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Duke of Lorraine Charles

Duke of Lorraine Charles

Male Bef 953 - 993  (> 40 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Duke of Lorraine Charles was born before 953 in of Laon, Aisne, France (son of Louis IV "Transmarinus" and Gerberga of Saxony); died on 21 May 993 in Kerker, Orleans, France; was buried in St. Servatius, Maastricht.

    Charles married Bonne Adelaide about 980 in Lorraine, France. Bonne (daughter of Count Verdun Godfrey D'Ardenne Bidgau and Mathilde von Billung Sachsen) was born about 965 in Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Gerberge de Lorraine was born about 985 in of Lower, Lorraine, France; died in 1015/1018.
    2. Princess of France Ermengarde (Adelaide) was born about 983 in of Lower Lorraine, France; died in 1012.

    Charles married Agnes de Vermandois about 985 in France. Agnes was born about 960 in Vermandois, Normandy, France; died in 991 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Louis IV "Transmarinus" was born on 10 Sep 921 in of Laon, Aisne, France (son of King of the Franks Charles III "The Simple" and Queen of the Franks Eadgifu (Edgiva) (Ogive)); died on 10 Sep 954 in St. Remy Abbey, Reims, Marne, France; was buried in St. Remy Abbey, Reims, Marne, France.

    Notes:

    Note -between 936 and 954 in France: King:936-954. When Louis IV's father [Charles "Le Simple"] was captured [by Herbert de Vermandois in 923] , his mother Eadgifu took him to England for refuge. Louis IV came to the throne thanks to the support of Hughes, Count of Paris who had Louis IV recalled to France to succeed King Raoul (reign: 923-936). On 19 June 936, the new King, arrived in Boulogne, from England [hence the nickname "from overseas"] . He is annointed in Laon by the Archbishop of Reims, Artaud. Hughes "Le Grand" fancies himself the mentor of the King, but the King is rather independent of mind. Louis struggled against Hughes "Le Grand", Count of Paris, through most of his reign. In 936, the new German King, Otton I (who had just succeeded Henri I) tries to arbitrate their quarrels. In 938, King Louis "d'Outremer" makes an enemy out of Otton by marching into Lorraine. In 940, Otton I invades France and marches on Paris, with the help of his allies, Hughes "Le Grand" and Hughes de Vermandois. The Kingdom is split in two. While fighting the Normans in an attempt to recapture Normandy, Louis IV was made prisoner in 945 in Rouen. His liberty following that capture was short-lived as Louis IV fell into the hands of Hughes "Le Grand", now Duke de France, who kept him prisoner for one year until 946. An alliance with the German King Otto I allowed Louis IV to defeat Hughes (having had Hugues de Vermandois excommunicated in 948 at the Council of Ingelheim; The Church Council met again in September that year and excommunicated Hughes "Le Grand"), who made peace in 950 with Louis because he needed the support of the Church. Louis IV married Gerberge, Sister of the Emperor of the Occident Othon=Otto the Great, who bore him a son named Lothaire who eventually replaced Louis IV on the throne. Louis was fatally injured in a fall form his horse.

    Louis married Gerberga of Saxony in 939 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France. Gerberga (daughter of Heinrich I "The Fowler", King of Germany and Countess of Ringleheim Matilda von Ringelheim) was born on 5 Apr 913 in Nordhausen, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany; died on 5 May 969 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Gerberga of Saxony was born on 5 Apr 913 in Nordhausen, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany (daughter of Heinrich I "The Fowler", King of Germany and Countess of Ringleheim Matilda von Ringelheim); died on 5 May 969 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.
    Children:
    1. Princess of Franks Mathilde was born about 943/948 in of Laon, Aisne, France; died before 26 Nov 991.
    2. 1. Duke of Lorraine Charles was born before 953 in of Laon, Aisne, France; died on 21 May 993 in Kerker, Orleans, France; was buried in St. Servatius, Maastricht.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  King of the Franks Charles III "The Simple" was born on 17 Sep 879 in France (son of Louis II "The Stammerer", King of France and Adelaide); died on 7 Oct 929 in Peronne, Somme, France; was buried in St Fursi, Peronne, Somme, France.

    Notes:

    He was a posthumous child. He was called "The Simple".

    Charles married Queen of the Franks Eadgifu (Edgiva) (Ogive) about 918 in England. Eadgifu (daughter of King of England Edward "The Elder" and of Kent Ælflaeda) was born about 904 in Wessex, England; died after 955. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Queen of the Franks Eadgifu (Edgiva) (Ogive) was born about 904 in Wessex, England (daughter of King of England Edward "The Elder" and of Kent Ælflaeda); died after 955.

    Notes:

    2nd wife.

    Children:
    1. 2. Louis IV "Transmarinus" was born on 10 Sep 921 in of Laon, Aisne, France; died on 10 Sep 954 in St. Remy Abbey, Reims, Marne, France; was buried in St. Remy Abbey, Reims, Marne, France.
    2. Charles de Courcy was born about 925 in Courcy, Ardennes, France.
    3. Bishop of Laon Rorico was born about 922 in France; died in 976 in of Laon, France.

