# County of Metz

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The '''County of [Metz](/source/Metz)''' originated from the [frankish](/source/Franks) [Metzgau](/source/Metzgau). In the second half of the 9th century it went to the [Gerhardiner](/source/Gerhardiner) [(de)](/source/%3Ade%3AMatfriede), which held at the same time the [County of Paris](/source/County_of_Paris).

Over the Gerhardiner went the County—perhaps even in male lineage—to the [Matfriede](/source/Matfriede), which furthermore in 1047 received the title of Duke in [Lorraine](/source/Lorraine_(duchy)), namely [Gerard IV, Duke of Alsace](/source/Gerard%2C_Duke_of_Lorraine) (c. 1030 – 1070), [Seigneur](/source/Fiefdom) of [Châtenois](/source/Ch%C3%A2tenois%2C_Vosges) (see also [House of Châtenois](/source/House_of_Ch%C3%A2tenois)).

The County of Metz was eventually merged into the [Bishopric of Metz](/source/Prince-Bishopric_of_Metz).

From 985 the city of Metz was a [Free Imperial City](/source/Free_Imperial_City) of the German [Holy Roman Empire](/source/Holy_Roman_Empire).<ref>{{cite book |title=The Story of Alsace&Lorraine, and how They Were Lost by Germany, Etc |date=1871 |publisher=J. C. Hotten |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Story_of_Alsace_Lorraine_and_how_The/FLsgJTgTmMYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Free+Imperial+City%22+Metz&pg=PA10&printsec=frontcover |language=en}}</ref>

== Counts of Metz ==

* Buvinus, Count of Metz, 842/862 attested ([Buviniden](/source/Buviniden))
* [Adalhard of Metz](/source/Adalhard_of_Metz) (died 890). Children: 
**Stefan (d.a. 900), Count of [Chaumont](/source/Chaumont-Gistoux) and also [Bidgau](/source/Bidgau) ? [(de)](/source/%3Ade%3ABidgau); Gerhard, Matfried, Walacho and Richer [(fr)](/source/%3Afr%3ARicher_(%C3%A9v%C3%AAque)) (d. 945), [bishop of Liège](/source/bishop_of_Li%C3%A8ge) from 920.
* [Gerhard I](/source/Gerhard_I_of_Metz) (c.870 – 910), son of Adalhard. Married [Oda](/source/Oda_of_Saxony), widow of [Zwentibold](/source/Zwentibold), king of [Lotharingia](/source/Lotharingia). They had four children, including [Gottfried of Jülich](/source/Godfrey%2C_Count_Palatine_of_Lotharingia) (c.905 – a.949).
* Matfried (died 930), son of Adalhard. Count of Metz from 926 (?). Married Lantsind, daughter of Radald and his wife Rotrud. They had three children:
**Adalbert, Bernoin, [Bishop of Verdun](/source/Bishop_of_Verdun) (d. 939) and a daughter
* Adalbert I (born {{circa|900}}, died 944), son of Matfried. Married Luitgard of Aachen (c.910 – a.960), daughter of either [Wigerich III](/source/Wigeric_of_Lotharingia) of Aachen? (d. 916/919), Count of Bidgau with Kunigunde of Lorraine, granddaughter of [Louis II of France](/source/Louis_II_of_France), or more likely, a less known Wideric from Bidgau-Trier, son of Roric. Children:
** Matfried II (b.a. 944) and possibly a daughter Luitgarde
* Gerhard II (c.920 – a.963), from 963 Count of Metz, [Vogt](/source/Vogt) of [Remiremont](/source/Remiremont), son of Gottfried of Jülich ([Matfriede](/source/Matfriede)) and grandson of Gerhard I. With an unknown wife Gerhard had two possible sons:
** Richard and Gerhard
* Richard (or Gerhard), (950/55 – a. 986), may also be son of Count Matfried II. [Vogt](/source/Vogt) of [Remiremont](/source/Remiremont).
* 982–1022: [Gerhard III](/source/Gerhard_of_the_Mosel%2C_Count_of_Metz) (died 1024/25), son of either Count Richard, or Gerhard, son of Gerhard II, with siblings Adalbert and Adelheid (975 – 1039/46).
* 1022–1033: Adalbert II (b. 974 – 1033/37 in [Bouzonville](/source/Bouzonville)), brother or son to Gerhard III. Married Judith of [Öhningen](/source/%C3%96hningen) (c.975 – c. 1038). They had one registered child:
* 1033–1045: Gerhard IV [(nl)](/source/%3Anl%3AGerard_III_van_Metz) (d. 1044/1045), son of Adalbert II. He married Gisela and had several children: 
** 1045–1048: [Adalbert, Duke of Lorraine, Adalbert III of Metz](/source/Adalbert%2C_Duke_of_Lorraine) (c.1000 – 1048), Count of Metz, possibly also Count of Longwy. Had possibly one child, Emersinde, Countess of Longwy, married possibly to [Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg](/source/Conrad_I%2C_Count_of_Luxembourg) (c. 1040 – 1086)  
** 1048–1070: [Gerhard, Duke of Lorraine, Gerhard V of Metz](/source/Gerhard%2C_Duke_of_Lorraine) (d. 1070), Count of Metz
** Conrad, Adalbero, Beatrix, Cuono, Oda, Azelinus, Ida and Adelheid, whereof some actually might be other relatives

