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Hermann II

Male Abt 980 - 1025  (~ 45 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Hermann II was born about 980 (son of Hermann I of Werl and Gerberga of Burgundy); died in 1025.

    Notes:

    Count of Werl.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Bernhard

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Hermann I of Werl was born about 940; died before 988.

    Notes:

    Count of Werl. The first member of the House of Werl for whom any reliable information is available.

    Hermann married Gerberga of Burgundy between 978 and 979. Gerberga (daughter of Conrad I, King of Burgundy and Matilda of the West Franks) died after 1016. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Gerberga of Burgundy (daughter of Conrad I, King of Burgundy and Matilda of the West Franks); died after 1016.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 7 Jul 1019

    Children:
    1. 1. Hermann II was born about 980; died in 1025.
    2. Rudolf von Werl was born between 982 and 986.
    3. Bernhard of Werl-Hövel was born about 984.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Conrad I, King of Burgundy (son of Rudolph II, King of Burgundy and Bertha of Swabia); died on 19 Oct 993.

    Notes:

    Conrad "The Peaceful". King of Burgundy; King of the West Franks.

    Conrad married Matilda of the West Franks. Matilda (daughter of Louis IV, King of Western Francia and Gerberga of Saxony) died about 981. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Matilda of the West Franks (daughter of Louis IV, King of Western Francia and Gerberga of Saxony); died about 981.
    Children:
    1. 3. Gerberga of Burgundy died after 1016.
    2. Matilda of Burgundy
    3. Bertha of Burgundy was born about 965; died after 1010.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Rudolph II, King of Burgundy was born about 890 (son of Rudolph I, King of Burgundy and Willa of Vienne); died on 11 Jul 937.

    Rudolph married Bertha of Swabia in 922. Bertha (daughter of Burchard II and Regilinde of Zurich) was born about 907; died on 2 Jan 966. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Bertha of Swabia was born about 907 (daughter of Burchard II and Regilinde of Zurich); died on 2 Jan 966.
    Children:
    1. 6. Conrad I, King of Burgundy died on 19 Oct 993.
    2. St. Adelaide of Italy was born about 931; died on 16 Dec 999 in Seltz, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France.

  3. 14.  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]


  4. 15.  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. 7. 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. Charles of Lorraine was born in 953; died in 991.


Generation: 5

  1. 24.  Rudolph I, King of Burgundy was born about 859 (son of Conrad II and Waldrada); died on 25 Oct 912.

    Notes:

    King of Upper (or Transjurane) Burgundy from his election in 888 until his death.

    Rudolph married Willa of Vienne. Willa was born about 878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 25.  Willa of Vienne was born about 878.

    Notes:

    Also called Willa von Swabia; Willa of Provence; Guila.

    "It is certain that she was first consort of king Rudolf I of Upper Burgundy (who was proclaimed king in 888 and died on 25 October 911) and later, from 912, consort of Hugh of Arles, border count of Provence, who in 926 became king of Northern Italy. Everything else in her genealogy is more or less uncertain." [Wikipedia]

    Children:
    1. 12. Rudolph II, King of Burgundy was born about 890; died on 11 Jul 937.

  3. 26.  Burchard II was born about 883 (son of Burchard I); died on 29 Apr 926 in Novara, Italy.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: Abt 884

    Notes:

    Count of Raetia. Duke of Swabia from 917.

    "In 922, Burchard married his daughter Bertha to Rudolph [II, king of upper Burgundy] and affirmed the peace of three years prior. Burchard then accompanied Rudolph into Italy when he was elected king by opponents of the Emperor Berengar. In 924, the emperor died and Hugh of Arles was elected by his partisans to oppose Rudolph. Burchard attacked Novara, defended by the troops of Lambert, Archbishop of Milan. There he was killed, probably on April 29. His widow, Regelinda (d. 958), remarried to Burchard's successor, Herman I." [Wikipedia]

    Burchard married Regilinde of Zurich. Regilinde (daughter of Eberhard I) was born between 885 and 890; died after 29 Apr 958 in Ufenau Island, Lake Zürich, Switzerland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 27.  Regilinde of Zurich was born between 885 and 890 (daughter of Eberhard I); died after 29 Apr 958 in Ufenau Island, Lake Zürich, Switzerland.

    Notes:

    Became a nun after the death of her second husband. Died of leprosy on the island of Ufenau; a chapel is dedicated to her there.

    According to Peter Stewart on SGM (22 Nov 2021), she may or may not have been a great-granddaughter of Louis I's daughter Gisla.

    Children:
    1. Hicha of Swabia
    2. 13. Bertha of Swabia was born about 907; died on 2 Jan 966.

  5. 28.  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]


  6. 29.  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. 14. Louis IV, King of Western Francia was born in 919; died on 10 Sep 954 in Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

  7. 30.  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]


  8. 31.  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. 15. Gerberga of Saxony was born between 913 and 914; died on 5 May 969; was buried in Saint-Rémy de Reims.


Generation: 6

  1. 48.  Conrad II (son of Conrad I and Adélaïde of Alsace & Tours); died before 876.

    Notes:

    Duke of Transjurane Burgundy. Count of Aargau & Auxerre.

    Conrad married Waldrada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 49.  Waldrada

    Notes:

    Also called Vaudree. Not "Waldrada of Worms" as asserted on Wikipedia.

    Children:
    1. Adelaide of Auxerre
    2. 24. Rudolph I, King of Burgundy was born about 859; died on 25 Oct 912.

  3. 52.  Burchard I (son of Adalbert II); died on 5 Nov 911.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 23 Nov 911

    Notes:

    Duke of Allamania. Possibly married to Luitgarde of Saxony, daughter of duke Liudolf of the eastern Saxons and Oda Billung.

    "By 900, Burchard was already the most powerful man in Swabia. In 904, he was the administrator of the lands of the abbey of Lorsch in Swabia. He succeeded, around 909, Ruadulf (a Welf) as dux or marchio (duke or margrave) of Raetia Secunda (the borderlands of Rhaetia). Burchard entered into a conflict with the Count Palatine Erchanger and Bishop Solomon III of Constance, who were loyal to King Conrad I. Burchard was captured and charged with high treason. He was found guilty by the tribal council and executed, along with his brother, Adalbert III of Thurgau." [Wikipedia]

    Children:
    1. 26. Burchard II was born about 883; died on 29 Apr 926 in Novara, Italy.

  4. 54.  Eberhard I

    Notes:

    Count in the Zurichgau.

    Children:
    1. 27. Regilinde of Zurich was born between 885 and 890; died after 29 Apr 958 in Ufenau Island, Lake Zürich, Switzerland.

  5. 56.  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]


  6. 57.  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. 28. Charles III "The Straightforward", King of Western Francia was born on 17 Sep 879; died on 7 Oct 929 in Peronne, Somme, Picardie, France.

  7. 58.  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]


  8. 59.  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. 29. Eadgifu of Wessex was born in 902; died in 951.

  9. 60.  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]


  10. 61.  Hadwig von Babenberg (daughter of Heinrich of Babenberg); died on 24 Dec 903.

    Notes:

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

    Children:
    1. 30. 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.

  11. 62.  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]


  12. 63.  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. 31. 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.


 

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