Alexis LORMANT was born about 1768 in unknown. She died before 1868 in unknown. She was buried Unknown in unknown. Parents: Nicolas LORMANT and Marguerite HENRY.

Catherine LORMANT was born Unknown in unknown. She died Unknown in unknown.

Spouse: Jean Etienne DORT. Jean Etienne DORT and Catherine LORMANT were married Unknown in unknown.

Nicolas LORMANT was born about 1748 in unknown. He died before 1848 in unknown. He was buried Unknown in unknown.

Spouse: Marguerite HENRY. Nicolas LORMANT and Marguerite HENRY were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Alexis LORMANT.

Duke Adalbert of LORRAINE. Parents: Gerard DE BOUZONVILLE and Gisela.

Beatrix of LORRAINE was born Unknown in unknown. She died Unknown in unknown.

Spouse: Stephen I of MACON. Stephen I of MACON and Beatrix of LORRAINE were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Count Renaud III of BURGUNDY, William of VIENNE.

Catherine of LORRAINE was born in 1407 in unknown. She died in 1439 in unknown. Parents: Duke Charles II of LORRAINE and Margaret of WITTELSBACH.

Spouse: Margrave Jacob of BADEN-BADEN. Margrave Jacob of BADEN-BADEN and Catherine of LORRAINE were married on 25 Jul 1422 in unknown. Children were: Margarete of BADEN, Margrave Charles I of BADEN-BADEN, Margrave Bernard II of BADEN-BADEN, Archbishop Johann of TRIER, Bishop George of METZ, Bishop Markus of LIEGE, Abbess Matilde of TRIER.

Duke Charles II of LORRAINE was born in 1364 in unknown. He died on 25 Jan 1431 in Nancy. Charles II (1364 - January 25, 1431), called the Bold (French: le Hardi) was the duke of Lorraine from 1390 to his death and constable of France from 1418 to 1425. Charles was the elder son of John I, Duke of Lorraine, and Sophie, daughter of Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg.

He is called Charles II because of a previour Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, despite the fact that his own duchy was that of Upper Lorraine, Lower Lorraine being subsumed in Brabant by his time. Some sticklers for correctness, therefore, number him rather Charles I.

During his youth, he had been close to Philip II, Duke of Burgundy, they having been comrades in arms on several occasions. This proximity to Burgundy was largely a result of his father's moving away from the French court, the court to which the Lorrainer dukes had neared in the past century and a half as they withdrew from the Holy Roman Empire, within which their duchy was still technically a vassal state. Charles was defiant of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, who had supported the citizens of Neufchâteau against his father and the Emperor Wenceslaus when the latter was accused by his subjects of weakness. Wenceslaus was deposed in 1400 and replaced by Rupert III, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Charles' father-in-law.

Charles was also a major participant in some late Crusading movements. He was at Tunis in 1391. He took part in the so-called Last Crusade which culminated in the disastrous Battle of Nicopolis in 1396. There he accompanied John the Fearless, the count of Nevers and son of his friend Philip. In 1399, he was assisting the Teutonic Knights in Livonia.

Multiple times between 1405 and 1406, the sergeants of the duke and the officers of the kings of France in certain enclaves (French fiefs) in Lorraine were at loggerheads and Louis of Orléans, who had received the pledges of the duke of Luxembourg, was trying to create a principality in the region. Then, in 1407, at the head of coalition of the dukes of Bar, Luxembourg, and the margraves of Namur attacked the duchy. He was defeated at Corny-sur-Moselle and then, in July, at Champigneulles. His assassination in Paris on 23 November put an end to his plans.

With the assassination of Louis, France broke down into two parties: the Armagnacs of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac, the tutor of the young Charles of Orléans, and the Burgundians of John the Fearless, Philip's successor, who supported Charles of Lorraine. Charles did not, however, enter the Anglo-French conflict then raging?the Hundred Years' War?but his brother, Frederick I, Count of Vaudémont, got involved and died in the Battle of Agincourt in 1415. Nevertheless, the queen, Isabeau of Bavaria, appointed Charles constable in 1418. In 1425, he asserted that the load was too large for him and renounced it.

Charles adopted a new stance vis-à-vis France after the assassination of John of Burgundy in 1419. John's successor, Philip III, had much territory in the Low Countries and only Lorraine and Champagne separated his Burgundian from his Belgian possessions. Fearing any warlike ambitions, Charles though it prudent to reorient his fidelities and friendships away from such a possible adversary. Through his French connections, he obtained the assistance of Charles VII against Burgundy and married his daughter to the Capetian René, later king of Naples.

Charles final years were rife with conflict and unhappiness. His nephew, Anthony of Vaudémont demanded a part of the inheritance and Charlse had to war against him in 1425, without much success. Early in 1429, Joan of Arc came on a pilgrimage to Saint-Nicolas-de-Port. She counselled the duke to abandon his mistress, Alison du May. Ignoring this advice, he gave her an escort and sent her on to Chinon. He died two years later at his capital of Nancy on 21 or 25 January.

Family
From his marriage to Margaret of Wittelsbach (1376-1434), daughter of Rupert of Germany and Elisabeth of Hohenzollern, in 1394, only two daughters survived childhood:

Isabella (1400-1453), who became Duchess on his death and married René, later holder of many prestigious titles
Louis, died young
Ralph, died young
Catherine (1407-1439), married Jacob, Margrave of Baden

With his mistress, the aforementioned Alison du May (murdered in Nancy in 1431), he had five children:

John, lord of Darnieulles
Ferry de Lunéville (fl.c.1425)
Catherine (fl.c.1425)
Isabelle, married in 1425 to Henry of Liocourt.

Parents: Duke John I of LORRAINE and Sophie.

Spouse: Margaret of WITTELSBACH. Duke Charles II of LORRAINE and Margaret of WITTELSBACH were married in 1394 in unknown. Children were: Catherine of LORRAINE, Isabella, Louis, Ralph.

Spouse: Alison DU MAY. Alison Du May was his Mistress. Children were: Lord John of DARNIEULLES, Ferry DE LUNEVILLE, Catherine, Isabelle.

Duke Charles of Lower LORRAINE. Parents: King Louis IV of WESTERN FRANCIA and Gerberga of SAXONY.

Duke Conrad of LORRAINE was born before 944 in unknown. He died on 10 Aug 955 in Battle of Lechfeld. He was buried in Cathedral in Worms. Conrad the Red (German: Konrad der Rote) (died 10 August 955) was Duke of Lotharingia and Franconia.

He was the son of Werner of Speyergau, Count of Worms. His mother was a sister of Conrad of Franconia, King of Germany. In 941, he succeeded his father as count in the Nahegau, Speyergau, and Wormsgau and obtained an additional territory, the Niddagau. In 944 or 945, he was also invested with Lotharingia by the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I.

