The Wormsgau ( la, pagus wormatiensis) was a medieval
county in the
East Frankish (
German
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) stem duchy of
Franconia, comprising the surroundings of the city of
Worms and further territories on the left bank of the
Upper Rhine river. Together with the neighbouring
Nahegau
The Nahegau was in the Middle Ages a county, which covered the environs of the Nahe and large parts of present-day Rhenish Hesse, after a successful expansion of the narrow territory, which did not reach the Rhine, to the disadvantage of the Worms ...
and
Speyergau
Speyergau was a medieval county in the East Frankish (German) stem duchy of Franconia. It was centred around the administrative centre of Speyer and roughly covered the former Roman administrative area of Civitas Nemetum, which is today the south-e ...
, it belonged to the central
Rhenish Franconian possessions of the Imperial
Salian dynasty.
Overview
The Wormsgau covered large parts of the present-day
Rhenish Hesse and
Palatinate regions, originally stretching northwards just before
Coblenz in
Lotharingia. The city of
Mainz belonged likewise to it as, to the start of the 9th century, also
Boppard, which in reality c. 825 was already lost again. In the 10th century the Wormsgau lost extended lands in the North, mostly to the benefit of the Nahegau, like
Ingelheim in 937,
Spiesheim
Spiesheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
As a winegrowing centre, Spiesheim ...
in 960,
Saulheim
Saulheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies in Rhenish He ...
in 973 and
Flonheim
Flonheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Alzey-Worms district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies in the middle ...
in 996, until the
Selz river defined the northern border. The losses could be partially compensated through expansion up the Rhine and to the West, especially in the
Palatinate Forest range.
Counts in Wormsgau
Robertians
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Rupert I (Robert I) (722/757 attested, † before 764) 732 ''dux'' in
Haspengau, 741/742 ''comes palatinus'' (
Count Palatine), ca. 750 Count in
Oberrhein- and Wormsgau, 757
royal ''missus'' in
Italy, ∞ ca. 730 Williswint († after 768) founded in the 12 July 764
Abbey of Lorsch, heiress in the Upper Rhine and of
Hahnheim
Hahnheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
Hahnheim lies between Mainz and Worms ...
in
Rheinhessen, heiress of Count Adalhelm
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Robert II (Rutbert II o. Hruodbertus) (770 attested, † 12 July 807), his grandson, 795/807 Count in Worms- and
Oberrheingau, 795 Lord to
Dienheim
Dienheim is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Mainz-Bingen district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Geography
Location
Dienheim lies between Mainz and Wo ...
, ∞ I Theoderata (Tiedrada) (766/777 attested, † before 789), ∞ II Isengarde, 789
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Robert III (Rutpert III) († before 834) his son, 812/830 Count in Wormsgau, Count in
Oberrheingau, 825
imperial ''missus'' in
Bishopric of Mainz, ∞ ca. 808
Wiltrud (Waldrada) of
Orléans, 829/834 heiress of possessions in Orléans, daughter of Count Hadrian and of Waldrat from the House of the
Widonen
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Guntram, his son, Count in Wormsgau 815/837
# Ruadbert (Robert), 817 Count in
Saalgau,
Oberrheingau and Wormsgau (frankish
Babenberger)
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Rutpert IV (Robert I der Starke) (X 15 September or 25 July 866 in the
Battle of Brissarthe
The Battle of Brissarthe was fought on 2 July 866, between the Franks and a joint Breton-Viking army near Brissarthe, Neustria. It was marked by the death of Robert the Strong, the Neustrian margrave, and Ranulf I, the duke of Aquitaine.
I ...
) brother of Guntram, 836-after 840 Count in Wormsgau, 852 Abbot of Saint-Martin-de-Marmoutier by
Tours, 853
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Under the Merovingians, counts at Tours were appointed local representatives of the king, such ...
