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Birth:           860 France
Death:           916 Meersen in the Palatine

Notes
Lay Abbot of Echternach, Luxembourg
d aft 15 Oct 915 and bef 19 Jan 916
Some (incl Stuart) claim that Albrada of Mons, Duchess of Lorraine, was the mother of 
Giselbert. Rengier also md (first) Hersende. 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginar,_Duke_of_Lorraine
Reginar I Longneck[1] (c. 850 – 915)[2] was the Duke of Lorraine from 910 until his 
death. He stands at the head of the clan of Reginarids, an important Lotharingian 
noble family and was the grandson of the emperor Lothair I.

He was the son of Gilbert, Count of the Maasgau, and a daughter of Lothair I of whom 
the name is not known (Hiltrude, Bertha, Irmgard, and Gisela are good candidates).

He succeeded his father in the Maasgau and was the lay abbot of Echternach 
between 897 and 915, of Maastricht from before May 898, and of Stablo and Malmedy 
between 900 and 902.

He was the Count of Mons and Count of Liège when in 870 he and Franco, Bishop of 
Liège, led an army against the Vikings in Walacria. He, as Duke of Hesbaye and 
Hainault, and Radbold led a Frisian army against the forces of Rollo a little later, but 
were forced back to his fortresses.

In the 877 Capitulary of Quierzy, he appears alongside his father as one of the regents 
of the kingdom during Charles the Bald's absence on campaign in Italy. A Reginar 
appears at the Siege of Paris in 886, but this may be an uncle or nephew. The name 
"Reginar" or "Reginhar" (French: Régnier or Rainier) was commonplace in his family.

Reginar was originally a supporter of Zwentibold in 895, but he broke with the king in 
898. He and some other magnates who had been key to Zwentibold's election three 
years earlier then took the opportunity provided by the death of Odo of West Francia 
to invite Charles the Simple to become king in Lotharingia. His lands were 
confiscated, but he refused to give them up and entrenched himself at Durfost, 
downstream from Maastricht. Representatives of Charles, Zwentibold, and the Emperor 
Arnulf met at Sankt Goar and determined that the succession should go to Louis the 
Child. Zwentibold was killed by Reginar in battle in August 900.

At first, Louis appeared to be opposed to Reginar when he appointed Gebhard as his 
deputy in Lotharingia, but the two were never at war. In 908, Reginar recuperated the 
Hainault after the death of Sigard. Then, after the death of Gebhard in 910, in battle 
with the Magyars, Reginar appears as his successor. He led the magnates in opposing 
Conrad I of Germany and electing Charles the Simple their king. He was given the title 
marchio by Charles in 915. He never appears as the Duke of Lorraine, but he was 
definitely the military commander of the region under Charles. He himself was 
succeeded by his son Gilbert; however, the Reginarids did not succeed in establishing 
their supremacy in Lotharingia like the Liudolfings or Liutpoldings did in the duchies of 
Saxony and Bavaria.

Family[edit]

By his wife Hersinda (or Alberada), who predeceased him, Reginar left the following 
children:
Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
Reginar II, Count of Hainaut
Balderic, Bishop of Utrecht
Frederick, Archbishop of Mainz
a daughter, who married Berengar, Count of Namur

Balderic of Utrecht, Bishop of Utrecht, listed as child of Reginar and Hersinda above, 
is attached to the biography which claims that he was a cousin of Gilbert, Duke of 
Lorraine, and the son of different parents.



Parents
____ Giselbert (Gilbert) (ABT  830 - ABT  885)
OF LORRAINE AND BURGUNDY Ermengarde (Irmgarde) (ABT  832 - )

Siblings
____ Regnier I "Longhals" ( 860 -  916)

Marriage To OF MONS Alberade (ABT  870 - )
    m.  

Notes


Children by OF MONS Alberade ABT  870 - 
OF HAINAULT ----- (ABT  900 - )

Marriage To ____ Hersende (ABT  865 - )
    m.  his 1st

Notes

Parents
____ Charles II "the Bald" (13 Jun  823 - 6 Oct  877)
D'ORLEANS Ermentrude (27 Sep  823 - 6 Oct  869)

Children by ____ Hersende ABT  865 - 
____ Regnier II (ABT  890 - ABT  932)
____ Giselbert (Gilbert) (ABT  890 - 2 Oct  934)

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