In 947 he married Luitgarde, daughter of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Eadgyth, daughter of Edward the Elder, King of England. He and Luitgarde had one son, Otto of Worms (c. 950-1004).

In 953, Conrad joined his brother-in-law, Liudolf, Duke of Swabia, in rebellion against Otto I, who bitterly complained about Conrad's ingratitude. The rebellion was quashed and Conrad was deprived of Lotharingia, which was instead granted to Otto I's brother, Bruno I, Archbishop of Cologne.

Eventually Conrad and Otto were reconciled, and in 955, Conrad was killed in the Battle of Lechfeld while fighting alongside Otto against the Magyars. According to the chronicler Widukind of Corvey: "Duke Conrad, the foremost of all in combat, suffering from battle fatigue caused by an unusually hot sun, loosened the straps of his armor to catch his breath when an arrow pierced his throat and killed him instantly." Conrad's body was carried in state to Worms, where he was given a lavish funeral and buried at the cathedral there.

By his son, Otto, Conrad was the great-grandfather of Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor.

Parents: Werner of SPEYERGAU.

Spouse: Luitgarde. Duke Conrad of LORRAINE and Luitgarde were married in 947 in unknown. Children were: Duke Otto I of CARINTHIA.

Daughter of Thierry II of LORRAINE was born Unknown in unknown. She died Unknown in unknown. Parents: Duke Thierry II of LORRAINE and Gertrude.

Duke Frederick I of LORRAINE was born about 1143 in unknown. He died on 7 Apr 1206 in unknown. Frederick I (French: Ferry or Ferri) (c.1143 - 7 April 1206) was the duke of Lorraine from 1205 to his death. He was the second son of Matthias I and Judith, daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia. He succeeded his brother, Simon II, who had already given him the county of Bitche in 1176 and had recognised him over the northern, germanophone half of Lorraine by the Treaty of Ribemont of 1179. Judith had wanted him to succeed to all their father's inheritance, but a three-year civil war only secured him Bitche and a half-portion.

Simon abdicated to a monastery in 1205, recognising Frederick's son Frederick as heir. Frederick inherited it all nevertheless, but died a year later and it went to his son by Ludmilla (1150 - 1223), daughter of Mieszko III the Old, duke of Greater Poland and high duke of all Poland, and Elisabeth, daughter of Prince Álmos. Their other children were:

Frederick, his successor in Lorraine
Thierry the Devil (le Diable), lord of Autigny
Henry the Lombard, who built the castle of Bayon
Philip (d.1243), lord of Gerbeviller
Matthias (1170 - 1217), bishop of Toul
Agatha (d.1242), abbess of Remiremont
Judith, married Henry II, Count of Salm
Hediwge (d.1228), married George, Count of Zweibrücken
Cunigunda, married Walram III, Duke of Limburg.

Parents: Duke Matthias I of LORRAINE and Judith of HOHENSTAUFEN.

Spouse: Ludmilla. Duke Frederick I of LORRAINE and Ludmilla were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Duke Frederick II of LORRAINE, Lord Thierry the Devil of AUTIGNY, Henry the LOMBARD, Lord Philip of GERBEVILLER, Bishop Matthias of TOUL, Abbess Agatha of REMIREMONT, Judith, Hedwige, Cunigunda.

Duke Frederick II of LORRAINE was born before 1206 in unknown. He died on 10 Oct 1213 in unknown. Frederick II (died October 10, 1213) was the duke of Lorraine from 1206 to his death, son of Frederick I and Ludmilla, daughter of Mieszko III the Old, of the Piast Dynasty.

In 1179, a three-year civil war ended in Lorraine and Duke Simon II was forced to agree to the Treaty of Ribemont, whereby Lorrain was divided: the northern, germanophone half going to Simon's brother Frederick and the southern, francophone half to Simon, who had tried to appease Frederick by giving him the county of Bitche. Simon designated Frederick's son, Frederick, as his heir and abdicated in 1205. Nonetheless, Frederick was acclaimed duke, but died the next year. His son succeeded him and the duchy was completely reunited.

By his 1188 marriage to Agnes of Bar (d.19 June 1226), he received the lands of Amance, Longwy, and Stenay. He entered into a war with his father-in-law, Theobald I of Bar, and was defeated in 1208, being captured and imprisoned for seven months. To obtain his freedom, he relinquished the cities.

In 1197, he had supported Duke Philip of Swabia's candidature for the kingship of Germany and the Holy Roman Empire, but, after Philip's death in 1208, he moved over to the side of Duke Otto of Brunswick, upon whose excommunication in 1211, he finally transferred his support to the Hohenstaufen heir, Frederick I of Sicily.

Family
By his marriage to the daughter of the count of Bar and Laurette de Looz, he had:

Theobald (d.1220), his successor in Lorraine
Matthias (d.1251), his brother successor in Lorraine
Reginald (d.1274), count of Blieskastel
Alice, countess of Ormes, married firstly Werner (d.1228), count of Kirbourg, and secondly, in 1229, Walter, lord of Vignory
Lauretta, married Simon III, Count of Saarbrücken, in 1226
Jacob (d.1260), bishop of Metz.

Parents: Duke Frederick I of LORRAINE and Ludmilla.

Spouse: Agnes of BAR. Duke Frederick II of LORRAINE and Agnes of BAR were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Duke Matthias II of LORRAINE, Duke Theobald I of LORRAINE, Count Reginald of BLIESKASTEL, Alice, Lauretta, Bishop Jacob of METZ.

Duke Frederick III of LORRAINE was born in 1238 in unknown. He died on 31 Dec 1302 in unknown. Frederick III (French: Ferry) (1238 - December 31, 1302) was the duke of Lorraine from 1251 to his death. He was the only son and successor of Matthias II and Catherine of Limburg.

He was not yet thirteen years of age at the death of his father and his mother assumed the regency for his firts few years. In 1255, he married Margaret, the daughter of King Theobald I of Navarre and Margaret of Bourbon. Though a Spanish king, Theobald was the thoroughly Gallic count of Champagne as well, and his daughters marriage signified the Gallicisation of Lorraine and the beginnings of the tension between French and German influences which characterises its later history. When Joan I of Navarre, Margaret's niece, the daughter of her brother, Henry I of Navarre, married, Philip the Fair, the future king of France, in 1284, the ties to France grew. The long-held loyalt of her dukes to the Holy Roman Emperor had wanned in the first half of the thirteenth century and the French influence was pervasive until its reattachment to France in 1766.

