Events
Date of Birth: before 946.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Rousseau (p. xlvi).
Date of Death: shortly before 1011.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Cawley.
Relationships
Father: Robert, count of Namur.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:755), who calls him Ratbode, and by Genicot (p. 45). Père Anselme and Genicot make Robert the son of Berenger, count of Namur. Cawley states that the relationship between Robert and Berenger is unclear. Borgnet states that Albert is a descendant of Berenger, but the exact relationship is unclear. Rousseau (p. xxix) states that Robert is a descendant of Berenger, but not necessarily in the male line.
Mother: unknown.
Stasser suggests, for onomastic reasons, that she may have been a daughter of Albert, count of Metz, and Liutgarde, daughter of Wigeric, count of Bidgau and Cunegonde. Genicot (p. 45) gives a daughter of the duke of Lotharingia. Rousseau (p. xxxvi) notes that no contemporary document names Robert's wife, but that a late note inserted into the 14th century Continuation of the Chronicle of Saint-Trond gives information which suggests that she was Ermengarde, a daughter of Otto, duke of Lotharingia. Rousseau states, "Le fait en lui-même ne présente aucune invraisemblance", but nevertheless is doubtful about the reliability of the note.
Spouse: Ermengarde. Married 990.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:755), by Borgnet, and by Genicot (p. 45, p. 274). Rousseau (p. xlvi) notes that there is no direct contemporary documentation to show that Ermengarde was the daughter of Charles of France, but that, given the evidence which exists, there is no other plausible solution.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Cawley.)
Robert II, count of Namur.
Albert II, count of Namur, married Regilindis of Lower Lotharingia.
Hadwide married Gerard, duke of Upper Lotharingia.
Liutgarde.
Goda.
Ermengarde.
References
Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).
Borgnet, J. “Albert I” in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 1 (Bruxelles:1866).
Cawley, Charles. “ALBERT I Comte de Namur” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Genicot, Léopold. Études sur les principautés lotharingiennes, (Louvain, 1975).
Rousseau, Félix. Actes des comtes de Namur de la première race 946-1196 (Brussels, 1936).
Stasser, Thierry. “L’épouse de Robert Ier de Namur: Essai d’identification” in Onomastique et Parenté dans l’Occident médiéval (2000) pp. 113-115.