County of Metz

The county Metz originated from the Frankish Metzgau. She went into the second half of the 9th century to the Gerhardiner that simultaneously held the County Paris.

About the Gerhardiner was the county - maybe even in the male line - the Matfriede, in turn, in 1047 received the title of duke of Lorraine ( see house Châtenois ).

The county Metz was a short time later under the suzerainty of the Diocese of Metz, where they came up then.

Counts of Metz

• Adalbert (X 841 ) ( hat- Onen )
• Buvinus, Count of Metz ( 842/862 testifies ) ( Buviniden )
• Adalhard of Metz ( † 890 )
• Gerhard I ( † 910)
• Matfried († 930)
• Adalbert I (~ * 900, † 944 ), married to Luitgard of Aachen ( * 900 ), daughter of Count Wigerichs of Aachen and Cunegonde of Lorraine.
• Gerhard II, Count of Metz 963 Vogt of Remiremont, son of Gottfried von Jülich ( Matfriede )
• Richard, 968/986 testified, son of Count Matfried
• Gerhard III. († 1024/25 )
• Adalbert II ( * before 974, † 1033 in Bouzonville ), son of Gerhard III.
• Gerhard IV († 1044/1045 ), son of Adalbert II

• Folmar V, Count of Metz and Homburg, † 1145
• Hugo, Count of Metz, † 1149-1152, son of Folmar V.
• Hugo X., Count of Dabo and Metz, 1137/78 testifies nephew Folmars V. Albert II, Count of Dagsburg 1175, † 1212, son of Hugo X.
• Gertrude, * 1205/ 06, † before 1225, daughter of Albert II, marries the end of 1215

• Empire County
• Historical territory ( Germany )
• Metz