Adalhard II of Metz

Adalhard II of Metz (* around 840 , † around 889 ) was Count of Metz in the Moselgau .

Overview map of the Viking raids in the Rhineland. The Battle of Remich marks the southernmost point of the Viking advance.

Adalhard was the first-born son of Adalhard I of Metz . He married a daughter of Matfried II from the Eifelgau from the Matfriede family . From this marriage three sons were born:

Gerhard I. (* 870; † 910), Count in Metzgau .
Matfried I. (* 872; † after 926), Count in Metzgau .
Richar (* 875; † 945), 899–923 Abbot of Prüm , 923–945 Bishop of Liège .

Adalhard, who is also mentioned in a document as lay abbot of the Echternach monastery in 872-889 , appeared historically above all during the raids of the Vikings in the Rhineland . After a Viking horde devastated areas in Flanders in 881 , they sailed up the Rhine and attacked the residents there. The cities of Cologne , Bonn and Andernach , among others, were affected . Part of the gang also set fire to Aachen and the nearby monastery complex . On January 6, 882 they devastated the Prüm Abbey . Then they moved on to the Middle Rhine and Koblenz over after Trier , which in the Holy Week was occupied 882 and burned on Easter Sunday. Then part of the Vikings moved towards Metz .

Moselle near Remich

This heap was raised on April 11, 882 at the Battle of Remich by a contingent led by Count Adalhard, the Metz bishop Wala and the Archbishop of Trier Bertolf . The Vikings won the battle; in addition to numerous armored riders and farmers, Bishop Wala also fell. Count Adalhard and the Trier Bishop Bertolf were able to flee with some of the foot soldiers. Their own losses made the Vikings turn back, and they moved north through the Eifel towards their army camp.

literature

Eugen Ewig : The Trier region in the Merovingian and Carolingian empires. In: History of the Trier Land (= series of publications on Trier regional history and folklore. Volume 10). Working group for regional history and folklore of the Trier area, Trier 1964, pp. 222–302.
Burkhard Apsner: The high and late Carolingian times (9th and early 10th centuries). In: Heinz Heinen , Hans Hubert Anton , Winfried Weber (eds.): History of the Diocese of Trier. Volume 1. In the upheaval of cultures. Late antiquity and the Middle Ages (= publications of the Trier diocese archives. Volume 38). Paulinus, Trier 2003, pp. 255–284.

Web links

Adalhard II on saarland-biografien.de
Jennifer Striewski: Vikings on the Middle Rhine. In: Portal Rheinische Geschichte, February 25, 2013, accessed on May 16, 2014.

Remarks

↑ Jennifer Striewski: Vikings on the Middle Rhine. In: Portal Rheinische Geschichte, February 25, 2013, accessed on May 16, 2014.
^ Eugen Ewig: The Trier Land in the Merovingian and Carolingian Empire. In: History of the Trier Land. Trier 1964, pp. 284-286. Burkhard Apsner: The high and late Carolingian times (9th and early 10th centuries). In: Heinz Heinen, Hans Hubert Anton, Winfried Weber (eds.): History of the Diocese of Trier. Volume 1. In the upheaval of cultures. Late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Trier 2003, pp. 273-274. Jennifer Striewski: Vikings on the Middle Rhine. In: Portal Rheinische Geschichte, February 25, 2013, accessed on May 16, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Adalhard II of Metz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count in the Moselgau
DATE OF BIRTH	around 840
DATE OF DEATH	at 889

[1] Jennifer Striewski: Vikings on the Middle Rhine. In: Portal Rheinische Geschichte, February 25, 2013, accessed on May 16, 2014.

[2] Eugen Ewig: The Trier Land in the Merovingian and Carolingian Empire. In: History of the Trier Land. Trier 1964, pp. 284-286. Burkhard Apsner: The high and late Carolingian times (9th and early 10th centuries). In: Heinz Heinen, Hans Hubert Anton, Winfried Weber (eds.): History of the Diocese of Trier. Volume 1. In the upheaval of cultures. Late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Trier 2003, pp. 273-274. Jennifer Striewski: Vikings on the Middle Rhine. In: Portal Rheinische Geschichte, February 25, 2013, accessed on May 16, 2014.