Luxemburg 1

The Luxemburg family
The earliest proved member of this family was Wigerich, *886, +by 919/926, Gf im Bidgau, Pfalzgraf, probably son of Odoacar/Regnier, Gf im Bliesgau/Thiergau und im Ardennergau; m. ca 910 Kunigunde N (fl 890) [the name of Kunigunde's father is unknown, but her mother was Ermentrude, dau.of King Louis II of Neustria and the West Franks.] Wigerich had issue:

A1. Adalbero, Bp of Metz (929-962), *before 910, +962
A2. Gozelin=Gothelon, Gf of Bidgau, *ca 911, +18.10.942/3; m.Uda of Metz (+7.4.963)
- B1. Gf Reginar, fl 943/65
  - C1. Bardo, fl 985
    - D1. a son, a hostage 985
  - C2. Adalbero, Bp of Laon (977-1031), +1031
  - C3. Gozelo, Gf im Ardennergau, *965, +ca 1028
    - D1. Kunigunde, fl 1028
- B2. Godfrey "the Old" "the Prisoner", Gf im Bidgau 959, Ct of Verdun (963-85), *ca 930/935, +after 3.9.995/after 3.8.1005; m.ca 963 Mathilde of Saxony (+25.5.1008)
  - C1. Ct Frederic of Verdun, *after 962, +St.Vanne, Verdun 6.1.1022
  - C2. Adalbero, Bp of Verdun (984-988), +Italy 988
  - C3. Ct Herman of Verdun, Gf im Eifelgau u.in Westfalen, +1029; m.Matilda N
    - D1. Hermann II, Gf im Westmünsterland ca 1030; m.Ethelinde von Northeim
      - E1. Otto I von Calvelage, Gf von Ravensberg (1141-70); m.Oda N
        F1. Hermann III, Gf von Ravensberg, +1221; 1m: Jutta of Thuringia; 2m: Adelheid N; all issue by 1m.
        G1. Otto II, Gf von Ravensberg, +1244; m.Sophie of Oldenburg
        H1. Hermann, +1242/44
        H2. Jutta, +after 1302; 1m: ca 1244 Gf Heinrich von Tecklenburg; 2m: 1250/52 Walram von Monschau
        
        G2. Hermann, a canon in Münster (1217-49)
        G3. Ludwig I, +1249; 1m: Gertrud zur Lippe (+1244); 2m: Adelheid von Dassel (+1263)
        H1. [1m.] Hedwig, +1265; m.Gf Gottfried von Arnsberg
        H2. [1m.] Sophie, fl 1244/75; m.Hermann von Holte
        H3. [1m.] Gertrud, fl 1247/66; m.Ludolf von Steinfurt, gt von Iburg
        H4. [1m.] Jutta, +1282; m.Gf Heinrich von Hoya
        H5. [2m.] Otto III, Gf von Ravensberg, *1246, +1305/06; m.by 29.9.1258 Hedwig zur Lippe (+1315)
        I1. Hermann, a canon in Liége and Osnabrück, +after 19.10.1297
        I2. Otto IV, Gf von Ravensberg, +1328; m.Margareta von Berg, heiress of Grafschaft Berg (+1384)
        J1. Hedwig, +1336; m.Wilhelm, Duke of Braunschweig (+1369)
        J2. Margareta, heiress of Ravensberg and Berg, +1389; m.1336 Gerhard VI of Jülich, Gf von Ravensberg und Berg (+1360)
        
        I3. Ludwig, fl 1269/94
        I4. Bernhard, Gf von Ravensberg 1330, fl 1346
        I5. Jutta, fl 1276/90; m.Gf Heinrich von Honstein
        I6. Uda, fl 1276/1309; m.Johann von Isenburg-Limburg
        I7. Sophie, fl 1276/1328; m.Gf Hildebrand von Oldenburg
        I8. Adelheid, fl 1284, +after 3.4.1338; m.1297 Landgrave Otto I of Hesse (+17.1.1328)
        I9. Hedwig, fl 1294/1346; m.1303 Thurgil Knudson, Marshal of Sweden (+1306)
        
