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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.

Family/Spouse: Hersent, of France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
his first wife

1. Giselbert Duke of Lorraine died on 2 Oct 939.
2. Regnier, Count of Hainaut II was born about 890; died in 932.

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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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.

Count married Blois, Theidlindis of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Theidlindis descends from the Merovingian Kings of France (Clovis I the
Great and his wife St. Clothilda), etc. - her ancestry reaches back to
Clodion, King of the Salic Franks (ca. 380-448).

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 + Hasbaye, Irmengarde of. Irmengarde (daughter of Ingeramun Count of Hasbaye) died on 8 Oct 818. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
his first wife

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{Line from W.H.Turton,"The Plantagenet
Ancestry"(Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.181.} Hughes II married Ava _________.