Cunigunda of France

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Name Cunigunda France		Parents Ermentrude of France
Spouse Wigeric of Lotharingia (m. 909 AD), Richwin Children Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes Grandchildren Adalbero, Godfrey I, Count of Verdun Grandparents Louis the Stammerer, Adelaide of Paris Similar People Sigfried - Count of the Arden, Louis the Stammerer, Frederick of Luxembourg

Cunigunda (c. 893 – aft. 923) was the daughter of Ermentrude of France, daughter in turn of Louis the Stammerer, king of the Franks. The identity of her father is unknown. In 898 her uncle Charles III gained control as king of the Franks, changing Cunigunda's life for the better.

Family

To gain greater affinity with the nobles of Lotharingia, King Charles III arranged the marriage of Cunigunda in 909 with the powerful Wigeric of Lotharingia (890-919). Their children were:

Frederick I (d. 978), who was count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine

Adalberon I (d. 962), elected bishop of Metz in 929

Gilbert (d. 964), count in the Ardennes

Sigebert, mentioned in 942.

Liutgarde, who married Adalbert, Count of Metz, then Eberhard IV, count of Nordgau.

Gozlin, Count of Bidgau (d. 942), married to Oda of Metz and father of Godfrey I, Count of Verdun.

Siegfried, count of Luxembourg.

Around 922, she married Ricwin, Count of Verdun (d. 923).

References

Cunigunda of France Wikipedia

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