Individual Details

Siegfried II "D'Ardenne de Cleves" DE LUXEMBOURG

(15 Aug 922 - 28 Oct 998)

He is the founder of the House of Luxembourg, a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes. He had possessions from his father in Upper Lorraine. At the centre of his dominions he constructed the fortress of Luxembourg in 963. A town soon grew up around the castle. Though he used the title of count, the title "count of Luxembourg" was only applied to William some 150 years later.

Events

Birth15 Aug 922Verdun-Sur-Meuse, Meuse, Lorraine, France
Marriage950Hedwig DE NORDGAU DE LUXEMBOURG
Death28 Oct 998Saint Maximin, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

Families

SpouseHedwig DE NORDGAU DE LUXEMBOURG (922 - 992)
ChildLutgardis LUXEMBURG (955 - 1003)
ChildFrederick I "Moezelgou" DE LUXEMBOURG Count (965 - 1019)
FatherWigeric LOTHARINGIA ( - 923)
MotherCunigunda ( - )
FatherWigerich (882 - 919)
MotherKunigunde (890 - )
SiblingLuitgard DE LUXEMBOURG (910 - )

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).

2. Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014).