de Roucy, Ermentrude

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  1. 1.  de Roucy, Ermentrude was born in 958 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France (daughter of de Roucy, Renaud II and de Lorraine, Countess Alberada); 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.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: LCFL-9DP

    Notes:

    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

    Family/Spouse: de Bourgogne, Otto William I. Otto (son of d'Ivrea, King Adalbert and de Chalons, Gerberga) was born in 958 in Ivrea, Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy; died on 21 Sep 1026 in Mâcon, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; was buried on 23 Oct 1026 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. de Bourgogne, Renaud I was born in 986 in Nevers, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France; died on 4 Sep 1057 in Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried in 1057 in Besançon, Doubs, Franche-Comté, France.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  de Roucy, Renaud II was born in 921 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France (son of Rognvald); died on 10 May 967 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried after 10 May 967 in Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Nickname: The Advocate
    • FSID: LB27-YWT
    • Appointments / Titles: 946; Comte de Reims

    Notes:

    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]


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

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: Belle-fille de Louis IV
    • FSID: GWZB-NNM

    Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

    Children:
    1. 1. de Roucy, Ermentrude 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.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Rognvald was born in UNKNOWN in Norway; died in DECEASED in France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: GH7M-QSF

    Notes:

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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.

    Children:
    1. 2. de Roucy, Renaud II was born in 921 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 10 May 967 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried after 10 May 967 in Abbey of Saint-Remi, Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

  2. 6.  de Lorraine, Gilbert was born in 880 in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; died on 2 Oct 939 in Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; was buried after 2 Oct 939 in Andernach, Mayen-Koblenz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: L8YY-PH5

    Notes:

    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]


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

    Other Events and Attributes:

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

    Notes:

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

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

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

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

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

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

    4.) Wiltrude, b. about 937.

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

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

    1.) Lothair of France (941-986)

