Simon I, Duke of Lorraine
Simon I. (c. 1076; . † 13-14 January 1139 ) was Duke of Lorraine from 1115 to 1139 He was the son of Duke Dietrich II and Hedwig of Formbach, thus the half brother of the Emperor Lothar III. . († 1137 ).
In 1115 he succeeded his father as Duke. 1122 he accompanied the Emperor Henry V. at the Concordat of Worms, which the investiture controversy put an end to. Within the Duchy he came into conflict with Stephan von Bar, Bishop of Metz from 1120 and Albero of Montreuil, Archbishop of Trier from 1131, two allies of Count of Bar The archbishop excommunicated him what Pope Innocent II made undone.
Duke Simon I was one of the friends of Bernard of Clairvaux. He founded several monasteries, including 1135, the abbey Sturzelbronn, in which he was also reburied after he was first buried him in Saint- Dié.
He married Adelheid († 1158 ), whose filiation is not safe. Some see them as the daughter of Henry III. , Count of Leuven, and Gertrude of Flanders ( which is in a second marriage with Simon's father Dietrich II married ), other than daughter of Gerhard von Süpplingenburg, Count of cross- ford, and Hedwig of Formbach, but this in turn means that they would have been the aunt of her husband. Their children were:
- Agathe, 1130/48 witnessed; ∞ Rainald III. , Count of Mâcon, Count of Burgundy, † 1148/49 ( House of Burgundy - Ivrea )
- Hadwide, 1128/49 testifies ∞ testified Frederick II, Count of Toul, 1112/42
- Matthew I., Duke of Lorraine, † 1176, donates Abbey Clairlieu; ∞ Bertha of Swabia, † 1194/95, daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia ( Hohenstaufen )
- Robert, 1194 to Mr. Flörchingen ( Florange ), † before 1208; ∞ Euphemia