Reginar (or Rainier) II (890–932) was

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 magnate who was active from approximately 915 to 932. He was brother of Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia, who died at the

Battle of Andernach The Battle of Andernach, between the followers and the opponents of King Otto I of Germany, took place on 2 October 939 in Andernach on the Rhine river and ended with a decisive defeat of the rebels and the death of their leaders. Duke Eberhard ...

in 939, and because his son and grandson claimed it, he probably already personally held the fort of

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in Hainaut as the seat of a county.

History

He was the son of

Reginar I Longneck Reginar Longneck or Reginar I ( 850–915), or ''Ragenerus Longicollus'', was a leading nobleman in the kingdom of Lotharingia, variously described in contemporary sources with the titles of count, margrave, missus dominicus and duke. He stands ...

, and this means his paternal grandmother was possibly a daughter of

Charles the Bald Charles the Bald (; 13 June 823 – 6 October 877), also known as CharlesII, was a 9th-century king of West Francia (843–877), King of Italy (875–877) and emperor of the Carolingian Empire (875–877). After a series of civil wars during t ...

and Ermentrude.

Flodoard Flodoard of Reims (; 893/4 – 28 March 966) was a Frankish chronicler and priest of the cathedral church of Reims in the West Frankish kingdom during the decades following the dissolution of the Carolingian Empire. His historical writings are ...

's Annals, reports under the year 924 that Reginar the brother of Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia already had a son who was given as a hostage during conflicts between several of the Lotharingian magnates of the time. By 943 he was dead, as evidenced by a charter made in favor of his widowed daughter partly as atonement for his sins.Vanderkindere, Léon, ‘A propos d´une charte de Baldéric d’Utrecht’, in: ''Académie royale de Belgique Bulletin de la Classe des Lettres et des Sciences Morales et PolitiquesI'' (1900)

Family

Reginar II had at least three children with Adelaide, daughter of

Richard, Duke of Burgundy Richard the Justiciar (858–921), also known as Richard of Autun, was count of Autun from 880 and the first margrave and duke of Burgundy. He attained suzerainty over all the counties of Burgundy save Mâcon and by 890 he was referred to as ''d ...

: *

Reginar III, Count of Hainaut Reginar III (c. 920 – 973) was Count of Hainaut from approximately 940 until his exile in 958. He was the son of Reginar II, Count of Hainaut. He took part in the rebellion of his uncle Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. When Gilbert was killed in ...

* Rudolf, possibly a Count in the Hesbaye * Possibly Liethard or Liechard, a son mentioned in one 966 charter as a son of a Count Reginar. * A daughter who married to

Nibelung, Count of Betuwe Count Nibelung or Nevelung (born c. 890–900, died before 943), son of Count Ricfried and his wife Herensinda, like his father, probably held comital offices in Betuwe ( Batavia), and more generally in the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt delta region in the ...

. Upon his death, Reginar was succeeded as Count of Hainaut by his son and namesake.

References

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