  3. 6.  Heinrich I "The Fowler", King of Germany was born on 2 Jul 876 in Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (son of Duke of Saxony Otto and Hedwige); died on 3 Jul 936 in Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

    Heinrich married Countess of Ringleheim Matilda von Ringelheim about 909 in Saxony, Germany. Matilda (daughter of Count of Ringleheim Theodoric and Ludmilla Ragnhildis) was born on 14 Mar 878 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany; died on 14 May 968 in Memleben, Sachsen, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Countess of Ringleheim Matilda von Ringelheim was born on 14 Mar 878 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany (daughter of Count of Ringleheim Theodoric and Ludmilla Ragnhildis); died on 14 May 968 in Memleben, Sachsen, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
    Children:
    1. 3. Gerberga of Saxony was born on 5 Apr 913 in Nordhausen, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany; died on 5 May 969 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France; was buried in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.
    2. of Saxony Hedwig was born about 910 in Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; died on 10 May 965 in Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
    3. Holy Roman Emperor Otto I "The Great", Duke of Saxony King of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor was born on 23 Nov 912 in of Saxony, Germany; died on 7 May 973 in Memleben, Saxony, Germany; was buried in Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.
    4. Henrich I "The Quarrelsome" von Bayern Duke of Bavaria was born about 919 in of Saxony, Germany; died on 1 Nov 955; was buried in Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany.
    5. I Bruno was born in May 925; died on 11 Oct 965; was buried in Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Louis II "The Stammerer", King of France was born on 1 Nov 843 in Compiègne, Oise, Ile-De-France, Kingdom of France (son of Charles II "The Bald", Holy Roman Emperor and Ermentrude d'Orleans); died on 10 Apr 875 in Compiegne, Oise, Picardie, France.

    Louis married Adelaide in 868 in France. Adelaide (daughter of Adalard, 8th Count of Paris) was born about 849 in of Paris, Seine, France; died about 10 Nov 901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Adelaide was born about 849 in of Paris, Seine, France (daughter of Adalard, 8th Count of Paris); died about 10 Nov 901.
    Children:
    1. Ermentrude was born in 870 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France; died in 914 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France.
    2. 4. King of the Franks Charles III "The Simple" was born on 17 Sep 879 in France; died on 7 Oct 929 in Peronne, Somme, France; was buried in St Fursi, Peronne, Somme, France.

  3. 10.  King of England Edward "The Elder" was born in 869 in Wessex, England (son of King of The West Saxons Alfred "The Great" and of the Gaini Ealhswith); died on 17 Jul 924 in Farrington, Berkshire, England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, London, England.

    Notes:

    Reigned 899-924. He defeated the Danes (918), taking East Anglia, and
    also conquered Mercia (918) and Northumbria (920).

    He was called "Edward the Elder"; he ruled Wessex from 899 to 925.He fought the invading Danes along with his sister Aethelflaed. In 909 he defeated them at the battle of Tettenhall. According to the book, A Short History of England, by McElwee, p. 35, he had three wives and fourteen children.

    Edward married of Kent Ælflaeda about 896 in Wessex, England. Ælflaeda (daughter of Ealdorman of Wiltshire Æthelhelm and of Risborough Æthelgyth) was born about 878 in Wiltshire, England; died in 920 in England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  of Kent Ælflaeda was born about 878 in Wiltshire, England (daughter of Ealdorman of Wiltshire Æthelhelm and of Risborough Æthelgyth); died in 920 in England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, London, England.
    Children:
    1. Eadhild was born about 907; died in 937.
    2. King of England Edmund "The Magnificient" was born in 921 in Wessex, England; died on 26 May 946 in Pucklechurch, Gloucestershire, England; was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset, England.
    3. Princess of England Elgiva was born about 899 in Wessex, England; died in 28 Oct.
    4. 5. Queen of the Franks Eadgifu (Edgiva) (Ogive) was born about 904 in Wessex, England; died after 955.
    5. Princess of England Eadgyth (Edith) was born about 910 in of Wessex, England; died on 26 Jan 946/47 in Germany; was buried in 947 in Magdeburg, Germany.
    6. King of England Ælfweard was born about 905 in of Wessex, England; died on 2 Aug 924 in England.
    7. Alberic was born about 910 in of Wessex, England.
    8. Edwin was born about 913 in of Wessex, England; died in 933.

  5. 12.  Duke of Saxony Otto was born about 840 in of Saxony, Germany (son of Duke of Saxony Ludolph and Hedwige del Friuli); died on 30 Nov 912.

    Otto married Hedwige about 874 in Germany. Hedwige (daughter of Louis "the German", King of Eastern Francia and Emma (Hemma)) was born about 844 in of Germany; died about 903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Hedwige was born about 844 in of Germany (daughter of Louis "the German", King of Eastern Francia and Emma (Hemma)); died about 903.
    Children:
    1. 6. Heinrich I "The Fowler", King of Germany was born on 2 Jul 876 in Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; died on 3 Jul 936 in Memleben, Burgenlandkreis, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

  7. 14.  Count of Ringleheim Theodoric was born about 853 in of Ringleheim, Germany (son of Count of Ringleheim Reginhart and Matilda).

    Theodoric married Ludmilla Ragnhildis about 877 in Memleben, Halle, Germany. Ludmilla (daughter of of Friesland Gottfried and of Friesland Matilda) was born about 858 in of Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Ludmilla Ragnhildis was born about 858 in of Germany (daughter of of Friesland Gottfried and of Friesland Matilda).
    Children:
    1. 7. Countess of Ringleheim Matilda von Ringelheim was born on 14 Mar 878 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany; died on 14 May 968 in Memleben, Sachsen, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg, Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.