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Lindulf Of Vermandois

Male Abt 957 - 986  (29 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Lindulf Of Vermandois was born about 957 in , Vermandois, France (son of Albert I The Pious, Count Of Vermandois and Gerberge Princess Of Lorraine); died in 986.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Albert I The Pious, Count Of Vermandois was born about 915 in , Vermandois, France (son of Herbert II Count of Vermandois and Hildebrante Princess Of France); died on 7 Sep 978 in Saint Quentin, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Saint Quentin, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Albert married Gerberge Princess Of Lorraine before 954 in , , , France. Gerberge (daughter of Gilbert Duke Of Lorraine and Gerberge Queen Of France) was born about 925 in , , Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Gerberge Princess Of Lorraine was born about 925 in , , Lorraine, France (daughter of Gilbert Duke Of Lorraine and Gerberge Queen Of France).
    Children:
    1. Herbert III Count Of Vermandois was born in 942 in , Vermandois, France; died on 29 Aug 1015.
    2. Eudes (Otton) De Vermandois was born about 946 in , Vermandois, France; died before 987.
    3. Guy Count Of Soissons was born in 948 in , Vermandois, France.
    4. Gisaele Of Vermandois was born about 950 in , Vermandois, France.
    5. 1. Lindulf Of Vermandois was born about 957 in , Vermandois, France; died in 986.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Herbert II Count of Vermandois was born about 884 in , Vermandois, France (son of Herbert I Count of Vermandois and Miss Princess Of France); died on 23 Feb 943 in Saint Quentin, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Saint Quentin, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France.

    Notes:

    Herbert was the son of Herbert I of Vermandois.[1] He was apparently well aware of his descent from Charlemagne.[2] Herbert inherited the domain of his father and in 907, added to it the Abbey of St. Medard, Soissons. He took the position of Lay abbot entitling him to the income of those estates.[1] His marriage with a daughter of king Robert I of France brought him the County of Meaux.[3]

    In 922, when Seulf became Archbishop of Rheims, in an effort to appease Herbert II Seulf solemnly promised him he could nominate his successor.[4] In 923, Count Herbert took the bold step of imprisoning King Charles III, who died still a captive in 929.[a][3] Then, on the death of Seulf in 925, with the help of King Rudolph, he acquired for his second son Hugh (then five years old) the archbishopric of Rheims.[5] Herbert took the additional step of sending emissaries to Rome to Pope John X to gain his approval, which that pope gave in 926.[4] On his election young Hugh was sent to Auxerre to study.[2]

    In 926, on the death of Count Roger I of Laon. Herbert demanded this countship for Eudes, his eldest son.[6] He took the town in defiance of King Rudolph leading to a clash between the two in 927.[2] Using the threat of releasing King Charles III, whom he held captive, Herbert managed to hold the city for four more years.[2] But after the death of Charles in 929, Rudolph again attacked Laon in 931 successfully defeating Herbert.[2] The same year the king entered Rheims and defeated archbishop Hugh, the son of Herbert.[7] Artaud became the new archbishop of Reims.[7] Herbert II then lost, in three years, Vitry, Laon, Château-Thierry, and Soissons.[8] The intervention of his ally, Henry the Fowler, allowed him to restore his domains (except Rheims and Laon) in exchange for his submission to King Rudolph.

    Later Herbert allied with Hugh the Great and William Longsword, duke of Normandy against King Louis IV, who allocated the County of Laon to Roger II, the son of Roger I, in 941. Herbert and Hugh the Great took back Rheims and captured Artaud.[9] Hugh, the son of Herbert, was restored as archbishop.[9] Again the mediation of the German King Otto I in Visé, near Liège, in 942 allowed for the normalization of the situation.

