Siegfried (de Luxembourg)

Count

Events

Date of Birth: probably between about 915 and 920.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated birth dates are given by Baldwin.

Date of Death: 27 or 28 October, probably in about 998.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Baldwin and by Margue.

Place of Burial: Trier, Sankt Maximin.

The place is given by Margue.

Relationships

(probable) Father: Wigeric, count palatine, duke of Lotharingia.

This relationship is given by Margue and by Baldwin.

Mother: Kunigund.

This relationship is given by Margue and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Hedwig.

This relationship is given by Margue and by Baldwin. Baldwin discusses conjectures about her parentage.

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.)

Henri/Heinrich (died 27 or 28 February 1026), duke of Bavaria, married Hizila or Maria.

Sigefroid (died 15 August, probably before 993).

Liutgarde (died 13 May, after 1004), married Arnulf, count of Holland, in 980.

Frédéric (died 1019), advocate of Stavelot-Malmedy, married a daughter of Heribert, count of Kinziggau.

a daughter married Thietmar.

Giselbert (died 18 May 1004), count in the county of Wallerfangen in Moselgau.

Thierry/Dietrich II (died 30 April or 2 May 1046), bishop of Metz.

Cunégonde/Kunigund (died 3 March 1033) married Heinrich II, duke of Bavaria, emperor.

Ève (died 19 April, after 1040) married Gérard, count in Alsace.

Ermentrude (died 3 May, year unknown), abbess.

Aldalbero, archbishop of Trèves.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Hedwig” in The Henry Project. (2007).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Sigefroid/Siegfried [of Luxemburg] (Sigefridus Kunuz, Sicco)” in The Henry Project. (2007).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Wigeric (Wigericus, Widricus)” in The Henry Project. (2007).

Margue, Michel. “Siegfried I.” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 24 (2010), S. 346-347 [Onlinefassung].