Albert (Albert I) (before 1131 – 29 September 1162),
Count of Chiny The counts of Chiny were part of the nobility of Lotharingia that ruled from the 9th to the 14th century in what is now part of Belgium.
It has been proposed that the County of Chiny was created in the early 10th century out of the ancient county o ...
, son of
Otto II, Count of Chiny, and Adélaïs of Namur. He succeeded his father before 1131 and spent most of his time in Chiny, not taking part in the various conflicts which shook the region.
He married Agnes, daughter of
Renaud I, Count of Bar and Gisèle Vaudémont, daughter of
Gerard
Gerard is a masculine forename of Proto-Germanic origin, variations of which exist in many Germanic and Romance languages. Like many other early Germanic names, it is dithematic, consisting of two meaningful constituents put together. In this ca ...
,
Count of Vaudémont
The title Count of Vaudémont was granted to Gérard 1st of Vaudémont in 1070, after he supported the succession of his brother, Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine to the Duchy of Lorraine. Counts of Vaudémont served as vassals of the Dukes of Lorr ...
. Their children were:
*
Louis III Louis III may refer to:
* Louis the Younger, sometimes III of Germany (835–882)
* Louis III of France (865–882)
* Louis the Blind, Louis III, Holy Roman Emperor, (c. 880–928)
* Louis the Child, sometimes III of Germany (893–911)
* Louis III ...
, Count of Chiny
* Thierry (d. after 1207), Lord of Mellier, married Elizabeth
* Arnulf of Chiny-Verdun (killed in 1181),
Bishop of Verdun, 1172–1181
* Alix (d. after 1177), married to Manasses of Hierges
* Ida of Chiny, married to Gobert V, Lord of Aspremont (see
Fredelon and the House of Esch
In the 10th through 13th centuries, the Lords of Esch (French ''seigneurs d'Esch'') were the holders of the castle of Esch-sur-Sûre in the Ardennes region of Lower Lorraine, then a part of the Holy Roman Empire.
Fredelo
Fredelo (or Frithelo, Fre ...
for a discussion of their descendants)
* A daughter, mother of Roger Walehem
* Hughes, married to a daughter of Renaud de Donchéry
* A daughter, Abbess of Givet.
Arnulf was killed by an arrow to the head in front of the castle of Saint Manehulde during an attack on the bishopric of Verdun.
Alix and Mannases were the parents of Albert II of Hierges,
Bishop of Verdun (1186–1208). Ida and Gobert were the grandparents of John I of Aspremont,
Bishop of Verdun (1217–1224).
Albert was succeeded as Count of Chiny by his son Louis.
References
* Arlette Laret-Kayser, ''Entre Bar et Luxembourg : Le Comté de Chiny des Origines à 1300'', Bruxelles (éditions du Crédit Communal, Collection Histoire, série in-8°, n° 72), 1986
Herbertien dynasty
1162 deaths
Counts of Chiny
Year of birth unknown
Year of birth uncertain
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