The House of Luxembourg (or Luxembourg), also known as the House of Ardenne–Luxembourg in order to distinguish it from later families, were a

Lotharingia Lotharingia was a historical region and an early medieval polity that existed during the late Carolingian and early Ottonian era, from the middle of the 9th to the middle of the 10th century. It was established in 855 by the Treaty of Prüm, a ...

n noble family known from the tenth and eleventh centuries. They are one of the three main branches of the

House of Ardenne The House of Ardenne (or Ardennes, French ''Maison d'Ardenne'') was an important medieval noble family from Lotharingia, known from at least the tenth century. They had several important branches, descended from several brothers:Parisse, ‘Généa ...

, along with the House of Ardenne–Verdun, and the House of Ardenne–Bar. All these Ardennes families descended from Cunigunda of France, a granddaughter of the

West Frankish Frankish ( reconstructed endonym: *), also known as Old Franconian or Old Frankish, was the West Germanic language spoken by the Franks from the 5th to 10th centuries. Franks under king Chlodio settled in Roman Gaul in the 5th century. On ...

king

Louis the Stammerer Louis the Stammerer (; 1 November 846 – 10 April 879) was the king of Aquitaine and later the king of West Francia. He was the eldest son of Emperor Charles the Bald and Ermentrud ...

, and her husband

Wigeric of Lotharingia Wigeric or Wideric (; or ; died before 923) was a Frankish nobleman and the count of the Bidgau (''pagus Bedensis'') and held the rights of a count within the city of Trier. He received also the advocacy of the Abbey of Saint RumboldThe abbey f ...

. The Luxembourg branch descend from their son Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes. One continuing male-line branches of the House of Luxembourg include the House of Salm. The later House of Limburg, Dukes of Limbourg, whose descendants became Dukes of Luxembourg and a royal dynasty in Germany, descend from the House of Ardennes-Luxembourg through the daughter of Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine. Children of Count Sigfried: *Siegfried? cited in 985 ** Henry I of Luxembourg ** Frederick I, Count of Salm and Luxembourg, married Ermentrude of Gleiberg, daughter of Heribert I, Count of Gleiberg and Ermentrud (Imizi). Ancestor of the main known continuing lines... *** Henry VII (d. 1047), Count of Luxembourg and Duke of Bavaria *** Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine (1003–1065),

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 ...

. Ancestor of the Dukes of Limburg, and the Limburg-Luxemburg dynasty. *** Giselbert of Luxembourg (1007–1059), Count of Longwy, of Salm, and of Luxembourg, who continued the male line... **** Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg († 1086) **** Hermann of Salm († 1088), count of Salm, founder of the House of Salm **** daughter, married count of Hillesleben **** daughter, married Kuno, count of Oltingen **** Adalbéron († 1097 at Antioch), canon at Metz *** Adalbéron III (d. 1072),

Bishop of Metz This is a list of bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Metz, which now lies in eastern France. To 500 * Clement of Metz (c. 280–300) * Celestius * Felix I * Patient * Victor I 344–346 * Victor II * Simeon * Sambace * Rufus of Metz * Ad ...

*** Thierry of Luxembourg, father of : **** Thierry (d. 1075) **** Henry, Count Palatine of Lorraine (d. 1095) **** Poppon of Metz (d. 1103), Bishop of Metz *** Hermann of Gleiburg *** Ogive of Luxembourg (990–1036); married in 1012 to Baldwin IVDavid M Nicholas (2014). ''Medieval Flanders''. Routledge. (980–1035),

Count of Flanders The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century. Later, the title would be held for a time, by the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain. During the French Revolution, in 1790, the c ...

*** Imiza of Luxembourg; married Welf II of Altdorf, Count in Lechrain (d. 1030) *** Oda of Luxembourg; canoness at Remiremont, then Abbess of Saint-Rémy at Lunéville ** Gisèle of Luxembourg (1019–after 1058); married Radulfe, Lord of Aalst (d. after 1038); parents of

Gilbert de Gant Gilbert de Gant (Giselbert de Gand, Ghent, Gaunt) (c. 1040 – 1095) was the son of Ralph, Lord of Aalst near Ghent, and Gisele of Luxembourg, the sister-in-law of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders. Gilbert de Gant was a kinsman of Matilda of F ...

** Dietrich II,

bishop of Metz This is a list of bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Metz, which now lies in eastern France. To 500 * Clement of Metz (c. 280–300) * Celestius * Felix I * Patient * Victor I 344–346 * Victor II * Simeon * Sambace * Rufus of Metz * Ad ...

, 1006-1047 ** Adalberon, archbishop of

Trier Trier ( , ; ), formerly and traditionally known in English as Trèves ( , ) and Triers (see also Names of Trier in different languages, names in other languages), is a city on the banks of the Moselle (river), Moselle in Germany. It lies in a v ...

1008-1046 ** Gislebert (d.1004), count in the Moselgau ** Cunigunda, married

Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor Henry II (; ; ; 6 May 973 – 13 July 1024 AD), also known as Saint Henry, Order of Saint Benedict, Obl. S. B., was Holy Roman Emperor ("Romanorum Imperator") from 1014. He died without an heir in 1024, and was the last ruler of the Ottonian dy ...

** Eve, married Gerhard of the Mosel, Count of Metz ** Ermentrude, abbess ** Luitgarde, married

Arnulf, Count of Holland Arnulf, also known as Arnoud or Arnold, succeeded his father in 988 as Count of Frisia, which by around AD 1100 would come to be referred to as the county of Holland. He was born in 951 in Ghent and because of this he is also known as Arnulf of Ghe ...

** a daughter, married Thietmar

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