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The county of Bliesgau lay east of the Saargau around the river Blies which joins the river Saar at Sarreguemines, at present a town in northern Lorraine on the border with Germany. The division of Lotharingian territories agreed 8 Aug 870 between Ludwig II "der Deutsche" King of the East Franks and his half-brother Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks allocated "?comitatum?Blesitchowa?Sarachowa superior?" to King Ludwig[91]. In the mid-10th century, the counties of Bliesgau and upper Saargau were administered by the Folmar family.
1. EHRENFRIED, son of --- (-after 14 Jun 904). "Matronæ Hildildæ" donated property to the abbey of Prüm by charter dated 20 Dec 866 which names "Irimifridus et Sigiricus comites necnon et Guntbertus atque Hadabaldus"[92]. Graf von Bliesgau. The Chronicon Laureshamense records a donation dated "877 Kal Oct" by "Liutharii" which is signed by "?Erinfridi comitis?"[93]. "Arnolfus?rex" granted property "in pago Bliesiggowe in comitatu Ereinfridi" to "nobili viro Folcwin" by charter dated 13 Jun 888[94]. Comte de Charpeigne: King Zwentibold donated property "in pago Uirdunensi in comitatu Rihuuini atque in pago Scarmis in comitatu Irenfridi capellam?Acei" to the monks of St Mihiel by charter dated 14 Aug 895[95]. The Chronicon Laureshamense records an exchange of property between "Hattonis archiepiscopi et abbatis de Riamnis" dated "904 XVIII Kal Iul" witnessed by "?Erinfridus comes?"[96].
1. ODACRE [Odoacar] (-after [901/02]). Graf von Bliesgau: Robert Bishop of Metz granted property "in pago Blesinsi in comitatu Odacri comitis in villa?Letoltingos?" to Kloster Neumünster by charter dated 17 Feb 893[97]. King Zwentibold donated property of "?Odacrus?comes in pago Treuerens" to St Maximin, Trier by charter dated 28 Jan 897[98]. Regino records that in 897 "Stephanus, Odacar, Gerardus et Matfridus comites" had their honours confiscated, and the reconciliation of "Stephanus, Gerhardus et Matfridus" with King Zwentibold soon after[99]. Regino records that in 898 Zwentibold King of Lotharingia banished "Reginarium ducem?sibi fidissimum et unicum consiliarium" who went with "Odacro comite et quibusdam aliis, cum mulieribus et parvulis" to "Durfos" (near "Mosa fluvius") where they were besieged[100]. Regino names "Odacar comes" in 899[101]. Comte d'Ardenne 901-902. His name suggests a family connection with Baudouin Count of Flanders whose father bore the same name.
1. FOLMAR [III] (-[994/95]). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. The abbot of Gorze ratified acquisitions at ?Flammereshem in Wormatie? by charter dated 14 Sep 977, subscribed by ??Folmeri comitis??[102]. Graf im Bliesgau: "Otto?imperator augustus" made donations "in regno Lothariensi?Ernustesvuilere in pago Bliesichgoue in comitatu Volcmari comitis" to the Kloster St Gorgonius at Gorze in accordance with the last wishes of "Cunradus filius Ruodolfi quondam comitis" killed in battle with the Sarracens, by charter dated 26 Sep 982[103]. "Theodericus Dux, Folmarus Comes?" witnessed the charter dated 990 under which Hermann Bishop of Metz recorded the translation of St Clement to Metz[104]. m BERTHA, sister of BERENGAR Chorbishop of Trier, daughter of --- (-after 996). "Berta" donated property "in villa Rodena sita in pago Sarensi in comitatu Waldrauingensi" to St Ludwin in Metlach naming "defuncti coniugis mei Volkmeri" by charter dated 995 witnessed by "Wetel comes et nepos eius Wetel?"[105]. "Domna Berta, viri illustris Volcmari comitis relicta" donated property "in pago Moselensi in comitatu Waldeleuinga cui Gisilbertus comes?villa Mudenfert" to St Maximin, Trier "per manum advocati nostri comitis Henrici" naming "Beringerum fratrum suum S Treurice sedis corepiscopum" by charter dated 996 witnessed by "Friderich comes"[106]. Folmar [III] & his wife had [three] children :
a) FOLMAR [IV] (-1026 or after). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. He founded St Rémy at Lunéville.