During his reign, he fought the bishops of Metz until Pope Clement IV excommunicated him and put his duchy under an interdict. In 1257, the electors of the Holy Roman Emperor met at Frankfurt to elect a replacement for the antiking William II, Count of Holland, who had died in 1256. The electors could not agree and some, called the "English Party," elected Richard, Earl of Cornwall, the brother of Henry III of England, and opponent of the Hohenstaufen, like William. Some, however, elected Alfonso X of Castile, who was the grandson of the Hohenstaufen king Philip, whose daughter Beatriz was Alfonso's mother. That longstanding support for the established imperial dynasty (the Salian, Supplinburger, Staufen, and, briefly, Welf) came through in Lorraine again and Frederick fell in line with the maternally Hohenstaufen Alfonso. The rivalry between the two kings led to little actual combat and with both dead, the electors chose Rudolf of Hapsburg in 1273, reestablishing the kingdom as a unity.

Family
By his marriage to Margaret, he had the following issue:

Theobald (1263-1312), his successor in Lorraine
Matthias (d.1282), lord of Beauregard
Frederick (d.1299), bishop of Orléans (1297-1299)
Frederick (d.c.1320), lord of Plombiéres, Romont, and Brémoncourt
Gerard (known 1317)
Isabelle (d.1335), married (1287) Louis III, Duke of Lower Bavaria; then Lord Henry of Sully; and then (1306) Count Henry III of Vaudémont (d.1348)
Catherine, lady of Romont, married (1290) Conrad III (d.1350), count of Fribourg
Agnes, married John II (d.1302), sire of Harcourt.

Parents: Duke Matthias II of LORRAINE and Catherine of LIMBURG.

Spouse: Margaret. Duke Frederick III of LORRAINE and Margaret were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Duke Theobald II of LORRAINE, Lord Matthias of BEAUREGARD, Bishop Frederick of ORLEANS, Lord Frederick of PLOMBIERES , Romont and Bre, Gerard, Isabelle, Catherine, Agnes.

Duke Frederick IV of LORRAINE was born on 15 Apr 1282 in Gondreville. He died on 23 Aug 1329 in Paris. Frederick IV (French: Ferry) (15 April 1282, Gondreville - 23 August 1329, in Paris), called the Fighter, was the duke of Lorraine from 1312 to his death. He was the son and successor of Theobald II and Isabella of Rumigny.

On 18 October 1314, at the Diet of Frankfurt, the prince-electors of the Holy Roman Empire failed to elect as successor to Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor, either the Hapsburg claimant, Frederick the Handsome, the duke of Austria, or the Wittelsbach, Louis IV of Bavaria. By marriage to Elisabeth, daughter of Albert I of Germany, Frederick was the brother-in-law of Frederick the Handsome, called Frederick III of Germany by his supporters, of whom Frederick of Lorraine was one. On 28 September 1322, at the Battle of Mühldorf, both Frederick were captured. This was an opportunity for Charles IV of France to strengthen the Lorrainer ties to France and he quickly procured the duke's release on the promise that Lorraine would not interfere in imperial affairs.

In 1324, he participated in an expedition in Aquitaine against Edward II of England's estates, for Charles IV had built a fortress illegally on Edward's territory and had sent his uncle, Count Charles III of Valois, against the English possessions after Hugh le Despenser and the Younger Despenser imprisoned Isabella of France, Charles IV's daughter and Edward's queen. He joined Philip VI of France, Charles of Valois's son, on his succession in 1328 and died in the Battle of Cassel in August.

By his marriage (1304) to Elisabeth of Austria (1285-1352), daughter of Albert I of Austria the Emperor, he had the following issue:

Rudolph (1320-1346), his successor in Lorraine
Margaret, married Jean de Chalon, lord of Auberive (d.1350), then Conrad, count of Friburg, and lastly Ulrich (d.1377), lord of Rappoltstein.

Parents: Duke Theobald II of LORRAINE and Isabella.

Spouse: Elisabeth of AUSTRIA. Duke Frederick IV of LORRAINE and Elisabeth of AUSTRIA were married in 1304 in unknown. Children were: Duke Rudolph of LORRAINE, Margaret.

Count of Vaudémont, Frederick of LORRAINE was born in 1371. He died in 1415. Parents: Duke John I of LORRAINE and Sophie.

Duke Gerard of LORRAINE was born in 1030 in unknown. He died on 14 Apr 1070 in Remiremont. Gerard (c.1030 - April 14, 1070) was the count of Metz and Chatenois from 1047, when his brother Duke Adalbert resigned them to him on becoming the duke of Lorraine. On Adalbert's death the next year, Gerard became duke and was so until his death. In contemporary documents, he is called Gerard of Alsace (after his familial homeland), Gerard of Chatenoy (after an ancestral castle near Neufchâteau), or Gerard of Flanders (after his wife's homeland). His name is spelled Gérard in French and Gerhard in German.

He was the second son of Gerard de Bouzonville, count of Metz, and Gisela, possible a daughter of Thierry II, Duke of Lorraine. Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, invested Adalbert with Lorraine in 1047 after confiscating it from Godfrey III. Godfrey did not back down, however, and killed Adalbert in battle. Henry subsequently bestowed it on Gerard, but the deposed duke continued to stir. Godfrey had the support of a faction of the noblesse who did not want a strong hand at the ducal helm and Gerard was imprisoned. Gerard, however, had the support of the chiefest of his bishops, that of Toul, Bruno of Eguisheim-Dagsburg (later the sainted Pope Leo IX), who procured his liberation in 1049. The emperor gave him troops to assist him in his fight, for the rebels had the support of some elements in the church. Gerard himself remained, as his brother had, faithful to the end to the imperial dynasty and his descendants would remain so as well even into the Hohenstaufen years.

His alliance with the church was regular but inconstant and he founded the abbeys of Moyenmoutier, Saint-Mihiel, and Remiremont. The former was the abbey of Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida, who excommunicated the patriarch of Constantinople, Michael I Cerularius, in 1054, thus precipitating the Great Schism, and the latter was his own final resting place.

On 18 June 1053, Gerard and Prince Rudolf of Benevento led papal and Swabian troops into battle on behalf of Pope Leo. This was the Battle of Civitate and it was a disastrous loss for the pope. His enemy, the Normans, under Humphrey of Hauteville and Richard of Aversa, defeated his allies and captured his person, taking him prisoner in Benevento. Gerard, however, returned to Lorraine.

Among his other construction projects, was that of the castle of Prény, in the centre of the duchy, the beginnings of the capital city, Nancy. He died at Remiremont while trying to kill a revolt. Poisoning was suspected. The date of his death is either 14 April or 11 August.

He was married to Hedwige of Namur (or of Flanders), daughter of Albert II, Count of Namur, and Regilinda of Verdun. This marriage helped patch up relations with the baronage. They had the following issue:

Thierry II (c.1055-1115), successor in Lorraine
Gerard (1057-1108), count of Vaudémont
Beatrice, married Stephen I, count of Burgundy, Mâcon, and Vienne
Gisela, abbess of Remiremont
He was the progenitor the line of duke which ruled Lorraine until 1755.

