husband Conrad was the one who held the reins of government, leading to the enmity between stepfather and stepson. She was an active empress, exemplifying a tradition in which, up to the period of the Hohenstaufens, as the ''consors regni'' (ruling partner to the king or emperor), the queen and empress held a substantive role in the government, often intervening in the drafting of documents or even issuing documents in her own name. She reigned as regent for her absent husband in 1037. Early life Gisela was the daughter of Duke Herman II, Duke of Swabia, Herman II of Swabia and Gerberga of Burgundy, daughter of King Conrad the Peaceful. Both her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giselbert Van Loon
Giselbert van Loon (probably died about 1045) is the first definitely known count of the County of Loon, a territory which, at least in later times, roughly corresponded to the modern Belgian province of Limburg, and generations later became a lordship directly under the Prince-bishopric of Liège. Very little is known about him except that he had two brothers, one of whom, Bishop Balderic II of Liège, is much better attested in historical records. Origins Giselbert's parents are not known for sure. A 14th century writer of the ''Gesta'' (chronicle) of the Abbey of St Truiden states that the parents of Giselbert and Balderic were Count Otto of Loon (otherwise unknown) and his wife Liutgarde, daughter of Countess Ermengarde of Namur, who was a daughter of Duke Otto of Lower Lotharingia. However, there are doubts about the reliability of this much later source. (For example, other records confirm that Countess Ermengarde was a sister of Duke Otto, not a daughter.) In contrast to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Counts Of Verdun
The County of Verdun was a sovereign medieval county in the Duchy of Lower Lorraine. County The rulers of the sovereign County of Verdun styled themselves as Counts by the grace of God. The small country was located near Lower Lotharingia within the Holy Roman Empire. The Prince-Bishopric of Verdun bordered on it from the east. The Forest of Argonne formed the western border of the county, but it also included the fortresses at Montfaucon-d'Argonne and Vienne-le-Château. According to an imperial diploma issued in 1156, Bishop Haimo of Verdun received the right to appoint counts, but the counts from the Ardennes-Bouillon dynasty made the office hereditary by the end of the 10th century. List of counts *to 923 Ricwin, married first to the daughter of Engelram, Chamberlain to Charles the Bald, and second to Cunigunda, widow of Wigeric, Count of Bidgau *923–944 Otto, also duke of Lorraine from 940, son of Ricwin by his first marriage *944-963 Raoul, also Count of Ivois (as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolfe II, Count Of Ivois
Rudolfe II (Rudolf, Raoul) (died 963), Count of Ivois and Count of Verdun (as Raoul), was son of Rudolfe I, Count of Ivois, and Eva. Rudolfe succeeded his father as Count of Ivois and was installed as Count of Verdun after the death of Otto, Duke of Lorraine, in 944. After his death in 963, Godfrey the Prisoner was installed as count. An estimate that his rule as Count of Verdun ended in 960 is based on a reference to Godfrey as a count in 960. However, Godfrey was also count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959, so there is no reason to believe that Rudolfe was not count until his death in 963. Rudolfe was overthrown as Count of Ivois by Étienne Étienne, a French analog of Stephen or Steven, is a masculine given name. An archaic variant of the name, prevalent up to the mid-17th century, is Estienne. Étienne, Etienne, Ettiene or Ettienne may refer to: People Artists and entertainers * ..., Count of Porcien (year unknown), and replaced as Count of Verdun in 963 by Godfrey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricfried, Count Of Betuwe
