Reginar (or Rainier) II (890–932) was
Lotharingia
Lotharingia ( la, regnum Lotharii regnum Lothariense Lotharingia; french: Lotharingie; german: Reich des Lothar Lotharingien Mittelreich; nl, Lotharingen) was a short-lived medieval successor kingdom of the Carolingian Empire. As a more durable ...
n magnate who was active from approximately 915 to 932. He was brother of
Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia, who died at the
Battle of Andernach
The Battle of Andernach, between the followers and the opponents of King Otto I of Germany, took place on 2 October 939 in Andernach on the Rhine river and ended with a decisive defeat of the rebels and the death of their leaders.
Duke Eberhard ...
in 939, and because his son and grandson claimed it, he probably already personally held the fort of
Mons in
Hainaut as the seat of a county.
History
He was the son of
Reginar I Longneck, and this means his paternal grandmother was possibly a daughter 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 ...
and
Ermentrude.
Flodoard's Annals, reports under the year 924 that Reginar the brother of Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia already had a son who was given as a hostage during conflicts between several of the Lotharingian magnates of the time.
By 943 he was dead, because a charter made in favor of his widowed daughter was done partly in the name of atoning for his sins.
[Vanderkindere, Léon, ‘A propos d´une charte de Baldéric d’Utrecht’, in: ''Académie royale de Belgique Bulletin de la Classe des Lettres et des Sciences Morales et Politiques'' (1900) ]
Family
Reginar II had at least three children with Adelaide, daughter of
Richard, Duke of Burgundy
Richard, Duke of Burgundy (858–921), also known as Richard of Autun or Richard the Justiciar, was Count of Autun from 880 and the first Margrave and Duke of Burgundy. He eventually attained suzerainty over all the counties of Burgundy save Mà ...
:
*
Reginar III, Count of Hainaut
Reginar III (c. 920 – 973) was Count of Hainaut from approximately 940 until his exile in 958.
He was the son of Reginar II, Count of Hainaut.
He took part in the rebellion of his uncle Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. When Gilbert was killed in ...
*
Rudolf, possibly a
Count in the Hesbaye
* Possibly Liethard or Liechard, a son mentioned in one 966 charter as a son of a Count Reginar.
* A daughter who married to
Nibelung, Count of Betuwe
Count Nibelung or Nevelung (born c. 890–900, died before 943), son of Count Ricfried and his wife Herensinda. He was probably his father's heir, and like his father he was probably a count in Betuwe ( Batavia), and more generally in the Rhine-M ...
.
Upon his death, Reginar was succeeded as Count of Hainaut by his son and namesake.
References
890 births
932 deaths
House of Reginar
Counts of Hainaut
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