Régnier I

Also known as Reginar Langhals.

Count

Marquis

Lay-abbot of several abbeys.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Cawley gives an estimate of about 850.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: between 25 August 915 and 19 January 916.

Place of Death: Meerssen palace.

The date and place are given by Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: uncertain.

Mother: uncertain.

Baldwin discusses the evidence, suggesting that Giselbert, count of Masau and Darnau, is a possible father, and that the mother was possibly a daughter of the emperor Lothair I. This is what Nonn gives without qualification, stating that Reginar inherited Giselbert's Grafenrechte. Le Jan (p. 214) shows Lothair I as Régnier's father.

Spouse: Alberada.

This relationship is given by Uhlirz, by Tanner, by Le Jan (p. 214), and by Baldwin.

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 Baldwin.)

Giselbert (died 2 October 939), duke of Lorraine, married in 929 Gerberga, daughter of Heinrich I, king of Germany.

Régnier II, count of Hainaut.

a daughter married Bérenger, count in pagus Lomacensis.

References

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. “Regnier I” in The Henry Project. (2008)

Hlawitschka, Eduard. “Giselbert”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 6 (1964), S. 414 f. [Onlinefassung]

Le Jan, Régine. Femmes, pouvoir et société dans le haut Moyen Age. (Picard, 2001).

Nonn, Ulrich. "Reginare" in Neue Deutsche Biographie 21 (2003).

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).

Uhlirz, “Reginar Langhals”, in Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (1888), S. 552-557 [Onlinefassung]

Weller, Tobias. Die Heiratspolitik des deutschen Hochadels im 12. Jahrhundert. (2004: Böhlau Verlag).