of Upper Lorraine, Gerard 1

Birth Name of Upper Lorraine, Gerard
Gender male
Age at Death about 50 years, 3 months, 13 days

Narrative

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He was married to Hedwige of Namur (or of Flanders), daughter of Albert II, Count of Namur, and Regelindis of Lower-Lorraine, daughter of Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine. This marriage helped patch up relations with the baronage. They had the following issue:

Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine (c.1055–1115), successor in Lorraine
Gerard (1057–1108), count of Vaudémont
Beatrice, married Stephen I, Count of Burgundy, Mâcon, and Vienne
Gisela, abbess of Remiremont
He was the patrilineal ancestor of the line of dukes which ruled Lorraine until 1737 and of the Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty that ruled Tuscany (1737–1859), the Holy Roman Empire (1745–1807), Austria-Hungary (1780–1918), the Duchy of Parma (1814–1847), Duchy of Modena (1815–1859), and Mexico (1864–1867).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerard,_Duke_of_Lorraine

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1020 Lorraine, Alsace, France   2
Death 1070-04-14 Remiremont, Lorraine, France   2

Age: 50y

Families

Family of of Upper Lorraine, Gerard and de Namur, Hadewide
Married Wife de Namur, Hadewide ( * about 1025 + 1070 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1043     3
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
of Upper Lorraine, Thierry II1044-03-061115-12-30
de Vaudemont, Gerhard I10571108
de Lorraine, Beatrice10601117