Giselbert of Luxembourg

Count Giselbert (* 1007, † August 14, 1059 ) was the second son of Count Frederick I of Moselle district and the Irmintrud of the Wetterau, Erbfolgerin of Count Heribert. Giselbert ascended after his brother, Count Henry I, after his death in 1047 the throne of Luxembourg. He remained until his death, Count of Luxembourg.

In the first, found by Giselbert documents, it is (probably Longwy ) called also " Giselbert of Longich ". The documents deal mainly by his plundering raids against the Archbishopric of Trier.

Count Giselbert expanded its territory further north. 1036 he is in some sources also called " Comes de Salmo ", in others " Comes de Salinis ". These titles he might have acquired by marriage.

In 1050 he was mentioned as bailiff of Echternach and in summer 1056 the occupier of the Bailiwick of Sankt Maximin. The last mention of Giselbert can be found in a document, in which the Emperor in 1056 redefined the rights and obligations of the Reeves.

Family

Giselbert had 6 children:

  • Conrad I (1040-1086), Count of Luxembourg,
  • Hermann I († 1088), Count of Salm and German anti-king from 1081 to 1088
  • Daughter, ∞ Dietrich von Ammensleben,
  • Daughter, ∞ Kuno, Count of Oltigen
  • Adalbero († 1097 at Antioch ), canon in Metz,
  • Jutta, ∞ Udo Count of Limburg ( perhaps identical with Count Walram II of Arlon, see there).
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