Hermann of Mons

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Hermann († around 1051), who did not belong to the Reginare family, but is called "thuringius / Düringisch", was Count of Mons (Bergen) and the southern part of Brabant from 1039 and, by inheritance, Margrave of Valenciennes from 1048/49 . This enabled him to reunite the county of Hainaut for the first time since the division in 957. The county of Hainaut remained united after his death, but the rule was fiercely contested.

Hermann was the son-in-law of Reginar V , Count von Mons, and Mathilde von Verdun , daughter of Count Hermann Eenham in the Eifelgau. He is called "Hermann un comte d'origine germanique" in Chron. Albrici pp. 785/789/792, at Gilles d'Orval - MGH SS XXV p. 79. Europ. Family tables, Detlev Schwennicke say “Richilde, heiress of Hennegau, daughter and sole heiress of Reginar V., Count v. Hennegau and Mathilde v. Lorraine ”. Before his marriage to his heir, Hermann was probably a kind of burgrave in the Mons area and was probably related to the Hasnon.

In 1046 he allied himself with Duke Gottfried III. of Lower Lorraine , Count Dietrich IV. of Holland and Count Balduin V of Flanders against Emperor Heinrich III. whereupon his wife Richilde von Egisheim , who would have preferred an alliance with the emperor, tried to have him arrested by Azzo, bishop of Liège , but the latter refused, under pressure from the allies. In 1048/49, after the death of his father-in-law Reginar V , he received the margraviate of Valenciennes due to Richilde's inheritance rights, which enabled him to reunite the county of Hainaut .

Hermann died around 1051. Richilde married Baldwin of Flanders , the later Count Balduin VI., In his second marriage , and then pushed her children out of the marriage with Hermann from the succession in Hainaut by providing church offices for the two:

After Baldwin's death, Richilde administered Hainaut for her children from her second marriage.

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predecessor Office successor
Reginar V. Count of Mons
1039-1051 		Baldwin of Flanders
Reginar of Hasnon Margrave of Valenciennes
(de iure uxoris )
1049–1051 		Baldwin of Flanders
personal data
SURNAME Hermann of Mons
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hermann of Bergen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Mons (Bergen) and the southern part of Brabant and Margrave of Valenciennes
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century or 11th century
DATE OF DEATH around 1051