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Albert I de Vermandois (915-987)

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Albert I Carolingian de Vermandois, Count of Vermandois, was born 915 in Saint-Quentin to Herbert II de Vermandois (884-943) and Hildebranda of France (895-931) and died 8 September 987 of unspecified causes. He married Gerberge de Lorraine (c935-978) 954 JL .

Biography

Adalbert, also known as Albert, assisted his brother Count Herbert in his marriage to Queen "Ottobega" (Eadgifu of Wessex), the mother of Louis IV of France. Adalbert's men escorted (some sources say abducted) Ottobega from the convent in Laon where she resided to her marriage with Herbert, which in turn enraged King Louis.[1] There was a prior history between Louis IV and the House of Vermandois as Adalbert's father Herbert II was responsible for the capture, imprisonment and death in captivity of Louis's father King Charles the Simple as well as Louis's own exile to England as an infant. Louis confiscated his mother's holdings, the abbey of Saint Mary in Laon which he gave to his wife Gerberga of Saxony and the royal fisc of Attigny.[1] In 957, Adalbert and his brother, Robert Count of Meaux and Troyes, were adherents of King Lothair of France.[lower-alpha 1][2]

When Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine decided to assert his rights to the throne he was aided by Albert and Albert's two nephews, Herbert III, Count of Meaux and Odo I, Count of Blois.[3] The two aided Charles in his plots and continued to make trouble for the new king even after Charles was captured and imprisoned.[3]

Albert was slow to acknowledge the election of Hugh Capet as King of the Franks. On learning that Hugh intended to attack him, Albert sent Dudo of Saint-Quentin to Normandy to see if Duke Richard I, Duke of Normandy would use his influence to keep the peace between them, which apparently the duke did.[3] For his part Hugh Capet had been suspicious that Albert was about to rebel against him.[4] Albert, Count of Vermandois, died c. 8 Sep 987 and was succeeded by his son Herbert III.[5]

Family

In 954 he married Gerberge of Lorraine († 978),[lower-alpha 2] daughter of Giselbert, Duke of Lorraine,[5] and his wife Gerberga of Saxony.[6]

Their children were:

  1. Herbert III de Vermandois (953-1015)[5]
  2. perhaps: Otto I, Count of Chiny (c. 950/955–987)[7]
  3. Eudes of Vermandois (c. 956–c. 983–87)[5]
  4. Liudolfe of Vermandois, Bishop of Noyon and Tournai (c. 957–986)[5]



Children


Offspring of Albert de Vermandois and Gerberge de Lorraine (c935-978)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Herbert III de Vermandois (953-1015) 953 Saint-Quentin 1015 Ermengard de Bar (946-aft1035)
Otton I de Chiny (c956-c987) 956 Saint-Quentin 987 Ermengarde de Namur (?-?)
Liudolfe de Noyon (c957-986) 957 Saint-Quentin 986
Guy I de Soissons (?-988) 9999 Saint-Quentin 988 Adelise de Soissons (954-1047)
Geila de Vermandois (c955-1018) 955 Saint-Quentin 1018 Yves I de Beaumont-sur-Oise (940-c1001)



Siblings


Offspring of Herbert II de Vermandois (884-943) and Hildebranda of France (895-931)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Adele de Vermandois (910-960) 910 960 Arnulf I of Flanders (c890-965)
Eudes d'Amiens (910-aft946) 910 946
Robert de Vermandois (918-968) 920 968 Seine-et-Marne, France Adelaide-Werra de Chalon (920-967)
Hugues de Reims (920-962) 920 962
Liutgarde de Vermandois (c920-978) 920 Vermandois, France 9 February 978 Vermandois, France William Longsword, 2nd Duke of Normandy (893-942)
Thibaut I de Blois (913-975)
Herbert III de Vermandois (c913-c982) 913 982 Eadgifu of Wessex (902-aft955)
Albert I de Vermandois (915-987) 915 Saint-Quentin 8 September 987 Gerberge de Lorraine (c935-978)
Guy I de Vermandois (c916-986)


See Also


Sources

Bibliography

  • Vanderkindere, Léon (1902). La Formation territoriale des principautés belges au Moyen Âge. 2. H. Lamertin, Libraire-Editeur. 

Carolingian Ancestry

This person is a direct descent of Herbert I, Count of Vermandois. She was also the sister of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, and was a descendant in the male line of Charlemagne through King Bernard of Italy. See Vermandois Family Ancestry for more info.

Nobility Succession Charts

Preceded by
Herbert II 		Count of Vermandois
943–988 		Succeeded by
Herbert III


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References

  1. ^ a b The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 916–966, eds & trans. Steven Fanning: Bernard S. Bachrach (New York; Ontario, Can: University of Toronto Press, 2011), p. 56
  2. ^ Heather J Tanner, Families, friends and allies : Boulogne and politics in Northern France and England, c. 879-1160 (Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2004), p. 39 n. 34
  3. ^ a b c Geoffrey Koziol, Begging Pardon and Favor: Ritual and Political Order in Early Medieval France (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992), p. 149
  4. ^ Lea Shopkow, 'The Man from Vermandois: Dudo of St-Quentin and His Patrons', Religion, Text, and Society in Medieval Spain and Northern Europe: Essays in Honor of J.N. Hillgarth, eds. Thomas E Burman; Jocelyn N Hillgarth; Lea Shopkow (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2002), pp. 303 & n. 2
  5. ^ a b c d e Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ESIII149
  6. ^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band I (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1980), Tafel 3
  7. ^ Vanderkindere 1902, p. 344.



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