Raganar (Reginar, Reiner) (died 8 October 876), Frankish Count. Raganar was a vassal of

Charles the Bald Charles the Bald (french: Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as Charles II, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), king of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a ser ...

and fought in many of Charles' campaigns. The precise counties that Raganar ruled are uncertain but are known to have been south of

Thérouanne Thérouanne (; vls, Terenburg; Dutch ''Terwaan'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is located west of Aire-sur-la-Lys and south of Saint-Omer, on the D 157 and D 341 road junction. Locate ...

. In the

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, 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

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. Raganar participated in Charles' 876 campaign against his nephew

Louis the Younger Louis the Younger (830/835 – 20 January 882), sometimes Louis the Saxon or Louis III, was the second eldest of the three sons of Louis the German and Hemma, Emma. He succeeded his father as the King of Saxony on 28 August 876 and his elder broth ...

. He was standard-bearer during the

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, 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 Reginar may refer to: * Reginar, Duke of Lorraine (c. 850–915) * Reginar II, Count of Hainaut (c. 890–932) * Reginar III, Count of Hainaut (c. 920–973) * Reginar IV, Count of Mons (c. 950–1013) * Reginar V, Count of Mons (c. 995–1039) * Ho ...

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 Reginar Longneck or Reginar I ( 850–915), la, Rainerus or ''Ragenerus Longicollus'', was a leading nobleman in the kingdom of Lotharingia, variously described in contemporary sources with the titles of count, margrave, missus dominicus and d ...

, the founder of the

House of Reginar The Reginarids (or Regnarids, Regniers, Reiniers, etc.) were a family of magnates in Lower Lotharingia during the Carolingian and Ottonian period. Their modern name is derived from the personal name which many members of the family bore, and which ...

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 {{France-noble-stub