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b) STEFAN . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Bishop of Toul 994/996.
c) [RICHILDE . This origin is suggested by the charter dated 1076 under which Pibon Bishop of Toul granted privileges to the priory of Laître sous Amance, founded by "comitissæ Sophiæ", in which she declared that the castle of Amance belonged to "Theodericus dux, comitissæ avus" who had inherited it from "comiti Folmaro in Asmantia"[107]. No other primary source which confirms her parentage more precisely has yet been identified. m THIERRY I Duke of Upper Lotharingia, son of FREDERIC I Duke of Upper Lotharingia & his wife Beatrix de France ([962/72]-11 Apr 1027).]
FOLMAR [IV] de Metz, son of FOLMAR [III] Graf von Metz, Graf im Bliesgau & his wife Bertha --- (-1026 or after). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. He founded St Rémy at Lunéville. The Fundatio Ecclesiæ Sancti Georgii Lunarensis records that "comes Folmarus senex" founded the monastery of Saint-Rémy at Lunéville[108].
m GERBERGE, daughter of ---. The primary source which confirms her marriage has not yet been identified. According to Europäische Stammtafeln[109], she was possibly Gerberge de Verdun, daughter of Godefroi "der Gefangene" Comte de Verdun & his wife Mechtild of Saxony [Billung] but the basis for this speculation is not known.
Graf Folmar [IV] & his wife had three children:
1. GOTTFRIED [I] (-before 1056). The Fundatio Ecclesiæ Sancti Georgii Lunarensis records that "comes Folmarus et Godefridus" donated property "ad Consengis" for the soul of "patris sui Folmari"[110]. "Godefridus et Hermannus Francorum Comites Catholici" installed nuns at Saint-Rémy de Lunéville by charter dated 1034[111]. m JUDITH, daughter of ---. The Fundatio Ecclesiæ Sancti Georgii Lunarensis records that "comes Godefridus" donated property "apud Priviliacum" and "comitissa Iudith" gave property "ad Bovengis"[112]. The source does not specify that Judith was the wife of Gottfried but this is a reasonable interpretation as the wife of Gottfried's brother Folmar is named, and no other donor is named in the passage. Graf Gottfried [I] & his wife had two children:
a) FOLMAR [VI] . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Graf von Metz. 1055/75. m SUANEHILDE, daughter of --- (-before 1075). Graf Folmar [V] & his wife had two children:
i) FOLMAR [VII] (-25 Jun 1111, bur Lixheim). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Graf von Metz, Huneburg et Lunéville. He founded Lixheim in 1107.
- GRAFEN von METZ.
ii) GOTTFRIED [III] . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Graf von Bliesgau. 1075/98.
- GRAFEN von BLIESCASTEL.
b) GOTTFRIED [II] . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Vogt von Neuweiler. 1065/70. .
2. HERMANN [I] (-after 1034). "Godefridus et Hermannus Francorum Comites Catholici" installed nuns at Saint-Rémy de Lunéville by charter dated 1034[113].
3. FOLMAR [V] (-after 1075). The Fundatio Ecclesiæ Sancti Georgii Lunarensis records that "comes Folmarus et Godefridus" donated property "ad Consengis" for the soul of "patris sui Folmari"[114]. Graf im Saargau 1065. m SPANCHILDIS, daughter of ---. The Fundatio Ecclesiæ Sancti Georgii Lunarensis records that "comes Folmarus" donated property for the soul of "uxoris suæ Spanchildis iacentes ad Marengis"[115]. Graf Folmar & his wife had one child:
a) HERMANN [II] . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. [Vogt von Hornbach 1072/[1100]].
The primary sources which confirm the parentage and marriages of the members of this family have not yet been identified, unless otherwise shown below.
