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 Mons (; German and nl, Bergen, ; Walloon and pcd, Mont) is a city and municipality of Wallonia, and the capital of the province of Hainaut, Belgium. Mons was made into a fortified city by Count Baldwin IV of Hainaut in the 12th century. T ...

in Hainaut as the seat of a county.

History

He was the son of

Reginar I Longneck 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 du ...

, 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 ser ...

and Ermentrude.

Flodoard Flodoard of Reims (; 893/4 – 28 March 966) was a Frankish chronicler and priest of the cathedral church of Reims in the West Frankish kingdom during the decades following the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire. His historical writings are m ...

'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 Mâc ...

: *

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 93 ...

* 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 Ricfried, Count of Betuwe, 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 (region), B ...

. 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 {{Europe-noble-stub