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Curator (dvb) Note: per https://www.berghapedia.nl/index.php?title=Liutgard_van_Vlaanderen According to the necrology of the Blandinien monastery near Ghent, Liutgard died on III Kal Oct. ' (September 29) 961 and was buried there. In Elten 's Necrologium she is featured on Id. Oct. (October 15), stated, but without year: MEDLANDS has the commonly used death date and no citation for the 935 birth date. Cawley has the marriage date after 10 July 953 while Pattou has it c. 950. After 953 would make her 18 if born 935, easily able to have children. If born 927 then she would be 26 unusually “old” in medieval Europe to have a first child. But the link above shows the first child Adele born 950, so we need some fine tuning here but excellent summary by Ben.
927 is a better birth year estimation than 935.
Ben M. Angel's summary:
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Basic information and justifications:
Name: Liutgard de Flandre - backed by FMG, her Dutch Wikipedia page (an English page doesn't exist), both Dutch and German Wikipedia pages for her husband (again, no English page exists), and the English Wikipedia page for her father. The family name of "van Vlaanderen" is of course in Dutch, and "von Vlandern" is in German, just as "of Flanders" is the English variant.
Birth: c. 935 (backed by FMG and Dutch Wikipedia) - Gent/Gand/Ghent is presumed to be her birth place, though this is not backed by any reliable source that I've seen.
Death: Before 18 October, in 962 (Dutch Wikipedia specified 29 September 964, but without providing anything to back it) - Presumed to be in Hamaland, which has a capital of Zutphen.
Burial and Baptism: No reliable information.
Occupation: Gravin von Hamaland (Countess of Hamaland), by marriage. The English Wikipedia page says that she married Wichmann, Count of Ghent, which may be part of the confusion regarding her occupation. The English page provides no sources to back this assertion, whereas FMG relies on primary sources for its assertion of who she married. There should be no question on which is the more accurate, with regard to "Gand" vs. "Hamaland".
Alternate names: I found one variation of Lietgard, and a mis-spelling of Luitgard (English Wikipedia). I haven't seen a reliable source showing her name as Ledgarde.
From the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy page on Flanders (covering her birth family):
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FLANDERS,%20HAINAUT.htm#Liutgarddie...
ARNOUL de Flandre, son of BAUDOUIN II "le Chauve" Count of Flanders & his wife Ælfthryth of Wessex ([885/890]-murdered 27 Mar 964, bur Gent, St Pieter).
[m firstly ---.
m [secondly] (934) ADELA de Vermandois, daughter of HERIBERT [II] Comte de Vermandois [Carolingian] & his wife Adela [Capet] ([915]-[Bruges 10 Oct] 960, bur Gent, St Pieter).
Count Arnoul I & his [first] wife had one child:
1. [HILDEGARD ([before 933]-10 Apr 990, bur Egmond).
---
2. LIUTGARD de Flandre ([935]-962, before 18 Oct).
m ([after 10 Jul 953]) WICHMANN [V] Graaf van Hamaland, son of --- [Billung] & his wife Gerberga --- ([930]-after 27 Sep 979).
---
3. BAUDOUIN de Flandres ([935/40]-Abbey of St Bertin 1 Jan 962).
4. EGBERT de Flandre (-before 10 Jul 953).
5. ELSTRUDE de Flandre (-966[159] or after).
References:
[136] Gand Saint-Pierre 32, p. 35.
[137] Iohannis de Thilrode Chronicon, MGH SS XXV, p. 564.
[138] Annales Blandinienses 962, MGH SS V, p. 25.
[139] Saint-Bertin II.76, 938, p. 141.
[140] Liber traditionum sancti Petri Blandiniensis, 65, p. 68.
[141] Gand Saint-Pierre 22, p. 28.
[142] Kerrebrouck, P. Van (2000) Les Capétiens 987-1328 (Villeneuve d'Asq), p. 61, footnote 35.
[143] Nicholas (1992), p. 42.
[144] Gand Saint-Pierre 26, p. 31.
[145] Annales Blandinienses 962, MGH SS V, p. 25.
[146] Annales Egmundani 962, MGH SS XVI, p. 445.
[147] Saint-Bertin II.78, p. 153.
[148] Annalista Saxo 1002.
[149] Genealogiæ Comitum Flandriæ, Witgeri Genealogica Arnulfi Comitis MGH SS IX, p. 304.
[150] MGH SS IX, p. 302, Introduction to Witgeri Genealogia Arnulfi Comitis.
[151] Chronica Albrici Monachi Trium Fontium 1005, MGH SS XXIII, p. 778.
[152] Annales Blandinienses 1008, MGH SS V, p. 25.
[153] Althoff, G. (ed.) (1983) Die Totenbücher von Merseburg, Magdeburg und Lüneburg (Hannover), Lüneburg.
[157] Gand Saint-Pierre 22, p. 28.
[158] Liber traditionum sancti Petri Blandiniensis, 65, p. 68.
[159] When she gave birth to her husband's posthumous child.
[160] Historia Comitum Ghisnensium 11, MGH SS XXIV, p. 568.
[161] Chronica Monasterii Sancti Bertini auctore Iohanne Longo de Ipra 27.2, MGH SS XXV, p. 776.
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From the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy page on Holland (Hamaland, covering her married family):
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HOLLAND.htm#WichmannHamalanddiedaft...
WICHMANN [V] ([930]-after 27 Sep 979).
His parentage is confirmed by the Necrologium of Elten which records the death of "Meginhard, pater Gerberch, cuius filius Wichmannus comes fundator ecclesia"[649]. If Boer & Cordfunke are correct regarding the 938 meeting between Count Dirk I, Count Meginhard of Hamaland, and Count Arnulf I of Flanders, regarding the betrothal of their children, Wichmann was the son of Meginhard, but it has not been possible to verify this against primary sources and it seems disproved by the necrology entry.
His birth date is estimated from the estimated date of his marriage.
Graaf van Hamaland. The Iohannis de Thilrode Chronicon records that Emperor Otto I built the dyke from the Schelde to the sea known as the "Ottingam" and installed "comitem Wicmannus" in the castle on the banks of the Leie which controlled the towns of "Hasnethe, Bocholt, Axle, Huleta cum tota Wasia"[650], probably dated to [950/52] judging by the following charter. "Otto…rex" confirmed the donation of property "in loco Dauindre…in pago…Hamalant in comitatu Vuigmanni" to St Moritz at Magdeburg by "nostra amita…Uota" by charter dated 30 Dec 952[651]. "Otto…rex" granted property "[in] Daventria…in comitatu Uuicmanni comitis…et villa…Tuncgurun in comitatu Everhardi comitis" to Magdeburg Moritzkirche by charter dated 2 Jul 956[652]. "Otto…rex" donated property "Dauantri…in pago…Hamalant in comitatu Wichmanni comitis…et in pago Velua…et in pago Salalant in comitatu Euerhardi comitis" to Magdeburg St Moritz by charter dated 28 Aug 960[653].
"Wicmannus…comes" donated "mei juris villam Thesla" to Saint-Pierre de Gand, for the soul of "coniugis mee defuncte Lietgardis", by charter dated 18 Oct 962, signed by "comitis Arnulfi patris supradicte Lietgardis comitisse, Theoderici comitis…"[654].
Wichmann acquired the abbey of St Bavo in Gent, and became Graaf van Gent as vassal of his father-in-law, but transferred this to Dirk II Count of Holland in [964/69] and returned to Hamaland.
"Otto…imperator augustus" gave property "in territorio Vrek in pago Salo…in comitatu Nerdincklant…in comitatu Hamelant", all held by Wichmann, to Kloster Elten founded by "Wichmannus comes in litore Reni in comitatu Hamelant" by charter dated 29 Jun 968[655].
Count in the North Frisian counties: "Otto…imperator augustus" confirmed donations to Kloster Elten by "Wichmannus comes…in his quatuor comitatibus…Hunesca, Fivelga, Merime, Miclaga" by charter dated 3 Aug 970[656]. "Otto…imperator augustus" gave property "locum Pateleke…in pago Ambraga in comitatu Wichmanni comitis" to his wife Empress Theophanu by charter dated 27 Sep 979[657].
m ([after 10 Jul 953]) LIUTGARD de Flandre, daughter of ARNOUL I Count of Flanders & his [second] wife Adela de Vermandois (935-962, before 18 Oct).
