Cunigunda of Sulichgau (893-924) was the daughter of Ermentrude of France,^[1] and granddaughter in turn of Louis the Stammerer. In 898 her uncle Charles III gained control as king of the Franks, changing Cunigunda's life for the better.

Family[edit]

To gain greater affinity with the nobles of Lotharingia, King Charles III arranged the marriage of Cunigunda in 909 with the powerful Wigeric of Lotharingia (890-919).^[2] Their children were:

• Frederick I (d. 978), who was count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine^[1]
• Adalberon I (d. 962), elected bishop of Metz in 929^[2]
• Gilbert (d. 964), count in the Ardennes
• Sigebert, mentioned in 942.
• Liutgarde, who married Adalbert, Count of Metz, then Eberhard IV, count of Nordgau.
• Gozlin, Count of Bidgau (d. 942), married to Oda of Metz and father of Godfrey I, Count of Verdun^[1]
• Siegfried, count of Luxembourg.^[3]

Around 922, she married Ricwin, Count of Verdun (d. 923).^[2]

References[edit]

Sources[edit]

• Nash, Penelope (2017). Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda: Medieval Female Rulership and the Foundations of European Society. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Vanderputten, Steven (2018). Dark Age Nunneries: The Ambiguous Identity of Female Monasticism, 800–1050. Cornell University Press.