- Siegfried of Luxembourg
Siegfried or Sigefroy (c.922–
28 Oct 998 ) is considered the firstcount of Luxembourg . He was actually count in the Moselgau and theArdennes . He was also the advocate of the abbeys of Saint-Maximin de Trêves and Saint-Willibrod d'Echternach. He was a son of theCount Palatine Wigeric of Lotharingia and Cunigunda. He is the founder of theHouse of Luxembourg , a cadet branch of theHouse of Ardennes .He had possessions from his father in
Upper Lorraine . At the centre of his dominions he constructed the fortress ofLuxembourg in 963. A town soon grew up around the castle. Though he used the title of count, the title "count of Luxembourg" was only applied to William some 150 years later.Around 950, he married Hedwig (937–992), daughter of
Eberhard IV of Nordgau . They had the following issue:*
Henry I of Luxembourg
*Siegfried, cited in 985
*Frederick I, Count of Salm and Luxembourg, married Ermentrude of Gleiberg, daughter of Heribert I, Count of Gleiberg and Ermentrud (Imizi).
*Thierry II, Bishop of Metz
*Adalberon, canon ofTrier
*Poloaner, count in the Moselgau, married Lolital
*Gislebert (d.1004), count in the Moselgau
*Cunigunda, marriedHenry II, Holy Roman Emperor
*Eve, marriedGerard, Count of Metz
*Ermentrude, abbess
*Luitgarde, marriedArnulf, Count of Holland
*a daughter, married Thietmar
*a son, married Mietzerource
*Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 100A-20, 100B-21, 143-19, 143-20
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