Reginar DE HEINAUT

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Type Value Date Place Sources
name Reginar DE HEINAUT
[1]

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Type Date Place Sources
death between 25. August 915 and 19. January 916
Meerssen, Duchy ofLower Lorraine, Holy Roman Empire Find persons in this place
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birth about 850
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 ALBERADA

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Medieval Lands by Charles Cawley, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy REGINAR [I] "Langhals/Longneck", son of [GISELBERT Graaf van Maasgau &his wife --- of Lotharingia] ([850]-Meerssen [25 Aug 915/19 Jan 916]).The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet beenidentified. The Annales Hanoniæ name "Manicherius filius [Albonis]"(in a later passage clarified to be "Manicerius Registensis dominus")as "pater aut avunculus primi Ragineri" and "Raginerus dictusLongi-colli filius eius"[6], which, as explained in the Introduction,must be incorrect. The Annales Hanoniæ name "Rignerius Montensiscomes" as the ally of "Francone episcopo Leodiensi" against theVikings in 870, and in a later undated passage record "Raginerus"fighting "cum Frissonibus in Walacria contra Rollonem"[7], although itis unclear from the context whether these references are to "Raginerusdictus Longi-colli". Guillaume de Jumièges describes how "Rainier aulong cou duc de Hasbaigne et du Hainaut et Radbold prince de Frise"fought the Viking Rollo but were forced back to their castles[8]. Thedate when Reginar was installed as Comte de Hainaut is uncertain butwas probably during the last quarter of the 9th century. An agreementdated 14 Jun 877 of Emperor Charles II "le Chauve", presumably writtenwith his own death in mind, names "Arnulfus comes, Gislebertus,Letardus, Matfridus, Widricus, Gotbertus, Adalbertus, Ingelgerus,Rainerus" as those willing to support the emperor's son if hetravelled across the Meuse[9], although it is curious that"Giselbertus…Rainerus" should both be included if one was the fatherof the other. "Ragenarius comes…et coniuge mea Hersenda" confirmedthe donation of revenue from "Sathanacense atque Mousense" toSaint-Dagobert de Stenay made by "Carolus…Augustus Imperiali" bycharter dated to after 886[10]. The Annales Vedastini name"Balduinus…comes et Rodulfus frater eius necnon et Ragnerus" whenrecording that they joined Zwentibold of Lotharingia in 895[11]. TheBreve Chronicon Epternacense names “Reinerus” as abbot of Echternachfrom 897 to 915[12]. Lay-abbot of St Servatius at Maastricht beforeMay 898. Regino records that in 898 Zwentibold King of Lotharingiabanished "Reginarium ducem…sibi fidissimum et unicum consiliarium" whowent with "Odacro comite et quibusdam aliis, cum mulieribus etparvulis" to "Durfos" (near "Mosa fluvius") where they werebesieged[13]. The passage appears to be the only indication thatReginar was granted the title duke. Reginar was presumablyrehabilitated after King Zweintibold was murdered, as shown by thefollowing charter: Ludwig IV "das Kind" King of Germany confirmed anexchange of property between Kloster Stablo and "Reginarius comes" bycharter dated 10 Sep 902[14]. Lay-abbot of Stablo and Malmédy900-902. King Ludwig IV also confirmed an exchange of propertyinvolving "Reganarius comes" by charter dated 20 Oct 906[15], and adonation of property "…in pago ac in comitatu Hainuense" to the churchof Tongern at the request of "Kepehardus et