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

    3.) Hildegarde b. about 944

    4.) Carloman b. about 945

    5.) Louis b. about 948

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

    7.) Alberade b. before 953

    8.) Henry b. about 953

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

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

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

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

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


Generation: 4

  1. 14.  of Sachsen, Heinrich I was born on 7 Jul 876 in Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (son of of Saxony, Otto I and von Babenberg, Hedwiga); died on 2 Jul 936 in Memleben Palace, Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; was buried on 2 Jul 936 in Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg, Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Appointments / Titles: King of East Francia, König des Ostfrankenreiches, King of Eastern Franconia, Duke of Saxony, Duc de Saxe, Herzog von Sachsen
    • House: Ottonian
    • Life Event: Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler; Latin: Henricus Auceps) (aprox. 876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912[1] and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ottonian dynasty of kings and emperors, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the medieval German state, known until then as East Francia. An avid hunter, he obtained the epithet \"the Fowler\" because he was allegedly fixing his birding nets when messengers arrived to inform him that he was to be king. He was born into the Liudolfing line of Saxon dukes. His father Otto I of Saxony died in 912 and was succeeded by Henry. The new duke launched a rebellion against the king of East Francia, Conrad I of Germany, over the rights to lands in the Duchy of Thuringia. They reconciled in 915 and on his deathbed in 918, Conrad recommended Henry as the next king, considering the duke the only one who could hold the kingdom together in the face of internal revolts and external Magyar raids. Henry was elected and crowned king in 919. He went on to defeat the rebellious dukes of Bavaria and Swabia, consolidating his rule. Through successful warfare and a dynastic marriage, Henry acquired Lotharingia as a vassal in 925. Unlike his Carolingian predecessors, Henry did not seek to create a centralized monarchy, ruling through federated autonomous stem duchies instead. Henry built an extensive system of fortifications and mobile heavy cavalry across Germany to neutralize the Magyar threat and in 933 routed them at the Battle of Riade, ending Magyar attacks for the next 21 years and giving rise to a sense of German nationhood. Henry greatly expanded German hegemony in Europe with his defeat of the Slavs in 929 at the Battle of Lenzen along the Elbe river, by compelling the submission of Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia through an invasion of the Duchy of Bohemia the same year and by conquering Danish realms in Schleswig in 934. Henry\'s hegemonic status north of the Alps was acknowledged by the kings Rudolph of West Francia and Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy, who both accepted a place of subordination as allies in 935. Henry planned an expedition to Rome to be crowned emperor by the pope, but the design was thwarted by his death. Henry prevented a collapse of royal power, as had happened in West Francia, and left a much stronger kingdom to his successor Otto I He was buried at Quedlinburg Abbey, established by his wife Matilda in his honour. Born in Memleben, in what is now Saxony-Anhalt, Henry was the son of Otto the Illustrious, Duke of Saxony, and his wife Hedwiga, who was probably the daughter of Henry of Franconia. In 906 he married Hatheburg of Merseburg, daughter of the Saxon count Erwin. She had previously been a nun. The marriage was annulled in 909 because her vows as a nun were deemed by the church to remain valid. She had already given birth to Henry\'s son Thankmar. The annulment placed a question mark over Thankmar\'s legitimacy. Later that year he married Matilda, daughter of Dietrich of Ringelheim, Count in Westphalia. Matilda bore him three sons, one called Otto, and two daughters, Hedwig and Gerberga, and founded many religious institutions, including the Quedlinburg Abbey where Henry is buried. She was later canonized. As the first Saxon king of East Francia, Henry was the founder of the Ottonian dynasty. He and his descendants ruled East Francia, and later the Holy Roman Empire, from 919 until 1024. Henry had two wives and at least six children: With Hatheburg: - Thankmar (908–938)[2] – rebelled against his half-brother Otto and was killed in battle in 938 With Matilda: - Hedwig (910–965) – wife of West Francia\'s powerful Robertian duke Hugh the Great, mother of Hugh Capet, King of West Francia - Otto I (912–973) – Duke of Saxony, King of East Francia and Holy Roman Emperor. In 929 Henry married Otto to Eadgyth, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex - Gerberga (913–984) – wife of (1) Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia and (2) King Louis IV of France - Henry I (919–955) – Duke of Bavaria - Bruno (925–965) – Archbishop of Cologne and Duke of Lotharingia and regent of West Francia. Henry became Duke of Saxony after his father\'s death in 912. An able ruler, he continued to strengthen the position of his duchy within the weakening kingdom of East Francia, and was frequently in conflict with his neighbors to the South in the Duchy of Franconia. On 23 December 918 Conrad I, king of East Francia and Franconian duke, died. Although Henry had rebelled against Conrad I between 912 and 915 over the lands in Thuringia, Conrad recommended Henry as his successor. Kingship now changed from the Franks to the Saxons, who had suffered greatly during the conquests of Charlemagne and were proud of their identity. Henry, as Saxon, was the first non-Frank on the throne. Conrad\'s choice was conveyed by his brother, duke Eberhard III of Franconia at the Imperial Diet of Fritzlar in 919. The assembled Franconian and Saxon nobles elected Henry to be king with other regional dukes not participating in the election. Archbishop Heriger of Mainz offered to anoint Henry according to the usual ceremony, but he refused – the only king of his time not to undergo that rite – allegedly because he wished to be king not by the church\'s but by the people\'s acclaim. Henry, who was elected to kingship by only the Saxons and Franconians at Fritzlar, had to subdue the other dukes. Duke Burchard II of Swabia soon swore fealty to the new king, but when he died, Henry appointed a noble from Franconia to be the new duke. Duke Arnulf of Bavaria, lord over a realm of impressive extent, with de facto powers of a king and at times even named so in documents, proved a much harder nut to crack. He would not submit until Henry defeated him in two campaigns in 921. In Bavaria Duke Arnulf declared himself king in 919. Henry besieged Arnulf\'s residence at Ratisbon and forced the duke into submission. In 921 Arnulf renounced the crown and submitted to Henry while maintaining significant autonomy and the right to mint his own coins. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler
    • Life Event: King Henry, of Saxon heritage, was the first non-Frank to occupy the throne of Francia (Franconia)
    • FSID: 9C72-WGJ
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 30 Nov 912 and 2 Jul 936; Duke of Saxony
    • Appointments / Titles: Between 919 and 936; King of the East of France (König des Ostfrankenreiches)
    • Life Event: May 919; Archbishop Heriger of Mainz was to anoint Henry king as had become customary, however, Henry refused, the only king of his time not to undergo that rite, allegedly because he wished to be king not by the church\'s but by the people\'s acclaim.
    • Life Event: Between 24 May 919 and 2 Jul 936; Designated as king by his predecessor Conrad the Younger, Henry became king in 919 and ruler nearly 17 years, until his death, at which time his son Otto succeeded him.

