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Charles of Laon, Duke of Lower Lorraine

Male 953 - 992  (39 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Charles of Laon, Duke of Lower Lorraine was born in 953 in Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 21 May 992.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: Prince Charles was removed from succession to the throne of France by Hugh Capet.

    Notes:

    Death: Weis (1982) states he died in 994.

    Charles married Bonne d'Ardennes before 979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Gerberga of Lower Lorraine  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 975; died after 1017; was buried in Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim.
    2. 3. Ermengarde of Lorraine  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 974; died in 1012.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gerberga of Lower Lorraine Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born about 975; died after 1017; was buried in Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude, Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim.

    Gerberga married Lambert I "the Bearded", Count of Louvain and Mons about 990. Lambert (son of Regnier III "Longhals", Count of Hainaut and Adele of Louvain) was born about 952; died on 12 Sep 1015 in near Florennes; was buried in Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Lambert II, Count of Louvain and Brussels  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 990; died on 19 Jun 1054 in Tournai, Wallonia, Belgium; was buried in Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim.
    2. 5. Matilda of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 3.  Ermengarde of Lorraine Descendancy chart to this point (1.Charles1) was born in 974; died in 1012.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: Her name is also spelt Adelaide.
    • Last Full Review: 12 Jul 2021

    Notes:

    Death: Stuart (2002) gives her death date as 1012.

    Ermengarde married Adalbert I, Count of Namur in 990. Adalbert (son of Robert I, Count of Lomme and Namur and Ermengarde of Lorraine) was born in 975; died about 1011. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Robert II, Count of Namur  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 7. Hedwig  Descendancy chart to this point died on 1075 to 1080.
    3. 8. Lutgarde de Namur  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 9. Ode  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 10. Adalbert II, Count of Namur  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 997; died in 1037.
    6. 11. Ermengarde of Namur  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Lambert II, Count of Louvain and Brussels Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gerberga2, 1.Charles1) was born about 990; died on 19 Jun 1054 in Tournai, Wallonia, Belgium; was buried in Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Miscellaneous: say 1040; Lambert arranged to transfer the remains of Saint Gudule to the St. Michael church. This church, thereafter known as Saints-Michel-et-Gudule, developed to become St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral.
    • Military: 1054; In 1054 he took up arms against Emperor Henry III, and lost his life at Tounai.
    • Last Full Review: 3 Jun 2020

    Lambert married Oda on Yes, date unknown. Oda (daughter of Gonzelon I, Margrave of Antwerp, Count of Verdun, and Duke of Lower Lorraine) died on 23 Oct 1044. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Henry II of Brabant, Count of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1020; died in 1078/79; was buried in Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim.
    2. 13. Adela of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 14. Raginar of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1077.

  2. 5.  Matilda of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gerberga2, 1.Charles1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: She was also called Maud.

    Matilda married Eustace I, Count of Boulogne on Yes, date unknown. Eustace (son of Baldwin III, Count of Boulogne and Aleida) was born about 1004; died in 1049. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Eustace II "aux Gernons", Count of Boulogne and Lens  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1020 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France; died in 1093.
    2. 16. Gerberge  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1049.
    3. 17. Lambert of Boulogne, Count of Lens in Artrois  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1022 in Lens, Hauts-de-France, France; died in 1054 in Phalampin, Hauts-de-France, France.

  3. 6.  Robert II, Count of Namur Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ermengarde2, 1.Charles1)

    Notes:

    Died:
    He died without issue.


  4. 7.  Hedwig Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ermengarde2, 1.Charles1) died on 1075 to 1080.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    Her name was also spelt Hatvide.

    Family/Spouse: Gerhard IV, Count of Alsace and of Chatenois, Duke of Upper Lorraine. Gerhard (son of Gerhard, Count of Metz, Duke of Upper Lorraine and Gisela) died on 14 Apr 1070 in Remiremont, Grand Est, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Gerhard I of Lorraine, Count of Vaudemont  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1057; died in 1108; was buried in Belval, Grand Est, France.
    2. 19. Dietrich II, Duke of Upper Lorraine  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1060; died on 23 Jan 1115; was buried in Châtenois, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France.

  5. 8.  Lutgarde de Namur Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ermengarde2, 1.Charles1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: She married Gislebert de Looz, the son of Rodolphe de Betuwe Comte de Hesbaye. Gislebert married first, Erlande. [Gislebert married second, Lutgarde de Namur] Issue: 1. Emmo (1025-1078) 2. Otto (____-1090)

    Notes:

    History:
    Her name was also spelt Emma.

    Family/Spouse: Gislebert de Looz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 9.  Ode Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ermengarde2, 1.Charles1)

  7. 10.  Adalbert II, Count of Namur Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ermengarde2, 1.Charles1) was born in 997; died in 1037.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: His name is also spelt Albert.

    Notes:

    Birth: Stuart (2002) says he was born about 1000.

    Death: Stuart (2002) says his death was between July 1063 and July 1064.