== Counts Palatine of Metz ==
* 982-995: Folmar I, Count of [Bliesgau](/source/Bliesgau) (d. 995), Count of [Lunéville](/source/Lun%C3%A9ville) and of Metz. Married Bertha and had possibly:
** Folmar II, Stefan (d. 995), [Bishop of Toul](/source/Bishop_of_Toul) and Richilde, married in 985 to [Theodoric I, Duke of Upper Lorraine](/source/Theodoric_I%2C_Duke_of_Upper_Lorraine). 
* 995–1026: Folmar II, Count of Bliesgau (d.a. 1026), son of Folmar I, married to Gerberge, probably daughter of [Godfrey I, Count of Verdun](/source/Godfrey_I%2C_Count_of_Verdun) (d.c. 1002) and of Mathilde of [Saxony](/source/Saxony), daughter of [Hermann, Duke of Saxony](/source/Hermann%2C_Duke_of_Saxony)
* 1029–1056: Godefroy, Count of Metz (d. 1056), son of Folmar II, married Judith.
* 1056–1075: Folmar III/VI, Count of Metz (d. 1075), son of Godefroy, married Swanechilde (Suanehilde). They had Folmar IV/VII.

== Counts (Palatine?) of Metz ==
* Folmar IV/VII (d. 1111) of Metz, son of Folmar III/VI. Count of Metz, [Hüneburg](/source/H%C3%BCneburg), and [Lunéville](/source/Lun%C3%A9ville). He had three known children:
** Folmar, Hugues and Theogar (d. 1120), [Bishop of Metz](/source/Bishop_of_Metz).
* Folmar V/VIII (d. 1145), son of Folmar IV/VII. Count of Metz and [Hombourg](/source/Count_of_Hombourg). He married Mechtild of [Dagsburg](/source/Dagsburg) (d.a. 1157), and daughter of [Albert I](/source/Albert_I_of_Moha), [Count of Moha](/source/Count_of_Moha), [Egisheim](/source/Eguisheim) and [Dagsburg](/source/Dagsburg), with [Ermesinde of Luxembourg](/source/Ermesinde_of_Luxembourg%2C_Countess_of_Namur) [(de)](/source/%3Ade%3AErmesinde_I._(Luxemburg)). Folmar and Mechtild had:
** Hugo (d.a. 1159). [Count of Homburg](/source/Count_of_Homburg) 1147 and Count of Metz 1157.
** Folmar VI/IX (d.a. 1171). Count of [Lunéville](/source/Lun%C3%A9ville) 1160.
** Clementia of Metz, married to Folmar I, Count of [Blieskastel](/source/Blieskastel). One son was Hugo I (d.a. 1220), Count of [Lützelstein](/source/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_La_Petite-Pierre), and possibly Lunéville. 
** Agnes (d.b. 1180), heiress of Longwy. Married to [Louis I, Count of Loon](/source/Louis_I%2C_Count_of_Loon) (Looz) (a.1107 – 1171). They had about seven children, including [Agnes of Loon](/source/Agnes_of_Loon), [Duchess consort of Bavaria](/source/Duke_of_Bavaria)
** Adeleidis (d.a. 1157)
* Hugo X [(fr)](/source/%3Afr%3AHugues_II_de_Metz), [Count of Dagsburg](/source/Count_of_Dagsburg), Metz, [Dabo](/source/Dabo%2C_Moselle) and [Moha](/source/Moha%2C_Belgium), 1137/78 attested, nephew of Folmar V/VIII. He married Luitgarde of [Sulzbach](/source/Sulzbach-Rosenberg), sister of Queen [Gertrude of Sulzbach](/source/Gertrude_of_Sulzbach) and widow of [Godfrey II, Count of Louvain](/source/Godfrey_II%2C_Count_of_Louvain). Hugo and Luitgarde had:
* Albert II, Albert of [Lichtenberg](/source/Lichtenberg%2C_Berlin) [(fr)](/source/%3Afr%3AAlbert_II_de_Dabo-Moha) (died 1212), son of Hugo X, 1175 Count of Dagsburg and Metz. He married [Gertrude of Baden](/source/Gertrude_of_Baden) (b.1160 – b.1225), daughter of [Hermann III, Margrave of Baden](/source/Hermann_III%2C_Margrave_of_Baden). They had:
** Henri and Guillaume, both dead at young age, and [Gertrude](/source/Gertrude_of_Dagsburg), who became the heiress. 
* [Gertrude of Dagsburg](/source/Gertrude_of_Dagsburg) (1190? – b. 1225), daughter of Albert II and [Gertrude of Baden](/source/Gertrude_of_Baden). She married three times: in 1206 to [Theobald I](/source/Theobald_I%2C_Duke_of_Lorraine) (1191–1220), [Duke of Lorraine](/source/Duke_of_Lorraine) since 1213 and [Count of Dagsburg](/source/Count_of_Dagsburg) and Metz ''[jure uxoris](/source/jure_uxoris)'' from 1216; secondly, in 1220, to Count [Theobald IV of Champagne](/source/Theobald_I_of_Navarre); and finally, in 1224, to [Simon III, Count of Saarbrücken](/source/Simon_III%2C_Count_of_Saarbr%C3%BCcken). All marriages were childless and Simon inherited [Dagsburg](/source/Dagsburg), incorporating it and creating Dagsburg-[Leiningen](/source/House_of_Leiningen).

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