, 861/866 ''nobilis Franciae'' (Franzien,
Ile de France) and
Count of Paris, ∞ I NN, probably Agane, ∞ II start of 864 Adelaide (Aelis) of
Tours († after 866) daughter of Count
Hugo of Tours
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(
Etichonen) and of Bava, widow of
Conrad I, Count of
Aargau
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and
Auxerre, Count of
Linzgau (
Welfen)
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Walaho IV (Werner IV) († probably before 890),
Salian dynasty (?), Count in Wormsgau after 840 ∞ Oda, daughter of Rutbert III
# Megingoz I, 876, probably Count in Wormsgau (
Wilhelminer The Wilhelminers were a noble Bavarian family of the 9th century. They rose to prominence mid-century under the brothers William and Engelschalk I, sons of William I, the founder of the family. The family held the March of Pannonia until 871, but t ...
), ∞ NN, probably a sister of Roberts des Starken
Salian dynasty
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Werner V(† probably 920),
Salier
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, Count in
Nahegau
The Nahegau was in the Middle Ages a county, which covered the environs of the Nahe and large parts of present-day Rhenish Hesse, after a successful expansion of the narrow territory, which did not reach the Rhine, to the disadvantage of the Worms ...
,
Speyergau
Speyergau was a medieval county in the East Frankish (German) stem duchy of Franconia. It was centred around the administrative centre of Speyer and roughly covered the former Roman administrative area of Civitas Nemetum, which is today the south-e ...
and Wormsgau ca. 890/910, ∞ NN from the House of the Konradiner
Konradiner
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Konrad Kurzbold († 30 June 948), 906/907 and 932 Count in Wormsgau, 910 Count in
Niederlahngau The Lahngau was a medieval territory comprising the middle and lower Lahn River valley in the current German states of Hesse and (partially) Rhineland-Palatinate. The traditional names of the Gau are ''Loganahe Pagus'' or ''Pagus Logenensis''.
The ...
, 927 Count in
Ahrgau, Count in
Lobdengau, founded 910 the Abbey St. Georg in
Limburg an der Lahn, where he was also buried
Salian dynasty
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Konrad der Rote († 955), son of Werner V, Count in Nahegau, Speyergau, Wormsgau and
Niddagau
Nidda is a town in the district Wetterau, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated on the Nidda river, approximately northeast of Frankfurt am Main.
Division of the town
The municipality consists of the districts Unter-Widdersheim, Ober-Widdersheim, B ...
, Count in
Franconia, Duke of
Lorraine, ∞ ca. 947 Liutgard of Saxony (* 931, † 953) daughter of King
Otto I (
Liudolfinger
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)
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Otto „of Worms“ († 1004), his son, Count in Nahegau, Speyergau, Wormsgau,
Elsenzgau
Elsenz is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It passes through Sinsheim and flows into the Neckar in Neckargemünd.
See also
*List of rivers of Baden-Württemberg
A list of rivers of Baden-Württemberg, Germany:
A
* Aal
* Aalbach
*Aalen ...
,
Kraichgau,
Enzgau,
Pfinzgau and
Ufgau
Ufgau (Old High German ''Ufgowe'', ''Uffgau''; ''Usgau, Osgau''; ''pagus auciacensis'') was a historical county ('' gowe'') of the duchy of Franconia, along the Oos River and the lower Murg, delimited to the south by the counties of Albgau and O ...
, Duke of
Carinthia
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Heinrich „von Worms“ († 989/1000) his son, Count in Wormsgau, ∞ Adelheid († probably 1039/1046), sister of the Counts Adalbert and Gerhard (
Matfriede)
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Conrad II der Jüngere (* probably 1003, † 1039) his nephew, Count in Nahegau, Speyergau and Wormsgau, Duke of Carinthia (1036-1039)
Literature
* Geschichtlicher Atlas der Rheinlande, 7. Lieferung, IV9: Die mittelalterlichen Gaue, 2000, 1 Kartenblatt, 1 Beiheft, bearbeitet von Thomas Bauer,
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Former states and territories of Rhineland-Palatinate
Worms, Germany