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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Charles of Lorraine was born in 953 (son of Louis IV, King of Western Francia and Gerberga of Saxony); died in 991.

    Notes:

    Duke of Lower Lorraine. Also called Charles de Laon; Charles, Prince of France.

    Charles married Adelheid before 979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Gerberga of Lorraine died after 1017.
    2. Ermengarde of Lower Lorraine died after 1012.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Louis IV, King of Western Francia was born in 919 (son of Charles III "The Straightforward", King of Western Francia and Eadgifu of Wessex); died on 10 Sep 954 in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 10 Sep 920

    Notes:

    Called "d'Outre-Mer"; "Transmarinus" (i.e.,"from overseas").

    Died of a fall from a horse, according to Ancestral Roots, the Encyclopedia Britannica, and French-language Wikipedia. Some sources, including English-language Wikipedia, say 30 Sep, but 10 Sep seems more common.

    Louis married Gerberga of Saxony in 939. Gerberga (daughter of Heinrich I "The Fowler", King of Germany and St. Matilda) was born between 913 and 914; died on 5 May 969; was buried in Saint-Rémy de Reims. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Gerberga of Saxony was born between 913 and 914 (daughter of Heinrich I "The Fowler", King of Germany and St. Matilda); died on 5 May 969; was buried in Saint-Rémy de Reims.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 5 May 984

    Notes:

    Also called Gerberga of Germany; Gerberga of France.

    Children:
    1. Matilda of the West Franks died about 981.
    2. Lothair, King of Western Francia was born in 941; died on 2 Mar 986 in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France.
    3. 1. Charles of Lorraine was born in 953; died in 991.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Charles III "The Straightforward", King of Western Francia was born on 17 Sep 879 (son of Louis II "The Stammerer", King of France and Adélaïde of Paris); died on 7 Oct 929 in Peronne, Somme, Picardie, France.

    Notes:

    Also called Charles the Simple; Carolus Simplex.

    Charles married Eadgifu of Wessex in 918. Eadgifu (daughter of Eadward "the Elder", King of Wessex and Mercia and Ælfflaed) was born in 902; died in 951. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Eadgifu of Wessex was born in 902 (daughter of Eadward "the Elder", King of Wessex and Mercia and Ælfflaed); died in 951.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Aft 955

    Notes:

    Also called Ottogeba; Ogiva.

    Children:
    1. 2. Louis IV, King of Western Francia was born in 919; died on 10 Sep 954 in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

  3. 6.  Heinrich I "The Fowler", King of Germany was born about 876 (son of Otto I "The Illustrious" and Hadwig von Babenberg); died on 2 Jul 936 in Membleben, Lower Saxony, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

    Notes:

    Duke of Sachsen (Saxony). King of Germany 919-936.

    Heinrich married St. Matilda in 909. Matilda (daughter of Dietrich and Reinhild of Denmark) was born about 890; died on 14 Mar 968 in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  St. Matilda was born about 890 (daughter of Dietrich and Reinhild of Denmark); died on 14 Mar 968 in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 895

    Notes:

    Also called Mechtilde of Ringelheim.

    "The principal basis for estimating her birth date is that she is said to have been of tender years (aetate tenera) in a passage of Vita Mahthildis reginae shortly before her marriage to Heinrich, which occurred about 909." [The Henry Project]

    Children:
    1. Hedwig of Saxony died after 958.
    2. Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor was born on 23 Nov 912; died on 7 May 973 in Membleben, Lower Saxony, Germany.
    3. 3. Gerberga of Saxony was born between 913 and 914; died on 5 May 969; was buried in Saint-Rémy de Reims.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Louis II "The Stammerer", King of France was born on 1 Nov 846 (son of Charles II "The Bald", Holy Roman Emperor and Ermentrude d'Orleans); died on 10 Apr 879 in Compiègne, Oise, Ile-de-France, France; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Corneille, Compiègne, Picardy.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 1 Nov 846

    Notes:

    King of Neustria 856; King of Aquitaine 867; King of France 877-879. (More precisely, king of West Francia.)

    Called Louis II "le Begue".

    The Henry Project and Royal Ancestry both say he was born on a 1st of November, about 846.

    Louis married Adélaïde of Paris between 868 and 870. Adélaïde died after 9 Nov 901; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Corneille, Compiègne, Picardy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Adélaïde of Paris died after 9 Nov 901; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Corneille, Compiègne, Picardy.

    Notes:

    On 15 Nov 2015 Peter Stewart posted the first of a series of posts to SGM that appear to thoroughly refute the commonly-accepted model of Adélaïde's ancestry as put forth by the eminent German historian Karl Ferdinand Werner.

    Children:
    1. 4. Charles III "The Straightforward", King of Western Francia was born on 17 Sep 879; died on 7 Oct 929 in Peronne, Somme, Picardie, France.

