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).