Ludwig von Mousson

Ludwig von Mousson (attested 1042/71; † 1073/76) was lord of Mousson in the Scarponnois , and is referred to in 1042 as castellanus von Montbéliard , Altkirch and Pfirt ; he had the title of count. He was the son of Richwin, Count in the Scarponnois, and Hildegard, the daughter of Count Hugo VI. im Nordgau and sister of Pope Leo IX.

In 1038 he married Sophia von Bar , daughter of Friedrich II , Duke of Upper Lorraine , and sister of Beatrix von Bar , who had both been adopted by Empress Gisela von Schwaben († 1043), her aunt, after the death of their parents ; Both were politically married to strengthen the emperor's position in Italy and Lorraine: Beatrix married Bonifatius von Canossa , Count of Reggio , Modena , Mantua and Brescia , Margrave of Tuscien (and became the mother of Mathilde of Tuscia ), Sophie Ludwig von Mousson, who was desired as a counterpoint to the new Duke of Lorraine from the Wigeriche family , Gotzelo I. Through this marriage Ludwig got the Grafschaft Bar and the rule Mousson in his hand. A little later (1042) the emperor gave him the management of Mömpelgard , Altkirch and Pfirt. In 1044 he fought successfully against Rainald I , Count of Burgundy , who had risen against the emperor.

In 1047 the emperor replaced the Wigeriche in Upper Lorraine with Adalbert , who was followed in 1048 by his brother Gerhard ; When Gerhard died in 1070, Ludwig claimed the title for himself because of his marriage to the duke's daughter Sophie, but King Heinrich IV decided in favor of Gerhard's son Dietrich II , which triggered centuries of rivalries between Lorraine and Bar, which only ended in the year In 1420, Duke René I of Bar and Isabella of Lorraine married, thus bringing about the unification of the two duchies.

Children of Ludwig and Sophia were:

• Bruno († young)
• Dietrich I. (1045; † 1105), Count in Altkirch, Pfirt and Bar
• Ludwig (1080 attested)
• Friedrich († 1092), Count, Lord of Lützelburg , Margrave of Susa
• Sophia, ∞ Folmar, Count von Frohburg , 1050/78 attested
• Beatrix († 1092), ∞ Berthold I of Zähringen († 1078), Duke of Carinthia ( Zähringer )
• Mechtild († 1092/1105) ∞ Hugo VIII., Count of Dagsburg († 1089) ( Etichonen )

literature

• Detlev Schwennicke : European family tables . Family tables on the history of the European states. New series, volumes 1, 2: Přemyslids, Ascanians, Dukes of Lorraine, the houses of Hesse, Württemberg and Zähringen. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-465-03020-6 , plate 226.

Web links

• Ludwig Graf von Sundgau-Pfirt Collection of materials