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Renaud I st of Burgundy (986-1057) was Count of Burgundy (1 st count palatine of Burgundy) of anscarids the xi th century.

Biography
Son of the I st Count Otto-William and Adelaide Ermentrude Rheims and Roucy (daughter of Renaud of Roucy, count of Reims and Lord of Roucy and Albérade of Hainault, daughter of the Duke Gislebert of Lorraine and Gerberge of Saxony ). Adelaide de Reims was the heiress of the county of Mâcon by his first marriage with Aubry II of Mâcon (982 ).

995: at the age of 20, his father combines the elder brother of Renaud de Bourgogne Guy I st Macon , born in 975, to power the county of Burgundy and the county of Macon , for his succession.

1002: 27 years old, Guy I st Macon becomes Count of Macon.

1004: Guy I st Macon died at the age of 29. His son Otton II of Mâcon succeeds him as Count of Mâcon. Otte-Guillaume shares his lands: his son Renaud receives the counties of Amous, Varais and Portois; Otton, his grandson receives Mâconnais and Escuens. Otte-Guillaume retains his rights over the counties of Frankish Burgundy (Beaumont, Fouvent and Oscheret). The Counts of Burgundy will for a long time retain many lands or suzerainties on counties located in the Duchy of Burgundy.

1016: Renaud married Adélaïde de Normandie (1002-1038), daughter of Duke Richard II of Normandy and Judith of Brittany.

1026: Renaud I st Burgundy succeeds, October 21, 1026, at the age of 40, under the Count of Burgundy , his father dies, and his brother Guy died.

1027: Renaud I st of Burgundy is at war against the bishop count of Auxerre, Hugh of Chalon. This one makes him prisoner with Auxerre. Renaud I st is liberated by troops sent by his stepfather and led by the future Duke Richard III of Normandy.

1032: Rodolphe III of Burgundy (last king of Burgundy) dies without posterity, on September 6, 1032. He had designated his cousin the Germanic emperor Conrad II the Salic as heir. His nephew Eudes II de Blois , son of his elder sister Bertha of Burgundy, raised against Conrad the Salic, the revolt of the feudal lords and prelates of the kingdom of Burgundy. The war of succession of Burgundy (1032-1034) and started is supported by Renaud I st of Burgundy, Count Gerold II Geneva, Archbishop of Vienna, the Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, as well as Archbishop of Lyon, Burchard II, bastard son of Conrad the Pacific and half-brother of Rodolphe III of Burgundy.

In front of them, Conrad the Salique has the support of Héribert, Archbishop of Milan, Marquis Boniface III of Tuscany, Ermengarde, widow of Rodolphe III, and Humbert de Maurienne, former advisor and vassal of Rodolphe III today, better known as Humbert to the White Hands.

Eudes II of Blois is crowned king of Burgundy in Lausanne, by his partisans, but in January 1033, the emperor is also crowned in Basel.

The revolt fails and the kingdom of Burgundy must remain in the empire. In order to escape the imperial armies, Renaud de Bourgogne retires to Dijon, ducal Burgundy where he has retained many supports.

1034: the German Emperor Conrad II takes possession of the kingdom of Burgundy (actually the county of Burgundy) and receives the 1 st August , the homage of his new vassals in Geneva.

Conrad II vassalizes the county of Burgundy over many generations, to the detriment of the Duchy of Burgundy and the Kingdom of France.

1037: Renaud I st of Burgundy and Odo II continue the fight against the imperial troops led by Gothelon I st of Lorraine and allied for the occasion, to those of the king of France Henry I st . November 15, Battle of Hanol, between Bar-le-Duc and Verdun. Death of Eudes II de Blois.

Emperor Conrad II decides to lift the sentences against his opponents yesterday. Renaud I st of Burgundy, leader of the coalition receives in Dijon, embassy of the emperor, who announces reconciliation desires it. Renaud I st of Burgundy became count palatine (Pfalzgraf) of Burgundy, gave way in the German imperial administration, to those who are responsible for administering land and to administer justice in the name of the emperor. His successors will continue to wear this title.

