Ancestry of W. H. Merklee

32G Grandparents (Continued)

18196131514 Lambert of Louvain. Title: Count of Louvain.

Child:

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18196131530 Folmar. Died bef 993. Title: Count in the Bliesgau.

Child:

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18196131532 Conrad. Died in 997. Title: Count on the Rheingau; Duke of Swabia.

He married Judith.

They had one child:

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Hermann II (-1003)

18196131533 Judith.

18196131534 Conrad I of Burgundy. (Same as ahnentafel number 5976892506.)

18196131535 Matilda of France. (Same as ahnentafel number 5976892507.)

23907570000 Ragnvald I the Wise.

Born bef 867. Died in 890. Title: Jarl of North and South More, and of Ramsdal in Norway.

He married Hiltrude.

They had one child:

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Rollo (-~927)

23907570001 Hiltrude.

Also known as Raginhilde.

23907570002 Count Berenger of Bayeaux.

Child:

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Poppa

23907570018 Hugh of Borges. Title: Count of Borges.

He married Rothaut.

They had one child:

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Richilde

23907570019 Rothaut.

Born abt 870.

23907570020 Herbert I de VERMANDOIS.

Born abt 840. Died abt 902. Title: Count of Vermandois; Seigneur of Senlis, Peronne, and St. Quentin.

He married Bertha of Morvois.

They had the following children:

11953785010	i.	Herbert II (~885-943)
36392243521	ii.	Beatrix (->931)
36392247469	iii.	UNNAMED

23907570021 Bertha of Morvois.

23907570022 Robert I of Neustria.

Born in 866. Died on 15 Jun 923 in Soissons, France. Title: Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris, Marquis of Neustria, King of France.

He inherited from Eudes the territory between the Seine and the Loire rivers. In 922, Robert led a rebellion against King Charles III (Charles the Simple) and was crowned king by a party of nobles and clergy, but he was soon killed in battle. His son-in-law, Raoul of Burgundy, succeeded him.

He married Aelis d'ALSACE.

They had one child:

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Hildebrante (~887->930)

23907570023 Aelis d'ALSACE. Died bef 893.

Also known as Adele.

23907570024 Rudolph I of Burgundy.

Died on 25 Oct 912. Title: Marquis of Transjuranian, King of Burgundy.

He married Willa of Vienne.

They had the following children:

	11953785012	i.	Rudolph II
	36392247463	ii.	Willa

23907570025 Willa of Vienne.

Died on 14 Jun 929.

23907570026 Burchard II of Swabia. Born abt 855. Died on 29 Apr 926 in Ivrea. Title: Duke of Swabia.

Also known as Berkhard.

He married Regilinda.

They had one child:

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Bertha

23907570027 Regilinda.

23907570028 Charles III.

Born on 17 Sep 879. Died on 7 Oct 929 in Peronne. Title: King of the Franks (893-922).

Also known as Charles the Simple. As a child he was excluded from the succession at the death (884) of his half brother Carloman and at the deposition (887) of King Charles III (Charles the Fat), who succeeded Carloman. Instead, Eudes, count of Paris, succeeded Charles the Fat. In 893, however, Charles was crowned by a party of nobles and prelates and became sole king at the death of Eudes in 898. He put an end to Norse raids by the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte (911), ceding to the Norse leader Rollo part of the territory later known as Normandy, and in 911 Charles acquired Lorraine. In 922 some of the barons revolted and crowned Robert I, brother of Eudes, king. In 923, at the battle of Soissons, Robert was killed, but Charles was defeated. Raoul of Burgundy was elected king, and Charles was imprisoned.

He married Eadgifu of England, in 0918. They were divorced.

They had one child:

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Louis IV (919-954)

23907570029 Eadgifu of England.

Died in 951.

Also known as Eadgiva.

23907570030 Henry I of Saxony.

Born in 876. Died on 2 Jul 936 in Membleben. Title: Duke of Saxony, King of the Saxons (912-936).

Also known as Henry the Fowler. Henry succeeded his father as duke of Saxony in 912. A foe of King Conrad I, who futilely tried to subdue the rebellious Henry, he was nevertheless named (918) by Conrad as his successor. Designated king by Saxon and Franconian nobles in 919, Henry refused to be crowned by the bishops, thus maintaining his independence of the church. As king he immediately turned to restoring monarchical authority, which had been whittled away by the dukes. By 921 he had secured recognition of his royal authority from the dukes of Swabia and Bavaria. In 925 he won Lotharingia from its allegiance to France. Henry also dealt with the Magyar raids, which Conrad had failed to halt. In 924 after a Magyar invasion of Saxony, Henry arranged a nine-year truce and agreed to pay yearly tribute to the Magyars. He used this respite to introduce military reforms in Saxony and Thuringia. Saxon soldiers were trained for mounted combat, and the new efficiency of his army enabled him to take Brandenburg from the Wends. In the marches, or frontier regions, Henry built large fortresses, primarily for military purposes; however, he attracted some permanent settlers in these regions. In 933 the truce with the Magyars ended when Henry refused to pay tribute; he defeated the Magyars in a great battle at Riade, near the Unstrut River. He expanded his frontier at Danish expense in 934. Before his death Henry secured from the nobles the succession of his son as Otto I.

He married Mechtilde of Ringelheim.

They had the following children:

72784497038	i.	Otto I (912-973)
11953785015	ii.	Gerberga (~913-984)
18196121761	iii.	Hedwig (922-965)

23907570031 Mechtilde of Ringelheim.

Born abt 890. Died on 14 Mar 968/9.

Also known as Matilda. She founded many monasteries, including Quedlinburg, where she lies buried with her husband. She is a saint of the Roman Catholic Church; her feast is Mar 14.

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