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Frederick I, Duke Of Upper Lorraine




In 954 , he married Beatrice, daughter of Hugh The Great , Count Of Paris , and Hedwige Of Saxony . He received in Dowry the revenues of the abbey of Saint-Denis in Lorraine. He constructed a fortress at Fains , on the frontier between France and Germany, and exchanged fiefs with the bishop of Toul . Thus, he created his own feudal domain, the county of Bar.

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 , he, in concert with his brother, the Emperor Otto I , divided the duchy, appointing as Margrave s (or vice-dukes) one Godfrey in Lower Lorraine and Frederick in Upper Lorraine. After Bruno's death, in 977 , Frederick and Godfrey were styling themselves dukes.

As duke, he favoured the reform of Saint-Dié and Moyenmoutier .

By Beatrice, he had:

  • Henry (died between 972 and 978 )

  • Adalberon II ( 958 - 1005 ), bishop Verdun and Metz

  • Thierry I ( 965 - 1026 ), count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine

  • Ida, married Radbod of Altenbourg, who built the castle of Habichtsburg and is thus an ancestor of the great Hapsburg family which dominated Europe in the Sixteenth Century