Parents: Gerard DE BOUZONVILLE and Gisela.

Spouse: Hedwige DE NAMUR. Duke Gerard of LORRAINE and Hedwige DE NAMUR were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Duke Thierry II of LORRAINE, Count Gerard of VAUDEMONT, Beatrice, Abbess Gisela of REMIREMONT.

Gerberge of LORRAINE was born in 935 in unknown. She died in 978 in unknown. Parents: Duke Gilbert of LORRAINE and Gerberga of SAXONY.

Spouse: Count Adalbert I of VERMANDOIS. Count Adalbert I of VERMANDOIS and Gerberge of LORRAINE were married in 954 in unknown. Children were: Count Herbert III of VERMANDOIS, Count of Soissons, Guy I of VERMANDOIS.

Duke Gilbert of LORRAINE was born before 925 in unknown. He died in 939 in Battle of Andernach. Gilbert or Giselbert was the duke of Lotharingia until 939. Lotharingia (or Lorraine) was an area which comprised present north east France, the German Rhineland, Luxembourg, east Belgium, and the Netherlands. It was not yet divided into Upper and Lower Lorraine.

The beginning of the reign of Gilbert is not clear. Lotharingia belonged to West Francia (or France) from 910, when a dux Lotharingiae is first mentioned. This may have been Gilbert. The French king Charles III was deposed in 922 by Robert. Charles remained king in Lotharingia and tried to reconquer West Francia from there. He was imprisoned in 923.

In 925, Gilbert swore fealty to King Henry the Fowler of Germany as duke of Lotharingia. For whatever reason, Gilbert rebelled when Henry died in 936 and changed allegiance to the king of France, where the king had less authority. Gilbert managed to be practically independent for three years until he was defeated and killed by the army of king Otto I of Germany in 939 at the Battle of Andernach. Lorraine was given to Henry I, Duke of Bavaria.

Spouse: Gerberga of SAXONY. Duke Gilbert of LORRAINE and Gerberga of SAXONY were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Gerberge of LORRAINE.

Ida of LORRAINE was born Unknown in unknown. She died Unknown in unknown.

Spouse: Count Eustace II of BOULOGNE. Count Eustace II of BOULOGNE and Ida of LORRAINE were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Count Eustace III of BOULOGNE, Godfrey of BOUILLON, Baldwin.

Duke John I of LORRAINE was born in 1346 in unknown. He died on 23 Sep 1390 in Paris. John I (1346 - September 23, 1390, Paris) was the duke of Lorraine from 1346 to his death. As an infant of six months, he succeeded his father, Rudolph, who was killed in the Battle of Crecy. His mother was Mary, daughter of Guy I of Blois.

During his long minority, the regency was in the hands of his mother and Eberhard III of Wurtemberg. In December 1353, John did homage for the duchy to Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, who made him lieutenant-general of the Empire in the Moselle country.

John participated in the Drang nach Osten and its related crusades at the sides of the Teutonic Knights against Lithuania in 1356 and again in 1365.

He was facing west when, on 19 September 1356, he aided Philip VI of France in the Battle of Poitiers, as his father had at Crécy, and where the French chivalry was mowed down by English longbowmen as before. He survived, however, unlike his father, to fight again, on the side of the Dauphin Charles in putting down the Parisian rebellion of Étienne Marcel. He attended Charles' coronation on 19 May 1364 in Rheims, strengthening the ties to France which had steadily been building in Lorraine for the past century.

He entered the War of the Breton Succession, as had his father, to aid his uncle Charles of Blois against John of Montfort. At the Battle of Auray on 29 September 1364 with John as undisputed duke and Charles dead on the field. John and Bertrand du Guesclin were both taken prisoner.

He continued to aid Charles V and Charles VI to reconquer the provinces lost by the Treaty of Brétigny, but in his latter years, he distanced himself from the French court. Partly this was due to the free companies ravagine his lands and in part the royal officials who tried to litigate the relationship between John (an Imperial vassal) and his vassals. In the ende, he enterred into rapprochement with Philip II, Duke of Burgundy. Nonetheless, he died at Paris on 22 September 1390, defending himself against a charge by the people of Neufchâteau of abuse of power.

John married Sophie (1343-1369), daughter of his regent Eberhard II, Count of Württemberg, in 1361. They had:

Charles (1364-1431), successor
Frederick (1371-1415), count of Vaudémont
Isabella (d.1423), married Enguerrand VII of Coucy.

Parents: Duke Rudolph of LORRAINE and Mary.

Spouse: Sophie. Duke John I of LORRAINE and Sophie were married in 1361 in unknown. Children were: Duke Charles II of LORRAINE, Count of Vaudémont, Frederick of LORRAINE, Isabella.

Duke Matthias I of LORRAINE was born in 1119 in unknown. He died on 13 May 1176 in unknown. He was buried in Abbey of Clairlieu in Villers-lès-Nancy. Matthias I (1119 - May 13, 1176) was the duke of Lorraine from 1138 to his death as the eldest son and successor of Simon I and Adelaide of Supplinburg. Like his forefathers going back to Thierry II and even to Adalbert, he was a stern supporter of the king of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor. This loyalty transcended dynasties: his fathers had followed the Salians, his mother was a niece of the Supplinburger Emperor Lothair II, and he himself married Judith (sometimes called Bertha), daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, and therefore niece of the Hohenstaufen king Conrad III and sister of Frederick Barbarossa, future emperor.

He accompanied Barbarossa on a number of important occasions, including his imperial coronation by Pope Adrian IV in Rome, 1155. He assisted the emperor in his wars against Adrian and his successor Alexander III and the kings of France and Sicily. He extended his own ducal demesne at the expense of the bishop of Toul, but was an important donor to the Church and founder of abbeys.

He died in 1176 and was interred in his abbey of Clairlieu in Villers-lès-Nancy. By his Hohenstaufen marriage (1138), he had:

Simon (d.1205), his successor in Lorraine
Frederick (d.1206), count of Bitche and his nephew's successor
Judith (d.1173), married Stephen II, count of Auxonne (1170)
Alice (d.1200), married Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
Thierry (d.1181), bishop of Metz (1174-1179)
Matthias (d.1208), count of Toul
Unnamed daughter who died young.

Parents: Duke Simon I of LORRAINE and Adelaide.

Spouse: Judith of HOHENSTAUFEN. Duke Matthias I of LORRAINE and Judith of HOHENSTAUFEN were married in 1138 in unknown. Children were: Duke Frederick I of LORRAINE, Duke Simon II of LORRAINE, Judith, Alice, Bishop Thierry of METZ, Count Matthias of TOUL.