1038: Conrad II transmits the kingdom of Burgundy to his nephew Henry III . He made him crown King of Burgundy in Solothurn. The major, whose Renaud Count and the Archbishop of Besançon Hugues I er de Salins, are present at the event and must pay tribute to their new king.

1039: Archbishop of Besancon, Hugues I st Salins , becomes the confidant Henry III. The emperor then granted a certain frank autonomy and the right to self-administer by his own government to the county of Burgundy. The Archbishop of Besançon is appointed Chancellor and has been widely awarded for his total and very devoted collaboration.

1043: Henry III comes in Besancon, to become engaged to Agnes of Aquitaine , niece of Renaud I st of Burgundy, and daughter of the Duke of Aquitaine, William V Poitiers. On this occasion, the Archbishop of Besancon, Hugues I er de Salins, gets royal rights over the city of Besançon (legal, political, fiscal and economic). He is appointed prince of the Germanic Empire (maximum rank before emperor) and reigns supreme over the city, with the emperor and the pope Gregory VII for only superiors. It escapes the power of the Counts of Burgundy.

1044: Henry III continues to favor those who have supported his father. He gives the city of Montbeliard to Count Louis de Mousson. Renaud I st Burgundy revolt against the Emperor again, allied to the Count Gerold Geneva. He besieged the castle of Montbeliard, but Count Louis defeated their troops and thus maintains the independence of Montbéliard vis-à-vis the county of Burgundy. The two counts submit the following year to the emperor.

1057: in September, Count Renaud disappears at the age of 71 years. His son Guillaume (1057-1087), succeeds him. He had already been associated with county decisions for several years, and was in charge of the county of Burgundy in the absence of his father. Renaud I st of Burgundy was buried in St. Stephen's Cathedral Besancon, replaced the xviii th century by St John's Cathedral, which were transferred to the graves of counts of Burgundy (Sacred Heart chapel).

Descendancy
From his marriage to Adelaide of Normandy, Renaud I st of Burgundy had four son and two daughters:

1.) Guillaume I er Burgundy said the Grand or Tête Hardie (1020-1087) who succeeded him as Count of Burgundy

2.) Gui de Brionne or Gui de Bourgogne (v 1025-1069), raised at the court of Normandy, who wanted to succeed the duchy of Normandy against his cousin William of Normandy (future William the Conqueror). He had to separate from his counties of Brionne and Vernon in Normandy, having been at the head of the coalition of the barons of Normandy, which was defeated at the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes in 1047. Gui de Brionne found refuge with his uncle Geoffroy II Martel, Count of Anjou. On the death of Renaud I st from Burgundy, he tried to delight the county of Burgundy for about ten years to his brother Guillaume.

3.) Hugues de Bourgogne, called Superalios (cited in 1037- v. 1086), Viscount of Lons-le-Saunier , Lord of Montmorot, Navilly and Scey, married to Aldeberge de Scey. And their son Thibert I st Montmorot, Viscount of Lons-le-Saunier (house Montmorot, alias Montmoret)

4.) Foulques de Bourgogne, aka Foulques de Joux de Grandson (quoted in 1060-1114) (after the chronicler Herman de Laon), married to Alix de Roucy (v 1055-?) (Home of Grandson)

5.) Aubrée of Buonalbergo

Renaud I st of Burgundy also rose to his court Robert Nevers (1035-1098), "Le Bourguignon", son of Renaud I st Nevers (1000-1040), his nephew. Robert de Nevers is at the origin of the house of Craon-Nevers. His grandson Robert de Craon, also known as Le Bourguignon, succeeded Hugues de Payns as second Master of the Order of the Temple.

Family/Spouse: de Normandie, Adélaïde I. Adélaïde (daughter of de Normandie, Sir Richard II and de Bretagne, Lady Judith) was born in 1002 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France; died on 27 Jul 1037 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried on 5 Jun 1063 in Auxerre, Yonne, Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. of Burgundy, William I was born in 1020 in Bourgogne, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 12 Nov 1087 in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France; was buried after 12 Nov 1087 in Cathedrale Saint-Jean De Besancon, Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France.

