756501362. Duke Matthias I of Lorraine & 756501363. Duchess Bertha von Hohenstaufen
1119,
Mattheu born in Lorraine, s/o 1513002724. Simon I de Lorraine &
1513002725. Adelaide de Louvain.
8/30/1125,
Matthew’s paternal half-uncle became Lothair
III Supplinburger, King of Germany.
1122-23,
Bertha born in Germany, d/o 378236600. Frederick II Hohenstaufen &
378236601. Judith of Bavaria.
8/5/1122,
Mathieu named as the son of his father in a charter.
8/1/1137, Louis VII succeeded as king of France.
[Matthew had more French relatives, but was more closely associated with the
Germans.]
12/4/1137, King Lothair of Germany died; succeeded [1138] by Conrad III
Hohenstaufen, King of Germany.
By 1138, ‘Simon ... Lotharingorum dux’ renounced claims over property
of ‘ecclesia de Sancti-Remigii-Monte’, brought by ‘patris mei beatæ memoriæ
ducis Theodorici’, with the support of ‘uxore mea ... ducissa Adelide ... cum
Matthæo ... unico nostro filio.’
1/1139, Mathieu succeeded his father.
[––Matthias & Bertha––]
Bef. 3/25/1139, Mathieu married to Bertha.
1142, ‘Matheus … Lotharingorum Dux et marchio’ donated property to Tart
abbey, with the consent of ‘uxoris mee Berthe ... fratris mei Balduini et
Agathe sororis mee.’
1/13/1143, ‘Matheus Lotharingorum dux et marchio’ donated property
‘loco predium de Wulvelingen’ to Kloster Stürtzelbronn, with the consent of
‘coniugis mee Berthe et Balduini fratris mei’, for the soul of ‘progenitoris
mei Symonis’, which names ‘Theodericus … comes … cum uxore sua Adelheide et
filio suo Gotefrido.’
1148, Mathieu founded the abbey of l’Etange.
1149, Duke Matthew of Lotharingia, Duke Henry of Limburg, with 8
counts, plus clergy and nobles attended the court of King Conrad at Frankfurt.
(S) Warrior Bishop – Albero of Trier, Balderich, 2008, P70.
3/9/1152 at Aachen [Aix-la-Chapelle], Frederick Barbarossa
[Hohenstaufen] crowned King of Germany. [Matthew’s brother-in-law, who was married to Matthew’s niece Beatrice,
daughter of his sister Agatha.]
8/1152, Duke
Matthew of Lorraine attended the synod at Trier. At the synod, a tribunal was
held about a dispute between Matthew and the nuns’ cloister of Remiremont. (S)
German Episcopacy, Pixton, 1995, P38.
2/28/1153 at
Froidmont, Matthew, duke of Lorraine, battled Stephen, bishop of Metz. More
than 2000 of the Bishop’s men were killed. (S) Saint Bernard of Clairvaux,
P358.
7/8/1153,
Pope Eugene III died; succeeded by Pope
Anastasius IV.
10/1154, Matthew, a member of the retinue of King Frederick. Frederick
assembled an army near Augsburg; then crossed the Alps, camping near Verona.
11/30/1154, King Frederick stopped for 5 days on the plain of
Roncaglia, on the Po river, near Piacenza.
12/3/1154, Pope Anastasius IV died; succeeded by Pope Hadrian IV.
12/25/1154,
King Frederick celebrated Christmas near Milan.
1154-55,
King Frederick burned the fortress of Rosate; and then destroyed 3 other
fortresses around the city; then marched through Vercelli and Turin [cities
west of Milan.]
1155, King
Frederick attacked Chieri and Asti, which was burnt [the populace had abandoned
the town on his approach].
2/1155, King
Frederick then laid siege to Tortona [southwest of Milan ]. The fortress fell
in 4 days.
4/10/1155,
The city of Tottona surrendered. King Frederick set the city in flames.
4/17/1155 at
Pavia [half way between Tortona and Milan], Federick crowned King of Italy [they celebrated for 3 days.]
1155, King Frederick proceeded through Lombardy, to Romagna and
Tuscany, to Rome.