    Notes:

    Considered the first King of Germany (the first Saxon king of East Francia) Henry was the founder of the Ottonian dynasty. He and his descendants ruled East Francia, and later the Holy Roman Empire, from 919 until 1024.

    Henry the Fowler (German: Heinrich der Vogler or Heinrich der Finkler; Latin: Henricus Auceps) (876 – 2 July 936) was the Duke of Saxony from 912 and the King of East Francia from 919 until his death in 936. As the first non-Frankish king of East Francia, he established the Ottonian dynasty of kings and emperors, and he is generally considered to be the founder of the medieval German state, known until then as East Francia. An avid hunter, he obtained the epithet "the Fowler" because he was allegedly fixing his birding nets when messengers arrived to inform him that he was to be king.

    He was born into the Liudolfing line of Saxon dukes. His father Otto I of Saxony died in 912 and was succeeded by Henry. The new duke launched a rebellion against the king of East Francia, Conrad I of Germany, over the rights to lands in the Duchy of Thuringia. They reconciled in 915 and on his deathbed in 918, Conrad recommended Henry as the next king, considering the duke the only one who could hold the kingdom together in the face of internal revolts and external Magyar raids.

    Henry was elected and crowned king in 919. He went on to defeat the rebellious dukes of Bavaria and Swabia, consolidating his rule. Through successful warfare and a dynastic marriage, Henry acquired Lotharingia as a vassal in 925. Unlike his Carolingian predecessors, Henry did not seek to create a centralized monarchy, ruling through federated autonomous stem duchies instead. Henry built an extensive system of fortifications and mobile heavy cavalry across Germany to neutralize the Magyar threat and in 933 routed them at the Battle of Riade, ending Magyar attacks for the next 21 years and giving rise to a sense of German nationhood. Henry greatly expanded German hegemony in Europe with his defeat of the Slavs in 929 at the Battle of Lenzen along the Elbe river, by compelling the submission of Duke Wenceslaus I of Bohemia through an invasion of the Duchy of Bohemia the same year and by conquering Danish realms in Schleswig in 934. Henry's hegemonic status north of the Alps was acknowledged by the kings Rudolph of West Francia and Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy, who both accepted a place of subordination as allies in 935. Henry planned an expedition to Rome to be crowned emperor by the pope, but the design was thwarted by his death. Henry prevented a collapse of royal power, as had happened in West Francia, and left a much stronger kingdom to his successor Otto I. He was buried at Quedlinburg Abbey, established by his wife Matilda in his honour.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler
    https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_I._(Ostfrankenreich)

    Heinrich Himmler believed he was Henry the Fowler reincarnated; On 2 July 1936 Himmler commemorated the 1000th anniversary of Henry's death with a ceremony at his crypt and in 1937 had Henry's remains interred in a new sarcophagus.

    Succeeded his father, Otto I of Saxony, in 912 to become Duke of Saxony and reigned until his death at which time his son Otto succeeded him.