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Otto-William (French: Otte-Guillaume; German: Otto Wilhelm; 955/62 – 21 September 1026 AD) was count of Mâcon, Nevers, and Burgundy.

Life
Otto was born in 958 during the joint reign of his grandfather, King Berengar II of Italy, and his father, King Adalbert.[1] His mother was Gerberga.[1]

After Adalbert's death in 971/5, Gerberga married for a second time, to Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, the younger brother of King Hugh Capet.[2] Gerberga and Henry had no children together. Since Henry had no legitimate son of his own, he adopted Otto-William making him a possible heir of the Duchy of Burgundy.[3]

While the son of a king, Otto did not seek a royal wife.[4] In c. 982, he married Ermentrude of Roucy, whose maternal grandmother, Gerberga of Saxony, was a sister of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and by this marriage alliance created a web of consanguinity between later kings of France, Germany, Burgundy and the Carolingians.[4] Even Otto's children's spouses, although from great families, came from widespread and scattered parts of France.[4]

This marriage brought to Otto-William the County of Mâcon as well as[5] many other rights on the left bank of the Saône in the province of Besançon. The new Count of Mâcon consolidated there his political grip making what would be later be the Free County of Burgundy around Dole.

From his mother Otto could inherited the County of Nevers before 990.[6] However he left Nevers to his stepson Landric and rather claimed the County of Beaune in which the dowry of Gerberga was.

The Duchy of Burgundy was eventually annexed to the crown of France by King Robert II, nephew of Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, in 1005.

On the left-bank of the Saône, determined to be sovereign ruler of his own lands, Otto revolted against the Emperor Henry II in 1016. This was after Rudolph III of Burgundy, the last king of Burgundy and Arles, had done homage to Henry at Strasbourg, making him his guard and heir. On Otto's death, the Free County fell under the suzerainty of the German emperors.

Otto died on 21 September 1026 at the age of 64[7] and was buried in St-Benigne of Dijon.

Marriage and issue

Otto-William's first wife Ermentrude
Otto's first wife was Ermentrude, daughter of Renaud of Roucy.[8] They had:

Guy (c. 982–1006) had been associated as count of Mâcon from 995.[8] His wife is unknown.
Matilda, married Landri of Nevers, Count of Nevers[9]
Gerberga, married Guilhem II of Provence[10]
Reginald I, Count of Burgundy (c. 990–1057), he married Adelaide (or Judith) of Normandy.[8]
Agnes, married firstly William V of Aquitaine, secondly Geoffrey II of Anjou.[8]

Otto remarried late in life to a wife named Adelaide. Some scholars have identified her as the four-times widowed Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou,[11] but the identity is not directly attested[12] and has been disputed by some studying the question.[13]

Otto married de Roucy, Ermentrude. Ermentrude (daughter of de Roucy, Renaud II and de Lorraine, Countess Alberada) was born in 958 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 5 Mar 1005 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; was buried after 5 Mar 1003 in Milan, Milano, Lombardia, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ermentrude de Roucy (958 – 5 May 1005) (Irmtrude) was a Countess and Duchess of Burgundy.

She was a daughter of Renaud of Roucy and his wife, Alberade of Lorraine, daughter of Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine.

Ermentrude married Aubry II of Mâcon and thus became a countess of Mâcon.
They were the parents of:

Létaud, archbishop of Besançon;
Aubry, abbot of Saint-Paul de Besançon;
Béatrice de Mâcon (974–1030), who was married in 975 to Count Geoffrey I of Gâtinais, and afterwards to the Count Hugues du Perche;
Perhaps a daughter, N de Mâcon, the putative spouse of Eble de Poitiers, son of William IV of Aquitaine and Emma of Blois; they were possibly the parents of Ebles I of Roucy and all of his siblings, including Yvette de Roucy, the wife of either Manasses II or Manasses III of Rethel.

She also married Otto-William, Count of Burgundy. They had children:

Guy I of Mâcon;
Matilda, married Landri of Nevers;
Gerberga, married William II of Provence;
Reginald I, Count of Burgundy;
Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermentrude_de_Roucy

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Adalbert «el Joven» d'Ivrea, rex Italiae
Also Known As:"Oberto II Obertenghi / Adalbertini", "Rei da Italia"
Birth circa 932 :Ivrea, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Death:Died April 30, 971 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France
Place of Burial:Autun
Immediate Family:
Son of Berengar II, King of Italy and Willa d'Arles
Husband of Alde av Sachen; Perengarda; Railenda vom Comersee and Gerberga, countess of Macon
Father of Hugo I d'Este; Otto Guillaume I, comte de Bourgogne et de Mâcon; Gisela of Italy; Willibrig, Coun Of Sundgau; Arduino degli Anscarici and 2 others
Brother of Gilberga d'Este; Corrado I di Ivrea; Rozala d'Italie, reine consort de France; Wido Eporediensis; Urraca Princess of Italy de Lombardía-Ivrea and 2 others
Occupation:King of Italy 950-963, Margrave in Milan, Count of Vinunza, of Genova, of Tortone e di Milan, Margrave of Ivrea, King of Italy

Adalbert «el Joven» d'Ivrea, rex Italiae
Also Known As: "Oberto II Obertenghi / Adalbertini", "Rei da Italia"
Birth circa 932 Ivrea, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Death: Died April 30, 971 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France
Place of Burial: Autun
Occupation: King of Italy 950-963, Margrave in Milan, Count of Vinunza, of Genova, of Tortone e di Milan, Margrave of Ivrea, King of Italy
Also Known As: "Oberto II Obertenghi / Adalbertini", "Rei da Italia"
Birth circa 932Ivrea, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
Death: Died April 30, 971 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, France
Place of Burial: Autun
Immediate Family:
Son of Berengar II, king of Italy and Willa
Husband of Alde av Sachen; Perengarda; Railenda vom Comersee and Gerberga, countess of Macon
Father of Hugo I d'Este; Otto Guillaume I, comte de Bourgogne et de Mâcon; Gisela of Italy; Willibrig, Coun Of Sundgau; Arduino degli Anscarici and 2 others
Brother of Gilberga d'Este; Corrado I di Ivrea; Rozala d'Italie, reine consort de France; Wido Eporediensis; Urraca and 2 others
Occupation:King of Italy 950-963, Margrave in Milan, Count of Vinunza, of Genova, of Tortone e di Milan, Margrave of Ivrea, King of Italy
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Adalberto II d'Ivrea Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalberto_II_d'Ivrea

Adalberto da Gerberga ebbe cinque figli: 1) Ottone Guglielmo (962-1026), (primo conte palatino di Borgogna) 2) Gisella (?-1020), sposata nel 983 al marchese Anselmo I del Monferrato 3) Arduino (?-† 1015) 4) Gilberto (?-† 1030) 5) Amedeo (?-?) ---------- Adalbert (c. 932 – c. 975) was the king of Italy from 950 to 963. He was the son of the Margrave Berengar of Ivrea and Willa.
On 15 December 950, both he and his father were crowned kings of Italy after the death of Lothair II. His father tried to force Adelaide, widow of the late Lothair, to marry Adalbert and cement their claim to the kingship. When she refused and fled, she was tracked down and imprisoned for four months at Como.
In 951, King Otto I of Germany invaded Italy and rescued Adelaide, marrying her himself. He forced Berengar and Adalbert to do homage to him for their kingdom in 952. In 953, Adalbert began besieging Count Adalbert Azzo of Canossa, in his Canossan castle, where Adelaide had taken refuge two years prior. In 957, Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, invaded Lombardy and caused Berenagar to flee, though Adalbert gathered a large force at Verona. He was defeated, but Liudolf died prematurely and his army left.
In 960, he joined his father in attacking the pope, John XII. Otto came down at the pope's call and defeated the two co-kings and was crowned Emperor. Adalbert fled to Fraxinet, then under the Saracens. From there he fled to Corsica. When he returned, he tried to take Pavia, the Italian capital, but was defeated by another invading Swabian army, this time under Burchard III. Only the interference of his brothers Conrad and Guy, who died fighting, saved him to fight another day, which he never did. His negotiations with the Byzantine Empire fell through and he retired with his wife Gerberga to Burgundy, where he died at Autun sometime between 971 and 975. His widow married Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy, and his son, Otto-William, inherited through his stepfather the county of Burgundy and is thus the forefather of the Free Counts and the Hohenstaufen emperors. -------------------- The family of Adalbert d'ITALIE and Gerberge de MÂCON [133809] ITALIE (d'), Adalbert (Bérenger II & Willa d'ARLES [133836]), vice-roi d'Italie

