Count of Montbéliard
Count of Altkirch
Count of Ferrette
Events
Date of Birth: about 1015.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Cawley.
Date of Death: between 29 August 1071 and 1076.
Place of Death: unknown.
The range of dates is given by Poull (p. 72).
Place of Burial: the abbey church of Saint-Mihiel.
The place is given by Poull (p. 73).
Relationships
Father: unknown.
Mother: Hildegard.
Louis's mother is given by Legl (pp. 51-55). Cawley notes that Richwin, count of Charpeigne and Mathilde are suggested as Louis's parents by Europäische Stammtafeln. Poull (p. 70) suggests that “Louis est peut-être issu des comtes du Sundgau, représenté par Liutfrid à la fin du Xe siècle.”
Spouse: Sophie of Upper Lotharingia.
This relationship is given by Poull (p. 69).
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.)
Bruno (died young).
Thierry (died 1103) married Ermentrude of Burgundy.
Louis (died after 1080).
Frederic (died 29 June 1091) married Agnès de Maurienne.
Mathilde married Hugo, count of Dagsburg.
Sophie married Volmar, count.
Beatrice (died 26 October 1092) married Berthold von Zähringen, count in Breisgau, duke of Carinthia.
References
Cawley, Charles. LOUIS in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Legl, Frank. Studien zur Geschichte der Grafen von Dagsburg-Egisheim, (Kommission für Saarländische Landesgeschichte und Volksforschung eV: Saarbrücken, 1998).
Poull, Georges. La Maison souveraine et ducale de Bar, (Presses Universitaires de Nancy, 1994).