Werner (Hainaut)

Werner († 973 near Péronne ) was a count in the Zülpichgau and Haspengau and officiated together with his brother Rainald as a count in Hainaut .

Werner was named as Count in the Zülpichgau in 953 in a document from the Lotharingian Duke and Archbishop of Cologne, Brun . A document from 966 names him as Count in Haspengau .

In 973 he took over from Amalrich in Valenciennes while Rainald took over from Richer in Mons . That same year, the brothers turned Reginar and Lambert from the clan of the house of reginar back from their exile into which they had been forced by the 957 Lotharingian Duke Brun. They received the support of the West Franconian King Lothar to recapture the Hainaut, the former property of their family. Werner and Rainald took action against them, but were beaten and killed in a battle in front of Péronne .

The Reginar brothers could not use their victory, however, because with Gottfried von Verdun and Arnulf von Cambrai, two new counts were installed in Hainaut who successfully maintained the country.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b The Counts of Hainaut at fmg.ac (English)
^ Gesta pontificum Cameracensium . In Georg Heinrich Pertz a . a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 7: Chronica et gesta aevi Salici. Hannover 1846, p. 439 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )

Web link

The Counts of Hainaut at fmg.ac (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Amalrich	Count in Hainaut (Mark Valenciennes) 973	Arnulf

personal data
SURNAME	Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Graf in Zülpichgau and in Hainaut
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century or 10th century
DATE OF DEATH	973
Place of death	at Péronne

[MedLands-1] The Counts of Hainaut at fmg.ac (English)

[2] Gesta pontificum Cameracensium . In Georg Heinrich Pertz a . a. (Ed.): Scriptores (in Folio) 7: Chronica et gesta aevi Salici. Hannover 1846, p. 439 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )