{{Infobox noble, type , name = Adalbert I , title = Count of Vermandois , image = , caption = , alt = , CoA = , more = no , succession = , reign = , reign-type = , predecessor = , successor = , suc-type = , spouse = Gerberge of Lorraine , spouse-type = Spouse , issue = {{Unbulleted list, Herbert III of Vermandois, Otto I, Count of Chiny, Liudolfe of Vermandois , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , styles = , titles = , noble family =

Carolingian dynasty The Carolingian dynasty ( ; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Franks, Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Pippinids, Arnulfi ...

, house-type = Dynasty , father = Herbert II of Vermandois , mother = Adela of France , birth_date = c. 930 , birth_place = , christening_date = , christening_place = , death_date = 8 September 987 , death_place = , burial_date = , burial_place = , religion = , occupation = , memorials = , website = , module = Adalbert I of Vermandois ({{Langx, fr, Albert I le Pieux, ''the Pious'') ({{circa, 930–{{circa, 8 September 987{{cite book , last1=Settipani , first1=Christian , title=La préhistoire des Capétiens (481-987) , date=1993 , publisher=P. Van Kerrebrouck , location=Villeneuve d’Ascq , page=236), was the son of Herbert II of Vermandois and Adela of France.{{sfn, McKitterick, 1999, p=361 Born about 915, he succeeded his father as

Count of Vermandois The count of Vermandois was the ruler of the county of Vermandois. Beneficiary counts of Vermandois * Leodegar, Count of Vermandois (c. 484). * Emerannus (c. 511), son of previous. * Wagon I (c. 550). * Wagon II (c. 600), son of previous. * Gar ...

in 946.

Life

Adalbert, also known as Albert, assisted his brother Count Herbert in his marriage to Queen "Ottobega" ( Eadgifu of Wessex), the mother of

Louis IV of France Louis IV (920/921 – 10 September 954), called ''d'Outremer'' or ''Transmarinus'' ("From overseas"), reigned as King of West Francia from 936 to 954. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, he was the only son of king Charles the Simple and his s ...

. Adalbert's men escorted (some sources say abducted) Ottobega from the convent in Laon where she resided to her marriage with Herbert, which in turn enraged King Louis.{{sfn, Fanning, Bachrach, 2011, p=56 There was a prior history between Louis IV and the House of Vermandois as Adalbert's father Herbert II was responsible for the capture, imprisonment and death in captivity of Louis's father King

Charles the Simple Charles III (17 September 879 – 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin ''Carolus Simplex''), was the king of West Francia from 898 until 922 and the king of Lotharingia from 911 until 919–923. He was a memb ...

as well as Louis's own exile to England as an infant. Louis confiscated his mother's holdings, the abbey of Saint Mary in Laon which he gave to his wife

Gerberga of Saxony Gerberga of Saxony ( 913 – 5 May 968/9 or 984?) was the queen of West Francia by marriage to Louis IV of France between 939 and 954. She ruled as regent during the minority of their son Lothair in 954–959. She was a member of the Ottonian ...

and the royal fisc of Attigny.{{sfn, Fanning, Bachrach, 2011, p=56 In 957, Adalbert and his brother, Robert Count of Meaux and Troyes, were adherents of King

Lothair of France Lothair (; ; 941 – 2 March 986), sometimes called Lothair II,After the emperor Lothair I. IIICounting Lothair II of Lotharingia, who ruled over modern Lorraine and Belgium. or IV,Counting Lothair II of Italy. was the penultimate Carol ...

.{{efn, Albert, through his marriage to Gerberge of Lorraine became the brother-in-law to both Lothar King of France and Charles Duke of Lower Lorraine. Gerberge, Lothar and Charles were all children of Gerberga of Saxony and all three, like Albert, were

Carolingians The Carolingian dynasty ( ; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid ...

.{{sfn, Tanner, 2004, p=39 n. 34 When

Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine Charles (c. 953 – 22 June 992/995?) was the duke of Lower Lorraine from 977 until his death. Life Born at Reims in the summer of 953, Charles was the son of Louis IV of France and Gerberga of Saxony and the younger brother of King Lothair ...

decided to assert his rights to the throne he was aided by Albert and his two nephews, Herbert III, Count of Meaux and Odo I, Count of Blois.{{sfn, Koziol, 1992, p=149 The two aided Charles in his plots and continued to make trouble for the new king even after Charles was captured and imprisoned.{{sfn, Koziol, 1992, p=149 Albert was slow to acknowledge the election of

Hugh Capet Hugh Capet (; ; 941 – 24 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder of and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony, he was elected as t ...

as King of the Franks. On learning that Hugh intended to attack him, Albert sent

Dudo of Saint-Quentin Dudo, or Dudon, was a Picard historian, and dean of Saint-Quentin, where he was born the 960s. He was an erudite scholar and he likely acquired his education in Liège or perhaps Laon. By 987, Dudo had become a canon at St Quentin, the abbacy of ...

to Normandy to see if Duke

Richard I, Duke of Normandy Richard I (28 August 932 – 20 November 996), also known as Richard the Fearless (French: ''Richard Sans-Peur''; Old Norse: ''Jarl Rikard''), was the count of Rouen from 942 to 996.Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln, Europäische S ...

would use his influence to keep the peace between them, which apparently the duke did.{{sfn, Koziol, 1992, p=149 For his part Hugh Capet had been suspicious that Albert was about to rebel against him.{{sfn, Shopkow, 2002, p=303 n.2 Albert, Count of Vermandois, died on 8 September 987 and was succeeded by his son Herbert III.{{sfn, McKitterick, 1999, p=361

Family

In 954 he married Gerberge of Lorraine († 978),{{efn, When they married, Albert and Gerberge were well within the seven degrees of

consanguinity Consanguinity (from Latin '':wikt: consanguinitas, consanguinitas'' 'blood relationship') is the characteristic of having a kinship with a relative who is descended from a common ancestor. Many jurisdictions have laws prohibiting people who are ...

decreed by canon law at the time. They were third cousins once removed. However this branch of the Carolingians was following its own marital alliance policy irrespective of church canons.{{sfn, Le Jan, 2003, p=324-325 table 41 The marriage between Adalbert and Gerberge is an example of what is called affinal "relinkings" ({{Langx, fr, renchaînement alliance) a term for a couple descended from common ancestors with multiple marriages between the two families over several generations. These alliances were deliberately maintained outside the control of the church.{{sfn, Scott, Carrington, 2011, p=136-137 daughter of Giselbert,

Duke of Lorraine The kings and dukes of Lorraine have held different posts under different governments over different regions, since its creation as the kingdom of Lotharingia by the Treaty of Prüm, in 855. The first rulers of the newly established region were ...

, and his wife

.{{sfn, Pac, 2022, p=439, 547 Their children were: * Herbert III of Vermandois{{sfn, McKitterick, 1999, p=361 * Otto I, Count of Chiny ({{circa, 950/955–987){{sfn, Vanderkindere, 1902, p=344 * Liudolfe of Vermandois, Bishop of Noyon and Tournai ({{circa, 957–986){{sfn, McKitterick, 1999, p=361

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, years=943–988, after= Herbert III {{S-end {{DEFAULTSORT:Adalbert 01, Count of Vermandois Herbertien dynasty 910s births 987 deaths Year of birth uncertain People from West Francia