Reginald I (also called "the One-eyed", Reinald I, Renaud I; – 10 March 1149) was

Count of Bar The County of Bar, later Duchy of Bar, was a principality of the Holy Roman Empire encompassing the ''Barrois, pays de Barrois'' and centred on the city of Bar-le-Duc. It was held by the County of Montbéliard, House of Montbéliard from the 11t ...

(1105–1149).

Barrois Barrois () is a (a French territorial division roughly equivalent to a county) in eastern France. In the Middle Ages it was part of the Duchy of Bar, then bordering the Duchy of Lorraine The Duchy of Lorraine (french: Lorraine ; german: Lot ...

, during the

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, was the territory of the counts and dukes of Bar, in the eastern part of present-day

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, bordering

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. He was the son of

Theodoric I, Count of Montbéliard Theodoric I (french: Thierry) (ca. 1045 – 2 January 1105) was a Count of Montbéliard, Count of Bar and lord of Mousson (as ''Theodoric II'') and Count of Verdun. He was the son of Louis, Count of Montbéliard, and Sophie, Countess of Bar and Lad ...

and Ermentrude of Bourgogne, the daughter of

William I, Count of Burgundy William I (1020 – 12 November 1087), called the Great (''le Grand'' or ''Tête Hardie'', "the Stubborn"), was Count of Burgundy from 1057 to 1087 and Mâcon from 1078 to 1087. He was a son of Renaud I and Alice of Normandy, daughter of Richar ...

. Reginald's first wife is unknown. He later married Gisele de Vaudémont, widow of Rainard III, Count of Toul, and daughter of Gérard I,

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 ...

, and his wife Heilwig von Egisheim. Reginald and Gisele had eight children: * Hugh de Bar (d. 29 September 1141) *

Reginald II, Count of Bar Reginald II of Bar (french: Renaut or ) (died 25 July 1170) was a Count of Bar and Lord of Mousson from 1149 till his death. He was the son of Reginald I, Count of Bar and lord of Mousson, and Giselle of Vaudémont. In 1135, he attended the Coun ...

* Drogo de Bar * Dietrich III de Bar (d. 8 August 1171),

Bishop of Metz Metz ( , , lat, Divodurum Mediomatricorum, then ) is a city in northeast France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers. Metz is the prefecture of the Moselle department and the seat of the parliament of the Grand Es ...

* Agnes de Bar (d. after 1185), married Albert. Count of Chiny * Clemence de Bar (1123–1183), married first

Alberic II, Count of Dammartin Alberic II (died 1183) was the Count of Dammartin, possibly the son of Aubry de Mello, Count of Dammartin, and Adela, daughter of Hugh I, Count of Dammartin.Mathieu, J. N. (1996). ''Recherches sur les premiers Comtes de Dammartin'' What little is ...

, second Renaud, Count of Clermont, and third Thibaut III de Crépy * Mathilde de Bar, married Konrad I, Count of Wildgraf von Kyrburg * Stephaine de Bar (d. 1178), married Hugh III, Seigneur of Broyes and Châteauvillain Reginald was one of the leaders of the

Second Crusade The Second Crusade (1145–1149) was the second major crusade launched from Europe. The Second Crusade was started in response to the fall of the County of Edessa in 1144 to the forces of Zengi. The county had been founded during the First Crusa ...

in 1145. He was drowned somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea on his return voyage to Europe on or before 10 March 1149. Reginald I of Bar succeeded Theodoric II of Bar (r. 1092–1105) who was succeeded in turn by

Reginald II of Bar Reginald II of Bar (french: Renaut or ) (died 25 July 1170) was a Count of Bar and Lord of Mousson from 1149 till his death. He was the son of Reginald I, Count of Bar and lord of Mousson, and Giselle of Vaudémont. In 1135, he attended the Coun ...

(r. 1150–1170) in 1150.

Sources

* Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Line 144–24.
Medieval Lands Project on Renaud (Reginald) de Bar
House of Montbelliard Renaut I Counts of Verdun Lords of Mousson Renaut I 1080s births 1149 deaths {{France-noble-stub