Duke Matthias II of LORRAINE was born about 1193 in unknown. He died in 1251 in unknown. Matthias II (c.1193 - 1251) was the duke of Lorraine from 1220 to his death. He was son of Duke Frederick II and Agnes of Bar and succeeded his brother, Theobald I.

He immediately had to give away Nancy to his brother's widow, Gertrude of Dagsburg, who remarried to Theobald IV of Champagne, whose suzerainty Matthias had to recognise, due to the fruitless wars his brother had waged against an imperial coalition. Theobald hoped to get his hands on the county of Metz, but failing that, he repudiated Gertrude. Gertrude had no children by a third marriage and Nancy reverted to the duchy on her death in 1225.

Matthias accompanied the Emperor Frederick II on the Sixth Crusade in 1228 and into Italy in 1235. By this, he reinitiated the close alliance with the Holy Roman Emperors which his forefathers had had for over a century from the appointment of Adalbert until the war between his brother and Frederick, which had ruptured that long friendship.

Matthias faced several unruly barons, especially the count of Lunéville, who had the discreet support of the count of Bar. He was victorious and reattached Lunéville to the duchy in an exchange. However, peace was not achieved. In 1230, Henry II of Bar was at it again, with Hugh II of Vaudémont and the bishop of Toul, ravaged his ducal territories and took a few castles.

On Henry of Bar's death in 1240, Matthias tried to retake those lost castles from Theobald II of Bar, the old count's young son, but he failed and a peace was signed in 1245 which lasted several decades. That same year, the emperor was excommunicated and Matthias distanced himself from the imperial camp before joining the papal party of Innocent IV in 1247. He died only a few years thence after having negotiated the profitabel marriage of his son with the daughter of the count of Champagne.

Family
In 1225, he married Catherine of Limburg (d.1255), daughter of Walram III, Duke of Limburg and Count of Luxembourg, and Ermesinda. They had the following issue:

Frederick (1240-1302), his successor in Lorraine
Laure, married in 1250 to Jean de Dampierre (d.1258), viscount of Troyes, and then to Guillaume de Vergy, lord of Mirebeau and Autrey
Isabella (d.1266), married Guillaume de Vienne (d.1255), then, in 1256, Jean de Chalon (1243-1309)
Catherine, married in 1255 to Richard de Montfaucon (d.1279), daughter of Thierry III, Count of Montbéliard
Adeline (d.c.1278), married Louis of Savoy (d.1302), baron of Vaud.

Parents: Duke Frederick II of LORRAINE and Agnes of BAR.

Spouse: Catherine of LIMBURG. Duke Matthias II of LORRAINE and Catherine of LIMBURG were married in 1225 in unknown. Children were: Duke Frederick III of LORRAINE, Laure, Isabella, Catherine, Adeline.

Duke Rudolph of LORRAINE was born in 1320 in unknown. He died on 26 Aug 1346 in Battle of Crécy. Rudolph (1320 - August 26, 1346 in the Battle of Crécy), called the Valiant (le Vaillant), was the duke of Lorraine from 1329 to his death. He was the son and successor of Frederick IV and Elisabeth, daughter of Albert I of Germany, a Hapsburg, whence his name. Though he was but nine years of age when his father died and he succeeded to the duchy under the regency of his mother (until 1334), he was a warrior prince, taking part in four separate wars in Lorraine, France, Brittany, and Spain.

In 1337, Count Henry IV of Bar refused to do homage for a few seignories he held of the duke. Rudolph was forced to devastate Pont-à-Mousson and its environs. In a series of repirsals, Henry ravaged the west of Lorraine and Rudolph attacked the Barrois. Only by the intervention of Philip VI of France was the war ended. By that time, the ties of Lorraine to France had become very strong. They were to become stronger under the half-Hapsburg Rudolph. His second marriage was to the daughter of a French lord, Guy I of Blois, and niece of the king of France. He also assisted Philip with troops to lift Edward III of England's Siege of Tournai in the opening phase of the Hundred Years' War.

During a brief Anglo-French peace, he journeyed to Spain to aid Alfonso XI of Castile in the Reconquista. He battled the Moors of Granada and shone in the Battle of Gibraltar on 3 November 1340.

On his return to France, he came to the aid of his French brother-in-law, Charles of Blois, in the War of the Breton Succession. He returned to Philip's side at the Battle of Crécy and was killed there, along with many illustrious French cavaliers, on 25 August 1346.

His first wife was Eleanor (Aliénor), daughter of Edward I of Bar, and Mary of Burgundy. Their marriage took place at Pont-à-Mousson in 1329, but they had no children before Eleanor's death in 1332. He remarried to Mary (1323-1380), daughter of the aforementioned Guy and Margaret of Valois, the sister of King Philip. They had three children:

twins (died before July 31, 1343)
John (1346-1390), his successor.

Parents: Duke Frederick IV of LORRAINE and Elisabeth of AUSTRIA.

Spouse: Mary. Duke Rudolph of LORRAINE and Mary were married in 1334 in unknown. Children were: Duke John I of LORRAINE.

Spouse: Eleanor. Duke Rudolph of LORRAINE and Eleanor were married in 1329 in Pont-à-Mousson.

Duke Simon I of LORRAINE was born in 1076 in unknown. He died on 13 Jan 1138 in unknown. Simon I (1076 - 13 January 1138) was the duke of Lorraine from 1115 to his death, the eldest son and successor of Thierry II and Hedwige of Formbach.

Continuatin the policy of friendship with the Holy Roman Emperor, he accompanied the Emperor Henry V to the Diet of Worms of 1122, where the Investiture Controversy was resolved.

He had stormy relations with the espiscopates of his realm: fighting with Stephen of Bar, bishop of Metz, and Adalberon, archbishop of Trier, both allies of the count of Bar, whose claim to Lorraine against Simon's father had been quashed by Henry V's father Henry IV. Though Adalberon excommunicated him, Pope Innocent II lifted it. He was a friend of Bernard of Clairvaux and he built many abbeys in his duchy, including that of Sturzelbronn in 1135. There was he interred after his original burial in Saint-Dié.

His wife was Adelaide (d.1158), daughter of Gerard of Supplinburg, count of Querfort, and sister of the Emperor Lothair II. With her he had:

Matthias, his successor in Lorraine
Robert, lord of Floranges (near Thionville)
Agatha, married Reginald III, Count of Burgundy, the first Free Count
Hedwige, married Frederick III, count of Toul
Bertha, married Margrave Hermann III of Baden
Matthias
Baldwin
John.

Parents: Duke Thierry II of LORRAINE and Hedwige of FORMBACH.