  3. 10.  Eadward "the Elder", King of Wessex and Mercia was born between 871 and 875 (son of Ælfred "the Great", King of Wessex and Ealhswith); died on 17 Jul 924 in Fardon, Cheshire, England; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 872
    • Alternate death: 925

    Notes:

    "Eadweard's nickname of 'the Elder' is not contemporary, but was assigned later to distinguish him from the two other Anglo-Saxon kings of that name." [The Henry Project]

    Eadward married Ælfflaed before 901. Ælfflaed (daughter of Æthelhelm) died in 918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Ælfflaed (daughter of Æthelhelm); died in 918.
    Children:
    1. Eadgyth died on 26 Jan 946; was buried in Monastery of Maritius, Magdeburg, Lower Saxony, Germany.
    2. 5. Eadgifu of Wessex was born in 902; died in 951.

  5. 12.  Otto I "The Illustrious" was born between 830 and 840 (son of Liudolf and Oda Billung); died on 30 Nov 912; was buried in Gandersheim Abbey, Gandersheim, Lower Saxony, Germany.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 836

    Notes:

    Duke of Saxony 880-912.

    Otto married Hadwig von Babenberg between 869 and 870. Hadwig (daughter of Heinrich of Babenberg) died on 24 Dec 903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Hadwig von Babenberg (daughter of Heinrich of Babenberg); died on 24 Dec 903.

    Notes:

    Also called Hedwiga; Hathui; Haduwich; Hadui von Frankenau.

    Children:
    1. 6. Heinrich I "The Fowler", King of Germany was born about 876; died on 2 Jul 936 in Membleben, Lower Saxony, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.

  7. 14.  Dietrich (son of Mathilde, Abbess of Hereford); died after 929.

    Notes:

    Count in Westfalen.

    Also called Theodoric.

    Fl. 929.

    Dietrich married Reinhild of Denmark. Reinhild died about 932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Reinhild of Denmark died about 932.

    Notes:

    Also called Ragnhildis; (possibly spuriously) Ludmilla.

    "Reinhild is stated to have been of Danish-Frisian origin in two lives of her daughter queen Mathilde." [The Henry Project]

    Children:
    1. 7. St. Matilda was born about 890; died on 14 Mar 968 in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany; was buried in Quedlinburg Abbey, Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany.


Generation: 5

  1. 16.  Charles II "The Bald", Holy Roman Emperor was born on 13 Jun 823 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany (son of Louis I "The Pious", Holy Roman Emperor and Judith of Altdorf); died on 6 Oct 877 in Brides-les-Bain, Savoi, Rhone-Alps, France; was buried in St.-Denis, Paris, France.

    Notes:

    King of France; King of Aquitaine; King of Neustria. Also known as Charles "Le Chauve"; Karolus Calvus; Karl "der Kahle".

    "According to the Annals of St-Bertin, Charles was hastily buried at the abbey of Nantua, Burgundy because the bearers were unable to withstand the stench of his decaying body. He was to have been buried in the Basilique Saint-Denis and may have been transferred there later. It was recorded that there was a memorial brass there that was melted down at the Revolution." [Wikipedia]

    Charles married Ermentrude d'Orleans on 14 Dec 842. Ermentrude (daughter of Eudes and Engeltrude) was born before 830; died on 6 Oct 869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 17.  Ermentrude d'Orleans was born before 830 (daughter of Eudes and Engeltrude); died on 6 Oct 869.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 830

    Children:
    1. Judith of France was born about 844; died after 870.
    2. 8. Louis II "The Stammerer", King of France was born on 1 Nov 846; died on 10 Apr 879 in Compiègne, Oise, Ile-de-France, France; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Corneille, Compiègne, Picardy.

  3. 20.  Ælfred "the Great", King of Wessex was born in 848 in Wantage, Berkshire, England (son of Æthelwulf, King of Wessex and Kent and Osburh); died on 26 Oct 899; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: 849, Wantage, Berkshire, England

    Ælfred married Ealhswith in 869. Ealhswith (daughter of Æthelred Mucil and Eadburh) died on 5 Dec 902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 21.  Ealhswith (daughter of Æthelred Mucil and Eadburh); died on 5 Dec 902.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 5 Dec 903
    • Alternate death: 904

    Children:
    1. Ælfthryth of Wessex was born about 870; died on 7 Jun 929; was buried in Abbey of Saint-Pierre, Ghent, Flanders.
    2. 10. Eadward "the Elder", King of Wessex and Mercia was born between 871 and 875; died on 17 Jul 924 in Fardon, Cheshire, England; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

  5. 22.  Æthelhelm was born about 859.

    Notes:

    Ealdorman of Wiltshire. Many claims to the contrary notwithstanding, he was almost certainly not a son of Æthelred I, King of Wessex from 865 to 871. The sons of Wessexian kings were not made ealdormen.