Wichmann [V] & his wife had two children:
i) LIUTGARD (-997). "Otto…imperator augustus" confirmed the privileges of Kloster Elten naming "Wichmannus comes [et] eius filia Lutgarda…abbatissæ…Heltnon" by charter dated 14 Dec 973[664]. Alpertus names "Liutgardam sororem [=uxoris Baldericus] abbatissam Eltuensis montis", a later paragraph recording her death[665]. Abbess of Elten before Dec 973.
ii) ADELA ([955/60]-22 Mar [1014/16]).
The Vita Meinwerci names "uxorem de terra Saxoniæ, Athelam nomine" as wife of Immed[666]. Widukind records that Meinwerk Bishop of Paderborn was "materno a Wichmanno, Herimanni ducis nepote, propinquo Ottonis I"[667]. Alpertus names "Adela sorori domnæ Liutgardæ", commenting that Adela was "clamosa in voce, lasciva in verbis, veste composite, animo dissoluta", the subsequent paragraph recording that, after her sister died, Adela took all her property which she had intended for the church before "vidua lasciva" married Baldric as her second husband[668]. Her birth date range is estimated from her giving birth to five known children by her first husband, who died in early 983.
"Otto…Romanorum imperator augustus" confirmed the rights and privileges of Kloster Elten naming "filiam Lutgardam…abbatissam [et] filia Adela…[et] Baldericus…maritus Adele" by charter dated 18 Dec 996[669]. Alpertus records that the wife of "Baldericus" was the daughter of "Wicmanni, cuius maiores magnam partem Germaniæ et maxime circa littoral oceani imperia tenebant"[670]. Heribert Archbishop of Köln donated property "ecclesiam…in villa…Sethone…in pago…Betuam", donated by "Baldericus cum uxore Adela", to Kloster Deutz by charter dated 17 Jul 1015, witnessed by "…Cristiani comitis…Bilisonis comitis…"[671]. Heribert Archbishop of Köln donated serfs to Kloster Deutz by charter dated 1 May 1015, witnessed by "…Arnoldi comitis, Gerardi comitis"[672]. Thietmar records that the wife of Baldric encouraged her husband to arrange for the murder of "Count Wichmann" in 1016[673]. "Baldricus comes" donated property to Kloster Ziflick, with the consent of "contectalis mee Athalæ", by undated charter dated to [1014/20][674]. Alpertus names her "Adelæ uxoris Baldrici" in a later (undated) passage recording her death aged 60[675]. The work of Thiodericus names "Ida comitissa eius [=Baldricus] coniunx" ("Ida" presumably being an error for "Adela") and records her death "XI Kal Apr" without specifying the year[676].
m firstly IMMED, son of --- (-27 Jan 983).
m secondly (before 18 Dec 996) BALDRIC Graaf van Drenthe, son of --- (-Burg Heimbach 5 Jun 1021).
The Vita Meinwerci records a donation to Paderborn by "Baldericus comes" with the consent of "suæ contectalis Athelæ", in the presence of "Meinwerco episcopo…Heinrici imperatoris…Bernhardi ducis, Liudolfi, Thiederici, Wicmanni comitum"[677]. "Henricus…rex" donated property "in pago Thrient…in comitatu Baldrici" to the church of Utrecht by charter dated 24 Apr 1006[678]. "Henricus…rex" granted property "inter flumina…Nitæ…Thila…Wauerwald in comitatu Gotizonis comitis qui Antwerk dicitur situm" to "nostrum bestiarum Baldrico sanctæ Leodicensis ecclesiæ presul nec non Baldrico comiti" by charter dated 12 Sep 1008[679]. "Heinricus…Romanorum imperator augustus" donated property to Kloster Boppard "quod Paldricus comes in Pochpartun nobis tradidit" by charter dated 1021[680].
The work of Thiodericus names "Baldricus comes de Oplathe vel Houberch" and records his death "Non Iun" without specifying the year[681]. Thietmar records that "Berthold, Liuthar's son" killed Baldric "a most excellent vassal of Count Wichmann" at Burg Monreberg in [1 Apr] 1017[682], although it is not clear that this is the same Baldric given the contrast with Thietmar's early uncomplimentary descriptions of Baldric, husband of Adela.
References:
[649] Vanderkindere I, p. 75, quoting Van Spaen Introduction à l'histoire de la Gueldre, I, p. 67, no. 20.
[650] Iohannis de Thilrode Chronicon 8, MGH SS XXV, p. 563.
[651] D O I 159, p. 240
[652] D O I 181, p. 264.
[653] D O I 216, p. 298.