    Adalbert married Regilinde of Lorraine on Yes, date unknown. Regilinde (daughter of Gonzelon I, Margrave of Antwerp, Count of Verdun, and Duke of Lower Lorraine) was born about 994; died after 1064. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Adalbert III, Count of Namur  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1027; died in 1102.
    2. 21. Henri, Count of Dubuy  Descendancy chart to this point

  8. 11.  Ermengarde of Namur Descendancy chart to this point (3.Ermengarde2, 1.Charles1)

    Family/Spouse: Otto I, Count of Warcq and Chiny. Otto (son of Count Arnold I and Mathilde of Chiny) was born in 942; died in 1013. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 22. Louis I de Chiny, Count of Ivoix and Chiny, Governor of Verdun  Descendancy chart to this point died on 28 Sep 1025.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Henry II of Brabant, Count of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (4.Lambert3, 2.Gerberga2, 1.Charles1) was born about 1020; died in 1078/79; was buried in Nivelles, Wallonia, Belguim.

    Henry married Adelaide of the Betuwe on Yes, date unknown. Adelaide (daughter of Eberhard von der Betuwe und Tristerbaut, Count in the Betuwe) was born about 1045; died after 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 23. Godfrey I of Brabant "the Beareded", Duke of Brabant and Lower Lorraine  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1060; died on 25 Jan 1139; was buried in Affligem Abbey, Affligem, Flemish Brabant, Belgium.
    2. 24. Ida of Louvain  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1065; died in 1139.

  2. 13.  Adela of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (4.Lambert3, 2.Gerberga2, 1.Charles1)

    Family/Spouse: Otto I, Margrave of Meissen, and Count of Weimar. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Dedi I, Margrave of the Saxon Ostmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 14.  Raginar of Louvain Descendancy chart to this point (4.Lambert3, 2.Gerberga2, 1.Charles1) died in 1077.

  4. 15.  Eustace II "aux Gernons", Count of Boulogne and LensEustace II "aux Gernons", Count of Boulogne and Lens Descendancy chart to this point (5.Matilda3, 2.Gerberga2, 1.Charles1) was born about 1020 in Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France; died in 1093.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: Aux Gernons translates to with moustaches.
    • Military: 1047; He joined Godfrey II, duke of Lotharingia, in an unsuccessful rebellion against Emperor Henry III in 1047.
    • Religion: 1049; As a consequence of his revolt against the Emperor, Pope Leo IX, a close ally of the emperor, excommunicated Eustace at the Council of Rheims in 1049. "Excommunicavit etiam Comites Angelrai et Eustacium propter incestum, et Hugonem de Braina, quia legitimam uxorem dimiserat, et aliam sibi in matrimonio sociaverat”. The reason given for the excommunication was incest. Pope Leo IX had been attempting to reform the papacy by condemning marriages within seven degrees of consanguinity. Although neither wife is mentioned by name both were related to Eustace within the prohibited degree.
    • Title(s): 1049; Eustace succeeded his father in 1049 as Count of Boulogne.
    • Travel: 1051, England; Eustace visited England in 1051, and was received with honor at the court of Edward the Confessor. Edward and Eustace were former brothers-in-law and remained political allies.
    • Title(s): 1054; In 1054 he became the Count of Lens.
    • Military: 14 Oct 1066, Hastings, Sussex, England; He fought at the Battle of Hastings and is one of the few proven companions of William the Conqueror. Sources vary regarding the details of his conduct during the battle. The contemporary chronicler William of Poitiers wrote concerning him: With a harsh voice he (Duke William) called to Eustace of Boulogne, who with 50 knights was turning in flight and was about to give the signal for retreat. This man came up to the Duke and said in his ear that he ought to retire since he would court death if he went forward. But at the very moment when he uttered the words Eustace was struck between the shoulders with such force that blood gushed out from his mouth and nose and half dead he only made his escape with the aid of his followers. The depiction in the Bayeux Tapestry shows a knight carrying a banner who rides up to Duke William and points excitedly with his finger towards the rear of the Norman advance. William turns his head and lifts up his visor to show his knights following him that he is still alive and determined to fight on. This conforms therefore with Eustace having somewhat lost his nerve and having urged the Duke to retreat while the Battle was at its height with the outcome still uncertain. Other sources suggest that Eustace was present with William at the Malfosse incident in the immediate aftermath of the battle, where a Saxon feigning death leapt up and attacked him, and was presumably cut down before he could reach William.
    • Military: 1067; After playing a prominent part in the battle of Hastings, Eustace supported an uprising by the townsfolk of Dover against William’s half-brother, Bishop Odo in 1067. The attack was unsuccessful; Eustace escaped but left his nepos, probably Geoffrey, behind in captivity. Eustace was exiled from England following the disaster in Dover, and his English estates were forfeited. But clearly he was more useful to William I as an ally than as an enemy, and the two were reconciled in the early 1070s. William I, who could have been holding the nepos to ensure Eustace’s compliance as a future ally, may have released him during this time. Eustace received a generous new allocation of estates.
    • Last Full Review: 9 Dec 2020

