Nibelung, Count of Betuwe

Count Nibelung or Nevelung (b. abt 890-900 d. abt 939-943), son of Ricfried, Count of Betuwe, and Herensinda was probably his father's heir and a count in Betuwe (Batavia).

Nevelung is mentioned on the grave monument in Utrecht of his parents which was transcribed before it was removed. He is described there as a count ("comes Nevelongus").[1]

Nibelung married a daughter of Reginar II, Count of Hainaut. Their two sons are known from a grant made by Nevelung's brother, Bishop Balderic of Utrecht (bishop 918-975), addressed to Nevelung's wife after he had died.[2] A daughter was also proposed by Léon Vanderkindere.

  • Bertha, married to Arnulf, Count of Cambrai, son of Isaac, Count of Cambrai. Count Arnulf of Valenciennes was their son. She died 967, at which time her son was already an adult.
  • Balderic I, Bishop of Liège (bishop 956-959). Described as young when he became bishop.
  • Rodolphe. The 943 letter makes it clear that Rodolphe was younger than Balderic.

As pointed out by Jongbloed (2006), although he was a count when his parents' grave was made, in 943 his own brother describes his father, but not him, as a count, and refers to the "sins of our family" of Nevelung and his father-in-law Count Regnier II. The so-called Regnarid family is known to have been in rebellion until in 939 and the Battle of Andernach. Therefore Jongbloed proposes that he died during, or soon after, that rebellion, and that he must have lost his comital title because of events connected to this.

Concerning his approximate age, his brother Balderic was made bishop in 918, and is estimated to have been born 895-900 (Jongbloed 2006). His sons must have been born in the 930s, because his son Balderic was young in 956, and his son Rodolphe was younger.

Notes
  1. Memorial: and
  2. The 943 grant is reproduced in Oorkondenboek der Graafschappen Gelre en Zutfen, p.79

Sources
  • Baerten (1965), "Les origines des comtes de Looz et la formation territoriale du comté", Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, 43 (2): 468
  • Baerten (1965), "Les origines des comtes de Looz et la formation territoriale du comté (suite et fin)", Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire, 43 (4)
  • Baerten, Jean (1969), Het Graafschap Loon (11de - 14de eeuw) (PDF)
  • Daris, Joseph (1896) ‘Notes sur l’origine des deux Balderic, evêques de Liège’, Notices historiques sur les églises du diocèse de Liège 16 105-112.
  • Jongbloed, Hein H., (2006) , "Immed “von Kleve” (um 950) – Das erste Klevische Grafenhaus (ca. 885-ca. 1015) als Vorstufe des geldrischen Fürstentums", Annalen des Historischen Vereins für den Niederrhein, Heft 209
  • Jongbloed, Hein H (2009), "Listige Immo en Herswind. Een politieke wildebras in het Maasdal (938-960) en zijn in Thorn rustende dochter", Jaarboek. Limburgs Geschied- en Oudheidkundig Genootschap, 145: 9–67
  • Jongbloed (2008), "Flamenses in de elfde eeuw", Bijdragen en Mededelingen Gelre
  • Vanderkindere, L. (1900) ‘A propos d´une charte de Baldéric d’Utrecht’, Académie royale de Belgique Bulletin de la Classe des Lettres et des Sciences Morales et Politiques (Bruxelles),
  • Vanderkindere, Léon (1902), "9", La formation territoriale des principautés belges au Moyen Age (PDF), 2, p. 128
  • Verhelst, Karel (1984), "Een nieuwe visie op de omvang en indeling van de pagus Hasbania (part 1)", Handelingen van de Koninklijke Zuidnederlandsche Maatschappij voor Taal- en Letterkunde en Geschiednis, 38
  • Warner, David A., Ottonian Germany. The Chronicon of Thietmar of Merseburg, Manchester, 2001.
gollark: I'm wondering if taking the AP xenowyrms when I have enough for the raffle already is slightly evil.
gollark: Stupid annoying not-working code...
gollark: (they aren't, I think)
gollark: Trouble is that it's slow, so presumably if they did there'd be periodic lag as they updated all their dragons.
gollark: I wonder how hatcheries update their stuff. Is it just periodic or something else?
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.