Giselbert, Duke of Lorraine

890 - 939  (49 years)

• Name	Giselbert
  Birth	About 890	France   [1]
  Offices Held	915 (25 years)	Echternach, Luxembourg   [1]
  Giselbert was appointed in 915 Lay Abbot of Echternach in Luxembourg, which office he held until his death.
  Title(s)	916 (26 years)  [2]
  He succeeded as the Count of Hainault upon the death of his father in 916.
  Title(s)	928 (38 years)  [1]
  In 928, he became the Duke of Lorraine.
  Death	2 Oct 939	Echternach, Luxembourg   [1, 2]
  Siblings	1 brother and 2 sisters
  + 1. Regnier III, Count of Hainaut,   b. About 920   d. 973  (Age 53 years) ▻ Adele of Louvain + 2. Willa of Burgundy ▻ Hugh, Count of Vienne, Count of Palatine of Burgundy,  m. Before Apr 927 + 3. Adelaide of Burgundy ▻ Nevelung, Count in the Betuwe,  m. Before 943 + 4. Giselbert, Duke of Lorraine,   b. About 890, France d. 2 Oct 939, Echternach, Luxembourg  (Age 49 years) ▻ Gerberga of Saxony,  m. 929
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Mainier, Count of Sens, Duke of Austria   d. 800  (4 x Great Grandfather)  Waldrada  (Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I3115	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Regnier II, Count of Hainaut and Burgundy,   b. Abt 890   d. Abt 932 (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Adelaide of Burgundy
  Family ID	F2667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Gerberga of Saxony,   b. 913/914, Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany d. 5 May 984, Rheims, Grand Est, France (Age 70 years)  Other Partners: Louis IV, King of France  m. 939
  Marriage	929  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 39 years - She : ~ 15 years.
  Children	2 daughters
  +   1. Gerberga de Hainault et Lorraine,   b. Abt 935  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Albert I, Count of Vermandois et Troyes  m. Before 954 +   2. Alberade of Lorraine,   b. About 930, Hainault, Belgium d. 15 Mar 973 (Age 43 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Renaud, Count of Rheims and Roucy  m. Between 944 and 947
  Family ID	F2512	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Giselbert, Duke of Lorraine(890 – 939) 2Regnier II, Count of Hainaut and Burgundy(Abt 890 – Abt 932) 4Regnier I, Count of Hainaut(Abt 850 – Before 19 Jan 915/16) 8Giselbert, Count in the Maasgau, Count of Darnau( – 863) 16Giselbert, Count in the Masgau 17sister of Echard, Count of Hesbaye 9Ermengarde of Lorraine, Princess of Italy 18Lothair I, Holy Roman Emperor(Abt 795 – 855) 19Ermengarde of Orleans( – 851) 5Hersent of France 10Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of France(828 – 877) 20Louis I, Holy Roman Emperor(778 – 841) 21Judith of Bavaria(Abt 800 – 843) 11Ermentrude of Orléans(830 – 869) 22Eudes, Count of Orléans(798 – 834) 23Engeltrude 3Adelaide of Burgundy 6Richard, Duke of Burgundy, Count of Autun( – 921) 12Budwine or Bivin of Gorze, Count of Italy and Metz( – 869) 24Richard, Count of Amiens and of Meaux( – 825) 25 13Richilde of Arles( – 883) 26Boso III, Count of Turin( – 855) 27 7Adelaide of Burgundy( – Abt 929) 14Conrad II, Count of Auxerre(825 – 876) 28Conrad I, Count in the Argengau and in the Linzgau(Abt 800 – 862) 29Adelaide of Alsace and Tours(819 – 866) 15Waldrada 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - About 890 - France Offices Held - 915 - Echternach, Luxembourg Death - 2 Oct 939 - Echternach, Luxembourg  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941). [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008).