Heimrich (Heimo) (740 – 5 May 795), Count in the Upper

Rheingau The Rheingau (; ) is a region on the northern side of the Rhine between the German towns of Wiesbaden and Lorch, Hesse, Lorch near Frankfurt, reaching from the Western Taunus to the Rhine. It is situated in the German state of Hesse and is part ...

(Oberrheingau), son of Cancor, Count of Hesbaye, and Angila. Heinrich was also Count of

Lahngau 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''. Th ...

, and

lay abbot Lay abbot (, ) is a name used to designate a layman on whom a king or someone in authority bestowed an abbey as a reward for services rendered; he had charge of the estate belonging to it, and was entitled to part of the income. The custom existed ...

Mosbach Abbey Mosbach Abbey (Kloster Mosbach) was a Benedictine monastery, later a monastery of Augustinian Canons, in the town of Mosbach in the Odenwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. History As part of the systematic Carolingian Christianisation of this pa ...

. Heimrich was a leader in the forces of Charlemagne in his prosecution of the

Saxon Wars The Saxon Wars were the campaigns and insurrections of the thirty-three years from 772, when Charlemagne first entered Saxony with the intent to conquer, to 804, when the last rebellion of tribesmen was defeated. In all, 18 campaigns were fou ...

and was killed in the Battle of Lüne and the Elbe fighting the Obotrite Slavs. Heinrich married Eggiwiz of an unknown family. They had two children: * Heinrich (765–812), Count of Saalgau * Bubo of Grabfeldgau (763–795) Through his son Heinrich, Heimrich was the grandfather of

Poppo of Grapfeld Poppo I (died 839–841) was a Frankish count in the Grapfeld ( Grabfeld) from 819–839. As a grandson of Heimrich, Count in the Upper Rheingau, he was a descendant of the Robertian count Cancor. He was the founder of the Frankish Popponids ...

, the progenitor of the

Popponids The Popponids were a Frankish dynasty flourising in the early 9th century that originated from Grabfeld. They are named after their descent from Poppo of Grapfeld, who in turn descended from the Robertians. The Popponids gradually evolved into th ...

( Elder House of Babenberg).

Sources

* Reuter, Timothy (trans.), ''The Annals of Fulda, Manchester Medieval series, Ninth-Century Histories, Volume II'', Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1992. Counts in Germany Frankish warriors 8th-century Frankish nobility 740 births 795 deaths