Regnier II, Count of Hainault - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Reginar II was Count of Hainaut (also written Rainier II, Count of Hainault) from 915 until 932.

History

He was the son of Reginar, Duke of Lorraine

Reginar, Duke of Lorraine

Reginar I Longneck was the Duke of Lorraine from 910 until his death. He stands at the head of the clan of Reginarids, an important Lotharingian noble family....

and Hersent of France. His mother possibly was a daughter of Charles the Bald

Charles the Bald

Charles the Bald , Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia , was the youngest son of the Emperor Louis the Pious by his second wife Judith.-Struggle against his brothers:He was born on 13 June 823 in Frankfurt, when his elder...

and Ermentrude.

Family

Reginar II married Adelaide of Burgundy, daughter of Richard, Duke of Burgundy and Adelaide of Auxerre, with whom he fathered Reginar III, Count of Hainaut.

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