Reginar IV, Count of Mons

Reginar IV ( * after 947, † 1013) from the family of Reginare was the son of Reginar III, Count of Hainaut was for a short time, but fell out of favor with Emperor Otto I.. . Reginar IV received 998, the county Mons.

Life

Reginar was still a minor when his father was sent to Bohemia into exile and the rest of the family fled to the court of the West Frankish king. 973 he attacked with his brother Lambert the Count Renaud of Mons and Garnier of Valenciennes, where the split Hainaut had been passed in the same year, she killed at Peronne, and began to occupy the Hainaut, but was succeeded by Emperor Otto II repulsed..

976 he undertook, with the support of Charles, the younger brother of West Frankish King Lothar, a second attempt, this time against the new Count Gottfried of prisoners, Count of Verdun and Arnulf, but on April 19 ended with a defeat at Mons.

To address the threat, Otto II gave the duchy of Lower Lorraine Charles 978 and Reginar a part of his father's estate; However Reginar had to wait until 998 until after the death of Godfrey before he received the county Mons.

To 996 he married Hedwig of France ( probably 969 *, † after 1013), daughter of Hugh Capet, King of France, and Alice of Poitou. Children of the couple were:

  • Reginar V., † after 1039, Count of Hainaut, ∞ 1015 Mathilde of Verdun, † after 1039, daughter of Hermann of Eenham, Count of Eifelgau ( Wigeriche )
  • Beatrix, ∞ I, divorced 1021, Ebalus ( Ebles ) I., † May 11, 1033, Count of Roucy 997, 1023 Count of Reims, Archbishop of Reims ( home Roucy ); ∞ II Manasses Calva Asina de Ramerupt ( Montdidier ), Vidame de Reims, 1031/53 witnessed (House Montdidier )
House of Reginar County of Hainaut Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine Lothair of France Godfrey I, Count of Verdun Adelaide of Aquitaine Reginar V, Count of Mons Ardennes-Verdun dynasty Montdidier (Somme) Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie Integrated Authority File
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