Otgiva of Luxemburg
Events
Date of Birth: between about 980 and 995.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The dates are given by Baldwin.
Date of Death: 21 February 1030.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by père Anselme (2:716), by Althoff (p. 390), and by Baldwin.
Place of Burial: Ghent, St Pieter.
The place is given by père Anselme (2:716).
Relationships
Father: Frederick or Giselbert, both sons of Sigefroid, count of Moselgau.
Most modern sources give Frederick. Baldwin gives reasons to be uncertain.
Mother: uncertain.
If the father was Frederick, then the mother was a daughter of Heribert, count in Kinziggau. Giselbert’s wife is unknown.
Spouse: Baldwin IV of Flanders (died 1035).
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:716) and by Baldwin.
Children:
Baldwin V (died 1 September 1067), marquis of Flanders, married Adèle de France.
References
Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).
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).
Baldwin, Stewart. “Otgive of Luxemburg” in The Henry Project.
Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).