Theodoric I (c. 965 – between 11 April 1026 and 12 January 1027) was the count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine from 978 to his death. He was the son and successor of Frederick I and

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, daughter of Hugh the Great, count of Paris, and sister to the French king Hugh Capet. His mother was the regent until 987. In 985, he joined the other Lorrainer lords, including his cousin Godfrey the Prisoner, in trying to repel King Lothair of France's invasion: but at Verdun, he was captured. Like almost all the dukes of Lorraine until the Gallicisation of the region in the thirteenth century, Theodoric was loyal to the Holy Roman Emperors. In 1011, he aided Henry II in his war with Luxembourg. He was captured a second time in 1018 in combat with

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, but overcame

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, also count of Meaux,

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, and

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(later Champagne). In 1019, he associated his son, Frederick, in the government with him. He briefly opposed the Emperor Conrad II, Henry's successor, but soon joined his supporters.

Family

Theodoric married Richilde, the daughter of

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, count of

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and Metz, in 985. They had the following children: * Frederick II, his successor *Adela (b. c. 990), married Walram I, count of Arlon *Adalbero *Hildegard, married

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in 1005 He possibly had a daughter, Gisela, who married Gerard de Bouzonville and had a son,

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* * House of Bar Counts of Bar Dukes of Upper Lorraine Medieval child rulers 960s births 1020s deaths Year of birth uncertain Year of death uncertain {{Europe-noble-stub