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).