Reginar III, Count of Hainaut

Reignar III
Count of Hainaut

Titles and styles

The Count of Hainaut
Born 920
Brabant
Died 973 (aged 53)
Bohemia
Noble family Reginar
Spouse(s) Adela

Issue

Father Reginar II, Count of Hainaut
Mother Adelaide of Burgundy

Reginar III (c. 920 – 973) was Count of Hainaut from 940 to 958.

He was born in Brabant as the son of Reginar II, Count of Hainaut.

Together with his brother Rodolphe, he took part in the rebellion of his uncle Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. When Gilbert was killed in 939, Regnier had to pledge fealty to King Otto the Great.

He then allied himself with King Louis IV of France, but King Otto sent duke Hermann of Swabia to quell the rebels in 944.

Otto appointed Conrad the Red as duke of Lotharingia, who tried to diminish the power of Reginar. However, when Conrad rose against Otto, Reginar supported him. In an anarchic situation, Reginar appropriated the dowry of Gerberga of Saxony, Otto's sister and mother of the French king, and also church property.

In 953, Bruno, Archbishop of Cologne, who had also been appointed duke of Lotharingia, restored order and defeated Reginar.

As Reginar refused to submit, he was exiled to Bohemia, where he died.

Family

He fathered two sons:

Preceded by
Reginar II
Count of Hainaut
940958
Succeeded by
Godfrey I


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