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Herman I, Count Palatine of Lotharingia

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Reign
  
945-996

Successor
  
Ezzo (Erenfried)

Father
  
Name
  
Herman Count

Spouse
  
Heylwig von Dillingen

Predecessor
  
new title

Noble family
  
Mother
  
Richwara of Zulpichgau

Died
  
996 AD

Role
  
Count Palatine of Lotharingia

Children
  
Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia, Adolf I of Lotharingia, Hezzelin I, Richenza, Abbess of Nivelles

Parents
  
Richwara of Zulpichgau, Erenfried II

Grandchildren
  
Richeza of Lotharingia, Liudolf of Lotharingia

Grandparents
  
Eberhard I, Count of Bonngau

Great grandchildren
  
Casimir I the Restorer

Herman I (died 996), called Pusillus or the Slender, was the Count Palatine of Lotharingia and of several counties along the Rhine, including Bonngau, Eifelgau, Mieblgau, Zulpichgau, Keldachgau, Alzey, and Auelgau, from 945 until his death.

He was the son of Erenfried II and Richwara of Zulpichgau. He married, firstly, Heylwig von Dillingen; and, secondly, Dietbirg of Swabia. He left four sons and one daughter:

  • Ezzo (Erenfried), Count palatine of Lotharingia from 1015 until 1034
  • Hezzelin I (sometimes called Hezilo, Hermann or Heinrich) Count of Zulpichgau (d. 1033). He married a daughter of Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia.
  • Hermann II im Keldachgau, Vogt of Deutz (d. 1040)
  • Adolf I of Lotharingia, Count of Keldachgau, Vogt of Deutz (1008–1018)
  • Richenza of Lotharingia, Abbess of Nivelles
  • References

    Herman I, Count Palatine of Lotharingia Wikipedia


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