Frederick of Lower Lorraine ( – 18 May 1065) was a younger son of Frederick, Lord of Gleiberg. Frederick was the ''

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'' of the Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy from 1033,Künzel, Rudi. ''The Plow, the Pen and the Sword: Images and Self-Images of Medieval People in the Low Countries'', Routledge, 2017, p. 134

Duke of Lower 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 k ...

from 1046, and the ''advocatus'' of the Abbey of St Truiden from around 1060 or earlier. He was also lord of a large domain based originally in Baelen-sur-Vesdre, which in later generations was called the

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, with his seat in the fortified town of Limbourg-sur-Vesdre.Jean-Louis Kupper (2007) Les origines du duché de Limbourg-sur-Vesdre", ''Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire'' Année 85-3-4 pp. 609–63

/ref> In 1044, Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine, Gothelo I, duke of both Lorraines, died and his eldest son, Godfrey, succeeded in only the upper duchy while the

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first threatened to give the other duchy to his younger (incompetent) brother, Gothelo II. Because of the rebellion of Godfrey, Henry III appointed Frederick, a relative of the reigning duke of Upper Lorraine,

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. With the aid of Adalbero III,

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, his brother, Frederick imposed his authority in the duchy and made war on the continuing rebel Godfrey. He was loyal to the emperor, but unsuccessful in the field and Henry began parcelling out portions of the duchy to more capable warriors. He died in war with Anno II,

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, after which King Henry IV gave the duchy to Godfrey. His first wife was Gerberga (died ), daughter of Eustace I, Count of Boulogne. They had a daughter named Jutta, who married Waleran II, Count of

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. His second wife (1055) was Ida (died 1102), daughter of

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, who remarried Albert III, Count of Namur, on Frederick's death.

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