married about 955
MÂCON (de), Gerberge (Létald Ier & ..) 1) Othon-Guillaume, comte de Bourgogne, Nevers, Mâcon, Beaune et Oscheret, married about 975 Ermentrude de REIMS et COUCY
Bibliographie : Le Sang de Charlemagne; Histoire de la maison royale de France (Père Anselme)
http://www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/133/133809.php -------------------- Adalbert, King of Italy (1) M, #162379, d. circa 972
Adalbert, King of Italy was the son of Berengar II d'Ivrea, King of Italy and Willa di Toscana. (1) He died circa 972. (1)
Adalbert, King of Italy succeeded to the title of King Adalbert of Italy in 950. (1) He was deposed as King of Italy in 963. (1)
-------------------- Adalbert (c. 932–c. 975) was the king of Italy from 950 to 963. He was the son of the Margrave Berengar of Ivrea and Willa.
On 15 December 950, both he and his father were crowned kings of Italy after the death of Lothair II. His father forced Adelaide, widow of the late Lothair, to marry Adalbert and cement their claim to the kingship.
In 951, King Otto I of Germany invaded Italy and rescued Adelaide, marrying her himself. He forced Berengar and Adalbert to do homage to him for their kingdom in 952. In 953, Adalbert began besieged Azzo, count of Modena, Reggio, and Canossa in his Canossan castle, where Adelaide had taken refuge two years prior. In 957, Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, invaded Lombardy and caused Berenagar to flee, though Adalbert gathered a large force at Verona. He was defeated, but Liudolf died prematurely and his army left.

In 960, he joined his father in attacking the pope, John XII. Otto came down at the pope's call and defeated the two co-kings and was crowned Emperor. Adalbert fled to Fraxinet, then under the Saracens. From there he fled to Corsica. When he returned, he tried to take Pavia, the Italian capital, but was defeated by another invading Swabian army, this time under Burchard III. Only the interference of his brothers Conrad and Guy, who died fighting, saved him to fight another day, which he never did. His negotiations with the Byzantine Empire fell through and he retired with his wife Gerberga to Burgundy, where he died at Autun sometime between 971 and 975. His widow married Otto-Henry, Duke of Burgundy, and his son, Otto-William, inherited through his stepfather the county of Burgundy and is thus the forefather of the Free Counts and the Hohenstaufen emperors. -------------------- Wikipedia: Adalbert II. (* wohl 936; † 30. April 971 in Autun) aus dem Haus Burgund-Ivrea war der älteste Sohn des Königs Berengar II. von Italien und der Willa von Tuszien. Er wird zu den Nationalkönigen gezählt.

Adalbert married de Chalons, Gerberga. Gerberga was born in 940 in Mâcon, Ain, Rhône-Alpes, France; was christened in 952 in Italy; died on 11 Dec 991 in Pouilly, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France; was buried on 11 Dec 991 in Autun, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Comtesse de Mâcon
• Appointments / Titles: Duchess of Burgundy
• Appointments / Titles: Margravine of Ivrea
• Appointments / Titles: Queen Consort of Italy
• FSID: LDSQ-F68

Notes:

Gerberga, Otto-William's mother[1] (c. 947[2] – 986/91), was, by her successive marriages, queen of Italy (c. 958 – 963), margravine of Ivrea (965–970), and duchess of Burgundy (971/5–986/91).

Ancestry
There has been some debate about Gerberga's ancestry. Recent scholars think that Gerberga's parents were Lambert of Chalon and Adelaide.[3][4] Because Gerberga's son, Otto-William, later succeeded to the county of Mâcon (through marriage to Ermentrude de Roucy, the widow of the previous count), old assumptions had mistakenly argued that Gerberga must have been descended from the counts of Mâcon rather[5] than from Lambert of Chalon or Adelaide. Besides, a primary source, the Gesta pontificum of Auxerre confirm[6] that is Hugh of Chalon (bishop of Auxerre) is a frater (brother) of Gerberga. Remaining debate is about the meaning of the latter word—half-brother or full brother.[7][8] The scenario where Adelaide is the common mother may explain[9] that on the death without direct heirs in 1039 of Gerberga's brother Hugh, his county of Chalon which come from Lambert, was inherited by children of his younger sister Mathilde, ignoring the superior claims of Gerberga's own descendants, among whom were the powerful counts of Burgundy. And considering the likely birth date of her son, Gerberga's first marriage must have taken place while her husband and father-in-law were still struggling for the kingdom of Italy against Otto I King of Germany and it is likely that Adalbert's marriage could have brought additional political support. It is not clear how the mere count of Chalon Lambert could have provided this support.

Marriages
Gerberga's first husband was King Adalbert of Italy.[10] They engaged around 956, and later had one child, Otto-William.[11]

After Adalbert's death in 971/5, Gerberga married for a second time, to Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, the younger brother of King Hugh Capet.[12] Gerberga and Henry had no children together. Since Henry had no legitimate son of his own, he adopted Otto-William making him a possible heir of the Duchy of Burgundy.[13]

Life after her marriage with Duke Henry
Gerberga's interventions with her son are mainly in Nevers, a charter for Nevers Saint-Cyr Church, dated April 986, is subscribed by Henricus Burgundiæ dux, Guillelmus comes, Girberga comitissa.[14] The legitimacy of this new area of arbitration for the duke should come from the rights of Gerberga's mother.[15] Besides, Gerberga's dower is located in the Beaune county. Otto-William become count of this district before 991, and after 1005[16] he will donate the villa of Veuvey-sur-Ouche, which belonged to his mother, to the Abbey St. Bénigne in Dijon.

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Gerberge de Châlon
Also Known As: "Geberge", "Gerberga", "Gerberge", "de Châlon", "de Macon"
Birthdate: circa 940
Birthplace: Mâcon, Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Death: December 11, 991 (46-55)
Chatau De Pouilly, Solutré-Pouilly, Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy-Franche-Comté, France
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Lambert d'Autun De Dijon, Comte de Chalon and Adélaïde de Chalon, wife of Lambert d'Autun and Geoffroy I d'Anjou
Wife of Adalbert II, king of Italy and Henri I Le Grand, duc de Bourgogne
Mother of Otto Guillaume I, comte de Bourgogne et de Mâcon

Sister of
Elizabeth de Chalons;
Mathilde de Châlon, dame de Donzy;
Hugh I, Count of Chalon and Bishop Of Auxerre; Ermentrude Of Autun and
Countess Aelis of Macon

Half sister of Maurice
Occupation: Countess de Borgoña, Contesse de Dijon, Count de Macon, de Nevers, Otto William, Countess of Macon

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• Appointments / Titles: 946; Comte de Reims

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Son of the Viking Rognvald (Reinald) who was one of the Norse invaders who chose to remain in Burgundy. Renaud married Albreda, the daughter of Giselbert (Gilbert) Count of Hainault, Duke of Lorraine and Gerberga of Saxony, a direct descendant of The Holy Roman Emperors Lothiar and Charles the Bald, and Charlemagne.

They were married circa 945 and had the following children:
* Gilbert de Roucy
* Ermetrude de Roucy, wife of Othon Guillaume de Bourgogne
* Unknown daughter, wife of Fromond of Sens
* Bruno, Bishop of Langres

Renaud became the military chief of Reims after the restoration of Artald of Reims, built a fort at Roucy and supported young King Lothair of France in the expedition at Aquitaine and the siege of Poitiers, who later made Renaud the Count of Roucy.

Renaud died in 10 May 967 and was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Remi, according to Wikipedia.