    Heinrich married von Ringelheim, Saint Mathilde in 909 in Wallhausen, Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Mathilde (daughter of of The East Franks, Thiadrich and Reinhild) was born in 892 in Enger, Herford, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; died on 14 Mar 968 in Quedlinburg, Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; was buried on 15 Mar 968 in Stiftskirche Saint Servatius, Quedlinburg, Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 15.  von Ringelheim, Saint Mathilde was born in 892 in Enger, Herford, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (daughter of of The East Franks, Thiadrich and Reinhild); died on 14 Mar 968 in Quedlinburg, Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; was buried on 15 Mar 968 in Stiftskirche Saint Servatius, Quedlinburg, Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • FSID: 9CZV-2KJ
    • Residence: 908, Herford, Herford, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
    • Religion: 968; Saint Matilda

    Notes:

    Mathilde, daughter of Reinhild and the Saxon Count Dietrich (himself a descendant of the Saxon duke Widukind who fought against Charlemagne) was born in around 892, and was raised by her grandmother Mathilde in Herford Abbey. She had three sisters; Amalrada, Bia, and Fridarun, who married Charles III, king of West Francia; and a brother Beuve II, the Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne. Due to Fridarun’s marriage to count Wichmann the Elder, there was an alliance between the House of Billung and the Ottonian family, which expanded their possessions to the west. In 909, she married Henry, at the time Duke of Saxony and later East-Franconian king, after his first marriage to Hatheburg of Merseburg was cancelled. She gave birth to five mutual children: Otto (912-973), who was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor in 962; Henry (919/22-955), who was appointed Duke of Bavaria in 948; Bruno (925-965), who was elected Archbishop of Cologne in 953 and Duke of Lorraine in 954; Hedwig (d. 965/80), who married the West Frankish duke, Hugh the Great; and Gerberga (d. 968/69), who first married Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine and later the Carolingian King Louis IV of France.

    In 929, Mathilde received her dowry, that Henry gave to her in the so-called Hausordnung. It consisted of goods in Quedlinburg, Pöhlde, Nordhausen, Grona (near Göttingen), and Duderstadt. During her time as queen, she took an interest in women’s monasteries and is said to have had an influence on her husbands reign by having a strong sense of justice.

    After Henry’s death 936 in Memleben, he was buried in Quedlinburg, where Queen Mathilde founded a convent the same year.[8] She lived there during the following years and took care of the family’s memorialization. Thus Quedlinburg Abbey became the most important center of prayer and commemoration of the dead in the East-Franconian Empire.Like in other convents, daughters of noble families where raised in Quedlinburg, to later become Abesses in order to secure the families influence. One of them was her own granddaughter Matilda, daughter of Otto I and Adelheid of Burgundy, to whom she passed on the conducting of the convent in 966, after 30 years of leadership. The younger Mathilde therefore became the first abbess of the convent in Quedlinburg. With her other goods, Queen Mathilde founded further convents, one of them in 947 in Enger. Her last foundation was the convent of Nordhausen in 961.

    Mathilde’s handling of her dowry, which she had received from King Henry I previous to his death, was subject to a dispute between her and Otto I during the years 936-946. Otto made a claim on his mother's possessions, which eventually led to her fleeing into exile. Otto's wife, Queen Eadgyth, is said to have brought about the reconciliation in which Mathilde left her goods and Otto was forgiven for his actions.

    The exact circumstances of this feud are still controversial to this day, but in order to protect her goods, Mathilde acquired papal privileges for all monasteries in eastern Saxony in the period before her death in early 968. However, these efforts where ignored when Theophanu, the wife of Otto II, received Mathilde’s dowry after she died.

    After a long illness, Queen Mathilde died on 14 March 968, in the convent of Quedlinburg. She was buried in Quedlinburg Abbey, next to her late husband. Throughout her life, Mathilde was dedicated to charity and her spiritual foundations- as expressed several times in her two hagiographies. A commemorative plaque dedicated to her can be found in the Walhalla memorial near Regensburg, Germany. Mathilde is the patron of the St. Mathilde church in Laatzen (Germany), the St. Mathilde church in Quedlinburg (Germany), the Melkite church in Aleppo (Syria) and the Mathilden-Hospital in Herford (Germany). Her feast day is 14 March.

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

    Mar 14 AD; Catholic - Saint Matilda; Patron Saint of parents of large families & widows; Feast Day 14 March

    Children:
    1. 7. von Sachsen, Queen of France Gerberga 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.