Reginars

The Reginare were a family of the Central European nobility who played a prominent role since the beginning of the 10th century, especially in what is now Belgium ( Hainaut , Leuven , Lorraine , Brabant and Limburg ). After the elimination of the older line ruling the duchies of Brabant and Limburg in 1355, their inheritance fell to the House of Luxembourg and from there in 1383 to the House of Burgundy . A younger line of the Reginare ruled from 1263 to 1918 as Haus Hessen and still exists in the male line to this day.

history

The rise of the family began with a kidnapping: Giselbert , Count in Maasgau , brought a daughter of the Carolingian Emperor Lothar I into his power in 846 and married her. The marriage was recognized in 849, the descendants have Charlemagne as ancestors and thus - despite the previous crime - belonged to the uppermost stratum of the European nobility.

The family provided three dukes of Lower Lorraine , the Counts of Hainaut and Leuven , the Landgraves of Brabant, later Dukes of Brabant (who were also Dukes of Lower Lorraine ), and from 1247 with the House of Hesse the Landgraves of Hesse , who later became Electors of Hesse and Grand Dukes of Hesse . The rule of the Reginare ended with the deposition of the last Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig in November 1918.

→ See also: Master list of the reginars

First reginars

• Giselbert , Graf im Maasgau , 866 Graf im Lommegau , ∞ kidnapping 846, marriage recognized in 849, NN (perhaps Ermengarde), * probably 826/830, daughter of Emperor Lothar I ( Carolingian )

Lorraine

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• Reginhar I. von Hennegau , † 915, his son, Count in Hennegau and Maasgau.
• Giselbert , † 939, his son, Duke of Lorraine, ∞ Gerberga , * 913/914, † after 968, daughter of the German King Heinrich I ( Liudolfinger )
• Heinrich, † 944, his son, co-duke of Lorraine 940–944

Lower Lorraine

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• Gottfried I. von Löwen , brother of Heinrich III. , Duke (Gottfried V.) of Lower Lorraine 1106–1128
• Gottfried II von Löwen , his son, Duke (Gottfried VI) of Lower Lorraine 1139–1142
• Gottfried III. von Löwen , his son, Duke (Gottfried VII.) of Lower Lorraine 1142–1190
• Heinrich I of Brabant , his son, 1190–1235 (from 1183/1184 already Duke of Brabant)

Hainaut

Coat of arms of Hainaut

→ Main article : County of Hainaut

• Reginar II , son of Reginhar I, Count of Hainaut 924–931
• Reginar III. Langhals († 971/997), his son, Count of Hennegau 931–957, deposed
• Reginar IV († 1013), his son, Count von Bergen ( Mons ) 998-1013
• Reginar V. († 1039), his son, Count von Bergen 1013-1039
• Hermann von Mons († 1051), his son, Count von Bergen, Count in southern Brabant and Margrave of Valenciennes (around 1049); ∞ Richilde von Egisheim (probably daughter of Reginar von Hasnon, Margrave of Valenciennes from 1045 to around 1049).
• Richilde von Egisheim († 1087), Countess of Hennegau 1030-1070, ∞ Balduin VI. Count of Flanders , as Baldwin I, Count of Hainaut

Hainaut passes to the Counts of Flanders.

Valenciennes

• Reginar von Hasnon, son of Reginar von Löwen (son of Lambert I the Bearded ), margrave between 1045 (deposition of Baldwin V of Flanders ) and 1049.
• Hermann von Bergen († 1051), his son-in-law, from 1049 Margrave of Valenciennes; also Graf von Bergen and Graf in the southern county of Brabant.

Lion Country

→ Main article : County of Leuven

• Lambert I the Bearded , † 1015, son of Reginar III. , Count of Löwen 994-1015
• Heinrich I the old , his son, Count von Löwen 1015 – before 1038
• Otto , his son, Count von Löwen 1038 – before 1040
• Lambert II , brother of Heinrich I, Count of Löwen before 1040-1054
• Heinrich II. , His son, Count von Löwen before 1054-1078
• Henry III. , his son, Count of Leuven 1078-1095, Landgrave of Brabant from 1085/1086.

Brabant

Brabant coat of arms

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Landgraves

• Henry III. , Count of Löwen 1078-1095, Landgrave of Brabant from 1085/1086 as successor to Count Palatine Hermann II of Lorraine ( Ezzonen ).
• Gottfried I von Löwen , his brother, Duke (Gottfried V.) of Lower Lorraine 1106–1128
• Gottfried II von Löwen , his son, Duke (Gottfried VI) of Lower Lorraine 1139–1142
• Gottfried III. von Löwen , his son, Duke (Gottfried VII.) of Lower Lorraine 1142–1190
• Henry I of Brabant , his son, 1190–1235 (until 1183/1184 Landgrave of Brabant)

Dukes

• Heinrich I , Duke of Brabant from 1183/1184, Duke of Lower Lorraine 1190–1235
• Henry II , his son, Duke of Brabant 1235–1248
• Henry III. , whose son, Duke of Brabant 1248-1260, his younger half-brother as Heinrich I. 1263 Landgrave of Hesse
• Henry IV , his son, Duke of Brabant 1261–1267
• Johann I , his brother, Duke of Brabant 1267–1294, from 1288 also Duke of Limburg
• Johann II , his son, Duke of Brabant and Limburg 1294-1312
• Johann III. , his son, Duke of Brabant and Limburg 1312-1355
• Johanna 1355–1404, his daughter, ∞ Wenzel von Luxemburg 1355–1383

Hesse

Coat of arms of the House of Hesse (of the Brabant tribe), adopted by the Ludowingers

→ Main articles : Landgraviate of Hesse  and House of Hesse

Heinrich II of Brabant married Sophie of Thuringia , daughter of Ludwig IV., The saint , Landgrave of Thuringia from the house of the Ludowingers , and the saint Elisabeth . After the Ludowinger family died out with Heinrich Raspe in 1247 and the subsequent War of the Thuringian-Hessian Succession (1247-1264), the eastern part of the family property (today's Thuringia) went to the Wettins , the western part (Hesse) to Sophie and her descendants until 1918 ruling House of Hesse .

• Heinrich I of Hesse , son of Heinrich II of Brabant and Sophies of Thuringia, † 1308, Landgrave of Hesse