Landry (Nevers)

Landry (Landerich) († May 11, 1028 ) was a Count of Nevers . He was a son of the lord of the castle Bodo von Monceaux .

Landry married Mathilde around 989 († 1005), daughter of Count Otto Wilhelm of Burgundy , who was endowed with the county of Nevers as a dowry by her father . After the death of Duke Henry of Burgundy in 1002, he supported his father-in-law in the struggle for rule in the Duchy of Burgundy against King Robert II the Pious . He took over the defense of Auxerre , which was surrounded by a large royal army in 1005. Landry had to surrender, but was pardoned. The king intended to get him to his side and offered one of his daughters to Landry's son, Rainald . The princess was to be given the county of Auxerre in the marriage.

From his marriage to Mathilde of Burgundy, Landry had several sons, including:

• Rainald I († May 29, 1040), Count of Nevers and Auxerre
• Bodo († around 1023), Count of Vendôme

literature

• R. de Lespinasse: Le Nivernois et les comtes de Nevers (Paris, 1909)
• John France, Neithard Bulst : Rodulfi Glabri Historiarum libri quinque (Oxford University Press, 1989)

source

• Ex origine et historia brevi Nivernensium Comitum , in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 10 (1874), pp. 258-259

predecessor	Office	successor
Otto Wilhelm of Burgundy	Earl of Nevers 989-1028	Rainald I.