Dukes of Brabant and Landgraves of Hesse
Giselbert, Gf im Maasgau 841, Gf im Lommegau 866, *ca 830, +892; m.ca 846 Irmgard (*830, +after 849), a dau.of Emperor Lothar I

• A1. Reginar I "Langhals" im Hennegau, Duke of Lotharingia (900-911), *ca 850, +Meersen 25.8.915/19.1.916; m.Alberada N
  • B1. Giselbert, Duke of Lotharingia (924-939), +drowned in the Rhine 2.10.939; m.928/9 Gerberga of Saxony (+984)
    • C1. Heinrich, +943/4
    • C2. Alberade; m.Cte Ragenold de Roucy (+10.5.967)
    • C3. Haduid
    • C4. Gerberga, *ca 935, +after 7.9.978; m.before 954 Cte Albert de Vermandois (+8.9.987)
  • B2. Ct Reginar II of Hainault; m.N, a sister of Gf Boso
    • C1. Ct Reginar III of Hainault, +973; m.Adela N (+961)
      • D1. Ct Reginar IV of Hainault and Mons (973-1013), *after 947, +1013; m.ca 996 Hedwig of France (+after 1013)
        • E1. Ct Reginar V of Hainault (1013-after 1039), +after 1039; m.ca 1015 Mathilde of Verdun (+after 1039)
          • F1. Richilde, Heiress of Hainault, +Messines 1086; m.Ct Hermann in Hainault (+ca 1049)
            • G1. Roger, Bp of Chalons (1066-93), +1093
            • G2. a daughter, a nun, +aged 40
        • E2. Beatrix; 1m: (div by 1021) Cte Ebles de Roucy (+1033); 2m: Manassés de Ramerupt
      • D2. Ct Lambert I of Louvain (?-1015), *ca 950, +k.a.Florennes 12.9.1015; m.ca 994 Gerberga of Lorraine (*ca 975/77 +1018)
        • E1. Ct Henry I of Louvain (1015-38), +murdered at Brussels VIII.1038
          • F1. Otto, +1040/41
          • F2. Adelheid
          • F3. Kunigunde
          • F4. Adela
        • E2. Ct Lambert II of Louvain (1038-62), +after 21.9.1062; m.Uda of Lorraine; for his descendants see HERE
        • E3. Mathilde; m.Cte Eustace de Boulogne
    • C2. Rudolf, Gf im Maasgau u.im Haspengau
    • C3. Liethard
    • C4. a daughter, *after 912, +after 958; m.Nevelung, Gf in der Betuwe (+953)
  • B3. a daughter; m.Berengar, Gf im Lommegau, Gf im Maifeld
• A2. Gf Albert im Maasgau, *ca 860, +928/936

NOTE: The Duchy of Lower Lorraine, after the death of the last Carolingian duke, was held by various local nobles. In 1100 Emperor Henry IV gave it to the Ct of Limburg; in 1106 Limburg transferred it to Godfrey of Louvain. Local nobles resented this and the duchy was fought over for most of the 12th century. The family finally abandoned the title of Lower Lorraine in favor of Brabant. The duchy contained Brussels, Antwerp and Louvain. Henry II of Brabant married Sophia, niece of Heinrich Raspe of Thuringia, a major landholder in Germany. Henry and Sophia's cousin Henry of Meissen fought over Thuringia. Meissen won Thuringia, but Sophia's descendants were given Hesse as a consolation.

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