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	Topics Siegfried of Luxembourg Topic Home Siegfried or Sigefroy (c.922922 Events... –28 Oct 998998 Events* Benedictine abbey founded at Sherborne... ) is considered the first count of Luxembourg. He was actually count in the MoselgauMoselle Moselle is a dpartement in the northeast of France named after the Moselle River. ... and the ArdennesArdennes The Ardennes is a region of extensive forests and rolling hill country, primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, but stretching ... . He was also the advocate of the abbeys of Saint-Maximin de TrêvesSaint-Maximin Saint-Maximin is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:... and Saint-Willibrod d'EchternachEchternach Echternach is a commune with city status in the canton of Echternach, which is part of the district of Grevenmacher, in east... . He was a son of the Count PalatineCount palatine Count Palatine is a noble title, used to render several comital styles, in some cases also shortened to Palatine.... Wigeric of LotharingiaWigeric of Lotharingia Overview Wigeric or Wideric was the count of the Bidgau and held the rights of a count within the city of Trier.... and Cunigunda. He is the founder of the House of LuxembourgHouse of Luxembourg The House of Luxembourg was a medieval Holy Roman Empire noble family.... , 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 LuxembourgLuxembourg The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is a small landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany.... in 963963 Events... . 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. Around 950950 EventsWorld Population: 250 Million.Duke Boleslav I of Bohemia makes peace with Otto I... , he married Hedwig, daughter of Eberhard IV of Nordgau. They had the following issue: Henry I of Luxembourg Siegfried, cited in 985985 Events* Barcelona sacked by Al-Mansur... Frederick I, Count of Salm and Luxembourg, married Ermentrude of Gleiberg, daughter of Heribert I, Count of Gleiberg and Ermentrud (Imizi). Thierry II, Bishop of Metz Adalberon, canon of TrierTrier Trier is a city in Germany on the western bank of the Moselle River.... Poloaner, count in the MoselgauMoselle Moselle is a dpartement in the northeast of France named after the Moselle River. ... , married Lolital Gislebert (d.1004), count in the MoselgauMoselle Moselle is a dpartement in the northeast of France named after the Moselle River. ... CunigundaCunigunde of Luxemburg Empress Saint Cunigunde of Luxemburg was the wife of Saint Henry II.... , married Henry II, Holy Roman EmperorHenry II, Holy Roman Emperor Saint Henry II, called the Holy or the Saint, was the fifth and last Holy Roman Emperor of the Saxon or Ottonian... Eve, married Gerard, Count of Metz Ermentrude, abbess Luitgarde, married Arnulf, Count of HollandArnulf, Count of Holland Arnulf, also known as Aernout or Arnold succeeded his father in 988 as Count in Frisia.... a daughter, married Thietmar a son, married Mietzer Source Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis, Lines: 100A-20, 100B-21, 143-19, 143-20