Hermann I (count palatine)
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Herman I called Pusillus or the Slender, was the Count Palatine of Lotharingia and of several counties along the Rhine, including Bonngau, Eifelgau, Mieblgau, Zulpichgau, Keldachgau, Alzey and Auelgau, from 945 until his death.
He was the son of Erenfried II
and Richwara of Zulpichgau. He married Heylwig von Dillingen, daughter of Hucbald II von Dillingen (died 909) and Dietbirg of Swabia, mother to Pope Leo IX
. He left four sons and one daughter:
He was the son of Erenfried II
Erenfried II
Erenfried II , son of Eberhard I, Count of Bonngau and Zulpichgau.Count in Keldachgau Count in Zülpichgau , in Bonngau , in Hattuariergau , in Tubalgau , in Hubbelrath and also count in the Belgian county of Huy, Vogt of Kloster Stablo.He married Richwara of Zulpichgau and they have...
and Richwara of Zulpichgau. He married Heylwig von Dillingen, daughter of Hucbald II von Dillingen (died 909) and Dietbirg of Swabia, mother to Pope Leo IX
Pope Leo IX
Pope Saint Leo IX , born Bruno of Eguisheim-Dagsburg, was Pope from February 12, 1049 to his death. He was a German aristocrat and as well as being Pope was a powerful secular ruler of central Italy. He is regarded as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, with the feast day of April 19...
. He left four sons and one daughter:
- Ezzo (Ehrenfried), count palatineCount palatineCount palatine is a high noble title, used to render several comital styles, in some cases also shortened to Palatine, which can have other meanings as well.-Comes palatinus:...
of LotharingiaLotharingiaLotharingia was a region in northwest Europe, comprising the Low Countries, the western Rhineland, the lands today on the border between France and Germany, and what is now western Switzerland. It was born of the tripartite division in 855, of the kingdom of Middle Francia, itself formed of the...
from 1015 until 1034
- Hezzelin IHezzelin IHezzelin I , Count in Zulpichgau , son of count palatine Hermann I of Lotharingia.He married a daughter of Duke Conrad I of Carinthia and had at least two sons:...
(sometimes called Hezilo, Hermann or Heinrich) count im Zulpichgau († 1033). He married a daughter of Duke Conrad of Carinthia
- Hermann II im Keldachgau, Vogt of Deutz († 1040)
- Adolf I of LotharingiaAdolf I of LotharingiaAdolf I of Lotharingia, count of Keldachgau, Vogt of Deutz from 1008 until 1018, was the son of Hermann I "Pusillus" , count palatine of Lotharingia. He left three sons:*Hermann III, Vogt of Deutz in St...
, count im Keldachgau, Vogt of Deutz (1008–1018)
- Richenza, Abbess of Nivelles
Sources
- Gerstner, Ruth, 'Die Geschichte der lothringischen Pfalzgrafschaft (von den Anfängen bis zur Ausbildung des Kurterritoriums Pfalz)', Rheinisches Archiv 40 (Bonn 1941)
- Kimpen, E., ‘Ezzonen und Hezeliniden in der rheinischen Pfalzgrafschaft’, Mitteilungen des Österreichischen Instituts für Geschichtsforschung. XII. Erg.-Band. (Innsbruck 1933) S.1-91.
- Lewald, Ursula, 'Die Ezzonen. Das Schicksal eines rheinischen Fürstengeschlechts', Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter 43 (1979) S.120-168
- Steinbach, F., ‘Die Ezzonen. Ein Versuch territorialpolitischen Zusammenschlusses der fränkischen Rheinlande’, Collectanea Franz Steinbach. Aufsätze und Abhandlungen zur Verfassungs-, Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, geschichtlichen Landeskunde und Kulturraumforschung, ed. F. Petri en G. Droege (Bonn 1967) S.64-81.