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Lower Lorraine

22 dated entries naming Lower Lorraine, drawn from 21 separate years between 959 CE and 1096 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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10th century

  • 959Bruno I, archbishop and duke (archduke) of Lotharingia resigns. His brother, King Otto I divides the duchy in two parts – Upper Lorraine and Lower Lorraine. He appoints Frederick I and Godfrey I as margraves (vice-duke).source
  • 964Godfrey I, count and vice-duke of Lower Lorrainesource
  • 965Godfrey II, count and duke of Lower Lorraine (d. 1023)source
  • 970Otto II, duke of Lower Lorraine (approximate date)source
  • 979The city of Brussels is founded by Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine. He constructs fortifications (a castrum on an island) on the Senne River (modern Belgium).source
  • 980Peace is concluded between Emperor Otto II (the Red) and King Lothair III (or Lothair IV) at Margut, ending the Franco-German war of 978–980. Lothair renounces his claim on Lower Lorraine, while Otto promises to recognize Lothair's son Louis V as the rightful heir of the West Frankish Kingdom.source
  • 989Summer – Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, captures the city of Reims by treachery of its new archbishop, Arnulf (the illegitimate son of the late King Lothair III). King Hugh I (Capet) demands that Pope John XV discipline Arnulf. But John XV, not wishing to defy Empress Theophanu, refuses.source
  • 993Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine (b. 953)source
  • 993Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine, dies in prison in Orléans (see 991). He is succeeded by his son Otto II, who inherits the full dukedom and pledges his allegiance to Otto III.source
  • 997Godfrey III, duke of Lower Lorraine (approximate date)source

11th century

  • 1003Frederick, duke of Lower Lorraine (approximate date)source
  • 1008Gothelo II (or Gozelo), duke of Lower Lorraine (d. 1046)source
  • 1023Godfrey II, count and duke of Lower Lorraine (b. 965)source
  • 1029May 28 – Herman of Ename, count of Verdun (Lower Lorraine)source
  • 1030Gerard (the Great), duke of Lorraine (approximate date)source
  • 1044April 19 – Gothelo I (or Gozelo), duke of Lorrainesource
  • 1046Gothelo II, duke of Lower Lorraine (b. 1008)source
  • 1065May 18 – Frederick, duke of Lower Lorrainesource
  • 1070Gertrude of Flanders, duchess of Lorraine (d. 1117)source
  • 1076February 26 or 27 – Godfrey the Hunchback, duke of Lower Lorrainesource
  • 1085Waleran II, duke of Lower Lorraine (approximate date)source
  • 1096August – Godfrey of Bouillon, duke of Lower Lorraine, accompanied by his younger brother Baldwin, sets off to join the First Crusade (called by Pope Urban II) at the head of an army of some 40,000 men. He pledges his allegiance to Emperor Henry IV who issues an order not to harm Jewish communities.source

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