Folmar / Volmar von Blieskastel, II, Graf von Blieskastel

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FOLMAR [I] von Bliescastel, son of GOTTFRIED [I] Graf von Bliescastel & his wife --- (-1179 or after). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Mathildem [de Luscelenburch]" as mother of "comitem Folmerum et sorores eius Helvidem, quam habuit comes Gerardus de Reneke dyocesis Herbipolensis et illam qua dux de Bronsviic genuit filiam, que in Sclavia hereditavit"[271], although the Chronicle appears to skip a generation in this account. Graf von Bliescastel. "Theodericus lantgravius et comes Volmarus de Castelle" are named in a charter dated 1155 which confirmed the prior donation of "Wulvelingen" to Kloster Stürtzelbronn[272]. “Folmarus…comes de Castel…et uxor mea Clementia” made declarations relating to Gorze Abbey by charter dated to [1152/60][273]. Hillin Archbishop of Trier confirmed an exchange of property "in pago Nahgove in archiepiscopatu Moguntino per manum Folmari comitis de Castele et advocati prædictæ curiæ" for property "in Nasove…in pago Logenæ" with the bishop of Worms, represented by "advocati maioris domus Symonis comitis de Sarbruke", adding that "prædictum castrum de Nasove" had been occupied violently by "antecessores Ruberti et Arnoldi de Lurenberg", by charter dated 9 Mar 1158 witnessed by "Symon advocatus maioris domus Wormatiensis ecclesiæ, Folmar comes de Castele, Cunradus comes de Cherberch, Hemico comes de Boimeneburch, Godefridus comes de Spanheim, Gerlacus comes de Veldenze…"[274]. “Folmarus comes de Castello et comitissa Mathildis mater uxoris meæ” founded Beaupré by charter dated 1161[275]. “...Folmarus comes de Castello et filii eius Folmarus et Hugo...” subscribed the charter dated 1172 under which “Ludovicus senior comes de Sarwerden...et frater meus Ludovicus” confirmed the foundation of Wœrschweiler (Wernereswilre) abbey[276]. "Folmarus comes de Castro et frater eius Hugo…" witnessed the charter dated 1173 under Arnold Archbishop of Trier which confirmed property to Kloster Himmerode[277].

m CLEMENTIA von Metz, daughter of FOLMAR [VIII] Graf von Metz & his wife Mechtild von Dagsburg. “Folmarus…comes de Castel…et uxor mea Clementia” made declarations relating to Gorze Abbey by charter dated to [1152/60][278]. “Folmarus comes de Castello et comitissa Mathildis mater uxoris meæ” founded Beaupré by charter dated 1161[279].

Folmar [I] & his wife had five children:

1. FOLMAR [II] (-before 1223). “...Folmarus comes de Castello et filii eius Folmarus et Hugo...” subscribed the charter dated 1172 under which “Ludovicus senior comes de Sarwerden...et frater meus Ludovicus” confirmed the foundation of Wœrschweiler (Wernereswilre) abbey[280]. Graf von Bliescastel. "Folmarus comes de Castris et Henricus filius suus…" witnessed the charter dated 1212 which Johann Archbishop of Trier issued relating to the church of Ittel[281]. m JUTTA von Saarbrücken, daughter of SIMON [I] Graf von Saarbrücken & his wife Mechtild ---. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not yet been identified. A close relationship between the Saarbrücken and Bliescastel families is shown by the charter dated 1223 under which "Simon comes Sarepont et…mater mea Lucardis comitissa in Wide" donated part of the church at Listorf to Kloster Wadegozingen, with the advice of "ducis cognati mei Walrami et filiorum suorum Henrici et Walrami et Henrici Gemini Pontis comitis patrui mei et…cognati mei Henrici comitis de Castello et…Lutheri comitis de Wide"[282]. The term cognatus, used in reference to three individuals in this charter, means “stepfather” in the case of Lothar Graf von Wied. It is suggested that “Henrici comitis de Castello” refers to Heinrich Graf von Bliescastel (no Graf von Castell named Heinrich has been identified at that period), maybe the son of the donor’s paternal aunt. Folmar [II] & his wife had four children:

