Individual Details

Conrad I, Count of Luxenbourg

(1040 - 8 Aug 1086)

According to Wikipedia:

Conrad I (c. 1040 - 8 August 1086), Count of Luxembourg, was the first count of Luxembourg (1059-1086), succeeding his father Giselbert of Luxembourg.[1]

He was embroiled in an argument with the archbishop of Trier as to the abbaye Saint-Maximin in Trier which he had avowed.[2] The archbishop excommunicated him and Conrad had to make honourable amends and set out on pilgrimage for Jerusalem to have his excommunication lifted.[2] He died in Italy on the return journey.[3]

He founded many abbeys:

the abbaye d'Orval in 1070, with Arnold I, Count of Chiny
the abbaye d'Altmünster in 1083.[4]
Marriage and issue
Around 1075 he married Clementia (1060 - 1142), daughter of Pierre-Guillaume VII, duke of Aquitaine and of Ermesinde.[5] They had :

Matilda (1070 † ), married Godefroy (1075 † ), Count of Bleisgau
Henry III († 1086), Count of Luxembourg[6]
Rudolph († 1099), abbot of Saint-Vannes at Verdun
Conrad, cité en 1080
Adalbero, (d. 1098 in Antioch), Archdeacon of Metz, travelled to the Holy Land as part of the army of Godfrey of Bouillon, where he was executed by the Turks
Ermesinde (1075 † 1143), married
in 1096 to Albert II († 1098), count of Egisheim and of Dagsbourg,
in 1101 to Godefroy (1067 † 1139), count of Namur.[7] They were parents of Henry IV of Luxembourg
William I (1081 † 1131), Count of Luxembourg, married Matilda of Beichlingen[8]
References
Gades 1951, p. 55.
Gades 1951, p. 54-56.
Gades 1951, p. 57.
Gades 1951, p. 56.
Jackman 2012, p. 51,56.
Gades 1951, p. 58.
Jackman 2012, p. 65.
Gades 1951, p. 59.
Sources
Gades, John A. (1951). Luxembourg in the Middle Ages. Brill.
Jackman, Donald C. (2012). The Kleeberg Fragment of the Gleiberg County. Editions Enplage.


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According to Wikipedia:

Conrad I (c. 1040 - 8 August 1086), Count of Luxembourg, was the first count of Luxembourg (1059-1086), succeeding his father Giselbert of Luxembourg.[1]

He was embroiled in an argument with the archbishop of Trier as to the abbaye Saint-Maximin in Trier which he had avowed.[2] The archbishop excommunicated him and Conrad had to make honourable amends and set out on pilgrimage for Jerusalem to have his excommunication lifted.[2] He died in Italy on the return journey.[3]

He founded many abbeys:

the abbaye d'Orval in 1070, with Arnold I, Count of Chiny
the abbaye d'Altmünster in 1083.[4]
Marriage and issue
Around 1075 he married Clementia (1060 - 1142), daughter of Pierre-Guillaume VII, duke of Aquitaine and of Ermesinde.[5] They had :

Matilda (1070 † ), married Godefroy (1075 † ), Count of Bleisgau
Henry III († 1086), Count of Luxembourg[6]
Rudolph († 1099), abbot of Saint-Vannes at Verdun
Conrad, cité en 1080
Adalbero, (d. 1098 in Antioch), Archdeacon of Metz, travelled to the Holy Land as part of the army of Godfrey of Bouillon, where he was executed by the Turks
Ermesinde (1075 † 1143), married
in 1096 to Albert II († 1098), count of Egisheim and of Dagsbourg,
in 1101 to Godefroy (1067 † 1139), count of Namur.[7] They were parents of Henry IV of Luxembourg
William I (1081 † 1131), Count of Luxembourg, married Matilda of Beichlingen[8]
References
Gades 1951, p. 55.
Gades 1951, p. 54-56.
Gades 1951, p. 57.
Gades 1951, p. 56.
Jackman 2012, p. 51,56.
Gades 1951, p. 58.
Jackman 2012, p. 65.
Gades 1951, p. 59.
Sources
Gades, John A. (1951). Luxembourg in the Middle Ages. Brill.
Jackman, Donald C. (2012). The Kleeberg Fragment of the Gleiberg County. Editions Enplage.

Events

Birth1040
Marriage1075Clementia of Aquitaine
Death8 Aug 1086

Families

SpouseClementia of Aquitaine (1048 - 1130)
ChildErmesinde of Luxembourg (1080 - 1143)
FatherGiselbert of Luxembourg (1007 - 1059)
SiblingHermann of Salm (1035 - 1088)
SiblingConrad I, Count of Luxenbourg (1040 - )