    Death and legacy
    Herbert II died on 23 February 943 at Saint-Quentin, Aisne (the capital of the county of Vermandois).[1] His vast estates and territories were divided among his sons.[10] Vermandois and Amiens went to the two elder sons while Robert and Herbert, the younger sons, were given the valuable holdings scattered throughout Champagne.[10] On Robert's death his brother's son Herbert III inherited them all. Herbert III's only son Stephen died childless in 1019–20 thus ending the male line of Herbert II.[10]

    Family
    Herbert married Adele, daughter of Robert I of France.[11] Together they had the following children:

    Eudes of Vermandois, Count of Amiens and of Vienne, (c. 910–946)[1]
    Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois (c. 915–987), married Gerberge of Lorraine[1]
    Adela of Vermandois (910–960), married 934 Count Arnulf I of Flanders[1]
    Herbert 'the Old' (c. 910–980), Count of Omois, Meaux and Troyes, and abbot of St. Medard, Soissons, married 951 Eadgifu of Wessex daughter of Edward the Elder King of England and widow of Charles III King of France.[b][1]
    Sprota Adele de Senlis (913–945), captive of William I, Duke of Normandy;[1] and fathered Richard I, Duke of Normandy.
    Robert of Vermandois, Count of Meaux and Châlons († 967)[1]
    Luitgarde of Vermandois (c. 915–978), married 940 William I, Duke of Normandy;[1] married secondly, c. 943–44, Theobald I of Blois[c][12] Their son was Odo I, Count of Blois.[10]
    Hugh of Vermandois (920–962), Archbishop of Reims[1]
    Guy I, Count of Soissons (d. 986).[13]
    Notes
    King Charles was the godfather to one of Herbert II's sons. See: Rodulfus Glaber, The Five Books of the Histories, ed. & trans. John France (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1989), pp. 12–13 n. 1.
    Herbert 'the Old', Count of Meux the son of Herbert II is sometimes confused with his nephew, Herbert III, Count of Meux and Troyes, son of Robert Count of Meux. It was Herbert 'the Old' who married Eadgifu of Wessex in 951, his nephew Herbert III wasn't born until c. 950. See ES III/1, 49; K. Norgate, 'Odo of Champagne', EHR 5, 19 (Jul. 1890), 488.
    It was Hugh the Great who, taking advantage of the youth of Herbert II's successor, gave William Longwsord's widow, Luitgarde to his own vassal Theobald 'the Deceiver', count of Blois. But Glaber mistakenly credited Duke William's murder to Theobald 'the Deceiver' instead of Arnulf of Flanders. See: Rodulfus Glaber, The Five Books of the Histories, ed. & trans. John France (Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1989), pp. 164–5, n. 2.

    Herbert married Hildebrante Princess Of France before 907 in , , , France. Hildebrante (daughter of Robert I King of France and Beatrice De Vermandois) was born about 897 in , Vermandois, France; died after 931. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Hildebrante Princess Of France was born about 897 in , Vermandois, France (daughter of Robert I King of France and Beatrice De Vermandois); died after 931.
    Children:
    1. Herbert De Vermandois was born in 910 in , Vermandois, France; died on 28 Dec 993; was buried in Abbaye de Lagny, Seine-et-Marne, France.
    2. Adaele (Alice, Alix) De Vermandois was born in 910 in , Vermandois, France; died on 10 Oct 960 in Bruges, Aquitaine, France; was buried in Abbaye de Saint Pierre, Ghent, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
    3. Adele of Vermandois was born in 910; died in 960 in , , , Belgium.
    4. 2. Albert I The Pious, Count Of Vermandois was born about 915 in , Vermandois, France; died on 7 Sep 978 in Saint Quentin, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Saint Quentin, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France.
    5. Eudes Count Of Viennois was born about 916 in , Vermandois, France; died after 19 Jun 946.
    6. Robert Count Of Vermandois & Meaux was born about 918 in , Vermandois, France; died on 29 Aug 968.
    7. Hugues Archbishop Of Reims was born in 920 in , Vermandois, France; died in 962.
    8. Ledgarde Duchess Of Normandy was born about 920 in , Vermandois, France; died on 27 May 977; was buried in Abbaye DE Matemoutier, France.

  3. 6.  Gilbert Duke Of Lorraine was born about 890 in Reims, Marne, France (son of Rainer (Regnier) I, Duke Of Lorraine and Hersent, Duchess Of Lorraine); died on 2 Oct 939 in Andernach, Rhineland, Germany.

