Kunigund
Also known as Cunégonde.
Events
Date of Birth: about 885 or 895.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The estimated date is given by Baldwin.
Date of Death: possibly 2 October, year unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Baldwin.
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Baldwin discusses conjectures.
Mother: Ermentrude, daughter of Louis II “le Begue”, king of France.
This relationship is given by Baldwin and by Settipani (p. 318).
Spouse: Wigeric, count palatine.
This relationship is given by Baldwin, by Le Jan (p. 456), and by Murray (p. 6).
Spouse: Ricuin/Richwin (died 923), count of Verdun.
This relationship is given by Baldwin.
Children (by Wigeric):
(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 Baldwin.)
Adalbero I (died 26 April 962), bishop of Metz.
Liutgard married (1) Adalbert; married (2) Eberhard.
Gozlin (died 18 October 942 or 943), count, married Uda.
Children (probably by Wigeric):
Frédéric I (died 978), duke of Upper Lorraine, married Beatrix, daughter of Hugues le Grand.
Siegfried, count, married Hedwig.
Children (father unclear):
Giselbert.
References
Baldwin, Stewart. “Cunégonde/Kunigund” in The Henry Project. (2007).
Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe - Xe siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).
Murray, Alan V. The Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: A Dynastic History. (Prosopographica et Genealogica: 2000).
Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).