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LOWER LORRAINE DUKEDOM

HOUSE OF FRANCE

[CARO291] King Louis IV of France m. [SAXY275] Gerberga von Saxony
. [LOTH311] Duke Charles of Lower Lotharingia m1. [LOTU333] Bonne d'Ardenne
. . [LOTH322] Ermengarde of Lotharingia m. [NAMU321] Count Albert I of Namur
. . [LOTH323] Gerberga de Louvain m. [LOUV321] Count Lambert I of Louvain

36.  [LOTH311] Charles of Lower Lotharingia (born at Laon, 953, son of [CARO291] King Louis IV, see CAROLINGIAN HOUSE), married 1. [LOTU333] Bonne-Adelaide (daughter of Count Godefroi of Ardennes, see LORRAINE (HOUSE OF VERDUN) DUKEDOM); then 2. (c.973) Agnes (daughter of Herbert of Vermandois, Count of Troyes by Ogive, widow of King Charles the simple). [However, the German version [1997] shows only one wife, Adelheid, daughter of Count Heribert III of Troyes?] Charles was DUKE OF LOWER-LOTHARINGIA (976-991). He was captured and imprisoned (991) by King Hugh capet after he attempted to assert his right to the throne, and died at Orleans (995).

HOUSE OF LUXEMBOURG

[LUXE311] Count Frederick I of Moselle m. [WETX393] Countess Irmentrud of Gleiburg
. [FRED321] Duke Frederick II of Lower Lorraine m1. [BOUL332] Gerberge de Boulogne
. . [FRED332] Jutta de Lower Lorraine m. [LIMX331] Count Waleran II of Limburg & Arlon

30.  [FRED321] Frederick II (born 1003, 2nd son of [LUXE311] Count Frederick I, see LUXEMBOURG COUNTY), DUKE OF LOWER LORRAINE (1046-65). He married 1. [BOUL332] Gerberge (daughter of Count Eustache I, see BOULOGNE COUNTY); then 2. Ida von Saxony (heiress of Laroche in the Ardennes, daughter of [SAX2341] DUKE BERNHARD II, see SAXONY (BILLUNG) DUKEDOM). Frederick died 28th May 1065, and Ida died July 1102.

HOUSE OF VERDUN

See LORRAINE (HOUSE OF VERDUN) DUKEDOM for these Dukes, who were mainly Dukes of Upper Lorraine.