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Gerberge of Lorraine Gerberge of Lorraine (c. 935-978) was the daughter of Giselbert, Duke of Lorraine,Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1 (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Sta ...

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Herbert III of Vermandois Herbert III of Vermandois (953–1015), Count of Vermandois, was the son of Adalbert I of Vermandois and Gerberge of Lorraine. Biography Two charters of the abbey of Montierender (968 and 980) attribute to Herbert III of Vermandois, then count ...

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Herbert II of Vermandois Herbert II (died 23 February 943), Count of Vermandois, Count of Meaux, and Count of Soissons. He was the first to exercise power over the territory that became the province of Champagne. Life Herbert was the son of Herbert I of Vermandois. He w ...

, mother = Adela of France , birth_date = c. 915 , birth_place = , christening_date = , christening_place = , death_date = c. September 8, 987 , death_place = , burial_date = , burial_place = , religion = , occupation = , memorials = , website = , module = Adalbert I of Vermandois ({{Lang-fr, Albert I le Pieux, ''the Pious'') ({{circa, 915–{{circa, September 8, 987), was the son of

and Adela of France.Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1 (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 49 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. * ...

in 946.

Life

Adalbert, also known as Albert, assisted his brother Count

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in his marriage to Queen "Ottobega" (

Eadgifu of Wessex Eadgifu or Edgifu (d. in or after 951) also known as Edgiva or Ogive ( ang, Ēadgifu) was Queen of the West Franks as the wife of King Charles the Simple. She was a daughter of Edward the Elder, King of Wessex and England, and his second wife Æ ...

), the mother of

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

. 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.''The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 916–966'', eds & trans. Steven Fanning: Bernard S. Bachrach (New York; Ontario, Can: University of Toronto Press, 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 (c. 913 – 5 May 968/9 or 984?) was a French queen who ruled as regent of France during the minority of her son Lothair in 954–959. She was a member of the Ottonian dynasty. Her first husband was Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine ...

and the royal fisc of Attigny. In 957, Adalbert and his brother, Robert Count of Meaux and Troyes, were adherents of King

Lothair of France Lothair (french: Lothaire; la, Lothārius; 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 Ita ...

.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. When

Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine Charles (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. He w ...

decided to assert his rights to the throne he was aided by Albert and Albert's two nephews,

Herbert III, Count of Meaux Herbert the Younger (circa 950–995) was the Count of Troyes and Meaux.Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band III Teilband 1 (Marburg, ...

and Odo I, Count of Blois.Geoffrey Koziol, ''Begging Pardon and Favor: Ritual and Political Order in Early Medieval France'' (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 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. Albert was slow to acknowledge the election of

Hugh Capet Hugh Capet (; french: Hugues Capet ; c. 939 – 14 October 996) was the King of the Franks from 987 to 996. He is the founder and first king from the House of Capet. The son of the powerful duke Hugh the Great and his wife Hedwige of Saxony, ...

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 about 965. Sent in 986 by Albert I, Count of Vermandois, on an errand to Richard I, Duke of Normandy, he succeeded in his mission, and, having made a very favo ...

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: Stammtafeln ...

would use his influence to keep the peace between them, which apparently the duke did. For his part Hugh Capet had been suspicious that Albert was about to rebel against him. Albert, Count of Vermandois, died {{circa, 8 Sep 987 and was succeeded by his son Herbert III.

Family

In 954 he married

(† 978),When they married, Albert and Gerberge were well within the seven degrees of

consanguinity Consanguinity ("blood relation", from Latin '' consanguinitas'') is the characteristic of having a kinship with another person (being descended from a common ancestor). Many jurisdictions have laws prohibiting people who are related by blood fr ...

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. See: Régine Le Jan, ''Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc'' (VII-X siècle) essai d'anthropologie sociale (Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 2003), pp. 324-25 & 325 table 41. The marriage between Adalbert and Gerberge is an example of what is called affinal "relinkings" ({{Lang-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. See: ''The SAGE Handbook of Social Network Analysis'', eds. John Scott; Peter J. Carrington; et al. (London; Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2011), pp. 136-37; Douglas R. White and Michael Houseman
''A reticular approach to kinship''
{Dead link, date=June 2020 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes , l’Homme (2013), p. 1. daughter of Giselbert,

Duke of Lorraine The rulers 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 kings of ...

, and his wife

.Detlev Schwennicke, ''Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band I (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1980), Tafel 3 Their children were: *

* perhaps: Otto I, Count of Chiny ({{circa, 950/955–987){{sfn, Vanderkindere, 1902, p=344 * Eudes of Vermandois ({{circa, 956–{{circa, 983–87) * Liudolfe of Vermandois, Bishop of Noyon and Tournai ({{circa, 957–986)

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*{{cite book , last=Vanderkindere , first=Léon , title=La Formation territoriale des principautés belges au Moyen Âge , volume=2 , publisher=H. Lamertin, Libraire-Editeur , year=1902 {{S-start {{Succession box, before= Herbert II, title=

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