Matfriede

The Matfriede or Matfriedinger, both of which are German terms, is a Frankish noble family of the 9th-11th centuries, or possibly several families who used similar names, that has been proposed by modern historians.

The name of the family is based on the observation that the name Matfried was used by repeatedly by members of this family. However the exact connections between these possible relatives can't for the most part be confirmed by direct evidence.

The elder Matfriede

The first person proposed in this family is Matfried I, a count of Orleans in the time of Louis the Pious. He appears to have had a son also named Matfried.[1]

Counts of Metz

Adalhard, the ancestor of the second line of Matfrieds, possibly married a daughter or niece of this second Matfried.[1]

Counts of Metz and ancestors of the Dukes of Lorraine.[2]

Adalhard of Metz Count of Metz Henry the Fowler King of Germany Oda Gerhard Count of Metz Richer/Richar (d.945) Abbot of Prüm, Bishop of Liège Matfried Count of Metz "Ottonian dynasty" Wigfried Archbishop of Cologne Godfrid Count Palantine of Lotharingia Adalbert (d.944) Count of Metz Bishop Bernoin of Verdun Godfrid Duke of Lower Lotharingia Gebhard Possibly father of... Gerhard, Count of Metz Possibly father of... Adalhard Possibly father of... Count Sigfried founder of Luxembourg Richard? Count of Metz? Possibly father of... Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor Cunigunde of Luxembourg Eva of Luxembourg Gerhard Mosellensis Count of Metz Adalbert Count in Saargau Adelaide of Metz Sigfried died young Berscinda abbess Gerhard Count of Metz Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor Adalbert, Duke of Lorraine "Salian dynasty"

Bibliography

1. Hlawitschka 1969, p. 171.
2. Hlawitschka, Eduard (1969), Die Anfänge des Hauses Habsburg-Lothringen. Genealogische Untersuchungen zur Geschichte Lothringens und des Reiches im 9., 10. und 11. Jahrhundert

Also see

• County of Metz