6/18/1155, Matthias, duke of Lorainne, in Rome at St. Peter’s Basilica,
when Frederick Barbarossa crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Adrian IV.
6/1155,
Emperor Frederick moved his army to Albano.
7/27/1155,
Emperor Frederick captured Spoleto [NNE of Rome, which had failed to pay their
tribute], destroying the city.
9/1155,
Emperor Frederick captured Verona [half way between Milan and Venice] with an
army of 1800.
10/1155,
Emperor Frederick returned his army to Germany.
10/1155,
‘Judit Romaricensis ecclesie abbatissa’ donated property at the
request of ‘Aledis mater ducis Mathei.’ [Aldeis, Matthew’s mother.]
3/21/1156,
‘Matthæus ... dux Lotharingiæ et marchio’ confirmed the possessions of the
abbey of Bouxières-aux-Dames donated by ‘pater meus Simon et avus meus
Theodericus’ … in the presence of ‘uxore mea Bertha.’
1158,
Mathieu founded the abbey of Clairlieu.
1158,
Emperor Frederick with an army of 7 divisions began a siege of Milan.
1158-62,
Emperor Frederick campaigned in northern Italy.
9/1/1159,
Pope Adrian IV [Hadrian] died; Pope
Alexander III and Antipope Victor IV both elected by rival factions [and who
later excommunicated each other].
1163-64, Emperor Frederick campaigned in northeastern Italy.
1165,
Mathew’s uncle, Henry, bishop of Toul, died.
10/14/1166,
‘Matthæus Lotharingiæ dux et marchio’ granted toll exemptions at Neuf-château
to the abbey of Saint-Bénigne de Dijon, with the consent of ‘dominæ Berthæ
sucissæ uxoris meæ et Roberti fratris mei et filiorum meorum Simonis et
Friderici.’
[10/1166,
Emperor Frederick invaded Italy, returning to Germany in 1168.]
1170,
‘Matthæus Lotharingorum dux et marchio’ donated ‘ductu aquæ molendini …
Farros-Moulin’ to Saint-Dié, in the presence of ‘uxore mea Bertha et filiis
meis Matthæo et Judith comitissa Burgundiæ.’
1172,
‘Matthæus Lotharingiæ dux et marchio’ confirmed rights to Clairlieu abbey.
1175-6, Duke
Matthew of Lorraine exempted the Cistercian house of La Crete from paying
tolls. (S) Sword, Miter and Cloister, Bouchard, 2009, P159.
5/13/1176,
Matthias, duke of Lorainne died; buried at Abbaye de Clairlieu [France].
[–––Bertha–––]
1176, ‘Simon
… dux Lotharingiæ et marchio’ donated property to Bouxières-aux-Dames, at the
request of ‘matris meæ dominæ Berthæ filiæ Friderici imperatoris et
fratrum meorum Theoderici electi Metensi episcopi, Frederici et Mathæi ac
sororis meæ Alidis ducissæ Burgundiæ’, for the soul of ‘patris mei domini
Mathæi.’
1177,
‘Bertha … Lotharingorum ducissa … et filii mei Theodericus, Simon Dux et
Marchio, Fredericus, et junior eorum Matthæus, soror quoque ipsorum Aleidis
Ducissa Burgundiæ [Alix]’ donated property to Mont Saint-Trinité, for the soul
of ‘viri mei nobilis ducis Matthæi.’
1194-5,
Bertha died; buried at the Abbaye de Clairlieu.
(S)
Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. (S) Le Duc de Lorraine Mathieu 1, Emile
Duvernoy, 1904. (S) The Deeds of Frederick Barbarossa, Mierow, 1953.
Children
of Matthias and Bertha:
i. Simon II of Lorraine, born aft. 1139 in
Lorraine.
1176, Simon
succeeded his father.
ii. Thierry de Lorraine, born ? in Loraine.
Thierry,
still a minor, archdeacon of Mauvages.
1165,
Thierry succeeded his grand uncle Henry of Toul as grand-provost of Saint-Die.
1173,
Thierry, Bishop of Metz.
iii. Judith de Lorraine (39979493), born ~1143 in Lorraine.
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