    Gilbert married Gerberge Queen Of France. Gerberge was born in 913 in Nordhausen, Saxony, Germany; died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Marne, France; was buried in Reims, Marne, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Gerberge Queen Of France was born in 913 in Nordhausen, Saxony, Germany; died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Marne, France; was buried in Reims, Marne, France.
    Children:
    1. Alberade De Lorraine was born in , , Lorraine, France.
    2. 3. Gerberge Princess Of Lorraine was born about 925 in , , Lorraine, France.
    3. Henri Duke Of Lorraine was born about 932 in , , Lorraine, France; died about 932.
    4. Wiltrude Duchess Of Bavaria was born about 937 in , , Lorraine, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Rainer (Regnier) I, Duke Of Lorraine was born in 860 in , , , France (son of Giselbert Count Of The Moselle (Maasgau) and Ermengarde (Irmgard) Duchess Of The Moselle (Maasgau)); died in 916.

    Rainer married Hersent, Duchess Of Lorraine in 889. Hersent, (daughter of Charles II "The Bald" Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire and Ermentrude (Irmtrud) Countess Of Orleans) was born about 865 in , , Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Hersent, Duchess Of Lorraine was born about 865 in , , Lorraine, France (daughter of Charles II "The Bald" Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire and Ermentrude (Irmtrud) Countess Of Orleans).
    Children:
    1. 6. Gilbert Duke Of Lorraine was born about 890 in Reims, Marne, France; died on 2 Oct 939 in Andernach, Rhineland, Germany.
    2. Rainer II Count Of Hainault was born about 892 in , , Lorraine, France; died about 892.


Generation: 5

  1. 24.  Giselbert Count Of The Moselle (Maasgau) was born about 830 in Moselle, Austrasia, France; died about 892.

    Giselbert married Ermengarde (Irmgard) Duchess Of The Moselle (Maasgau) in 846. Ermengarde (daughter of Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Lothaire King of Italy, I and Ermengarde Countess Of Tours) was born about 832 in , , Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 25.  Ermengarde (Irmgard) Duchess Of The Moselle (Maasgau) was born about 832 in , , Alsace, France (daughter of Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Lothaire King of Italy, I and Ermengarde Countess Of Tours).
    Children:
    1. 12. Rainer (Regnier) I, Duke Of Lorraine was born in 860 in , , , France; died in 916.


Generation: 6

  1. 50.  Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Lothaire King of Italy, I was born in 795 in Altdorf, Landshut, Niederbayern, Bavaria, Germany (son of Louis I "The Pious" Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire and Ermengarde (Irmengarde) Princess Of Hesbaye); died on 29 Sep 855 in Pruem, Rheinland, Germany; was buried in St Sauveur, France.

    Lothaire married Ermengarde Countess Of Tours on 15 Oct 821 in Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Ermengarde was born about 800 in , , Alsace, France; died on 20 Mar 851; was buried in Abbaye Derstein, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 51.  Ermengarde Countess Of Tours was born about 800 in , , Alsace, France; died on 20 Mar 851; was buried in Abbaye Derstein, Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.
    Children:
    1. Louis II Emperor Of The Holy Roman Empire was born about 825 in , , Alsace, France; died on 31 Aug 875 in , , , Italy; was buried in Saint Ambroise, Milano, Milano, Italy.
    2. Charles King of Provence was born about 828 in , , Alsace, France; died on 24 Jun 863.
    3. Helletrude Princess Of Italy was born about 830 in , , Alsace, France.
    4. 25. Ermengarde (Irmgard) Duchess Of The Moselle (Maasgau) was born about 832 in , , Alsace, France.
    5. Rotrud Princess Of Italy was born in 833 in , , Alsace, France.
    6. Gisle Princess Of Italy was born about 834 in , , Alsace, France; died on 28 May 861.
    7. Lothaire II King of Lotharingia was born in 835 in , , Alsace, France; died on 7 Aug 869 in Plaisance, Italy.