    Notes:

    Name:


    Military:

    Eustace married Godgifu, Princess of England after 1035. Godgifu (daughter of Æthelred II "the Unrede", King of England and Emma of Normandy) was born about 1010 in England; died in by 1049. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Geoffrey de Boulogne  Descendancy chart to this point

    Eustace married Ida of Lorraine in Dec 1057. Ida (daughter of Geoffrey II "the Bearded", Duke of Upper and Lower Lorraine, Count of Verdun and Doda) was born about 1040 in Bass, Lower Lorraine, France (not found); died on 13 Aug 1113. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 26. Eustace III, Count of Boulogne and Lens  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1058; died after 1125.
    2. 27. Godfrey of Bouillon, Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1061 in Baisy-Thy, Walloon Brabant, Belgium; died on 18 Jul 1100 in Jerusalem, Holy Land.
    3. 28. Baldwin I, King of Jerusalem  Descendancy chart to this point died on 2 Apr 1118 in Jerusalem, Holy Land.
    4. 29. Ida of Boulogne  Descendancy chart to this point died on 13 Apr 1113; was buried in Abbey of Le Wast, Le Wast, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Eustace married Dode on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 16.  Gerberge Descendancy chart to this point (5.Matilda3, 2.Gerberga2, 1.Charles1) died before 1049.

    Family/Spouse: Frederick II, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Count in the Moselgau, and Lord of Saarbrucken. Frederick (son of Frederick I, Count in the Moselgau and daughter von Gleiberg) was born about 1005; died on 18 May 1065. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 30. Jutta of Luxemburg  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1040.

  6. 17.  Lambert of Boulogne, Count of Lens in Artrois Descendancy chart to this point (5.Matilda3, 2.Gerberga2, 1.Charles1) was born about 1022 in Lens, Hauts-de-France, France; died in 1054 in Phalampin, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He was killed in the Battle of Lille.

    Lambert married Adelaide of Normandy, Countess of Aumale in 1053/54. Adelaide (daughter of Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy and Herleva de Falaise) was born in 1029/30 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died before 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 31. Judith de Lens  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1054.

  7. 18.  Gerhard I of Lorraine, Count of Vaudemont Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hedwig3, 3.Ermengarde2, 1.Charles1) was born in 1057; died in 1108; was buried in Belval, Grand Est, France.

    Gerhard married Heilwig von Egisheim before 1092. Heilwig (daughter of Gerhard III, Count of Egisheim and Petronilla of Verdun) died in 1118. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Gisela de Vaudemont  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1127.

  8. 19.  Dietrich II, Duke of Upper Lorraine Descendancy chart to this point (7.Hedwig3, 3.Ermengarde2, 1.Charles1) was born in 1060; died on 23 Jan 1115; was buried in Châtenois, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France.

    Notes:

    Name:
    His name was also spelt Thierry.

    Dietrich married Hedwig von Formbach in 1075. Hedwig (daughter of Frederick, Count of Formbach and Gertrude von Haldensleben) was born in 1058; died between 1095 and 1100. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 33. Simon I of Alsace, Duke of Upper Lorraine, Lord of Bitsch  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1076; died on 13 Jan 1138.
    2. 34. Gisala of Lorraine  Descendancy chart to this point

    Dietrich married Gertrude of Flanders about 1100. Gertrude (daughter of Robert I "le Frison", Count of Flanders and Holland and Gertrude of Saxony) was born about 1070 in Flanders, Belgium; died on 1115 - 1126. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 35. Gertrude of Alsace  Descendancy chart to this point died on 23 May 1144.
    2. 36. Dietrich von Lothringen II, Count of Alsace and Flanders  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1099 or 1101 in Alsace-Lorraine, France; died in 1166.

  9. 20.  Adalbert III, Count of Namur Descendancy chart to this point (10.Adalbert3, 3.Ermengarde2, 1.Charles1) was born in 1027; died in 1102.

    Notes:

    Birth: Stuart (2002) gives his birth date as about 1030.

    Adalbert married Ida of Saxony in 1065/66. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 37. Godfrey, Count of Dagsburg and Namur  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1067; died on 19 Aug 1139; was buried in Floreffe Abbey, Floreffe, Wallonia, Belgium.
    2. 38. Adelaide of Namur  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1068; died in 1124.

  10. 21.  Henri, Count of Dubuy Descendancy chart to this point (10.Adalbert3, 3.Ermengarde2, 1.Charles1)

  11. 22.  Louis I de Chiny, Count of Ivoix and Chiny, Governor of Verdun Descendancy chart to this point (11.Ermengarde3, 3.Ermengarde2, 1.Charles1) died on 28 Sep 1025.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Military: 1013; He was in Italy with the Emperor, Henry III.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He was killed in battle with Gonzelon, the Duke of Upper Lorraine.

    Family/Spouse: Adelaide. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 39. Louis II, Count of Ivoix and Chiny  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1068 in France.

    Family/Spouse: Catherine de Looz. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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