Régnier IV, count of Hainaut

Also known as Reginar IV.

Count of Hainaut

Count of Mons

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1015.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Le Jan (1995, p. 453; 2001, p. 214).

Relationships

Father: Régnier III, count of Hainaut.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:772), by the Biographie Nationale de Belgique (18:879), by Le Jan (1995, p. 453; 2001, p. 214), by Nonn, by Weller (p. 439), and by Tanner.

Mother: unknown.

Adela von Dachsburg is usually given, but the sources don’t seem to be entirely clear.

Spouse: Hedwig de France. Married about 996.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:772), by the Biographie Nationale de Belgique (18:880), by Le Jan (1995, p. 453), by Weller (p. 440), by Nonn, and by Tanner.

Children:

Régnier V, count of Hainaut, count of Mons, married Mathilde de Verdun.

Béatrix married (1) Ebles I, count of Roucy; married (2) Manasses de Ramerupt.

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).