GOTTFRIED [III], son of FOLMAR [VI] Graf & his wife Suanehilde --- (-1098 or after). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. Graf im Bliesgau. 1075/98. Emperor Heinrich IV donated the abbey of Hornbach "in pago Blisengowe in comitatu Godefridi" to the church of Speyer by charter dated 1087[116].
m MATHILDE de Luxembourg, daughter of KONRAD I Comte de Luxembourg & his [first wife ---]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "comitem Guilelmum de Luscelenburg?et Ermensendem?et Mathildem" as children of "Conrado comiti de Luscelenburch" & his wife Ermensendis, specifying that Mathilde was "comitissam de Longui et de Homborc et de Castris" and that she was mother of "comitem Folmerum et sorores eius Helvidem, quam habuit comes Gerardus de Reneke dyocesis Herbipolensis et illam qua dux de Bronsviic genuit filiam, que in Sclavia hereditavit"[117], although the Chronicle appears to skip a generation in this account. It is improbable, from a chronological point of view, that Mathilde was the daughter of Konrad´s wife Clémence, assuming that the latter is the same person as Clementia Gräfin von Gleichberg who is named in charters dated 1141 (see LUXEMBOURG). Considering that Mathilde´s son is named in 1087, it is unlikely that Mathilde herself could have been born much later than [1065]. If that is correct, Clémence would have been a centenarian when she died after 1141, which is unlikely. It is therefore probable that Mathilde was born from an earlier marriage of her father´s.
Godefroi & his wife had [three] children:
1. GOTTFRIED [I] (-1127 or after). Graf von Bliescastel. 1087/1127. m ---. Gottfried [I] & his wife had [nine] children:
a) FOLMAR [I] (-1179 or after). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Mathildem [de Luscelenburch]" as mother of "comitem Folmerum et sorores eius Helvidem, quam habuit comes Gerardus de Reneke dyocesis Herbipolensis et illam qua dux de Bronsviic genuit filiam, que in Sclavia hereditavit"[118], although the Chronicle appears to skip a generation in this account. Graf von Bliescastel.
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b) DIETRICH (-before 1159). Graf von Hüneburg. Landgraf im (Unter-)Elsass [1135]. m ADELHEID von Habsburg, daughter of OTTO [II] Graf von Habsburg & his wife ---. A Habsburg genealogy names "Wernherum et Adelheidem de Huneburg" as the children of "Otto"[119]. 1155. Graf Dietrich & his wife had four children:
i) GOTTFRIED (-1175 or after). Graf von Hüneburg. Landgraf im Elsass. m --- von Werd, daughter of SIGEBERT [II] Graf von Werd.
ii) OTTO . Graf von Hüneburg 1153/1181.
iii) DIETRICH (-1182 or after, bur Werschweiler). Graf von Werburg 1179. Graf von Homburg 1182.
- GRAFEN und HERREN von HOMBURG[120].
iv) daughter.
c) GOTTFRIED .
d) GREGOR . Abbot of Prüm 1171-1179.
e) LOTHAR . 1175.
f) [daughter ([1130]-[1190]). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Mathildem [de Luscelenburch]" as mother of "comitem Folmerum et sorores eius Helvidem, quam habuit comes Gerardus de Reneke dyocesis Herbipolensis et illam qua dux de Bronsviic genuit filiam, que in Sclavia hereditavit"[121], although the Chronicle appears to skip a generation in this account. The likely birth date of this individual suggests it is unlikely that she was the daughter of Graf Gottfried [I], given the other dates attributed to his children. Until corroboration of her parentage is found in other sources, the accuracy of Alberic must be considered doubtful. Jordan clarifies that the name "Ida" attributed to Duke Heinrich's mistress[122] is incorrect, being an error deriving from Origines Guelficæ[123] which, in recopying from the Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines, miscopied the word "illam" as "Idam"[124]. Mistress of HEINRICH ?der Löwe? Duke of Saxony [HEINRICH XII Duke of Bavaria], son of HEINRICH X "der Stolze" Duke of Bavaria and Duke of Saxony & his wife Gertrud von Süpplingenburg ([1129/30]-Braunschweig 6 Aug 1195, bur Braunschweig Cathedral).]
g) HUGO . 1173.
h) [FRIEDRICH . Graf von Saarwerden. 1111/1131.]
- GRAFEN von SAARWERDEN.
