Collateral blood relative
Frederick of Bar
Son of Wigeric and Cunigunda; first duke of Upper Lorraine and count of Bar, and the origin of the ducal house that ruled Lorraine through the medieval centuries in which this family is recorded there.
- Dates
- Died 978
- Titles and offices
- Duke of Upper Lorraine
- Count of Bar
- House or family
- House of Ardennes
- Father
- Wigeric of Lotharingia
- Mother
- Cunigunda
- Spouse
- Not recorded
- Relationship to Brandon
- Brother of the direct ancestor Gozlin of Bidgau. The ducal house of Upper Lorraine descends from him; this pedigree descends through Gozlin and Verdun instead.
- Evidence status
- Published Genealogy
Collateral blood relative. Brother of the direct ancestor Gozlin of Bidgau. The ducal house of Upper Lorraine descends from him; this pedigree descends through Gozlin and Verdun instead.
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All 11 recorded ancestors of Frederick of Bar
- 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
- Wilhelm Karl, Prinz zu Isenburg, Europäische Stammtafeln, Volume VII, Tafel 33
Frederick of Bar is recorded in the ancestry of the House of LeClaire alongside 176 other identified individuals.