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(Count of Bar, Duke of Upper Lorraine) Frederick I ARDENNES-BAR #70088
ABT 912 - ABT 978
Personal Information
- TITLE: Count of Bar, Duke of Upper Lorraine
- BIRTH: ABT 912
- DEATH: ABT 978
Notes
Founder of the House of Ardennes-Bar
Frederick I was the count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine. He was a son of Wigeric, count of Bidgau, also count palatine of Lorraine, and Cunigunda, and thus a sixth-generation descendant of Charlemagne.
In 954, he married Beatrice, daughter of Hugh the Great, count of Paris, and Hedwig of Saxony. He received in dowry the revenues of the abbey of Saint-Denis in Lorraine. To stop incursions from the duchy of Champagne, Frederick constructed a castle over the Ornain River in 960, and later occupied the confiscated lands of Saint-Mihiel. He exchanged fiefs with the bishop of Toul. Thus, he created his feudal domain, the county of Bar. So he became the founder of the House of Bar or the House of Ardennes-Bar, a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes.
The duchy of Lorraine was at that time governed by the archbishop of Cologne, Bruno, who was called the archduke on account of his dual title. In 959, Bruno, in concert with his brother, Emperor Otto I, divided the duchy, appointing as margraves: Godfrey in Lower Lorraine and Frederick in Upper Lorraine. After Bruno died in 977, Frederick and Godfrey styled themselves dukes.
As duke, Frederick oversaw the reform of Saint-Dié and Moyenmoutier
Frederick I was the count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine. He was a son of Wigeric, count of Bidgau, also count palatine of Lorraine, and Cunigunda, and thus a sixth-generation descendant of Charlemagne.
In 954, he married Beatrice, daughter of Hugh the Great, count of Paris, and Hedwig of Saxony. He received in dowry the revenues of the abbey of Saint-Denis in Lorraine. To stop incursions from the duchy of Champagne, Frederick constructed a castle over the Ornain River in 960, and later occupied the confiscated lands of Saint-Mihiel. He exchanged fiefs with the bishop of Toul. Thus, he created his feudal domain, the county of Bar. So he became the founder of the House of Bar or the House of Ardennes-Bar, a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes.
The duchy of Lorraine was at that time governed by the archbishop of Cologne, Bruno, who was called the archduke on account of his dual title. In 959, Bruno, in concert with his brother, Emperor Otto I, divided the duchy, appointing as margraves: Godfrey in Lower Lorraine and Frederick in Upper Lorraine. After Bruno died in 977, Frederick and Godfrey styled themselves dukes.
As duke, Frederick oversaw the reform of Saint-Dié and Moyenmoutier
Parents
Father: Wigeric ARDENNES #65033
Mother: Cunigunda of UNRUOCHINGI #65034
Family 1 :
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|--Frederick I ARDENNES-BAR
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| _Unruoch III UNRUOCHINGI _+
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| _Eberhard UNRUOCHINGI ______|
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| | |_Ava of MONZA ____________+
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|_Cunigunda of UNRUOCHINGI _|
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| _Louis II CAROLINGIAN ____+
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|_Ermentrude of CAROLINGIAN _|
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|_Ansgarde of ORLÉANS ____+
(0848 - 0879) m 0862