Siegfried, Count of Luxemburg
Abt 922 - 998 (~ 76 years)-
Name Siegfried , Count of Luxemburg [1] Suffix Count of Luxemburg Born Abt 922 [1] Gender Male Died 28 Oct 998 [1] Notes - Siegfried (or Sigefroy) (c. 922 - 28 October 998) is considered the first count of Luxembourg. He was actually count in the Moselgau and the Ardennes. He was also the advocate of the abbeys of Saint-Maximin de Trêves and Saint-Willibrod d'Echternach. He is speculated to be the son of Wigeric of Lotharingia, Count Palatine and Cunigunda. He is the founder of the House of Luxembourg, a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes.
He had possessions from his father in Upper Lorraine. At the centre of his dominions he constructed the fortress of Luxembourg in 963. A town soon grew up around the castle. Though he used the title of count, the title "count of Luxembourg" was only applied to William some 150 years later.
Around 950, he married Hedwig of Nordgau (937-992), daughter of Eberhard IV of Nordgau. They had the following issue:
Henry I of Luxembourg
Siegfried, cited in 985
Frederick I, Count of Salm and Luxembourg, married Ermentrude of Gleiberg, daughter of Heribert I, Count of Gleiberg and Ermentrud (Imizi).
Dietrich, bishop of Metz
Adalberon, canon of Trier
Gislebert (d.1004), count in the Moselgau
Cunigunda, married Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Eve, married Gerard, Count of Metz
Ermentrude, abbess
Luitgarde, married Arnulf, Count of Holland
a daughter, married Thietmar
Person ID I2894 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Unknown Relationship Natural Mother Cunegonde, b. Abt 890 Relationship Natural Married Y [2] Family ID F146 Group Sheet
Family Hedwig of Nordgau, b. Abt 922, d. 13 Dec 992 (Age ~ 70 years) Married Abt 950 [2] Children 1. Frederick, I of Luxembourg, b. Abt 965, d. 06 Oct 1019 (Age ~ 54 years) 2. Unknown de Luxembourg 3. Henri, Comte de Luxembourg I, d. 1026 4. Lutgardis of Luxemburg, b. 955, d. Aft 1004 (Age > 50 years) Family ID F810 Group Sheet
- Siegfried (or Sigefroy) (c. 922 - 28 October 998) is considered the first count of Luxembourg. He was actually count in the Moselgau and the Ardennes. He was also the advocate of the abbeys of Saint-Maximin de Trêves and Saint-Willibrod d'Echternach. He is speculated to be the son of Wigeric of Lotharingia, Count Palatine and Cunigunda. He is the founder of the House of Luxembourg, a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes.
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Sources - [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_of_Luxembourg.
- [S162] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who came to America before 1700, 7th Edition, Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, David Faris, (Name: Genealogical Publishing Co; Location: Baltimore; Date: 1992;).
- [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegfried_of_Luxembourg.