[654] Gand Saint-Pierre 32, p. 35.
[655] D O I 358, p. 491.
[656] D O I 397, p. 539.
[657] D O II 202, p. 228.
[664] D O II 67, p. 79.
[665] Alpertus, De Diversitate Temporum I.2, MGH SS IV, p. 702, and I.3, p. 703, the latter recording her death with the date "997" in the margin.
[666] Vita Meinwerci Episcopi Paderbornensis 2, MGH SS XI, p. 108, footnote 10 quoting her death "8 Idus Aug" in necrologium Abdinhofense.
[667] Widukind I.III, c. 69, cited in Vita Meinwerci Episcopi Paderbornensis 5, MGH SS XI, p. 108, footnote 11.
[668] Alpertus, De Diversitate Temporum I.2 and 1.3, MGH SS IV, pp. 702 and 703, the latter passage with "18 May 997" added in the margin.
[669] D O III 235, p. 649.
[670] Alpertus, De Diversitate Temporum I.1, MGH SS IV, p. 701.
[671] Niederrheins Urkundenbuch, Band I, 138, p. 86.
[672] Niederrheins Urkundenbuch, Band I, 148, p. 91.
[673] Thietmar 7.47, p. 340.
[674] Spaen (1805) Codex diplomaticus, I, p. 1.
[675] Alpertus, De Diversitate Temporum II.5, MGH SS IV, p. 711.
[676] Thioderici Aeditui Tuitiensis Opuscula, MGH SS XIV, p. 564.
[677] Vita Meinwerci Episcopi Paderbornensis 134, MGH SS XI, p. 134, undated but other paragraphs suggest the range [1008/1017].
[678] D H II 112, p. 137.
[679] D H II 186, p. 221.
[680] D H II 438, p. 560.
[681] Thioderici Aeditui Tuitiensis Opuscula, MGH SS XIV, p. 564.
[682] Thietmar 7.53, p. 346.
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From the Dutch Wikipedia page on Liutgard:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liutgard_van_Vlaanderen
Liutgard van Vlaanderen (Vlaanderen, ca. 935 - Hamaland, 29 september 964) was een dochter van Arnulf I van Vlaanderen en Aleidis van Vermandois. Zij trad rond 955 in het huwelijk met Wichman IV van Hamaland.
Zij was een zuster van Boudewijn III van Vlaanderen.
Na de dood van hun enige zoon Wichman IV in een campagne tegen de Bohemen richtte haar echtgenoot het sticht Elten op. Hun dochter Liutgard van Elten werd hier de eerste abdis. Haar tweede dochter Adela van Hamaland was het er niet mee eens dat twee-derde van de bezittingen van haar ouders naar het sticht Elten gingen.
Bij de opgravingen in Hoog-Elten is haar graf gevonden. Aan haar skelet ontbrak één hand met het polsgewricht, terwijl haar gebeente daar tekenen van botvliesontsteking vertoonde. Zij is dus overleden aan de gevolgen van een ernstig ongeval of een geweldsincident.
Samen met Wichman IV van Hamaland kreeg zij de volgende kinderen:
1. Wichman V (ca. 957 - 1 augustus 965 of uiterlijk 966, begraven te Elten)
2. Liutgard van Elten, eerste abdis van het sticht Elten
Adela van Hamaland.
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The city of residence for her husband in Hamaland was Zutphen. Source:
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamaland
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From the Celtic Casimir online family tree:
http://www.celtic-casimir.com/webtree/2/2853.htm
Family Links
Spouses/Children:
1. Wickmann (Wieman) I GERULFING Count of Hainault & Ghent
1a. Adela GERULFING of Hamalant+
1b. Theodric DE GAND
Ledgarde DE FLANDRES
Born: Abt 941, Flandres, Belgium
Married: Abt 955, Gand, East Vlaanderen, Belgium
Died: 29 Sep 964
Ancestral File Number: 9GB2-SP.
Marriage Information:
Ledgarde married Wickmann (Wieman) I GERULFING Count of Hainault & Ghent, son of Dietrich (Dirk) I GERULFING Count in Friesland (916-939) and Gerberge (Geva) VAN MAYINHARD, about 955 in Gand, East Vlaanderen, Belgium. (Wickmann (Wieman) I GERULFING Count of Hainault & Ghent was born about 920 in Gand, East Vlaanderen, Belgium and died after 14 Dec 973.)
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