Reginharius comites" bycharter dated 18 Jan 908[16]. "Raginarius comes" and the abbot ofStavelot granted property "in pago Hasbanio in locis Honavi, Versineset Serangio" to "quidam fidelium nostrorum Harduinus" by charter dated911, signed by "Ragenarii comitis, Issaac comitis, Macinericomitis…"[17]. Reginar was installed as marchio by Charles III "leSimple" King of the West Franks in 915. Richer records the death of"Ragenerus vir consularis et nobilis cognomento Collo-Longus" at "apudMarsnam palatium"[18]. m [firstly] HERSENDA, daughter of ---. "Ragenarius comes…et coniugemea Hersenda" confirmed the donation of revenue from "Sathanacenseatque Mousense" to Saint-Dagobert de Stenay made by "Carolus…AugustusImperiali" by charter dated to after 886[19]. m [secondly] ALBERADA, daughter of ---. Her marriage is confirmed bythe charter dated 10 Feb 968 under which her daughter-in-law"Gerberga…Francorum regina" donated "alodo…Marsnam in comitatuMasaugo" to Reims Saint-Rémy, confirmed by "comitibus Emmone etAnsfrido", for the souls of "senioris nostri piæ memoriæ Gislebertisuique…patris…et matris Rageneri et Albradæ"[20]. The estimated birthdate of her son Giselbert suggests that Alberada may have been herhusband´s second wife, assuming that the charter which names his otherwife Hersenda can be dated to soon after 886 (see above). Anotherpossibility is that both documents refer to the same person, one orother having incorrectly represented her name. Rösch suggests thatAlberada may have been heiress of Hainaut[21]. Guillaume de Jumiègesdescribes how the wife of "Rainier au long cou" returned capturedprisoners to Rollo and paid him gold, silver and all the taxes of theduchy, but does not name her[22]. Count Reginar [I] & his [second] wife had three children: 1. GISELBERT [II] ([885/900]-drowned in the Rhine, nearAndernach 2 Oct 939). Richer records that "Gisleberto eius filio"succeeded on the death of "Ragenerus vir consularis et nobiliscognomento Collo-Longus"[23]. Created dux in 928 by Heinrich I Kingof Germany, effectively creating him GISELBERT Duke of Lotharingia. 2. REGINAR [II] ([885/900]-932 or after). The Annales Hanoniæname "Raginerus" as son of "Raginerus dictus Longi-colli"[24]. TheMiraculæ S. Maximi record that [25]. The primary source whichconfirms that Reginar [II] was Comte de Hainaut has not yet beenidentified, but this is probably correct. [6] Iacobi de Guisia Annales Hanoniæ VIII.XII and XIII.XXXIX, MGH SSXXX Part 1, pp. 114 and 163. [7] Iacobi de Guisia Annales Hanoniæ XIV.X and XIV.XVI, MGH SS XXXPart 1, pp. 172 and 174. [8] Guizot, M. (ed.) (1826) Histoire des ducs de Normandie, parGuillaume de Jumiège (Paris) (“WJ”), II.8, p. 38. [9] Karoli II Imp. Conventus Carisiacensis, MGH LL 1, p. 537. [10] Calmet, A. (1748) Histoire de Lorraine (Nancy), Tome II, Preuves,col. cxliv. [11] Annales Vedastini 895, MGH SS I p. 529. [12] Breve Chronicon Epternacense, Veterum Scriptorum IV, cols. 507and 509. [13] Reginonis Chronicon 898, MGH SS I, p. 608. [14] D LK 16, p. 119. [15] D LK 50, p. 174. [16] D LK 57, p. 183. [17] Veterum Scriptorum II, col. 38. [18] Guadet, J. (ed.) (1845) Richeri Historiarum (Paris), I.XXXIV, p.70. [19] Calmet (1748), Tome II, Preuves, col. cxliv. [20] Miraeus (Le Mire), A. (1723) Opera diplomatica et historica, 2ndedn. (Louvain), Tome I, XXXVII, p. 48. [21] Rösch (1977), p. 108. [22] WJ II.8, p. 40. [23] Richer I.XXXIV, p. 70. [24] Iacobi de Guisia Annales Hanoniæ VIII.XII, MGH SS XXX Part 1, p.114. [25] Ex Sigehardi Miraculis S. Maximini , MGH SS IV, p. 232.

Sources

1 Foundation for Medieveal Geneology, Hainaut - Chapter 1: Comtes de Hainaut [998]-[1051] (Reginar family)
Author: Charles Cawley
Publication: Name: Medeival Lands; Location: Oak House, Vowchurch, Hereford, HR20RB, England; Date: 2001-2011;
  The county of Hainaut was located directly south of the county ofFlanders and the ancient county of Brabant, coinciding approximatelywith the province of present-day Belgium of the same name and theneighbouring areas of the current French department of Nord. Itderives its name from the pagus Hainoensis, named after the riverHaine, a tributary of the river Escaut which marked the western borderof the pagus. The county was bordered to the south by the county ofCambrai and to the east by the pagus Lommensis, which later developedinto the county of Namur. Ecclesiastically, most of the county fellwithin the jurisdiction of the bishop of Cambrai, in the archbishopricof Reims, although the northern and eastern parts were probablycontrolled by the bishop of Liège, in the ecclesiastical province ofKöln. Politically, Hainaut lay within imperial jurisdiction andformed part of the kingdom of Lotharingia after the 843 treaty ofVerdun. The division of Lotharingian territories agreed 8 Aug 870between Ludwig II "der Deutsche" King of the East Franks and hishalf-brother Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks allocated"…comitatum…Hainoum…" to King Charles[1]. The county's geographic proximity to France ensured strong Frenchpolitical and linguistic influence in its development. However, aswith the neighbouring county of Flanders, there were jurisdictionalconflicts with the empire. This is presumably traceable to theGermanic origins of the first family of counts, the Reginars, who hadinitially been installed as counts along the banks of the middlereaches of the river Maas by Emperor Lothaire in the 840s (see Grafenvon Maasgau, in the document LOWER LOTHARINGIAN NOBILITY). Theexistence of the series of counts named Reginar, between the earlyyears of the 10th century and [1039], is corroborated by many primarysources, as shown below. Secondary works, for example EuropäischeStammtafeln[2], distinguish five different counts of this name overthe period. This is based on the assumption that the count Reginarwho is referred to in the sources as "Raginerus dictus Longi-colli"was Count Reginar [I] (see Chapter 1). The Annales Hanoniæ, on theother hand, specify only four counts named Reginar in the introductoryChapter VIII (in a line, father to son) and in the more detailed laterchapters only three, with remarkably few details about their lives.Information on the precise family relationships between the differentcounts Reginar is surprisingly sparse in the other primary sources sofar consulted. As will be seen below, the evidently unreliableAnnales provide the only references to key members of the family. Thetraditional Europäische Stammtafeln outline of the family has beenretained for presentational purposes in the present document.However, it must be emphasised that a completely satisfactoryverification of all the relationships has not been possible from theavailable sources. Count Reginar [IV] and his descendants are more frequently describedin contemporary records as counts of Mons than counts of Hainaut,reflecting the importance assumed by the castle as the family's mainpower base. The capture of Mons castle, recorded in 998 by theChronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines[3], represented a shift to thewest of the sphere of activity of the Reginar family, but it created arift between Count Reginar [IV] and his brother Count Lambert, who hadestablished himself as count of Louvain (see BRABANT, LOUVAIN).Matters came to a head with the battle of Florennes in 1015 betweenCount Reginar [V], son of Count Reginar [IV], and his uncle Lambert inwhich the latter was killed. Little information has been found incontemporary sources on the subsequent activities of Count Reginar[V]. Conflict with France prompted the German kings to establish militarymarches, headed by a count, on the right bank of the riverSchelde/Escaut from Valenciennes in the south to Antwerp in the north.The march of Valenciennes lay within the county of Hainaut, whichresulted in dual appointment of counts within the same county. Thecounts in the march of Valenciennes are shown in Chapter 2 of thisdocument. Count Reginar [V] was succeeded as count of Mons by Count Herman,about whom little is known. The precise relationship between CountHerman and Count Reginar [V], fully discussed below, provides one ofthe most intriguing puzzles in the history of the Reginar family.Whatever the precise family background of Count Herman, his widowRichilde transmitted the county of Hainaut to her second husband thefuture Baudouin VI Count of Flanders as a result of their marriage inthe early 1050s (see Chapter 3). There may, in the mid-11th century,have been some lingering juridical doubt about imperial jurisdictionover the county of Hainaut, because in 1071 Emperor Heinrich IVarranged a complex series of surrenders and re-grants, confirmed byagreement at Liège, with the aim of confirming the status of both thecounties of Hainaut and Valenciennes as imperial fiefs[4]. Thisprocess also confirmed imperial protection for Hainaut and thesuccession of the minor Comte Baudouin III, which may otherwise havebeen threatened by his paternal uncle Robert I Count of Flanders whohad already subjugated the county of Holland. The county of Hainautsurvived as a separate entity from Flanders until the late 1190s. Thetwo counties were eventually united as a result of the marriage in1169 of the future Baudouin V Comte de Hainaut and the futureMarguerite I Ctss of Flanders, Count Baudouin V succeeding in 1191 asBaudouin VIII Count of Flanders, by right of his wife. After half a century of joint rule, Hainaut regained its separateexistence as a result of the turbulent marital life of Marguerite IICtss of Flanders, the county of Hainaut passing to her children by herfirst husband Bouchard d'Avesnes (see Chapter 4), while Flanders wasinherited by her children by her second husband Guillaume deDampierre. Jean II Comte de Hainaut inherited the county of Hollandin 1299 from his mother's family, and his descendants in the male lineruled both counties until 1345 when they passed to Marguerite, sisterof the last count Guillaume IV and second wife of Ludwig IV Duke ofBavaria, who was later installed as king of Germany and crownedemperor. The two counties were ruled by counts from the BavarianWittelsbach family until 1433 (see Chapter 5). However, from theearly 15th century, the Valois-Capet dukes of Burgundy acquiredcontrol over many of the counties and duchies in the Low Countries asa result of prudent dynastic marriages. In 1428, Philippe III "leBon" Duke of Burgundy installed himself as regent of Holland andHainaut for the last Wittelsbach ruler, comtesse Jacqueline, and in1433 procured her deposition and his installation as count in herplace. The two counties were thereby incorporated into the Burgundianterritories in the Low Countries which, by another twist of dynasticfate, passed to the Habsburg family as a result of the marriage in1477 of Marie, daughter and heiress of the last Valois duke ofBurgundy, to Archduke Maximilian. The families of some noble seigneurs in the county of Hainaut are setout in chapters 7 to 17 of the present document. The heraldry andgenealogy of the pairies and baronnies of the county of Hainaut arediscussed fully in the website of Le Cercle Heraldus de Monsa.s.b.l[5].

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