Renaud married de Lorraine, Countess Alberada. Alberada (daughter of de Lorraine, Gilbert and von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga) was born on 9 Jul 930 in Brabant, Meuse, Lorraine, France; died on 18 Mar 972 in Coucy-Le-Château-Auffrique, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried after 18 Mar 972 in Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alberade de Lorraine, (von Lothringen (Lorraine) von Hennegau von Hainault), Countess of Lorraine, de Roucy
Also Known As: "Alberada", "Albrede", "von Lothringen", "von Hennegau", "Alberade /Hainault/"
Birthdate: 930
Birthplace: Lorraine, France
Death: 973 (34-51) France
Place of Burial: Rheims, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Immediate Family:
Daughter of
Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine and Gerberga of Saxony

Wife of
Renaud I de Rheims, Comte de Roucy and de Rheims

Mother of
Brunon de Roucy, Bishop of Langres;
Gerberge de Roucy de Reims;
Ermentrude of Roucy, countess of Mâcon and Burgundy and
Giselbert de Roucy

Sister of Ermintrud Countess van Henegouwen; Henry, duke of Lorraine; Gerberga of Lorraine and Hedwige
Half sister of Lothair IV, roi de France; Mathilde de France, Reine Consort des Deux-Bourgognes; Charles de France; Louis de France; Henri de France; and Charles de France, duc de Basse-Lotharingie
Occupation: Countess of Roucy (Alberade de Lorraine)(Aubrée Reginar)

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Renaud (Ragenold) was the Son of the Viking Rognvald (Reinald) who was one of the Norse invaders who chose to remain in Burgundy.
Ragenold, fl. 923-5, Viking raider of France.
A Norse leader, Ragenold (Ragenoldus, princeps Nordmannorum), who was active in France during the period 923-5 [Flodoard, Annales, s.a. 923-5, 15-6, 24-6, 29], has sometimes been identified with count Ragenold/Renuad of Roucy. The identification was proposed by Melleville [Melleville (1859), 201-3] and accepted by Moranvillé [Moranvillé (1922), 11-15]. Chaume preferred to see the Viking Ragenold as the father of Renaud of Roucy (see below). As indicated in some of the conjectures below, a number of authors reject this identification and see him as a member of the French nobility. Against the identification, there is the long gap between the entries of 925 and 944 in Flodoard's annals, suggesting that it is a different man who appears in 944. However, even though the Ragenold of 944 and later is not explicitly identified as a Norse invader, his actions (such as pillaging monasteries) sometimes suggest that he was. This identification is possible, but uncertain.

Renaud married Albreda, the daughter of Giselbert (Gilbert) Count of Hainault, Duke of Lorraine and Gerberga of Saxony, a direct descendant of The Holy Roman Emperors Lothiar and Charles the Bald, and Charlemagne. They were married circa 945 and had the following children:
* Gilbert De Roucy
* Ermetrude de Roucy, wife of Othon Guillaume de Bourgogne
* Unknown daughter, wife of Fromond of Sens
* Bruno, Bishop of Langres

Renaud became the military chief of Reims after the restoration of Artald of Reims, built a fort at Roucy and supported young King Lothair of France in the expedition at Aquitaine and the siege of Poitiers, who later made Renaud the Count of Roucy.

Renaud died in 10 May 967 and was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Remi, according to Wikipedia.

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• FSID: L8YY-PH5

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Also known as Gilbert Duke of Lorraine
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIAN%20(LOWER)%20NOBILITY.htm#Giselbertdied939
Gilbert (or Giselbert) (c. 890-2 October 939) was the duke of Lotharingia (or Lorraine) until 939.

The beginning of the reign of Gilbert is not clear. A dux Lotharingiae is mentioned in 910 and this may have been Gilbert. Lotharingia sided with Charles III in 911, who was deposed in West Francia in 922 by Robert but remained king in Lotharingia, from where he tried to reconquer West Francia until being imprisoned in 923.

