Walbert II

Walbert II the Younger
PredecessorWalbert I
SuccessorWalbert III
BornWalbert II
c. 513-519
Francia
Diedc. 575
Austrasia, Francia
Spouse(s)Clotilde
MotherLucille of Pannonia

Walbert II (born c. 513-519 AD) also called the Younger, was a patrician, Roman senator, and Merovingian Count of Haynau and of the Ardennes.

Biography

Walbert II "the Younger" was born in Francia during the Middle Ages.

He was a direct descendant of Auberon (or Albéron), Lord of the Ardennes, son of Clodebald de Francie and grandson of Clodion the Hairy.[1] His grandmother, Argotte, daughter of Theodoric the Great, was from the Ostrogoths.[2] His father, Walbert I, was the only one of Clodion the Hairy's lineage not killed by Clovis I. Sent to Rome as a child, his father married Lucille of Pannonia, sister (or daughter) of Emperor Zeno. He and his brother Ansbert both became patricians and were appointed as Gallo-Roman senators.[2][3]

He came into possession of the lordships that his father had in the pagi of the Arduensis and of Hainoensis (now Hainaut Province).[2] His brother Ansbert the Senator, first acquired the marquisate of the Holy Empire on the Escaut and later the Duchy of Mosel, a region spanning from Metz to Cologne and Luxembourg.[4]

Walbert II married Clotilde (originally d'Ostrogothie), daughter of Athalaric, King of the Visigoths.[1][5] Among their children were Walbert III, Vraye, and Brunulf I, Count of Cambrésis, father to Brunulf II.[4] His daughter Vraye, married Mummolin (or Mummolinus), patrician and descendant of the Dukes of Tongeren, who became chief general under King Sigebert.[1][4]

Succession

His son, Brunulf I, inherited the title of Count of Cambrésis in addition to the Palace of Haucourt-en-Cambrésis.[6] The eldest of his sons, Walbert III, had as his wife Amalberge of Landen, daughter of Carloman by whom he had four children including two sons: Walbert IV and another Brunulphe I, Count of the Adrennes.[4] Walbert II's grandson Walbert IV married Saint Bertille, daughter of the King of Thuringia by whom he had two daughters: Saint Waltrude, Princess of Ardennes and Countess of Hainaut, who was married to Madelgaire, and Saint Aldegonde, first abbess of Maubeuge.[4] His son Brunulf was the father of Saint Hydulphe, who inherited the Principality of Ardennes from his cousin, Waltrude, and Hainaut from his wife, Saint Aye, but died without children.[7]

Death

Count Walbert II of the Ardennes died around c. 575 in Austrasia, Francia.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c Gambier, A. (1789). Essai historique sur la rentrée des biens tant à l'église qu'à la nation, avec des réflexions sur la nature de ces biens. (n.p.): (n.p.).
  2. ^ a b c Vinchant, F. (1648). Annales de la province et comté d'Haynau où l'on voit la suitte des comtes depuis leur commencement. (n.p.): De L'Imprimerie de Jean Havart.
  3. ^ MASSON, F. X. (1861). Annales Ardennaises, ou histoire des lieux qui forment le département des Ardennes et des contrées voisines. tom. 1. (n.p.): Lelaurin.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Neyen, A. (1860). Biographie luxembourgeoise. Histoire des hommes distingues originaires de ce pays, considere a l'epoque de sa plus grande etendue (etc.). Luxembourg: Bruck.
  5. ^ Baring-Gould, S. (1898). The Lives of the Saints. United Kingdom: J. C. Nimmo.
  6. ^ Le Carpentier, J. (1668). Histoire genealogique de la noblesse des Païs-Bas, ou Histoire de Cambray, et du Cambresis,: contenant ce qui s'y est passé sous les empereurs, & les rois de France & d'Espagne; enrichie des genealogies, eloges, & armes des comtes, ducs, evesques ... : le tout divisé en IV. parties. Netherlands: chez l'Autheur.
  7. ^ Neyen, A. (1860). Biographie Luxembourgeoise: histoire des hommes distingués originaires de ce pays considéré à l'époque de sa plus grande étendue, ou qui se sont rendus remarquables pendant le séjour qu'ils y ont fait. Luxembourg: Bruck.