Collateral blood relative
Adalbero II of Metz
Son of Godfrey the Captive and Mathilde of Saxony; bishop of Verdun and then of Metz, and a patron of the monastic reform that reshaped the abbeys of Lotharingia.
- Dates
- c. 958 to 1005
- Titles and offices
- Bishop of Verdun
- Bishop of Metz
- House or family
- House of Ardennes
- Mother
- Mathilde of Saxony
- Spouse
- Not recorded
- Relationship to Brandon
- Brother of the direct ancestress Gerberge of Verdun; a churchman, without issue.
- Evidence status
- Contemporary Record
Collateral blood relative. Brother of the direct ancestress Gerberge of Verdun; a churchman, without issue.
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All 15 recorded ancestors of Adalbero II of Metz
- Godfrey "the Captive" of Verdunc. 935 to c. 1005
- Mathilde of Saxonyc. 941 to c. 1008
- Gozlin of Bidgauc. 910 to c. 943
- Oda of Metzc. 909 to c. 967
- Wigeric of LotharingiaDied before 922
- CunigundaDates not established
- Ermentrude of the CarolingiansDates not established
- Louis II, King of West Francia1 November 846 to 10 April 879
- Adelaide of Parisc. 850 to c. 901
- Charles II, Holy Roman Emperor13 June 823 to 6 October 877
- Ermentrude of Orléans27 September 823 to 6 October 869
- Louis the Pious16 April 778 to 20 June 840
- Judith of Bavaria, Empressc. 797 to 19 April 843
- Charlemagne2 April 747 or 748 to 28 January 814
- Hildegard of the Vinzgauc. 754 to 30 April 783
Sources for this record
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1. Major published genealogical reference
Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Europäische Stammtafeln, Volume VII, Tafel 33
- Cited for: Sir Johann III von Mengen and his Mengen ancestry
- Cited for: His marriage to Catherine de Bauffremont
Further references
- Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens and related prosopographical studies
- Thietmar of Merseburg, Chronicon (contemporary record, 1012 to 1018)
Adalbero II of Metz is recorded in the ancestry of the House of LeClaire alongside 176 other identified individuals.