    Children:
    1. 11. Ælfflaed died in 918.

  6. 24.  Liudolf was born about 805; died on 6 Sep 864; was buried in Brunshausen, Cuxhaven, Lower Saxony, Germany.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 816
    • Alternate death: 12 Mar 865
    • Alternate death: 12 Mar 866

    Notes:

    Also called Ludolph. Count/duke of eastern Sachsen (Saxony). His remains were later transferred to Gandersheim Abbey in lower Saxony.

    Liudolf married Oda Billung. Oda (daughter of Billung and Aeda) was born about 806; died on 17 May 913; was buried in Gandersheim Abbey, Gandersheim, Lower Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 25.  Oda Billung was born about 806 (daughter of Billung and Aeda); died on 17 May 913; was buried in Gandersheim Abbey, Gandersheim, Lower Saxony, Germany.
    Children:
    1. Oda von Sachsen died in 874.
    2. 12. Otto I "The Illustrious" was born between 830 and 840; died on 30 Nov 912; was buried in Gandersheim Abbey, Gandersheim, Lower Saxony, Germany.

  8. 26.  Heinrich of Babenberg (son of Poppo); died on 28 Aug 886 in Paris, France; was buried in Abbey of St. Medard, Soissons, Picardy, France.

    Notes:

    Also called Henry of Franconia, Heinrich of Neustria. Dux Austrasiorum. Marquess in Neustria. Count of Grabfeld. Died in battle.

    Given by The Henry Project as a "possible father" of Hadwig, wife of Otto I; Stewart Baldwin says "the circumstantial evidence in favor of Heinrich is good."

    Children:
    1. 13. Hadwig von Babenberg died on 24 Dec 903.

  9. 29.  Mathilde, Abbess of Hereford died after 909.
    Children:
    1. 14. Dietrich died after 929.


Generation: 6

  1. 32.  Louis I "The Pious", Holy Roman Emperor was born between Apr 778 and Aug 778 in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, Aquitaine, France (son of Charlemagne and Hildegarde of Vinzgouw); died on 20 Jun 840 in Petersaue, Ingelheim am Rhein, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Aug 778, Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, Aquitaine, France

    Notes:

    Also called Louis the Debonaire; Louis the Fair; Louis le Pieux; Ludwig der Fromme; Hludowicus.

    Louis married Judith of Altdorf in Feb 819. Judith (daughter of Welf of Altdorf and Heilwig, Abbess of Chelles) was born between 800 and 805; died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 33.  Judith of Altdorf was born between 800 and 805 (daughter of Welf of Altdorf and Heilwig, Abbess of Chelles); died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 805

    Children:
    1. Gisela of Aquitaine was born between 819 and 822; died after 1 Jul 874.
    2. 16. Charles II "The Bald", Holy Roman Emperor was born on 13 Jun 823 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; died on 6 Oct 877 in Brides-les-Bain, Savoi, Rhone-Alps, France; was buried in St.-Denis, Paris, France.

  3. 34.  Eudes died in May 834.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: Jun 834

    Notes:

    Count of Orleans.

    Eudes married Engeltrude. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 35.  Engeltrude (daughter of Leuthard and Grimhilde).
    Children:
    1. 17. Ermentrude d'Orleans was born before 830; died on 6 Oct 869.

  5. 40.  Æthelwulf, King of Wessex and Kent was born between 795 and 800 (son of Ecgbeorht, King of Wessex); died on 13 Jan 858; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Æthelwulf married Osburh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 41.  Osburh (daughter of Oslac).
    Children:
    1. Æthelbeald, King of the West Saxons died on 22 Dec 860.
    2. 20. Ælfred "the Great", King of Wessex was born in 848 in Wantage, Berkshire, England; died on 26 Oct 899; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

  7. 42.  Æthelred Mucil

    Notes:

    Ealdorman of the Gaini.

    Æthelred married Eadburh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 43.  Eadburh

    Notes:

    Also called Edburga. "Although Asser states that Eadburh was of royal Mercian descent [...] he does not specify to which king she was related." [The Henry Project]

    Children:
    1. 21. Ealhswith died on 5 Dec 902.

  9. 50.  Billung

    Billung married Aeda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  10. 51.  Aeda
    Children:
    1. 25. Oda Billung was born about 806; died on 17 May 913; was buried in Gandersheim Abbey, Gandersheim, Lower Saxony, Germany.

  11. 52.  Poppo died between 839 and 841.

    Notes:

    Frankish count in the Grapfeld. Probably the father (or possibly the grandfather) of Heinrich of Babenberg.

    Children:
    1. 26. Heinrich of Babenberg died on 28 Aug 886 in Paris, France; was buried in Abbey of St. Medard, Soissons, Picardy, France.


 

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