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Metz Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...
originated from the
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Metzgau The Metzgau was a medieval ''Gaugrafschaft'', a frankish management district, with the city of Metz as its center. The County of Metz originated from the Metzgau. North of the Metzgau down the Moselle lay the Moselgau, whose administrative seat ...
. In the second half of the 9th century it went to the Gerhardiner (de), which held at the same time the
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. Over the Gerhardiner went the County—perhaps even in male lineage—to the
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, which furthermore in 1047 received the title of Duke in
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, namely Gerard IV, Duke of Alsace (c. 1030 – 1070),
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of Châtenois (see also
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). The County of Metz was eventually merged into the
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. From 1189 the city of Metz was a Free Imperial City of the German
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.


Counts of Metz

* Buvinus, Count of Metz, 842/862 attested ( Buviniden) *
Adalhard of Metz Adalhard II (c. 840 – 2 Jan (?) 890) was Count of Metz and Mozelgau. He was probably the son of Adalard the Seneschal Biography Rule Adalard is mentioned in documents from between the years 872 and 890 as Count in Metz Metz ( , , , t ...
(died 890). Children: **Stefan (d.a. 900), Count of Chaumont and also Bidgau ? (de); Gerhard, Matfried, Walacho and Richer (fr) (d. 945),
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from 920. * Gerhard I (c.870 – 910), son of Adalhard. Married Oda, widow of
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, king of
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. They had four children, including Gottfried of Jülich (c.905 – a.949). * Matfried (died 930), son of Adalhard. Count of Metz from 926 (?). Married Lantsind, daughter of Radald and his wife Rotrud. They had three children: **Adalbert, Bernoin,
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(d. 939) and a daughter * Adalbert I (born , died 944), son of Matfried. Married Luitgard of Aachen (c.910 – a.960), daughter of either Wigerich III of Aachen? (d. 916/919), Count of Bidgau with Kunigunde of Lorraine, granddaughter of
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, or more likely, a less known Wideric from Bidgau-Trier, son of Roric. Children: ** Matfried II (b.a. 944) and possibly a daughter Luitgarde * Gerhard II (c.920 – a.963), from 963 Count of Metz,
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of
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, son of Gottfried of Jülich (
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) and grandson of Gerhard I. With an unknown wife Gerhard had two possible sons: ** Richard and Gerhard * Richard (or Gerhard), (950/55 – a. 986), may also be son of Count Matfried II.
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of
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. * 982–1022:
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(died 1024/25), son of either Count Richard, or Gerhard, son of Gerhard II, with siblings Adalbert and Adelheid (975 – 1039/46). * 1022–1033: Adalbert II (b. 974 – 1033/37 in
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), brother or son to Gerhard III. Married Judith of
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(c.975 – c. 1038). They had one registered child: * 1033–1045: Gerhard IV (nl) (d. 1044/1045), son of Adalbert II. He married Gisela and had several children: ** 1045–1048: Adalbert, Duke of Lorraine, Adalbert III of Metz (c.1000 – 1048), Count of Metz, possibly also Count of Longwy. Had possibly one child, Emersinde, Countess of Longwy, married possibly to
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(c. 1040 – 1086) ** 1048–1070: Gerhard, Duke of Lorraine, Gerhard V of Metz (d. 1070), Count of Metz ** Conrad, Adalbero, Beatrix, Cuono, Oda, Azelinus, Ida and Adelheid, whereof some actually might be other relatives


Counts Palatine of Metz

* 982-995: Folmar I, Count of
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(d. 995), Count of
Lunéville Lunéville ( ; German : ''Lünstadt'' ; Lorrain: ''Leneinvile'') is a commune in the northeastern French department of Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is a subprefecture of the department and lies on the river Meurthe at its confluence with the Ve ...
and of Metz. Married Bertha and had possibly: ** Folmar II, Stefan (d. 995),
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and Richilde, married in 985 to
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. * 995–1026: Folmar II, Count of Bliesgau (d.a. 1026), son of Folmar I, married to Gerberge, probably daughter of
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(d.c. 1002) and of Mathilde of
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, daughter of
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* 1029–1056: Godefroy, Count of Metz (d. 1056), son of Folmar II, married Judith. * 1056–1075: Folmar III/VI, Count of Metz (d. 1075), son of Godefroy, married Swanechilde (Suanehilde). They had Folmar IV/VII.


Counts (Palatine?) of Metz

* Folmar IV/VII (d. 1111) of Metz, son of Folmar III/VI. Count of Metz, Hüneburg, and
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. He had three known children: ** Folmar, Hugues and Theogar (d. 1120),
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. * Folmar V/VIII (d. 1145), son of Folmar IV/VII. Count of Metz and Hombourg. He married Mechtild of Dagsburg (d.a. 1157), and daughter of
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, Count of Moha,
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and Dagsburg, with Ermesinde of Luxembourg (de). Folmar and Mechtild had: ** Hugo (d.a. 1159).
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1147 and Count of Metz 1157. ** Folmar VI/IX (d.a. 1171). Count of
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1160. ** Clementia of Metz, married to Folmar I, Count of
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. One son was Hugo I (d.a. 1220), Count of Lützelstein, and possibly Lunéville. ** Agnes (d.b. 1180), heiress of Longwy. Married to
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(Looz) (a.1107 – 1171). They had about seven children, including Agnes of Loon, Duchess consort of Bavaria ** Adeleidis (d.a. 1157) * Hugo X (fr),
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, Metz, Dabo and Moha, 1137/78 attested, nephew of Folmar V/VIII. He married Luitgarde of Sulzbach, sister of Queen
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and widow of
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. Hugo and Luitgarde had: * Albert II, Albert of
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(fr) (died 1212), son of Hugo X, 1175 Count of Dagsburg and Metz. He married Gertrude of Baden (b.1160 – b.1225), daughter of Hermann III, Margrave of Baden. They had: ** Henri and Guillaume, both dead at young age, and Gertrude, who became the heiress. * Gertrude of Dagsburg (1190? – b. 1225), daughter of Albert II and Gertrude of Baden. She married three times: in 1206 to Theobald I (1191–1220),
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since 1213 and
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and Metz ''
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'' from 1216; secondly, in 1220, to Count
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; and finally, in 1224, to Simon III, Count of Saarbrücken. All marriages were childless and Simon inherited Dagsburg, incorporating it and creating Dagsburg- Leiningen. {{DEFAULTSORT:County Of Metz
Metz Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...
History of Metz
Metz Metz ( , , , then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle (river), Moselle and the Seille (Moselle), Seille rivers. Metz is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Moselle (department), Moselle Departments ...