Regnier II, Count of Hainaut - Greybeard's Ghosts

Commentary

Weis says the mother of Regnier II is Hersent of France. Langston says Hersent was the daughter of Charles II, by his second wife, Adelaide (d 877). Weis does not specify her mother, but lists Charles II's second wife as Richaut (d. 870). Baldwin says "A 968 charter of Giselbert's widow Gerberge mentions Giselbert and his parents Regnier and Alberada. Sigehard's Miraculi S. Maximini indicates that Giselbert's mother survived Regnier. While no direct evidence confirms the existence of an earlier wife, there appears to be chronological room for one. Giselbert is directly documented as a son of Alberada, and thus Regnier, evidently younger than Giselbert, was probably by Alberada as well."

Weis lists the wife of Regnier II as Adelaide of Burgundy, the daughter of Richard, the Justiciar, Duke of Burgundy (d 921) and Adelaide, who Weis places as dau. of Konrad II, Count of Auxerre. Charles Cawley lists only 4 children of Richard, Duke of Burgundy and Adelaide: Rodolfe, Ermengard, Hugues and Boson. No daughter Adelaide is listed.

Charles Cawley states: "No reference has been found to the name or origin of the wife of Comte Reginar [II]. However, the fact that the name Lietard was introduced into the family after this marriage suggests that she may have been related to the family of the Comtes de Huy, in which this name was used regularly."

Charles Cawley then states: "Dhondt suggests that the wife of Reginar [III] was the sister of Comte Ansfrid [II], whose father was named Lambert, the name given by Reginar [III] to his younger son. In addition to the onomastic arguments, Dhondt comments that the voogdij of Gembloux abbey passed from Ansfrid [II] to Lambert [I] de Hainaut[32]. This provides an additional argument for a family relationship between the comtes de Huy and the comtes de Hainaut. However, Dhondt’s suggestion does not explain the introduction of the name Lietard into the Hainaut family. On balance, it appears more likely that such a family connection was through the wife of Reginar [II] rather than the wife of Reginar [III]. If this is correct, it is possible that the wife of Reginar [II] was the paternal aunt of Ansfrid [II]."

Family

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Father	Regnier Langhals I, Count of Hainaut (~850-~916) [S756] [S2720]	research
Mother	Alberada (e860-916) [S1434] [S2720]	research
Child +	Reginar III Comte de Hainaut (~920-973) [S756] [S918] [S2720]	research

Attributes

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Gender	Male
Name	Regnier II [S756] [S918] [S2720]	research
Name	Regnier II, Count of Hainaut	no source
Father	Regnier Langhals I, Count of Hainaut (~850-~916) [S756] [S2720]	research
Mother	Alberada (e860-916) [S1434] [S2720]	research
Title	Count of Hainaut [S756] [S918]	research

Timeline

Claim	Date	Detail	Evidence
Birth	885 - 900	France [S756] [S918] [S2720]	research
Living	932	[S918] [S2720]	research
Death	932	[S756]	research

Sources

Index	Title
[S756]	Weis, Frederick Lewis, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England before 1700, 7th Ed." (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1999).
[S918]	Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Lower Lotharingian Nobility)" (2006-7 (v1.1 Updated 21 December 2006)).
[S1434]	Baldwin, Stewart, "The Henry Project - Regnier I" (April 24, 2008) (https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/regin001.htm).
[S2720]	Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Hainaut)" (v4.6 Updated 03 February 2020) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HAINAUT.htm).