Reginar IV, Count of Mons, in Hainaut, (c. 950–1013) was the son of
Reginar III
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 ...
who died in exile in Bohemia in 973.
Lambert I of Leuven
Count Lambert "the Bearded" (c. 950 - 12 September 1015) was the first person to be described as a count of Leuven (French ''Louvain'') in a surviving contemporary record, being described this way relatively late in life, in 1003. He is also the ...
was his brother.
History
His father Reginar III was exiled in 958 as a rebel, by
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
Otto I (23 November 912 – 7 May 973), traditionally known as Otto the Great (german: Otto der Große, it, Ottone il Grande), was East Francia, East Frankish king from 936 and Holy Roman Emperor from 962 until his death in 973. He was the olde ...
. Hainaut was held after then by
Godfrey I, Duke of Lower Lorraine, but Reginar IV claimed that Mons in Hainaut had been his father's.
He attacked Mons in 973, after the death of Duke Godfrey, but did not manage to hold it, because
Godfrey I, Count of Verdun
Godfrey I (died 1002), called the Prisoner or the Captive (''le Captif''), sometimes the Old (''le Vieux''), was the count of Bidgau and Methingau from 959 and the sovereign count of Verdun 963 to his death. In 969, he obtained the Margraviate of A ...
then held it until he died. He managed to replace Godfrey as Count of Mons in 998.
Family
Regnier IV married
Hedwig Hedwig may refer to:
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, daughter of
Hugh Capet
Hugh Capet (; french: Hugues Capet ; c. 939 – 14 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony, ...
and
Adelaide of Poitou.
They had children:
*
Reginar V, Count of Mons
Reginar V (c. 995–1039), was the eldest son of Reginar IV, Count of Mons and Hedwig of France. His maternal grandparents were Hugh Capet of France and Adelaide of Aquitaine.
Reginar inherited his father's precarious position as count of Mons, w ...
, married
Mathilde of Verdun
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*Mathilde Dolgopol de Sáez (1901 –1957), Argentinian vertebrate paleontologist
* Mathilde, Abbess of Essen (949–1011)
* Mathilde Alanic (1864-1948), Fren ...
, daughter of
Herman, Count of Verdun
Herman (or Hezelo) of Ename (died 28 May 1029), was a count in what is now Belgium, who was responsible to the emperor for holding the frontier fort at Ename (sometimes spelled "Eename") in the Pagus of Brabant, which faced the County of Flanders ...
.
* Lambert of Mons
* Beatrix, who married
Ebles I, Count of Rheims and Roucy
Ebles I of Roucy (died 11 May 1033) was count of Roucy from 1000 to 1033 and archbishop of Reims from 1021 to 1033.
Possible family origins
In Genealogiciæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis''Genealogiciæ Scriptoris Fusniacensis names 'Lebaldus de Malla ...
and
Archbishop of Rheims
The Archdiocese of Reims (traditionally spelt "Rheims" in English) ( la, Archidiœcesis Remensis; French: ''Archidiocèse de Reims'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastic territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected as a diocese ...
.
* Ermentrude, died at the age of two or three; buried in the
Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude
The Collegiate Church of St. Gertrude is a historical building in Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium, which was built in the 11th century. Saint Gertude is the patron saint of cats.
History
This church was built to serve the Abbey ...
in
Nivelles, Belgium
Nivelles (; nl, Nijvel, ; wa, Nivele; vls, Neyvel) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Belgian province of Walloon Brabant. The Nivelles municipality includes the former municipalities of Baulers, Bornival, Thines, and Monstre ...
. The burial came to light during an excavation. A lead cross, inscribed with her name and that of her parents, was found in the tomb.
950s births
1013 deaths
House of Reginar
Counts of Mons
Margraves of Valenciennes
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