II married Burgundy, Adelaide of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Regnier, Count of Hainaut III was born about 920; died in 987.

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First to bear title of Count of Hainaut ca. 875; controlled duchy of
Lorraine; married the great-granddaughter of Charlemagne. He became first
Duke of Lorraine in 911. He was lay abbot of Echternach (Luxembourg),
897-915.

I + Hersent, of France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
his first wife

married Lorraine, Ermengarde of on Yes, date unknown. Ermengarde (daughter of Lothair, Emperor King of Italy I and Tours, Ermengarde of) died in 846. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Charles II, Roman Emperor and King of the West Franks (present-day France),
died while crossing the pass at Mont Cenis 5 or 6 October 877 and was
succeeded by his son, Louis the Stammerer. A man of culture, he was forced
to spend his reign at war - against the Bretons, the people of Aquitaine,
and the Norman (Viking) raiders. Charles II reigned 840-877. "Ancestral
Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 49-16 gives his birth year as 828 and his second
wife as Richaut, dau. of Budwine, Count of Metz.

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Giselbert's county is in the Meuse River valley. He probably m. a sister
of Echard, Count of Hesbaye.

Died:
living in 840

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Re: parentage, see Comments under ID778. Lothair I was Roman Emperor. He
fell ill in 855, divided his lands between his three sons, and on Sept. 23
entered the monastery of Pruem where he died six days later. He was King
of Italy, 817-55, and Emperor, 840-55.

I married Tours, Ermengarde of on 15 Oct 821. Ermengarde (daughter of Hugues, Count of Tours,Governor of Alsace II) died on 20 Mar 851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Ermengarde is daughter of the Count of Orleans, Hugh II, or the Count of
Tours of the same name.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Apr 781, Rome, Italy

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Emperor, 814-840. He m. (1) 794-5 Irmengarde, dau. of Ingram, Count of Haspen.
Louis I died on an island in the Rhine River near Ingelheim and is buried in
the Church of St. Arnulf at Metz; Encyclopaedia Britannica (1950; 14:410)
states that Lotha(i)r was his son by Irmengarde. Louis I is also known as "le
Debonaire". He was King of France (814-840), King of Germany (814-40), and
King of Aquitaine (781-840).

I married Bavaria, Judith of in Feb 819. Judith (daughter of Guelph, Count of Altdorf I and Saxony, Edith (Hedwig) of) was born in Altdorf, Bavaria; died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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"The beauty of this young woman, her grace and intelligence, are mentioned by
all writers of the time." - Fr. Funck-Brentano, "A History of Gaul," p. 386.

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Married:
his second marriage