Raganar (Reginar, Reiner) (died 8 October 876), Frankish Count. Raganar was a vassal of
Charles the Bald and fought in many of Charles' campaigns. The precise counties that Raganar ruled are uncertain but are known to have been south of
Thérouanne.
In the
Capitulary of Servais, part of District (''Missaticum'') 4 is identified as "the counties of Reginar". This district, with Thérouanne as its capital and bishopric, stretched south for about 100 km. These counties are the ones which were most certainly under Raganar. Because of the locality of District 4 and the uncertainty of rule in the 9th century, it is likely that these counties included part of
Hesbaye.
Raganar participated in Charles' 876 campaign against his nephew
Louis the Younger. He was standard-bearer during the
Battle of Andernach, where he was killed along with a Count Jerome. Numerous other counts as well as
Bishop Gauzlin were captured.
Onomastics would suggest that Raganar was somehow related to Count
Meginhere (whose son
Reginar was executed in 818 for treason) and
Gilbert, Count of the Maasgau Gilbert (Giselbert), Count of Maasgau was a Frankish noble in what would become Lotharingia, during his lifetime in the 9th century. The Carolingian dynasty created this "middle kingdom" and fought over it, and he was is mentioned as playing a role ...
,
probably father of
Reginar I, the founder of the
House of Reginar.
References
* ''The Annals of St-Bertin'', (Translated by Janet L. Nelson), Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1991
* Nelson, Janet L., ''Charles the Bald''. Longman Publisher, London 1992
* McKitterick, R., ''Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians 751-987,'' Longman, London and New York, 1983
876 deaths
9th-century French people
Counts of France
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