In 925, Gilbert swore fealty to King Henry the Fowler of Germany as duke of Lotharingia. Gilbert married Henry's daughter Gerberga of Saxony by 930. Gilbert rebelled when Henry died in 936 and changed allegiance to Louis IV of France, where the king had less authority. Gilbert managed to be practically independent for three years until he was defeated by the army of king Otto I of Germany in 939 at the Battle of Andernach. Gilbert was made prisoner, and succeeded in fleeing but drowned while trying to cross the Rhine. Lorraine was given to Henry I, Duke of Bavaria.

Died:
Battle of Andernach

Gilbert married von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga in 928. Gerberga (daughter of of Sachsen, Heinrich I and von Ringelheim, Saint Mathilde) was born on 10 Jun 913 in Nordhausen, Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Germany; was christened on 4 Aug 914 in Markneukirchen, Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Germany; died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried on 22 May 984 in Reims Cathedral, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• House: Ottonian
• FSID: LD9Y-VRR
• Religion: Abbess of Notre Dame

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"Gerberga of Saxony was a French queen who ruled as regent of France during the minority of her son Lothair in 954–959. She was a member of the Ottonian dynasty. Her first husband was Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. Her second husband was Louis IV of France. Contemporary sources describe her as a highly educated, intelligent and forceful political player."

Family
Gerberga was born c.913. She was the oldest daughter of Henry the Fowler, King of Germany, and his second wife, Matilda. Her older brother was Otto I of Germany.

First marriage
In 929, Gerberga married her first husband, Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine.
They had four children:

1.) Alberade of Lorraine b. about 929. Married Renaud (originally as Ragenold), a Viking chieftain who became the Count of Roucy

2.) Henry, Duke of Lorraine b. about 932

3.) Gerberge of Lorraine b. about 935. Married Adalbert I of Vermandois.

4.) Wiltrude, b. about 937.

Jocundus, a Lotharingia chronicler writing in the 1070s, recorded that Gerberga was the driving force behind Gilbert's decision to support her younger brother Henry when he rebelled against her older brother Otto I c.936. Giselbert was defeated by Otto I in 939 at the Battle of Andernach and, while trying to escape, drowned in the Rhine.

Second marriage
When Gilbert died, Gerberga was about 26 years old. She married secondly Louis IV of France in 939. They were parents to eight children:

1.) Lothair of France (941-986)

2.) Matilda b. about 943; married Conrad of Burgundy

3.) Hildegarde b. about 944

4.) Carloman b. about 945

5.) Louis b. about 948

6.) Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953-993)

7.) Alberade b. before 953

8.) Henry b. about 953

Widowhood
As regent
Louis IV died on 10 September 954. At this time, his son and heir with Gerberga, Lothair of France, was only thirteen. Gerberga took action to ensure that Lothar could succeed his father. She reached an agreement with her brother-in-law Hugh the Great, who had been an adversary to Lothair's father. In exchange for supporting Lothair's rule Hugh was given rule over Aquitaine and much of Burgundy Gerberga did not seek the support of her brother, Emperor Otto I, because the interference of the East-Frankish emperor in West-Frankish affairs would have placed the West-Frankish kingdom in a weak position politically, and angered the West-Frankish nobles.

After the death of Hugh the Great in 956, Gerberga and her sister Hadwig (who was Hugh's widow) were the heads of the two most powerful dynasties in West Francia. Along with their brother, Bruno, who was both archbishop of Cologne and duke of Lotharingia, Gerberga and Hadwig ruled the kingdom, until Lothair came of age.

As abbess
In 959, after Lothair had come of age, Gerberga became abbess of the Benedictine monastery of Notre Dame in Soissons. Nevertheless, she remained politically active. In 961 she was involved in choosing the new archbishop of Reims, Odalric. In 965 she was present at the imperial court in Cologne, when her son Lothair married Emma of Italy, the step-daughter of her brother Emperor Otto I.

Death
There is some debate about when Gerberga died. She is last documented in May 968. Since necrology records indicate that she died on 5 May, her date of death is often given as 968 or 969. The death date of 5 May 968 is not possible since Gerberga was still alive on 17 May 968 so her death date could only be in 969 or later some maintain that Gerberga did not die until 984. She is buried in the Abbey of Saint-Remi in Reims, Champagne.