Eberhard IV of Eguisheim (Count) of ALSACE-NORDGAU

Eberhard IV Nordgau (died December 18, 972/973)[1] was Count of Nordgau. He was the eldest of four children of Hugh I of Nordgau and his wife, Hildegard. Biography He succeeded his father in 940 with his brother Hugues d'Eguisheim. In 959 he submitted to the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I at Abbey of Lure. He governed the Nordgau from 940 until 951, when he abdicated in favour of his son Hugues II, and withdrew to his territory of Altorf where he died in 972 / 973. Marriage and issue He married Luitgarde, daughter of Wigéric of Bidgau and had issue: Hugues II of Nordgau, Count of Nordgau Adalbert of Alsace Hughes, monk at Altorf Gérard d'Alsace Adelaide, married as first wife to Henry of Speyer, parents to Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor Hedwig married to Siegfried of Luxembourg, parents of St. Cunegonde Notes and references Jump up ^ Eberhard IV, Medieval Lands. Jump up ^ Medieval Lands Heedwige England by: Genealogical History of the royal houses of Europe, Nicolas de Saint-Allais Viton, T.1, pp.66-67 Sources Eberhard IV site Nordgau Foundation for medieval genealogy. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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