Régnier III, count of Hainaut

Also known as Reginar III.

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 973?

Place of Death: Bohemia.

Weller (p. 439) puts a question mark after 973 and states that he died in exile in Bohemia.

Relationships

Father: Régnier II, count of Hainaut.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:771), who numbers him “Raynier III”, by the Biographie Nationale de Belgique (18:875), by Le Jan (1995, p. 453; 2001, p. 214), by Weller (p. 439), and by Tanner.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Adela.

This relationship is given by Le Jan (1995, p. 453; 2001, p. 214) and by Tanner.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Régnier IV (after 947 - 1013), count of Hainaut, count of Mons, married Hedwige de France.

Lambert I (about 950 - 12 September 1015), count of Leuven, married Gerberga, daughter of Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine.

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).

Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 18 (Bruxelles:1905).

Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VII^e - X^e siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).

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).

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