a) HEINRICH (-1237 before 13 Dec). "Folmarus comes de Castris et Henricus filius suus…" witnessed the charter dated 1212 which Johann Archbishop of Trier issued relating to the church of Ittel[283]. Graf von Bliescastel. Dietrich Archbishop of Trier confirmed the donation made by "consanguineus noster Henricus comes de Castris et…uxor eius Agnes" to Wadgassen abbey, with the consent of "Johannis filii sui", by charter dated 30 Nov 1232[284]. His family relationship with the archbishop of Trier has not yet been traced. m (before 1225) AGNES von Sayn, daughter of HEINRICH [II] Graf von Sayn & his wife Agnes von Saffenberg (-[7 Aug] 1259 or after). Dietrich Archbishop of Trier confirmed the donation made by "consanguineus noster Henricus comes de Castris et…uxor eius Agnes" to Wadgassen abbey, with the consent of "Johannis filii sui", by charter dated 30 Nov 1232[285]. "Agnes comitissa de Castris" granted "medietatem castri in Hunolstein" to "genero nostro viro nobili de Salmis Henrico cum Loretha filia mea eiusdem H. uxore", with the consent of "comitis Seynensis domini Henrici fratris mei", by charter dated 9 Feb 1243[286]. "Megthildis quondam comitissa Seynensis" exchanged "medietate castri Hunoltstein" promised to “nobili viro Frederico domino de Blankenheim cum sua uxore” which he had not been able to possess, for “allodium meum...apud Saffenberg extra castrum et allodium...apud Arwilre”, following an investigation by “nobiles viri Philippus dominus de Wildenberg et Wilhelmus miles de Manderscheit” into revenues due to “A. quondam comitisse de Castris ad usufructum suum” when “dictus dominus F.” married, by charter dated 1 May 1248[287]. "Agnes comitissa de Castele" donated property "inter villam Gulse et villam Metrico" to Abtei Sayn, founded by "pater noster bone memorie Henricus comes Seynensis", by charter dated 1257[288]. [The necrology of Arnstein an der Lahn records the death 7 Aug of "Agnetis comitisse de Castro, que contulit nobis domum in Limpurgk"[289].] Heinrich & his wife had [eight] children:

.i) JOHANN (-[1235]). Dietrich Archbishop of Trier confirmed the donation made by "consanguineus noster Henricus comes de Castris et…uxor eius Agnes" to Wadgassen abbey, with the consent of "Johannis filii sui", by charter dated 30 Nov 1232[290].
ii) FRIEDRICH (-1236).
iii) ELISABETH (-1273 after 12 Apr, bur Graffenthal). Heiress of Bliescastel. "Elisabet comitissa de Castris" swore homage to the bishop of Metz, with the consent of "mariti mei Bertholdi comitis de Solce", by charter dated 26 Mar 1238[291]. Her second marriage was not recognised by the church, but a dispensation was granted after the death of her first husband[292]. m firstly (before 26 Mar 1238, divorced [1238]%29 BERTHOLD Graf von Sulz, son of HERMANN von Sulz & his wife --- (-before 15 May 1253). m secondly ([mid-1238]) RENAUD de Lorraine, son of FERRY II Duke of Lorraine & his wife Agnes de Bar (-end 1274). Seigneur de Bitsche, Graf von Bliescastel. “Rennaldus comes de Castris et dominus de Bithes” declared having named “dominum meum et fratrem meum Matheum ducem Lotharingie” in relation to a debt owed to “Johannem Lavis cives Metensem” by charter dated 1238[293]. "R. comes de Castris et dominus de Bittis" confirmed a division of territories between "dominus Theodericus et dominus Hugo fratres de Indagine" by charter dated 10 Nov 1241[294].
iv) LAURETTE (-Sep 1269). Dietrich Archbishop of Trier granted "castri…Hunoldisteyn" to "Metthildis et Loretta filie…consanguinei nostri Henrici bone memorie quondam comitis de Castris" by charter dated 2 Jan 1238[295]. Her first marriage is suggested by Richer who, in the passage quoted above, names Laurette’s second husband Heinrich both as “Henrici dicti de Salmis nepotis dicti Friderici" and as "nepote suo domino de Raiposteim"[296]. The editor of the Rappoltsteinisches Urkundenbuch indicates that Heinrich could only have been “Herr von Rappoltstein” through his wife, whom he suggests was born “von Rappoltstein”[297]. This suggested family origin is disproved by the 9 Feb 1243 charter quoted below. The most likely solution to the problem is that Laurette married firstly an unidentified “Herr von Rappoltstein”, who must have died before 1242. The fact of this first marriage is also supported by the charter dated 12 Sep 1274 under which “Ourris Sires de Rabbapierre” [presumably Ulrich [III] von Rappoltstein, Laurette’s supposed son by her first marriage] sold “que que j’avoie...en la contei de Castres [Bliescastel] de droit aretaige de part ma mere” to [the husband of Laurette’s older sister] “Renait de Caistres signor de Bites”[298]. "Agnes comitissa de Castris" granted "medietatem castri in Hunolstein" to "genero nostro viro nobili de Salmis Henrico cum Loretha filia mea eiusdem H. uxore", with the consent of "comitis Seynensis domini Henrici fratris mei", by charter dated 9 Feb 1243[299]. Heiress of Hünolstein, Bernkastel and Puttlingen. m firstly --- Herr von Rappolstein, son of [EGENOLF Herr von Rappoltstein & his wife ---] (-before 1242). m secondly (1242 before 12 Feb) HEINRICH [IV] Graf von Salm, son of HEINRICH von Salm & his wife Marguerite de Bar (-8 Jan 1292 or 8 Jun 1293). Co-heir of Bliescastel: “H. comes de Salmis, G. dominus de Limpurg, C. de Blankenheim et L. de Arnesperc coheredes comitatus de Castris [Bliescastel] castrorum et urbium...Putelinga et Geb---berc” reached agreement concerning their inheritance, with the advice of “H. comitis Geminipontis, H. et Jo. comitum de Spanheim et E. comitis Siluestris”, by charter dated [May/Jun] 1275[300].
v) IMAGINA (-5 Nov, before Apr 1298). "Dominus Joannes de Lympurgh ac Oda uxor nostra legitima" founded a chapel "in castro nostro de Lympurgh", for the souls of "Gerlaci patris nostri ac Imagine matris nostre, Elisabeth prime nostre legitime", by charter dated Apr 1298[301]. The necrology of Limburg Franciscan monastery records the death 5 Nov of "Imyna domina in Lymporgh"[302]. m GERLACH von Isenburg Herr von Limburg, son of HEINRICH [I] von Isenburg Herr von Cleeberg & his wife --- (-before 11 Aug 1289). Co-heir of Bliescastel: “H. comes de Salmis, G. dominus de Limpurg, C. de Blankenheim et L. de Arnesperc coheredes comitatus de Castris [Bliescastel] castrorum et urbium...Putelinga et Geb---berc” reached agreement concerning their inheritance, with the advice of “H. comitis Geminipontis, H. et Jo. comitum de Spanheim et E. comitis Siluestris”, by charter dated [May/Jun] 1275[303].
vi) MECHTILD (-after Jun 1258). Dietrich Archbishop of Trier granted "castri…Hunoldisteyn" to "Metthildis et Loretta filie…consanguinei nostri Henrici bone memorie quondam comitis de Castris" by charter dated 2 Jan 1238[304]. "Megthildis quondam comitissa Seynensis" exchanged "medietate castri Hunoltstein" promised to “nobili viro Frederico domino de Blankenheim cum sua uxore” which he had not been able to possess, for “allodium meum...apud Saffenberg extra castrum et allodium...apud Arwilre”, following an investigation by “nobiles viri Philippus dominus de Wildenberg et Wilhelmus miles de Manderscheit” into revenues due to “A. quondam comitisse de Castris ad usufructum suum” when “dictus dominus F.” married, by charter dated 1 May 1248[305]. "Fr. dominus de Blankenheym et Meitildis uxor eius heredes domine Agnetis comitisse de Castris" confirmed the donation of "patronatus ecclesie de Lussenich" to the Teutonic Knights made by "dictam dominam Agnetem comitissam de Castris" by charter dated Jun 1258[306]. m FRIEDRICH [I] Herr von Blankenheim, son of GERHARD [V] Herr von Blankenheim & his wife Jutta von Jülich (-after 1275). Co-heir of Bliescastel: “H. comes de Salmis, G. dominus de Limpurg, C. de Blankenheim et L. de Arnesperc coheredes comitatus de Castris [Bliescastel] castrorum et urbium...Putelinga et Geb---berc” reached agreement concerning their inheritance, with the advice of “H. comitis Geminipontis, H. et Jo. comitum de Spanheim et E. comitis Siluestris”, by charter dated [May/Jun] 1275[307].
vii) ADELHEID (-before 1272). “Godefridus...comes in Arnesberg” donated property to Kloster Wedinghausen by charter dated 1238, subscribed by “Godefridus comes, Alheidis comitissa...”[308]. “Godefridus...comes Arnesbergensis, Alheydis cometissa cum filiis eorum” donated property “Welscholt” to Kloster Welver by charter dated 1245[309]. "Godefridus comes de Arnesberg cum uxore nostra Alheydi et…Engelbertus comes de Marcha cum uxore nostra Cunegundi" donated "patronatus ecclesie de Lussenich" to the Teutonic Knights, for the soul of "quondam comitis Henrici Seynensis", by charter dated Jul 1258[310]. m (before 1238) GOTTFRIED [III] Graf von Arnsberg, son of GOTTFRIED [II] Graf von Arnsberg & his first wife Elisabeth --- (-1282).
viii) [KUNIGUNDE (-before 1265). Engelbert Graf von der Mark names "fratrem nostrum Ottonem comitem de Althena…uxore nostra Kunegundi" in a charter dated 1250[311]. There is some doubt about the family origin of Kunigunde. Levoldus’s mid-14th century Chronica Comitum de Marka records that Engelbert was “manburnus [regent?] comitatus de Tekeneborch” after the death of “uxore sua prima Cunegunde”[312], which suggests that she was related to the Grafen von Tecklenburg. However, under a charter dated Jul 1258, "Godefridus comes de Arnesberg cum uxore nostra Alheydi et…Engelbertus comes de Marcha cum uxore nostra Cunegundi" donated "patronatus ecclesie de Lussenich" to the Teutonic Knights, for the soul of "quondam comitis Henrici Seynensis"[313]. This latter documents suggests that she was a joint heiress of Heinrich Graf von Sayn, maybe the daughter of Heinrich Graf von Bliescastel & his wife Agnes von Sayn. Her parentage is also indicated by the charter dated 2 Sep 1263 under which “Godefridus comes de Arnesberg” agreed an alliance with Engelbert Archbishop of Köln, except respecting his obligations towards “domino Simone Paderbornensis ecclesie episcopo, domino Engelberto comite de Marcha consanguineo meo, genero meo domino Bernhardo seniore de Lippia et Bernardo nato ipsius dominis...genero meo domino Henrico comite de Waltegge et viro nobili Ottone de Ravensberg”[314]: no other family relationship has been identified between Engelbert [I] Graf von der Mark and Gottfried [III] Graf von Arnsberg, although it is unusual for a relative by marriage to be described as “consanguineus”. m as his first wife, ENGELBERT [I] Graf von der Mark, son of ADOLF Graf von Altena & his second wife Irmgard van Gelre (-Bredevoort 16 Nov 1277, bur Cappenberg).]

b) FRIEDRICH (-before 1223).
c) HUGO .
d) MECHTILD (-before 1241).

2. HUGO [I] (-1220 or after). “...Folmarus comes de Castello et filii eius Folmarus et Hugo...” subscribed the charter dated 1172 under which “Ludovicus senior comes de Sarwerden...et frater meus Ludovicus” confirmed the foundation of Wœrschweiler (Wernereswilre) abbey[315]. Comte de Lunéville. m KUNIGUNDE, daughter of KONRAD [I] Wildgraf und Graf von Kyrburg & his wife Mathilde de Bar ([after 1160/65?]-). The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Mathildis uxor comitis Manasseri Reytestensis [et] Cunegundis domna de Rista" as daughters of "tertia [sorore eiusdem comitis =comes Barri iunior Raynaldus]"[316]. The chronology of her children’s lives suggests that Kunigunde was unlikely to have been born before [1160/65]. Hugo [I] & his wife had children:

a) HUGO [II] [von Lützelstein] (-after 1247). The primary source which confirms his parentage has not been identified. Graf von Lützelstein [Comte de la Petite-Pierre]. Heinrich Bishop of Strasbourg confirmed that “Hugonem comitem de Luzelenstein”, in the presence of “fratre suo nobili viro domino Cunrado de Ristein”, had donated “castrum suum Luzelenstein” to Strasbourg by charter dated Jan 1223[317]. - GRAFEN von LÜTZELSTEIN.
b) KONRAD (-[15 May 1255/23 Apr 1256]). Seigneur de Lunéville, Herr von Riste. Heinrich Bishop of Strasbourg confirmed that “Hugonem comitem de Luzelenstein”, in the presence of “fratre suo nobili viro domino Cunrado de Ristein”, had donated “castrum suum Luzelenstein” to Strasbourg by charter dated Jan 1223[318]. “Conradus dominus de Rysta” agreed an alliance with “domino meo et consanguineo Mathæo duci Lotharingiæ et marchioni” by charter dated Feb 1228[319]. m firstly AGNES von Vinstingen, daughter of ---. m secondly as her first husband, SOPHIE, daughter of ---. She married secondly (before 23 Apr 1256) as his second wife, Henri de Lorraine Seigneur de Bayon. The primary source which confirms her two marriages has not yet been identified.

- HERREN von RISTE[320].

3. HEINRICH (-1196, bur Liège Saint-Lambert). Canon at Liège Saint-Lambert. Bishop of Verdun 1181. The Gesta Episcoporum Virdunensium (Continuatio) records that “Henricus de Castris” succeeded Arnoul as bishop of Verdun[321]. The Annales Sancti Vitoni Virdunensis record the abdication in 1186 of “Henricus” and the succession of “Albertus”[322]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records in 1187 that "Henricus...de Castris" abdicated as bishop of Verdun and went to Liège (“Leodium venit”) where he died after some years and was buried “in ecclesia beati Lamberti”[323]. The Aegidii Aurævallensis Gesta Episcoporum Leodiensium records the abdication of “Henricus de Castris Virdunensis episcopus”, his retirement to Liège and his burial “in ecclesia sancti Lamberti ubi prius canonicus fuerat”[324].

4. GOTTFRIED (-young).

5. MECHTILD