Kunigund (Unknown) de Lothringen (abt. 890)

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Biography

Kunigund or Cunégonde (Cynigund) is the daughter of Ermentrude of France, and granddaughter of Louis II, King of France, based on an eleventh century genealogical table.^[1], ^[2] The source that names her mother doesn't mention her father. The most likely proposal is that he is Regnier I, Count and Lay-Abbot of Echternach, but this is unproven.^[2]

Her birth date is unknown but must be somewhere between 885 and 895 given her mother's date of birth is between 870-877 and Kunigund's eldest son was born in about 910.^[2] For the purposes of providing a birth date on this profile it is about 890.

Marriages

Kunigund married firstly Wigeric, count in Bidgau, who died between 916-919; and secondly Ricuin, Count of Verdun, who died 923.^[2]

There have been proposals that she married a third time but this has never been proven.^[2]

Children

There has been much discussion over which of her husbands was the father of her children.^[2]

1. Adalbero I, born about 905-910, bishop of Metz 929, died 26 April 962;
2. Liutgard, still alive 8 April 960, married (1) Adalbert, and (2) Eberhard;
3. Gozlin (Gozelo), died 18 October 942-943, ancestor of dukes of Lower-Lorraine;
4. Frederic I, died 978, duke of Upper Lorraine;
5. Siegfried, died after 997, count in Moselgau, ancestor of the counts of Luxemburg;
6. Siegebert (probably the same as above);
7. Giselbert, count in Ardennes

Death

The year Kunigund died is unknown, but two necrologies name a countess Cunice as having died on 2 October and this is likely to be Kunigund.^[2]

Research Notes

For a full discussion on many issues related to Kunigund and her family - see the various articles in Stewart Baldwin's The Henry Project: The Ancestors of king Henry II of England http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/henry.htm

Not sure where this is from or how it relates © ____ Author ?^{[citation needed]} -- "Het is helemaal niet zeker, of Kunegonde, de moeder van Graaf Siegfried van Luxemburg, identiek is met de Kunegonde, de echtgenote van de Pfalzgraaf Wigerich en de Graaf Richwin! Zeker is alleen, dat Kunegonde, de moeder van Graaf Siegfried van Luxemburg, een dochter is van Irmtrud, een dochter van Lodewijk de Stamelaar. Haar vader is niet bekend! Verder is zeker dat Bisschop Adalbero van Metz, een zoon van ene Kunegonde, die met Wigerich en met Richwin was gehuwd, door koning Karel de Eenvoudige als Nepos (kleinzoon of neef) werd genoemd. Als dus beide Kunegondes dus dezelfde persoon is, dan was de Bisschop inderdaad de achterkleinzoon van koning Karel de Eenvoudige. Immers, hij is dan een kleinzoon van diens zuster Irmtrud. Zie hierover verder de Herdruk van E. Brandenburg, Die Nachkommen Krals des Grossen, 2e druk, bladzijde 119."[1][2]^{[citation needed]}

Google Translate:

It is not certain whether Kunhuty , the mother of Count Siegfried of Luxembourg , is identical with the Kunhuty , the wife of the Palatinate Count and the Count Richwin Wigerich ! The only certainty is that Kunhuty , the mother of Count Siegfried of Luxembourg , a subsidiary of Irmtrud , a daughter of Louis the Stammerer . Her father is not known ! It is also certain that Bishop Adalbero of Metz, a son of one Kunhuty , who was married to Wigerich and Richwin by King Charles the Simple as Nepos ( grandson or nephew ) was named ls so both Kunegondes so the same person , then the wax bishop indeed the grandson of king Charles the Simple . After all, he is a grandson of his sister Irmtrud ( see further Reprint E. Brandenburg , who Nach Bowls Krals des Grossen , 2nd Edition , page 119)

Sources

1. ↑ MGH SS 2(314)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Baldwin, Stewart, 'Cunégonde/Kunigund' updated 10 June 2010, in The Henry Project: The ancestors of king Henry II of England, http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/henry.htm : accessed 6 May 2019.

See also:

• Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.3. fmg.ac
• Lins, J. (1913). "Metz." Catholic Encyclopedia (Vol. 10). WikiSource.[3]
• Wikipedia: Cunigunda of France; Wikipedia: Louis the Stammerer