Spouse: Adelaide. Duke Simon I of LORRAINE and Adelaide were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Agatha, Duke Matthias I of LORRAINE, Lord Robert of FLORANGES, Hedwige, Bertha, Matthias, Baldwin, John.

Duke Simon II of LORRAINE. Parents: Duke Matthias I of LORRAINE and Judith of HOHENSTAUFEN.

Duke Theobald I of LORRAINE. Parents: Duke Frederick II of LORRAINE and Agnes of BAR.

Duke Theobald II of LORRAINE was born in 1263 in unknown. He died on 13 May 1312 in unknown. Theobald II (French: Thiébaud or Thiébaut) (1263 - May 13, 1312) was the duke of Lorraine from 1303 to his death. He was the son and successor of Frederick III and Margaret, daughter of King Theobald I of Navarre.

In 1298, he took part in the Battle of Göllheim, near Speyer, in which the king of Germany, Adolph, was killed fighting his rival, Albert of Hapsburg. Theobald was on Albert' side, despite the history of support for the legitimate emperors (which Adolph aspired to be) in the history of his family.

In 1302, he was at war helping the king of France, Philip IV, married to his cousin Joan I of Navarre. He was at the Battle of the Golden Spurs at Courtrai, where the Flemings defeated the French chivalry under Robert II of Artois. He was present also at the Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle in 1304, where the French king personally led the army in a less decisive battle. He, along with John II, Duke of Brabant, and Amadeus V, Count of Savoy, was sent to negotiate peace with Flanders.

In 1305, he was at Lyon, at the crowning of Pope Clement V. When Clement imposed a tax, a tenth-part, on the clergy and charged the duke to collect it, Theobald successfully met the opposition of Renaud de Bar, bishop of Metz.

Family
He married in 1278 to Isabella (1263-1326), lady of Rumigny, daughter of Hugh, lord of Rumigny, and Philippine d'Oulche. They had:

Frederick (1282 - 1329), his successor in Lorraine
Matthias (d.c.1330), lord of Darney, Boves, Blainville, and Florennes
Hugh, his successor in Rumigny, Martigny, and Aubenton
Mary, married (1324) Guy de Châtillon (d.1362), lord of La Fère-en-Tardenois
Margaret (? -1348), married (c.1311) Guy de Dampierre, count of Zeeland (d.1311)
Isabella (d.1353), married Érard de Bar (d.1337), lord of Pierrepont
Philippine, nun.

Parents: Duke Frederick III of LORRAINE and Margaret.

Spouse: Isabella. Duke Theobald II of LORRAINE and Isabella were married in 1278 in unknown. Children were: Duke Frederick IV of LORRAINE, Lord Matthias of DARNEY , Boves and Blainville, Lord Hugh of RUMIGNY , Martigny and Aubenton, Mary, Margaret, Isabella, Philippine.

Duke Thierry II of LORRAINE was born before 1070 in unknown. He died in 1115 in unknown. Thierry II (died 1115), called the Valiant, was the duke of Lorraine from 1070 to his death. He was the son and successor of Gerhard and Hedwige de Namur. He is sometimes numbered Thierry I if the dukes of the House of Ardennes, who ruled in Upper Lorraine from 959 to 1033, are ignored in favour of the dukes of Lower Lorraine as predecessors of the later dukes of Lorraine.

In fact, Sophia, the daughter of Duke Frederick II of the House of Ardennes, who had inherited the counties of Bar and Montbéliard, had a husband named Louis, who contested the succession. In order to receive the support of his brother, he gave him the county of Vaudémont and convened an assembly of nobles, who elected him duke over Louis. Soon Louis was dead, but his son, Thierry II of Bar, claimed the succession anyway. However, Emperor Henry IV confirmed Thierry the Valiant in the duchy. Probably for this reason, Thierry remained faithful to the emperors throughout his rule. He fought the Saxons while they were at war with the Emperor between 1070 and 1078 and he opposed the popes Gregory VII and Urban II when they were in conflict with the Emperor.

In 1095, he planned to take up the Cross (i.e., go on Crusade, specifically the First), but his ill health provoked him to drop out, nevertheless convincing his barons to go east. Thereafter, he took little part in imperial affairs, preferring not to intervene between Henry IV and his son Henry, or against Lothair of Supplinburg, duke of Saxony, who was his son's wife's brother.

Family and children
His married his first wife, Hedwige (d.1085 or 1090), daughter of Frederick, count of Formbach, around 1075. They had the following issue:

Simon, his successor in Lorraine
Gertrude (d.1144), married Floris II of Holland

He married his second wife, Gertrude (1080-1117), daughter of Robert I of Flanders and Gertrude of Saxony. They had the following issue:

Thierry (1100-1168), lord of Bitche and count of Flanders (1128-1168)
Henry I (d.1165), bishop of Toul
Ida, married Sigefroy (d.1104), count of Burghausen
Ermengarde, married Bernard de Brancion
Unnamed daughter who married Frederick, count of Saarbrücken.

Parents: Duke Gerard of LORRAINE and Hedwige DE NAMUR.

Spouse: Hedwige of FORMBACH. Duke Thierry II of LORRAINE and Hedwige of FORMBACH were married in 1075 in unknown. Children were: Duke Simon I of LORRAINE, Petronilla of SAXONY.

Spouse: Gertrude. Duke Thierry II of LORRAINE and Gertrude were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Lord of Bitche and Count Thierry of FLANDERS, Bishop Henry I of TOUL, Ida, Ermengarde, Daughter of Thierry II of LORRAINE.

Bress-Nar- LOTHAR died unknown in Battle of Dromchriadh. Parents: 93rd Monarch Eochaidh Feidlech MacFinn of IRELAND and Cruathan CROTHEARG.

Spouse: Clotherne (Clotherne) ingen ECHACH. Children were: 98th Monarch Lughaid Sriabh-N Dearg of IRELAND.

Count Palatine Ezzo of LOTHARINGIA was born about 955 in unknown. He died on 21 Mar 1034 in unknown. Ezzo, sometimes called Erenfried, (born about 955; - March 21, 1034), count palatine of Lotharingia, was the son of Hermann (? -996), also a count palatine in Lotharingia who governed in several shires along the Rhine (Bonngau, Eifelgau, Zulpichgau and Auelgau).

Having married Matilda (?- 1025), a daughter of the emperor Otto II, Ezzo became prominent during the reign of his brother-in-law, the emperor Otto III (* 983; - 1002). His power was increased due to the liberal grant of lands in Thuringia and Franconia which he his wife received out of Ottonian possessions. Otto's successor, the emperor Henry II, was less friendly towards the powerful count although there was no serious trouble between them until 1011; some disturbances in Lotharingia quickly forced the emperor to come to terms, and Ezzo's assistance was purchased with additional imperial fiefs.

