Ricfried Dodo von Betuwe Graf vanBetuwe
885-950
Born: Betuwe, , Gelderland, Netherlands
Died: Betuwe, , Gelderland, Netherlands
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885-950
Born: Betuwe, , Gelderland, Netherlands
Died: Betuwe, , Gelderland, Netherlands
<p style="text-indent: -1cm; margin-: 1cm"><strong><span>RICFRIED</span></strong><span> [Dodo] (-before 950). The Memorial of "<em>Ricfridus hoc nomine Dodo vocatus…comes</em>" names "<em>presul Baldricus…preses Rodolphus…rector Yrimfredus pariterque comes Nevelongus</em>" as his children and "<em>Herisindæ</em>" as their mother, recording that she was buried with her husband</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[544]</span></span></span></span><span>. <strong>Graaf</strong><strong> van Betuwe</strong>: "<em>Zuendeboldus…rex</em>" gave "<em>villam ex nostra abbatial Capremons dicta Ren…ex sua proprietate in pago Battauui in comitatu Dodonis</em>" to "<em>nostro comiti Folcberto</em>" by charter dated 11 Jul 897</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[545]</span></span></span></span><span>. <strong><span style="color: gray">m</span></strong> <strong><span style="color: gray">HERENSINDA</span></strong>, daughter of ---. The Memorial of "<em>Ricfridus hoc nomine Dodo vocatus…comes</em>" names "<em>presul Baldricus…preses Rodolphus…rector Yrimfredus pariterque comes Nevelongus</em>" as his children and "<em>Herisindæ</em>" as their mother, recording that she was buried with her husband</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[546]</span></span></span></span><span>. Ricfried & his wife had five children: </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -1cm; margin-: 2cm"><span>a)<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">EHRENFRIED</span></strong><span> (-1 Nov ----). The Memorial of "<em>Ricfridus hoc nomine Dodo vocatus…comes</em>" names "<em>presul Baldricus…preses Rodolphus…rector Yrimfredus pariterque comes Nevelongus</em>" as his children and "<em>Herisindæ</em>" as their mother</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[547]</span></span></span></span><span>. [<em>same person as…?</em> </span><strong><span>ANSFRID</span></strong><span> [II] (-after 969). </span><span>A charter of Lorsch dated 969 refers to property "<em>in pago Dehsendron in præfidatu Ansfridi comitis</em>"</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[548]</span></span></span></span><span>.] </span><span>Vanderkindere suggests that Ansfrid [II] was the maternal, not paternal, uncle of Ansfrid [III], and that he was the same person as Ehrenfried, son of Ricfrid</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[549]</span></span></span></span><span>, which would require a loose interpretation of Thietmar who refers to the "<em>like-named paternal uncle ("patruo") of Count Ansfrid</em>" who held fifteen countships</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[550]</span></span></span></span><span>. It also assumes that Ehrenfried, son of Ricfried, was the same person as Ehrenfried, count in several different counties, who is shown in <em>Europäische Stammtafeln</em></span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[551]</span></span></span></span><span> as son of Eberhard Graf im Bonngau and ancestor of the Pfalzgrafen von Lothringen (see GERMAN NOBILITY).] </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -1cm; margin-: 2cm"><span>b)<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">NIBELUNG</span></strong><span> (-before 953). The Memorial of "<em>Ricfridus hoc nomine Dodo vocatus…comes</em>" names "<em>presul Baldricus…preses Rodolphus…rector Yrimfredus pariterque comes Nevelongus</em>" as his children and "<em>Herisindæ</em>" as their mother</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[552]</span></span></span></span><span>. <strong>Graaf van Betuwe</strong> 943. <strong><span style="color: gray">m</span></strong> (before 943) --- </span><strong><span>de Hainaut</span></strong><span>, daughter of REGINAR [II] Comte de Hainaut & his wife ---. </span><span>Her origin is deduced from the <em>Gesta Abbatum Gemblacensium</em> referring to "<em>Raginero comiti…Longicollus</em>" as "<em>primi Baldrici Leodicensium episcopi avunculus</em>"</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[553]</span></span></span></span><span>, although it appears chronologically more likely that "<em>Raginero</em>" was Reginar [III] rather than his paternal grandfather Reginar [I], an interpretation which appears confirmed by the same source recording the death in battle at Florennes of "<em>Lantbertum comitem filium Ragineri Longicolli</em>"</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[554]</span></span></span></span><span>. This assumes that "<em>primi Baldrici</em>" was the bishop whose installation in 955 is recorded in the following paragraph of the <em>Gesta</em></span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[555]</span></span></span></span><span>, which also appears correct from the context. </span><span>943/58. Graf Nibelung & his wife had three children: </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -1cm; margin-: 3cm"><span>i)<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">RUDOLF</span></strong><span> . The primary source which confirms his parentage has not yet been identified. </span><span> </span></p> <p style="text-indent: 1cm; margin-: 2cm"><span>- </span><strong><span>COMTES de LOOZ</span></strong><span>. </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -1cm; margin-: 3cm"><span>ii)<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">BALDRIC</span></strong><span> [II] (-20 Apr 959, bur Liège St Jacques). Abbot of Lobbes. </span><span>The <em>Gesta Abbatum Gemblacensium</em> records that "<em>Raginero comiti…Longicollus…primi Baldrici Leodicensium episcopi avunculus</em>" granted his nephew the benefice of "<em>abbatiam Lobiensem</em>"</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[556]</span></span></span></span><span>. </span><span>Bishop of Liège 955. </span><span>The <em>Gesta Abbatum Gemblacensium</em> records the installation of "<em>Baldricus</em>" as bishop of Liège in 955</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[557]</span></span></span></span><span>. </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -1cm; margin-: 3cm"><span>iii)<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">BERTA</span></strong><strong><span style="color: gray"> </span></strong><span>(-[30 Oct] ----). Her origin is indicated by her son Arnoul [II] Comte de Valenciennes being recorded as a relative of Baldric [II] Bishop of Liège</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[558]</span></span></span></span><span>, who was Berta's brother. The necrology of Liège Saint-Lambert records the death "<em>III Kal Nov</em>" of "<em>Berte comitisse qui dedit nobis Crehem</em>"</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[559]</span></span></span></span><span>, which which may refer to the wife of Comte Arnoul [I] as the deaths of her son and grandson are also recorded in the same source. <strong><span style="color: gray">m</span></strong> </span><strong><span>ARNOUL de Cambrai</span></strong><span>, son of [ISAAC Comte de Cambrai & his wife ---] (-967). </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -1cm; margin-: 2cm"><span>c)<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">RUDOLF</span></strong><span> . The Memorial of "<em>Ricfridus hoc nomine Dodo vocatus…comes</em>" names "<em>presul Baldricus…preses Rodolphus…rector Yrimfredus pariterque comes Nevelongus</em>" as his children and "<em>Herisindæ</em>" as their mother</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[560]</span></span></span></span><span>. 943. </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -1cm; margin-: 2cm"><span>d)<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><strong><span style="color: gray">BALDRIC</span></strong><span> [I] (-27 Dec 975, bur Utrecht St Salvator). The Memorial of "<em>Ricfridus hoc nomine Dodo vocatus…comes</em>" names "<em>presul Baldricus…preses Rodolphus…rector Yrimfredus pariterque comes Nevelongus</em>" as his children and "<em>Herisindæ</em>" as their mother</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[561]</span></span></span></span><span>. The </span><em><span>Kronik van Arent toe Bocop</span></em><span> records that "<em>Baldericus van Clewe</em>", who was installed as fifteenth bishop of Utrecht in 927, was "<em>een broeder van den grawe van Clewe</em>"</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[562]</span></span></span></span><span>. </span><span>The <em>Chronologia Johannes de Beke</em> records that "<em>Baldricus…filius…Rixfridi comitis Clivensis</em>" was elected Bishop of Utrecht after the death of bishop Radbod, which it dates to 917</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[563]</span></span></span></span><span>. The <em>Chronologia Johannes de Beke</em> records the death "<em>977 VI Id Jan</em>" of Bishop Balderic</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[564]</span></span></span></span><span>. </span></p> <p style="text-indent: -1cm; margin-: 2cm"><span>e)<span style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal"> </span></span><span>[daughter . </span><span>Vanderkindere suggests that the mother of Ansfrid [II] was the sister of Nibelung, for onomastic reasons and considering the origins of the counties which were inherited by Ansfrid</span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><span><span style="font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt">[565]</span></span></span></span><span>. </span><strong><span style="color: gray">m</span></strong><span> </span><strong><span>LAMBERT Comte </span></strong><span style="color: windowtext">[</span><strong><span>in Masau</span></strong><span>], son of --- (-before 938).] </span></p> <p><span> </span></p>