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Adalbert, Count Of Metz
Adalbert of Metz may refer to: * Adalbert of Metz (died 841), count of Metz * Adalbert of Metz (writer) (10th century) * (died 944) * () *Adalbert, Duke of Lorraine Adalbert (c. 1000 – 11 November 1048) was the Duke of Upper Lorraine from 1047 until his death the next year. He was the first son of Gerhard IV, Count of Metz, and Gisela (Gisella), possibly a daughter of Theodoric I, Duke of Upper Lorra ... (died 1048), count of Metz See also * Adalbero of Metz (other) {{hndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adalbert Of Metz (died 841)
Adalbert (died 13 May 841) was a Frankish nobleman with lands scattered throughout the Carolingian Empire. He was one of the most trusted advisors of Emperor Louis the Pious. By 838, he was the count of Metz. He was strongly opposed to the ambition of the emperor's son, Louis the German, for a large kingdom in East Francia. After the elder Louis's death, he supported Emperor Lothar I and it was in the latter's service that he was killed in battle with Louis the German. Early life Adalbert was a Hattonian. His brothers were Banzleib and Hatto. The family's lands were spread throughout the empire in Le Mans, Metz, Nassau, Toulouse, Alemannia, Saxony and the Wormsgau. Adalbert is first recorded as the seneschal of Louis the Pious on 8 November 816, when he was sent as a ''missus dominicus'' (royal envoy) to hear a complaint from the abbey of Prüm against the alienation of a part of its forest by the serfs of the fisc at Thommen. In 825, he is mentioned with the title of count w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adalbert Of Metz (writer)
Adalbert of Metz () was the compiler of the ''Speculum Gregorii'', a selection of Latin excerpts from Gregory the Great's ''Moralia in Job''. What little is known of Adalbert comes from two sources, his ''Speculum'' and his epitaph. In the prologue of the ''Speculum'', he calls himself a deacon. In the epilogue, he calls himself a monk and priest. His epitaph, composed by Gerbert of Aurillac, says that he was of noble origin and died young on 12 February. The date of his death is given variously as 962 or about 980. In the 16th century, Johannes Trithemius identified his monastery as . Adalbert was inspired to compose the ''Speculum'' ('Mirror')—a title he chose—by conversations with his friend Hermann, to whom he dedicated the work. He selected 193 excerpts for inclusion. His criteria of selection were moral and topical. He gave each excerpt a heading of his own devising, divided the work into four books and provided a table of contents. There are several known manuscripts bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adalbert, Duke Of Lorraine
Adalbert (c. 1000 – 11 November 1048) was the Duke of Upper Lorraine from 1047 until his death the next year. He was the first son of Gerhard IV, Count of Metz, and Gisela (Gisella), possibly a daughter of Theodoric I, Duke of Upper Lorraine 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, Duke of Upper Lorraine, Frederick I and Beatrice of Franc .... Gerard's father Adalbert had inherited the county of Metz from his brother Gerhard of the Moselle. Gothelo I, Duke of Lower Lorraine and Upper Lorraine, died in 1044 and was succeeded by his son Godfrey III in Upper Lorraine but was refused Lower Lorraine. Irritated, Godfrey rebelled in that same year and devastated his suzerain's lands in Lower Lorraine. He was soon defeated and Adalbert named in his place in Upper Lorraine. Godfrey continued to fight for all Lorraine and Adalber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |