County of Metz

Counts of Metz

• Buvinus, Count of Metz, 842/862 attested
• Adalhard of Metz. Children:
• *Stefan, Count of Chaumont and also Bidgau ? :de:Bidgau|; Gerhard, Matfried, Walacho and Richer :fr:Richer |, bishop of Liège from 920.
• Gerhard I :fr:Gérard Ier de Metz|, son of Adalhard. Married Oda, widow of Zwentibold, king of Lotharingia. They had four children, including Gottfried of Jülich :de:Gottfried von Jülich|.
• Matfried, 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 and a daughter
• Adalbert I, son of Matfried. Married Luitgard of Aachen, daughter of either Wigerich III of Aachen?, Count of Bidgau with Kunigunde of Lorraine, granddaughter of Louis II of France, or more likely, a less known Wideric from Bidgau-Trier, son of Roric. Children:
• * Matfried and possibly a daughter Luitgarde
• Gerhard II, from 963 Count of Metz, Vogt of Remiremont, son of Gottfried of Jülich :de:Gottfried von Jülich| and grandson of Gerhard I. With an unknown wife Gerhard had two possible sons:
• * Richard and Gerhard
• Richard,, may also be son of Count Matfried. Vogt of Remiremont.
• 982-1022 : Gerhard III, son of either Count Richard, or Gerhard, son of Gerhard II, with siblings Adalbert and Adelheid.
• 1022-1033 : Adalbert II, brother or son to Gerhard III. Married Judith of Öhningen. They had one registered child:
• 1033-1045: Gerhard IV :nl:Gerard III van Metz|, son of Adalbert II. He married Gisela and had several children:
• * 1045-1048 : Adalbert, Duke of Lorraine, Adalbert III of Metz, Count of Metz, possibly also Count of Longwy. Had possibly one child, Emersinde, Countess of Longwy, married possibly to Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg
• * 1048-1070 : Gerhard, Duke of Lorraine, Gerhard V of Metz, 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, Count of Lunéville and of Metz. Married Bertha and had possibly:
• * Folmar II, Stefan, Bishop of Toul and Richilde, married in 985 to Theodoric I, Duke of Upper Lorraine.
• 995-1026 : Folmar II, Count of Bliesgau, son of Folmar I, married to Gerberge, probably daughter of Godfrey I, Count of Verdun and of Mathilde of Saxony, daughter of Hermann, Duke of Saxony
• 1029-1056 : Godefroy, Count of Metz, son of Folmar II, married Judith.
• 1056-1075 : Folmar III/VI, Count of Metz, son of Godefroy, married Swanechilde. They had Folmar IV/VII.

  Counts (Palatine?) of Metz

• Folmar IV/VII of Metz, son of Folmar III/VI. Count of Metz, Hüneburg, and Lunéville. He had three known children:
• * Folmar, Hugues and Theogar, Bishop of Metz.
• Folmar V/VIII, son of Folmar IV/VII. Count of Metz and Hombourg. He married Mechtild of Dagsburg, and daughter of Albert I, Count of Moha, Egisheim and Dagsburg, with Ermesinde of Luxembourg :de:Ermesinde I. |. Folmar and Mechtild had:
• * Hugo. Count of Homburg 1147 and Count of Metz 1157.
• * Folmar VI/IX. Count of Lunéville 1160.
• * Clementia of Metz, married to Folmar I, Count of Blieskastel. One son was Hugo I, Count of Lützelstein, and possibly Lunéville.
• * Agnes, heiress of Longwy. Married to Louis I, Count of Loon . They had about seven children, including Agnes of Loon, Duchess consort of Bavaria
• * Adeleidis
• Hugo X :fr:Hugues II de Metz|, Count of Dagsburg, Metz, Dabo and Moha, 1137/78 attested, nephew of Folmar V/VIII. He married Luitgarde of Sulzbach, sister of Queen Gertrude of Sulzbach and widow of Godfrey II, Count of Louvain. Hugo and Luitgarde had:
• Albert II, Albert of Lichtenberg :fr:Albert II de Dabo-Moha|, son of Hugo X, 1175 Count of Dagsburg and Metz. He married Gertrude of Baden, daughter of Hermann III, Margrave of Baden. They had:
• * Henri and Guillaume, both dead at young age, and Gertrude, who became the heiress.
• Gertrude of Dagsburg, daughter of Albert II and Gertrude of Baden. She married three times: in 1206 to Theobald I, Duke of Lorraine since 1213 and Count of Dagsburg and Metz jure uxoris from 1216, secondly in 1220 to Count Theobald IV of Champagne and finally in 1224 to Simon III, Count of Saarbrücken. All marriages were childless and Simon inherited Dagsburg, incorporating it creating Dagsburg-Leiningen.