        H6. [2m.] Ludwig, Bp of Osnabrück (1297-1308), +1308
      - E2. Heinrich, Gf von Ravensberg (1158-85)
      - E3. Hedwig, heiress of Dale 1166; m.Ct Gerhard of Hainault
    - D2. Gregor of Verdun, Archdeacon in Liége
    - D3. Godfrey, Gf in Westfalen (ca 1030-60)
      - E1. Hermann, Gf von Cappenberg, +1082/91; m.Gerberga von Huneburg
        F1. a son, +murdered 1082/85
        F2. a son, +murdered 1082/85
        F3. Gottfried I, Gf von Cappenberg, Vogt von Werden, +k.a.1106; m.Beatrix von Hildrizhausen (+1115/2)
        G1. Gottfried II, +Ilbenstadt 1127; m.ca 1120 Jutta von Arnsberg
        G2. Otto, Prior of Cappenberg, +1171
        G3. Adelheid; m.Adolf von Berg, Vogt von Cappenberg
        G4. Gerberga; m.before 1120 Bernher von Erprath
        G5. Beatrix, a nun at Nieder-Cappenberg
    - D4. Bertilda of Verdun, +young
    - D5. Matilda of Verdun, +after 1039; m.ca 1015 Ct Reginar V of Hainault (+after 1039)
  - C4. Duke Godfrey I of Lower Lorraine (1012-23), +1023
  - C5. Gozelo I, Margrave and Duke of Antwerp, Duke of Upper Lorraine (1033-44), Duke of Lower Lorraine (1023-44), Gf in der Ardennen 1028, *967, +19.4.1044; m.NN
    - D1. Duke Godfrey II "der Bärtige" of Upper and Lower Lorraine (1065-69), +Verdun 1069; 1m: Uda N; 2m: 1054 Beatrix of Upper Lorraine; all issue by 1m.
    - D2. Duke Gozelo II of Lower Lorraine (1044-46), +1046
    - D3. Frederick, became Pope Stephen IX (1057-58), +Florence 1058
    - D4. Oda; m.Ct Lambert II of Louvaine
    - D5. Regelinde, +after 1067; m. Ct Albert II of Namur (+1063/4)
    - D6. Matilda, +murdered by her husband at Burg Cochem 1060; 1m: Sigebodo of Santois; 2m: Heinrich Furiosus, Pfgf of Lower Lorraine (+1085)
  - C6. Irmgard, +1042; m.(div 1018) Otto von Hammerstein, Gf in der Wettergau u.im Engersgau
  - C7. a daughter; m.Gf Godizo von Aspelt u.Heimbach
  - C8. Ermentrude, +after 1010; m.Arnold de Rumigny, sn de Florennes (+ca 1010)
- B3. Adalbero, Archbishop of Reims (969-989), +989
A3. Duke Frederick I of Upper Lorraine (959-978/81), *ca 912, +978/981; m.954 Beatrix of France (+after 987)
- B1. Henry of Lorraine, +by 978
- B2. Adalbero, Bp of Metz (984-1005), +1005
- B3. Duke Thierry I of Upper Lorraine (?984-1027), *ca 965, +1027/33; m.Richildis von Metz (possibly dau.of Gf Folmar von Metz u.im Bliesgau) (+by 995)
  - C1. Duke Frederick II of Upper Lorraine (1026)?, Cte of Bar, *ca 995, +13.5.1028; m.1012/13 Mathilda of Swabia (*ca 998, +1043/44)
    - D1. Duke Frederick III of Upper Lorraine (1026-33), *ca 1020, +1033
    - D2. Beatrix, +1076; 1m: ca 1037 Boniface I di Canossa, Mgve of Tuscany (+1052); 2m: 1054 Duke Godfrey II of Lower Lorraine
    - D3. Sophie, Css of Mousson, *1018, +21.6.1093; m.4.5.1037 Ludwig II von Mousson, Gf von Mömpelgard, Altkirch und Pfirt (+1073/76)
  - C2. Adela of Lorraine, +by 995; m.Ct Walram I of Arlon (+after 1052); they had a son, Ct Walram II of Arlon, whose daughter married Ct Heinrich of Limburg, and carried most of the Limburg lands into that family; (See HERE)
  - C3. Adalbero of Lorraine, +before 1014
- B4. Ida, *ca 970, +1026, bur Muri; m.Gf Radbot of Altenburg and Habsburg (+1027)
- B5. a daughter, *after 954; m.ca 965 Berthold I of Upper Isar (*by 954, +ca 26.8.990)
A4. Giselbert, Gf in den Ardennen, *ca 915, +ca 965; m.Hedwig N
- B1. Gottfried, fl 938/65
A5. Sigebert, fl 942
A6. Liutgard of Metz, +after 8.4.960; 1m: Ct Adalbert of Metz; 2m: Ct Eberhard IV im Nordgau (*by 940, +18.12.972/3)
A7. Ct Siegfried of Luxemburg (963-998), *ca 922, +15.8.998; m.ca 950 Hedwig of Alsace/Nordgau (*ca 937, +13.12.992); for his descendants see HERE

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