# Walbert II

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{{short description|Merovingian noble (c.513–519 AD)}}
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{{Infobox nobility |
| name                 = Walbert II the Younger
| birth_name        =Walbert II
| title                = {{plainlist|
* [Count of the Ardennes](/source/Count_of_the_Ardennes)
* [Count of Hainaut](/source/Count_of_Hainaut)
}}
| image                = 
| issue                = 
| noble family         = 
| birth_date           = {{c.}} 513-519
| birth_place          = [Francia](/source/Francia)
| death_date           = {{c.}} 575
| death_place          = [Austrasia](/source/Austrasia), [Francia](/source/Francia)
| father             [Walbert I](/source/Walbert_I)
| mother             =Lucille of [Pannonia](/source/Pannonia)
| spouse               = Clotilde 
| predecessor       = [Walbert I](/source/Walbert_I)
| successor         = [Walbert III](/source/Walbert_III)
}}
'''Walbert II''' (born {{circa}} 513-519 AD)  also called '''the Younger''', was a [patrician](/source/Patrician_(ancient_Rome)), [Roman senator](/source/Roman_Senate), and [Merovingian](/source/Merovingian_dynasty) [Count](/source/Count_Palatine) [of Haynau](/source/Count_of_Hainaut) and of the [Ardennes](/source/Ardennes).

==Biography==
Walbert II "the Younger" was born in [Francia](/source/Francia) during the [Middle Ages](/source/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](/source/Clodion_the_Hairy).<ref name="Gambier, A. (1789)">Gambier, A. (1789). Essai historique sur la rentrée des biens tant à l'église qu'à la nation, avec des réflexions sur la nature de ces biens. (n.p.): (n.p.).</ref> His grandmother, Argotte, daughter of [Theodoric the Great](/source/Theodoric_the_Great), was from the [Ostrogoths](/source/Ostrogoths).<ref name="Vinchant, F. (1648)"/> His father, [Walbert I](/source/Walbert_I), was the only one of [Clodion the Hairy](/source/Clodion_the_Hairy)'s lineage not killed by [Clovis I](/source/Clovis_I). Sent to Rome as a child, his father married Lucille of [Pannonia](/source/Pannonia), sister (or daughter) of [Emperor Zeno](/source/Emperor_Zeno). He and his brother [Ansbert](/source/Ansbert_(6th_century)) both became [patrician](/source/Patrician_(ancient_Rome))s and were appointed as [Gallo-Roman](/source/Gallo-Roman) [senators](/source/Roman_Senate).<ref name="Vinchant, F. (1648)"/><ref>MASSON, F. X. (1861). Annales Ardennaises, ou histoire des lieux qui forment le département des Ardennes et des contrées voisines. tom. 1. (n.p.): Lelaurin.</ref>

He came into possession of the lordships that his father had in the [pagi](/source/Pagus) of the [Arduensis](/source/Ardennes) and [of Hainoensis](/source/Pagus_of_Hainaut) (now [Hainaut Province](/source/Hainaut_Province)).<ref name="Vinchant, F. (1648)">Vinchant, F. (1648). Annales de la province et comté d'Haynau où l'on voit la suitte des comtes depuis leur commencement. (n.p.): De L'Imprimerie de Jean Havart.</ref> His brother Ansbert the Senator, first acquired the [marquisate](/source/Marquess) of the Holy Empire on the [Escaut](/source/Cond%C3%A9-sur-l'Escaut) and later the Duchy of Mosel, a region spanning from [Metz](/source/Metz) to [Cologne](/source/Cologne) and [Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg).<ref name="Neyen, A. (1860)"/>

Walbert II married Clotilde (originally d'Ostrogothie), daughter of [Athalaric](/source/Athalaric), [King of the Visigoths](/source/King_of_the_Visigoths).<ref name="Gambier, A. (1789)"/><ref>Baring-Gould, S. (1898). The Lives of the Saints. United Kingdom: J. C. Nimmo.</ref> Among their children were [Walbert III](/source/Walbert_III), Vraye, and Brunulf I, Count of [Cambrésis](/source/Cambr%C3%A9sis), father to [Brunulf II](/source/Brunulf_II).<ref name="Neyen, A. (1860)"/> His daughter Vraye, married Mummolin (or Mummolinus), [patrician](/source/Patrician_(ancient_Rome)) and descendant of the Dukes of [Tongeren](/source/Tongeren), who became chief general under King [Sigebert](/source/Sigebert_I).<ref name="Gambier, A. (1789)"/><ref name="Neyen, A. (1860)"/>

===Succession===
His son, Brunulf I, inherited the title of Count of [Cambrésis](/source/Cambr%C3%A9sis) in addition to the Palace of [Haucourt-en-Cambrésis](/source/Haucourt-en-Cambr%C3%A9sis).<ref name="Le Carpentier, J (1668)">Le Carpentier, J. (1668). Histoire genealogique de la noblesse des Païs-Bas, ou Histoire de Cambray, et du Cambresis,: contenant ce qui s'y est passé sous les empereurs, & les rois de France & d'Espagne; enrichie des genealogies, eloges, & armes des comtes, ducs, evesques ... : le tout divisé en IV. parties. Netherlands: chez l'Autheur.</ref> The eldest of his sons, [Walbert III](/source/Walbert_III), had as his wife Amalberge of [Landen](/source/Landen), daughter of Carloman by whom he had four children including two sons: [Walbert IV](/source/Walbert_IV) and another [Brunulphe I, Count of the Adrennes](/source/Brunulphe_I%2C_Count_of_the_Adrennes).<ref name="Neyen, A. (1860)"/> Walbert II's grandson [Walbert IV](/source/Walbert_IV) married [Saint Bertille](/source/Bertille_of_Thuringia), daughter of the [King of Thuringia](/source/King_of_Thuringia) by whom he had two daughters: [Saint Waltrude](/source/Saint_Waltrude), Princess of Ardennes and Countess of Hainaut, who was married to [Madelgaire](/source/Madelgaire), and [Saint Aldegonde](/source/Saint_Aldegonde), first [abbess of Maubeuge](/source/abbess_of_Maubeuge).<ref name="Neyen, A. (1860)">Neyen, A. (1860). Biographie luxembourgeoise. Histoire des hommes distingues originaires de ce pays, considere a l'epoque de sa plus grande etendue (etc.). Luxembourg: Bruck.</ref> His son Brunulf was the father of Saint [Hydulphe](/source/Hydulphe_of_Lobbes), who inherited the Principality of Ardennes from his cousin, [Waltrude](/source/Waltrude), and Hainaut from his wife, [Saint Aye](/source/Saint_Aye), but died without children.<ref>Neyen, A. (1860). Biographie Luxembourgeoise: histoire des hommes distingués originaires de ce pays considéré à l'époque de sa plus grande étendue, ou qui se sont rendus remarquables pendant le séjour qu'ils y ont fait. Luxembourg: Bruck.</ref>

==Death==
[Count](/source/Count_palatine) Walbert II of the Ardennes died around {{c.}} 575 in [Austrasia](/source/Austrasia), [Francia](/source/Francia).<ref name="Neyen, A. (1860)"/>

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