Ricfried was a 9th and 10th century count in Betuwe ( Batavia) now in the Netherlands, possibly into parts of the Rhineland now in Germany. Historians sometimes refer to his family as the "Balderics" because both his son and grandson were bishops named Balderic. Partly for this reason it has been proposed by historians such as Leon Vanderkindere that he may be an ancestor of the Counts of Loon (Looz) in modern Belgian Limburg, because this family also included a bishop named Balderic. Life He was mentioned in an 897 charter by Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia, as a Count with possessions in Betuwe. He was also known as Count Dodo (''comitatu Dodonis''), his memorial calling him "Ricfridus hoc nomine Dodo vocatus … comes". The memorial names ''presul Baldricus … preses Rodolphus … victor Yrimfredus pariterque comes Nevelongus'' relate Balderic, governor Rudolph, victor Ehrenfried and count Nebelungas his children. Virtually all that we know about Ricfried is based on thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolfe I, Count Of Ivois
Rudolfe I (Rudolf, Raoul) (died before 946 or 948) was the Count of Ivois. Family Léon Vanderkindere Léon Vanderkindere (22 February 1842 – 9 November 1906) was a Belgian historian, academic and politician. Family Vanderkindere was born in Molenbeek-Saint-Jean into a wealthy middle-class family. His father, Albert Vanderkindere, was a po ... has speculated (1900, p. 342) that, based on his connection to Velm, mentioned in an act made by his son Conrad before he died, it is "not without some likelihood" that he is a member of the Regnarid family, where the name Rodolphe was familiar. Rudolfe married Eva (d. after 946) and they had three children: * Rudolfe II (d. 963), Count of Ivois and Verdun * Conrad (killed at the Battle of Cotrone on 15 July 982) * Hildegonde, married first Walfrid (d. 955) and second Odacre (d. after 991), Count of Saarbrücken. Rudolfe was succeeded as Count of Ivois by his son Rudolfe II. Notes Sources *Vanderkindere, Léon, '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildebert, Count Of Ivois
Hildebert (fl. 882), was Count of Ivois, the successor to his father Bérenger I. Almost nothing is known about Hildebert other than a donation in his father's name to Saint-Vanne Abbey in Verdun in 882. The necrology of Verdun Cathedral records the death of ''Hildebertus comes'' ount Hildebertwhich is the only historical record of his being a count. In other texts his name is mentioned as Hildo of Ivois (In latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...: ''Hildonis''/''Hildus''). References Counts of Ivois Year of death unknown Year of birth unknown Place of birth unknown {{Belgium-noble-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gebhard, Count Of The Lahngau
Gebhard (died 879) was a mid-9th-century count in the Lahngau and the first documented ancestor of the dynasty later known as the Conradines. He was a "leading man of the astFranks" and a brother-in-law of Ernest, margrave of the Bavarian Nordgau. Gebhard may be a son of Odo I, Count of Orléans, if identical with Udo the Elder, count in the Lahngau from 821 to 826. In 838, he allied with Poppo of Grapfeld and Otgar, Archbishop of Mainz, against the rebellious Louis the German and in favour of the emperor Louis the Pious. He was the father of * Udo, count in the Lahngau * Waldo, abbot of St. Maximin's Abbey at Trier * Bertulf, Bishop of Trier * Berengar, count in the Hessengau who all rose to prominent positions in West Francia. Sources *The Annals of Fulda'. (Manchester Medieval series, Ninth-Century Histories, Volume II.) Reuter, Timothy Timothy Alan Reuter (25 January 1947 – 14 October 2002), grandson of the former mayor of Berlin Ernst Reuter, was a German-British h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bérenger I, Count Of Ivois
Berengar is a masculine name derived from Germanic roots meaning "bear" and "spear". The name appears frequently among certain noble families during the Middle Ages, especially the Unruochings and those related. Bérenger is the French form, while Berengario is the Italian form, Berenguer is the Catalan form, and Berenguier or Berengier is the Occitan form. The Latin form is ''Berengarius'' and the female equivalent is '' Berengaria''. Other forms of the name include Berenger, Bérenger, Bérangier, or Beringer. Personal name * Berengar of Toulouse, Frankish nobleman (fl. ninth century) *Berengar I of Neustria, Frankish nobleman (fl. ninth century) * Berengar II of Neustria, Frankish nobleman (d. 896) *Berengar I of Italy, King of Italy (c. 845–924) *Berengar II of Italy, King of Italy (c. 900–966) * Judicael Berengar, Breton nobleman (fl. tenth century) *Berengar of Tours, theologian (c. 999–1088) * Berengar (bishop of Venosa) (fl. eleventh century) * Berengar of Poitiers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