2. FOLMAR . Graf von Hüneburg. 1105/1133.
3. [HELWIDE . The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Mathildem [de Luscelenburch]" as mother of "comitem Folmerum et sorores eius Helvidem, quam habuit comes Gerardus de Reneke dyocesis Herbipolensis et illam qua dux de Bronsviic genuit filiam, que in Sclavia hereditavit"[125]. As noted above, there appears to be some chronological doubt about the accuracy of this report. In particular, it is unlikely that the mistress of Heinrich "der Löwe" Duke of Saxony could have been the sister of the wife of Gerhard Graf von Mainz. However, assuming that Helwide was a member of the Blieskastel family, it is chronologically probable that she was the sister of Graf Gottfried [I]. m GERHARD Graf von Mainz, son of --- (-after 1106). 1084/1106.]
FOLMAR [I] von Bliescastel, son of GOTTFRIED [I] Graf von Bliescastel & his wife --- (-1179 or after). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Mathildem [de Luscelenburch]" as mother of "comitem Folmerum et sorores eius Helvidem, quam habuit comes Gerardus de Reneke dyocesis Herbipolensis et illam qua dux de Bronsviic genuit filiam, que in Sclavia hereditavit"[126], although the Chronicle appears to skip a generation in this account. Graf von Bliescastel. 1138/1179. ?Folmarus?comes de Castel?et uxor mea Clementia? made declarations relating to Gorze Abbey by charter dated to [1152/60][127].
m CLEMENTIA von Metz, daughter of FOLMAR [VIII] Graf von Metz & his wife Mechtild von Dagsburg. ?Folmarus?comes de Castel?et uxor mea Clementia? made declarations relating to Gorze Abbey by charter dated to [1152/60][128]. The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. 1157.
Folmar [I] & his wife had five children:
1. FOLMAR [II] (-before 1223). Graf von Bliescastel. m JUTTA von Saarbrücken, daughter of SIMON [I] Graf von Saarbrücken & his wife Mechtild ---. Folmar [II] & his wife had four children:
a) HEINRICH (-1237 before 13 Dec). Graf von Bliescastel. m (before 1225) AGNES von Sayn, daughter of HEINRICH [II] Graf von Sayn & his wife Agnes von Saffenberg (-1259 or after). Heinrich & his wife had eight children:
i) JOHANN (-[1235]).
ii) FRIEDRICH (-1236).
iii) ELISABETH (-1273 after 12 Apr, bur Graffenthal). Heiress of Bliescastel. "Elisabet comitissa de Castris" swore homage to the bishop of Metz, with the consent of "mariti mei Bertholdi comitis de Solce", by charter dated 26 Mar 1238[129]. m firstly (before 26 Mar 1238, divorced 1238) BERTHOLD Graf von Sulz (-before 15 May 1253). Canon at Strasbourg cathedral 1247. m secondly (1238) RENAUD de Lorraine, son of FERRY II Duke of Lorraine & his wife Agnès de Bar (-end 1274). Seigneur de Bitsche, Graf von Bliescastel 1238.
iv) LAURETTE (-Sep 1269). Heiress of Hünolstein, Bernkastel and Puttlingen. [m firstly --- von Rappolstein (-before 1242).] m [secondly] (1242 before 12 Feb) HEINRICH [IV] Graf von Salm (-8 Jan 1292 or 8 Jun 1293).
v) MECHTILD . 1228/1258. m FRIEDRICH [I] Herr zu Blankenheim . 1241/1275.
vi) IMAGINA (-13 Nov, before Apr 1298). 1258/1267. m GERLACH von Isenburg Herr von Limburg, son of HEINRICH [I] von Isenburg Herr von Cleeberg & his wife --- (-1289 or after).
vii) ADELHEID (-before 1272). m GOTTFRIED [III] Graf von Arnsberg, son of GOTTFRIED [II] Graf von Arnsberg & his first wife Elisabeth --- (-1282).
viii) KUNIGUNDE (-before 1265). Engelbert Graf von der Mark names "fratrem nostrum Ottonem comitem de Althena?uxore nostra Kunegundi" in a charter dated 1250[130]. m as his first wife, ENGELBERT [I] Graf von der Mark, son of ADOLF Graf von Altena & his second wife Irmgard van Geldern (-Bredevoort 16 Nov 1277, bur Cappenberg).
b) FRIEDRICH (-before 1223).
c) HUGO .
d) MECHTILD (-before 1241).
