Friedrich (Moselgau)

Friedrich (* 965 ; † October 6, 1019 ) from the Wigeriche family was Count in the Moselgau and Vogt of Stablo and Malmedy . He was the son of Count Siegfried , who was Vogt of Sankt Maximin in Trier and Echternach , and Hedwig.

Through his sister Kunigunde he was the brother-in-law of Emperor Heinrich II , against whom he rose up in 1008, which is why he was imprisoned from 1011 to 1012. After the reconciliation with Heinrich, he stood on his side again.

Friedrich married Irmtrud von der Wetterau (* 972, † after 1015), a daughter of Count Heribert von der Wetterau and in Kinziggau and the heiress von Gleiberg from the Konradin family , with whom he had at least ten children:

1. Heinrich VII. († October 14, 1047), Count, Vogt of Sankt Maximin in Trier and Echternach, 1042/47 Duke of Bavaria , buried in Sankt Maximin in Trier
2. Friedrich II. († August 28, 1065), attested in 1033, 1046 Duke of Lower Lorraine , Vogt of Stablo and Malmedy, buried in Stablo
   1. oo I. Gerberge von Boulogne (* around 1008, † around 1059 in Stablo, Belgium), daughter of Eustache von Boulogne and Mathilde von Löwen
   2. oo II. Ida Billung of Saxony, daughter of Bernhard II. († 1059), Duke in Saxony, and Eilika (or Eilica) of Schweinfurt († December 10th after 1055/56), daughter of Heinrich von Schweinfurt , Margrave on the Nordgau ; married Albert III after Friedrich's death . of Namur (born August 10, 1035, † June 22, 1102), 1063–1102 Count of Namur
3. Adalbero (* around 1010, † November 13, 1072), 1047-1072 Bishop of Metz , founded the Saint-Sauveur monastery in Metz in 1070 , where he was also buried
4. Giselbert († August 14, 1056/59), attested in 1030, count of Salm in 1036 , count of Luxembourg in 1047, probably also of Longwy , Vogt of Sankt Maximin in Trier and Echternach
5. Dietrich, 1012/57 attested
6. Hermann I von Gleiberg (* around 1012/15, † 1062/1076?), Attested in 1046/57, inherited half of the county of Gleiberg
7. Otgiva (* around 995, † February 21, 1030), buried in Saint Peter in Gent ; ∞ around 1012 Baldwin IV , 987 Count of Flanders († May 30, 1035)
8. Gisela (* around 1007, † after 1058); ∞ Rudolf von Gent, 1031–34 / 52 attested, Herr von Aalst ( House of Gent )
9. Imiza († after August 2, 1055); ∞ Welf II († 1030), Count of Altdorf ( Welfen )
10. Uda (* around 1016), attested in 1050, spiritually in Remiremont , attested in 1045 as abbess of Saint-Rémy in Lunéville

Since Friedrich's grandson Konrad I assumed the title of Count of Luxembourg in 1083 , he is not only regarded as the progenitor of the Luxembourg Count House, but is often referred to as the Count of Luxembourg himself (→ History of Luxembourg ).

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