Walbert II

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Walbert II the Younger
Predecessor Walbert I
Successor Walbert III
BornWalbert II
c. 513-519
Francia
Diedc. 575
Austrasia, Francia
Spouse(s)Clotilde
MotherLucille of Pannonia

Walbert II (born c. 513-519 AD) also called the Younger, was a patrician, Roman senator, and Merovingian Count of Haynau and of the Ardennes.

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Biography

Walbert II "the Younger" was born in Francia during the Middle Ages.

He was a direct descendant of Auberon (or Albéron), Lord of the Ardennes, son of Clodebald de Francie and grandson of Clodion the Hairy. [1] His grandmother, Argotte, daughter of Theodoric the Great, was from the Ostrogoths. [2] His father, Walbert I, was the only one of Clodion the Hairy's lineage not killed by Clovis I. Sent to Rome as a child, his father married Lucille of Pannonia, sister (or daughter) of Emperor Zeno. He and his brother Ansbert both became patricians and were appointed as Gallo-Roman senators. [2] [3]

He came into possession of the lordships that his father had in the pagi of the Arduensis and of Hainoensis (now Hainaut Province). [2] His brother Ansbert the Senator, first acquired the marquisate of the Holy Empire on the Escaut and later the Duchy of Mosel, a region spanning from Metz to Cologne and Luxembourg. [4]

Walbert II married Clotilde (originally d'Ostrogothie), daughter of Athalaric, King of the Visigoths. [1] [5] Among their children were Walbert III, Vraye, and Brunulf I, Count of Cambrésis, father to Brunulf II. [4] His daughter Vraye, married Mummolin (or Mummolinus), patrician and descendant of the Dukes of Tongeren, who became chief general under King Sigebert. [1] [4]

Succession

His son, Brunulf I, inherited the title of Count of Cambrésis in addition to the Palace of Haucourt-en-Cambrésis. [6] The eldest of his sons, Walbert III, had as his wife Amalberge of Landen, daughter of Carloman by whom he had four children including two sons: Walbert IV and another Brunulphe I, Count of the Adrennes. [4] Walbert II's grandson Walbert IV married Saint Bertille, daughter of the King of Thuringia by whom he had two daughters: Saint Waltrude, Princess of Ardennes and Countess of Hainaut, who was married to Madelgaire, and Saint Aldegonde, first abbess of Maubeuge. [4] His son Brunulf was the father of Saint Hydulphe, who inherited the Principality of Ardennes from his cousin, Waltrude, and Hainaut from his wife, Saint Aye, but died without children. [7]

Death

Count Walbert II of the Ardennes died around c. 575 in Austrasia, Francia. [4]

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