After this, the relations between Henry and his vassal appear to have been satisfactory. Very little is known about Ezzo's later life, but we are told that he died at a great age at Saalfeld on the 21st of March 1034. He left three sons and seven daughters:

Hermann II (?- 1056), archbishop of Cologne from 1036 to 1056;
Ludolf (? -1031), commander of the army of the archbishop of Cologne;
Otto (?- 1047), succeeded in the office of count palatine until 1045, when he switched the palatinate for the duchy of Swabia;
Richeza (? -1063), queen of Poland, married with King Mieczyslaw of Poland (?- 1034).
the others 6 daughters became abbesses, most of them in imperial abbeys or monastries.

Ezzo founded the Brauweiler Abbey near Cologne, the place where his marriage had been celebrated. It was dedicated in 1028 by Piligrim, archbishop of Cologne. Ezzo and his wife were buried at Brauweiler.

Parents: Count Palatine Hermann of LOTHARINGIA.

Spouse: Mathilde of SAXONY. Count Palatine Ezzo of LOTHARINGIA and Mathilde of SAXONY were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Richensa of LOTHARINGIA, Archbishop Hermann II of COLOGNE, Ludolf, Otto.

Duke Godfrey III of Lower LOTHARINGIA died in 1190 in unknown. He was born Unknown in unknown. Godfrey III of Leuven (d. 1190), son of Godfrey II of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia, Landgrave of Brabant and Count of Leuven and Brussels.

His heir was his son Henry I, Duke of Brabant, who became in 1183/1184 the first Duke of Brabant and succeeded as Duke of Lower Lotharingia in 1190 (Diet of Schwabisch Hall).

Parents: Duke of Lower Lotharingia, Godfrey II of LEUVEN and Lutgardis of SULZBACH.

Spouse: Margaret of LIMBURG. Duke Godfrey III of Lower LOTHARINGIA and Margaret of LIMBURG were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Duke Henry I of BRABANT.

Count Palatine Hermann of LOTHARINGIA died in 996 in unknown. He was born Unknown in unknown.

Children were: Count Palatine Ezzo of LOTHARINGIA.

King Lothair II of LOTHARINGIA was born in 835 in unknown. He died on 8 Aug 869 in Piacenza. Lothair II (835 - August 8, 869), was the second son of Emperor Lothair I. Upon his father's death in 855, he received as his kingdom a territory west of the Rhine stretching from the North Sea to the Jura mountains. It became known as Regnum Lotharii and early in the 10th century as Lotharingia or Lorraine, a designation subsequently applied only to the duchy of Lorraine). His elder brother Louis II received northern Italy and the title of Emperor, and his younger brother Charles received the western parts of his father's domains, Burgundy and the Provence.

On the death of his brother Charles in 863, Lothair added some lands south of the Jura to this realm, but except for a few feeble expeditions against the Norman pirates he seems to have done little for its government or its defence.

Lothair's reign was chiefly occupied by his efforts to obtain a divorce from his wife Teutberga, a sister of Hucbert, abbot of St Maurice (d. 864), and his relations with his uncles Charles the Bald and Louis the German were influenced by his desire to obtain their support for this endeavor. Although quarrels and reconciliations between the three kings followed each other in quick succession, in general it may be said that Louis favoured the divorce, and Charles opposed it, while neither lost sight of the fact that Lothair had no sons to inherit his lands. Lothair, whose desire for the divorce was prompted by his affection for a certain Waldrada, put away Teutberga, but Hucbert took up arms on her behalf, and after she had submitted successfully to the ordeal of water, Lothair was compelled to restore her in 858. Still pursuing his purpose, he won the support of his brother, Emperor Louis II, by a cession of lands and obtained the consent of the local clergy to the divorce and to his marriage with Waldrada, which took place in 862.

A synod of Frankish bishops met at Metz in 863 and confirmed this decision, but Teutberga fled to the court of Charles the Bald, and Pope Nicholas I voided the decision of the synod. An attack on Rome by the emperor was without result, and in 865 Lothair, threatened with excommunication and convinced that Louis and Charles at their recent meeting had discussed the partition of his kingdom, again took back his wife. Teutberga, however, either from inclination or compulsion, now expressed her desire for a divorce, and Lothair went to Italy to obtain the assent of the new pope, Adrian II. Placing a favourable interpretation upon the words of the pope, he had set out on the return journey, when he was seized with fever and died at Piacenza on the August 8, 869. He left, by Waldrada, a son Hugo who was declared illegitimate, and his kingdom was divided between his uncles Charles the Bald and Louis the German by the Treaty of Mersen.

Parents: Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde.

Children were: Bertha.

Richensa of LOTHARINGIA was born between 995 and 1000 in unknown. She died in 1063 in unknown. Born between 995 and 1000, Richeza of Lothringen or Richensa of Lotharingia (Fr. Lorraine) was the wife of King Mieszko II of Poland. She was the daughter of the Count Palatine Ezzo of Lotharingia and Mathilde of Saxony and the granddaughter of emperor Otto II and his wife Theophanu. Her mother, Mathilde of Saxony, was the sister of Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor.

Parents: Count Palatine Ezzo of LOTHARINGIA and Mathilde of SAXONY.

Spouse: King Mieszko II Lambert of POLAND. King Mieszko II Lambert of POLAND and Richensa of LOTHARINGIA were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Duke Kazimierz I the Restorer of POLAND, Boleslaw the FORGOTTEN, Gertruda.

Barbe LOUIS died on 14 Feb 1742 in Bisping, Lorraine, France 57901. She was born Unknown in unknown. Parents: Jacques LOUIS and Anne AUBERTIN.

Spouse: Nicolas THOMAS. Nicolas THOMAS and Barbe LOUIS were married on 28 Aug 1712 in Guermange, Lorraine, France 57272. Children were: Anne Barbe THOMAS, Elisabeth THOMAS, Jean THOMAS, Nicolas THOMAS, Sebastien THOMAS.

Jacques LOUIS was born Unknown in unknown. He died Unknown in unknown.

Spouse: Anne AUBERTIN. Jacques LOUIS and Anne AUBERTIN were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Barbe LOUIS.

Jacques LOUIS was born Unknown in unknown. He died Unknown in unknown.

Spouse: Barbe VAUTRIN. Jacques LOUIS and Barbe VAUTRIN were married on 21 Jan 1681 in Guermange, Lorraine, France 57272.

Odile LOUIS was born Unknown in unknown. She died Unknown in unknown.

Spouse: Nicolas PAYEUR. Nicolas PAYEUR and Odile LOUIS were married about 1650 in unknown. Children were: Christophe PAYEUR.

