Reginar V (c. 995–1039), was the eldest son of
Reginar IV, Count of Mons and
Hedwig of France. His maternal grandparents were
Hugh Capet of France and
Adelaide of Aquitaine.
Reginar inherited his father's precarious position as count of Mons, which was a part of Hainaut, and through his marriage to a member of his family's traditional enemies, the
House of Ardenne, he not only consolidated that position, but also gained comital status in the neighbouring southwestern part of Brabant. This included the frontier fort at
Ename which faced the powerful
County of Flanders
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in the
Kingdom of France
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, who had taken control of the western part of Hainaut in
Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
.
History and Family
He succeeded his father as
Count of Mons in 1013. He married Mathilde of Verdun, daughter of
Herman, Count of Verdun and his wife Mathilde.
He also acquired the southern part of the
Brabant province around 1024.
He was succeeded as Count of Mons by his son
Herman, who was married to
Richilde, Countess of Mons and Hainaut. Upon the death of Herman, control of the county passed to Richilde's second husband,
Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders
Baldwin VI ( 1030 – 17 July 1070), also known as Baldwin the Good, was the count of Hainaut from 1051 to 1070 (as Baldwin I) and count of Flanders from 1067 to 1070.
Baldwin was the eldest son of Baldwin V of Flanders and Adela of France, Ade ...
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Sources
* Napran, Laura (Translator), ''Gilbert of Mons, Chronicle of Hainaut'', Boydell Press, Suffolk, 2005
* Varenbergh, Emile, ''Herman, Académie royale de Belgique, Biographie nationale, vol. 9'', Bruxelles, 1887
étail des éditions p. 257-258
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990s births
1039 deaths
House of Reginar
Counts of Mons
11th-century counts in Europe