Richard, count of Metz

Events

Date of Birth: about 950-955.

The estimated date is given by Cawley.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: after 986.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley. Wolf notes that Richard is attested from 970 to 985.

Relationships

(possible) Father: Gebhard, count of Metz.

This relationship is given by Wolf and by Cawley. Wolf notes that Gebhard is attested from 965 to 970.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: unknown.

(possible) 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, who states that these children may in fact have been of Richard’s brother, Gerhard. Struve states that Adelheid was a daughter of Richard.)

Gerhard married Eva.

Adalbert, count of Metz, married Judith.

Adelheid married Heinrich, count in Wormsgau.

References

Cawley, Charles. “Richard” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Struve, T. "Konrad II." in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 5 (Stuttgart: 1991).

Wolf, Armin. Ahnen deutscher Könige und Königinnen: Alternativen zu dem Werk von Eduard Hlawitschka. 2010. Selbstverlag des Herold, Berlin.