Simon I (1076 – 13 or 14 January 1139) was the

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from 1115 to his death, the eldest son and successor of

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and Hedwig of Formbach and a half-brother of Emperor

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. Continuing the policy of friendship with the

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, he accompanied the

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to the

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of 1122, where the

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was resolved. He had stormy relations with the episcopates of his realm: fighting with Stephen of Bar, bishop of Metz, and Adalberon, Archbishop of Trier, Adalberon, archbishop of Trier, both allies of the count of Bar, whose claim to Lorraine against Simon's father had been quashed by Henry V's father Emperor Henry IV, Henry IV. Though Adalberon excommunicated him, Pope Innocent II lifted it. He was a friend of Bernard of Clairvaux and he built many abbeys in his duchy, including that of Sturzelbronn in 1135. There was he interred after his original burial in Saint-Dié.

Children of Simon and Adelaide

Simon I of Lorraine married his step-sister, Adelaide of Leuven, Adelaide, daughter of Henry III of Leuven. Their children were: * Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine, Matthias, his successor in Lorraine * Robert, lord of Floranges (near Thionville) * Agatha of Lorraine, married Renaud III, Count of Burgundy, Reginald III, Count of Burgundy (Renaud III), the first Free Count * Hedwige, married Frederick III, count of Toul * Bertha, married Margrave Hermann III of Baden * Mathilde, married Gottfried I, Count of Sponheim * Baldwin * John

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Dukes of Upper Lorraine 1076 births 1139 deaths People excommunicated by the Catholic Church {{France-noble-stub

Children of Simon and Adelaide

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