Adeliza of LOUVAIN was born in 1103 in unknown. She died on 23 Apr 1151 in Abbey of Affligem. Adeliza of Leuven (1103-1151), also called Adela and Aleidis, was Queen consort of the Kingdom of England from 1121 to 1135, the second wife of King Henry I of England. She was the daughter of Godfrey I of Leuven, Duke of Lower Lotharingia, Landgrave of Brabant and Count of Leuven and Brussels.

She married King Henry I on 2 February 1121 when she is thought to have been aged somewhere between fifteen and eighteen. Her husband was fifty three. It is believed that Henry's only reason for marrying again was his desire for a male heir. Despite holding the record for the largest number of illegitimate children of any British monarch, William Adelin was Henry's only legitimate male heir and had predeceased his father on 25 November 1120. Adeliza was reputably quite pretty and her father was Duke of Lower Lotharingia. These were the likely reasons she was chosen. However, no children were born during the almost 15 years of the marriage.

Adeliza, unlike the other Anglo-Norman queens, played little part in the public life of the realm during her tenure as queen consort. Whether this is because of personal inclination, or because Henry preferred to keep her nearby in hopes of her conceiving, is unknown and probably unknowable. She did, however, leave a mark as a patron of literature and several works, including a bestiary, were dedicated to her. She is said to have commissioned a verse biography of King Henry; if she did it is no longer extant.

When her husband died on 1 December, 1135, Adeliza retired for a while to the monastery of Wilton, near Salisbury. As she was still young she came out of mourning some time before 1139 and married William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, who had been one of Henry's chief advisors. She brought with her a queen's dowry, including the great castle of Arundel, and Stephen of England created d'Albini Earl of Arundel and Earl of Lincoln. Although her husband was a staunch supporter of King Stephen during the Anglo-Norman civil war, her own personal inclination may have been toward the cause of her step-daughter Empress Matilda. When the Empress sailed for England in 1139, it was to her step-mother that she appealed for shelter, and she landed near Arundel and was received as a guest of the former queen.

Seven of Adeliza and William's children were to survive to adulthood. Among them William d'Aubigny, 2nd Earl of Arundel, father to William d'Aubigny, 3rd Earl of Arundel who was one of the twenty-five guarantors of the Magna Carta. Among the descendants of this marriage came two girls destined to become tragic Queen consorts: Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard. Adeliza also became an active patron of the church during her second marriage, giving property to Reading Abbey in honor of her former husband and to several other, smaller foundations.

Adeliza spent her final years in the abbey of Affligem (Landgraviat of Brabant, German Empire), where she died on April 23, 1151. She was buried in the abbey church next to her father, duke Godfrey I of Leuven.

One of Adeliza's brothers, Jocelin (Gosuinus), came to England and married Agnes de Percy, heiress of the Percy family. Adeliza also gave a dowry to one of her cousins when she married in England. Although it is clear that the former queen and Josecelin were very close, he may actually have been an illegitimate son of Adeliza's father and thus her half-brother. His children took their name from their mother's lineage, and their descendants include the medieval Earls of Northumberland.

Parents: Duke of Lower Lotharingia, Godfrey I of LEUVEN and Ida.

Spouse: King Henry I of ENGLAND. King Henry I of ENGLAND and Adeliza of LOUVAIN were married on 2 Feb 1121 in unknown.

Maud of LOUVAIN was born Unknown in unknown. She died Unknown in unknown. Parents: Lambert I of LEUVEN.

Spouse: Count Eustace I of BOULOGNE. Count Eustace I of BOULOGNE and Maud of LOUVAIN were married Unknown in unknown. Children were: Count Eustace II of BOULOGNE, Count Lambert II of LENS.

Nancy Elvira (Ella) LOWDERMILK was born on 4 Jul 1858 in Illinois. She died on 10 Dec 1939 in Virden, Illinois.

Spouse: Philander Cass GOODPASTURE. Philander Cass GOODPASTURE and Nancy Elvira (Ella) LOWDERMILK were married on 4 Jan 1875 in Hannibal, Missouri. Children were: Edgar GOODPASTURE, Arthur GOODPASTURE, Edith Litta GOODPASTURE, Lloyd E. GOODPASTURE, Curtis C. GOODPASTURE, Minnie Ethel GOODPASTURE, Bessie Viola GOODPASTURE, Effie Nora GOODPASTURE, Walter DeWitt Talmage GOODPASTURE.

Selina LOWREY was born on 30 Jan 1852 in Illinois. She died on 14 Jun 1918 in Golden, Adams, Illinois.

Spouse: John Franklin DOWNING. John Franklin DOWNING and Selina LOWREY were married on 12 Sep 1872 in Adams County, Illinois. Children were: Albert Witt DOWNING.

Marie LUBICH was born on 27 May 1928 in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri. She died on 4 Oct 2000 in Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico.

Spouse: Virgil Lee GOODPASTURE. Virgil Lee GOODPASTURE and Marie LUBICH were married on 16 Jun 1948 in unknown. Children were: Living, Living, Living, Virginia GOODPASTURE.

Lillian LUCAS was born unknown in unknown. She died unknown in unknown.

Spouse: Chester Carter DIMMIT. Chester Carter DIMMIT and Lillian LUCAS were married unknown in unknown.

Theresa R. LUCHT was born about 1903 in Ohio. She died on 17 Oct 1946 in 5909 Delpra Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.

Spouse: Alfred M. PAZDERSKI. Alfred M. PAZDERSKI and Theresa R. LUCHT were married about 1925 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Children were: Living, Living, Living.

Mary M. LUDWICK was born about 1799 in Virginia. She died unknown in unknown.

Spouse: Isaac HAWK. Isaac HAWK and Mary M. LUDWICK were married on 26 May 1825 in Rockingham County, Virginia. Children were: Ann Catharine HAWK, Mary Ann HAWK, Elizabeth HAWK, Unknown HAWK, Harriet A. HAWK.

Mary Anna LUDWIG was born on 10 Oct 1812 in Virginia. She died on 5 May 1869 in Highland County, Ohio. She was buried in May 1869 in Mount Zion Cemetery, Danville, Highland, Ohio.

Spouse: James RUNYON. James RUNYON and Mary Anna LUDWIG were married on 24 Mar 1830 in Highland County, Ohio.

Duke William of LUNEBURG was born in 1184. He died in 1213. Parents: Duke Henry the Lion of SAXONY and Bavaria and Matilda of ENGLAND.

Henry LUNITZ was born in 1842 in Hanover, Germany. Residence: Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas in 1880. Cigar dealer in 1880 . He died before 1920 in unknown.

Spouse: Sedonia MILLER. Henry LUNITZ and Sedonia MILLER were married Unknown in unknown.

Duke Dobromir of LUSATIA was born Unknown in unknown. He died Unknown in unknown.

Children were: Enmilda.