2. HUGO [I] (-1220 or after). Comte de Lunéville. m KUNIGUNDE, daughter of KONRAD [I] Wildgraf und Graf von Kyrburg & his wife Mathilde de Bar. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Mathildis uxor comitis Manasseri Reytestensis [et] Cunegundis domna de Rista" as daughters of "tertia [sorore eiusdem comitis =comes Barri iunior Raynaldus]"[131].
- COMTES de LUNEVILLE [GRAFEN von LÜTZELSTEIN][132].
3. HEINRICH (-1196). Bishop of Verdun 1181/1187.
4. GOTTFRIED (-young).
5. MECHTILD .
[91] MGH LL Capitularia regum Francorum II, p. 194.
[92] Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch 105, p. 109.
[93] Chronicon Laureshamense, MGH SS XXI, p. 374.
[94] D Arn 33, p. 49.
[95] D Zw 3, p. 20.
[96] Chronicon Laureshamense, MGH SS XXI, p. 385.
[97] Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch 134, p. 141.
[98] D Zw 13, 39.
[99] Reginonis Chronicon 897, MGH SS I, p. 607.
[100] Reginonis Chronicon 898, MGH SS I, p. 608.
[101] Reginonis Chronicon 899, MGH SS I, p. 601.
[102] Gorze 114, p. 207.
[103] MGH Diplomata II, D O II 280, p. 325.
[104] Calmet, A. (1748) Histoire de Lorraine (Nancy), Tome II, Preuves, col. ccxliii.
[105] Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch 270, p. 326.
[106] Mittelrheinisches Urkundenbuch 273, p. 328.
[107] Calmet (1748), Tome II, Preuves, col. cccxlviii, and Lesort, A. (1909) Chronique et chartes de l'abbaye de Saint-Mihiel, Mettensia 27 (Paris), no. 39, p. 153, quoted in Poull (1994), p. 20, and no. 43 and 44, pp. 166-71, cited in Poull (1994), p. 76.
[108] Fundatio Ecclesiæ Sancti Georgii Lunarensis, MGH SS XV.2, p. 982.
[109] ES XVIII 152.
[110] Fundatio Ecclesiæ Sancti Georgii Lunarensis, MGH SS XV.2, p. 982.
[111] Calmet (1748), Tome II, Preuves, col. cclxxvi.
[112] Fundatio Ecclesiæ Sancti Georgii Lunarensis, MGH SS XV.2, p. 982.
[113] Calmet (1748), Tome II, Preuves, col. cclxxvi.
[114] Fundatio Ecclesiæ Sancti Georgii Lunarensis, MGH SS XV.2, p. 982.
[115] Fundatio Ecclesiæ Sancti Georgii Lunarensis, MGH SS XV.2, p. 982.
[116] D H IV 396, p. 524 (marked Verunechtet? in the compilation).
[117] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1168, MGH SS XXIII, p. 851.
[118] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1168, MGH SS XXIII, p. 851.
[119] Baumann, F. L., Meyer von Knonau, G. & Kiem, M. (eds.) (1883) Die ältesten Urkunden von allerheiligen in Schaffhausen, Rheinau und Muri (Basel) ("Schaffhausen, Rheinau und Muri:") Acta Murensia, I. p. 3.
[120] ES XVIII 154, extinct in the male line in 1449.
[121] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1168, MGH SS XXIII, p. 851.
[122] For example in Brandenburg, E. (1935) Die Nachkommen Karls des Grossen, p. 44.
[123] Origines Guelficæ, Vol. III, pp. 181.
[124] Jordan, p. 256.
[125] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1168, MGH SS XXIII, p. 851.
[126] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1168, MGH SS XXIII, p. 851.
[127] Gorze 187, p. 320.
[128] Gorze 187, p. 320.
[129] Marichal, P. (ed.) (1903-05) Cartulaire de l´évêché de Metz, Mettensia IV (Paris) ("Metz Evêché"), 163, p. 362.
[130] Niederrheins Urkundenbuch, Band II, 369, p. 196.
[131] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1170, MGH SS XXIII, p. 853.
[132] ES XVIII 153, extinct in the legitimate male line in 1460.
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