Reginar III.

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Reginar III. Langhals († between 971 and 997), from the Reginare family, was a Count of Hainaut . He was a son of Count Reginar II , who died around 931/932.

Reginar and his brother Rudolf were attacked in 944 by the West Franconian Dux Hugo Magnus . The primary aim of the Reginar brothers was to regain the power of the dukes in Lorraine , which their uncle Giselbert had lost in 939. As a result, they revolted several times against the new Duke Konrad the Red , the son-in-law of King Otto I the Great . The Duke's inability to calm the situation in Lorraine contributed to his deposition in May 953. However, the future emperor gave the Lorraine duchy to his brother Brun , who was also ordained Archbishop of Cologne .

Reginar consequently continued his opposition and was able to win a victory over Brun by invading Liège in March 955, driving out Bishop Rather and immediately appointing Balderich, a relative of him, as bishop. The Archbishop-Duke was forced to accept this. In 956 Reginar attacked Brussels , which was given to his wife Gerberga by his uncle, Duke Gieselbert . In doing so, however, he made the second husband of his former aunt, the West Franconian King Lothar , an enemy, who immediately allied himself with Archbishop-Duke Brun. The Allies overran Hainaut in 957 and took the Reginars family prisoner, whereupon he not only had to give up the land he had conquered, but also lost his influence. Reginar was exiled to Bohemia in 958 and the family estates were confiscated. His children were admitted to the West Frankish court. Hainaut was then divided into two new territorial authorities, the margraviate Valenciennes and the county of Mons , which were occupied by stewards of Bruns von Cologne.

From his marriage to Lady Adela († 961), who presumably came from the Dagsburggrafen family, he had two sons:

Reginar III. died in exile, but his sons later returned to Lorraine with West Franconian support and successfully fought for their inheritance.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Flodoard von Reims , Annales, chronica et historiae aevi Saxonici , ed. by Georg Heinrich Pertz in MGH SS 3 (1839), p. 390
  2. ↑ Gesta episcoporum Cameracensium , ed. by Ludwig Conrad Bethmann in MGH SS 7 (1846), p. 439
  3. ^ Karl Uhlirz :  Reginar (Raginar) Langhals, Count in Haspen- and Hennegau . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 27, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, pp. 552-557.

literature

predecessor Office successor
Reginar II. Count of Hainaut
931 / 932–957 		Mark Valenciennes
Amalrich
County Mons
Gottfried von Liege
personal data
SURNAME Reginar III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Long neck
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Hainaut, from the Reginare family
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH between 971 and 997