Nibelung IV, comte du Vexin

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Settipani reconstructs possible family relationships between the individuals named Nibelung and Childebrand who are recorded in documentation in the 8th and 9th centuries. The onomastic connection is obvious, given these unusual names. However, there are too many variables, including the possibility of family relationships through cognatic as well as agnatic lines, for such a reconstruction to be meaningful. …

5. [--- . m ---.] [Two possible children]:

a) [NIBELUNG [IV] ([810/20]-after 879). Settipani suggests that Nibelung [IV] was the son of Nibelung [III] but the time span between the only mention of the latter (in 818) and the last mention of the former (879) appears too long for them to have been father and son. Nibelung [IV]'s birth date range is estimated on the basis of his being active in service of the king in early adulthood in 843, and his last known mention in 879. Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks granted property "in pago Otisioderinse seu Wastinense…curtem…Hermoldi super fluvium Betus…villa…Villasallum" to "fidelis nostro…Nivelongo" by charter dated 843[357]. A document issued by Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks dated Nov 853 names "Hugo, Gozso, Nivilungus" as missi in "Niverniso, Alciodriso, Avaliso"[358]. Comte in Vexin: Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks donated property "in pago Vulcassino…Pontisaræ" to the abbey of Saint-Denis with the consent of "Nivelongo comite", by charter dated 864[359]. "Heccardus comes" names "…Nivelongo atque Theoderico germano suo" among the executors of his testamentary disposition dated to [Jan 876][360]. Nibelung [IV]'s estimated birth date range as shown above is consistent with his belonging to the same generation as Ekkehard and his brothers, maybe their first cousin. Nibelung subscribed a charter of comte Adelramm, maybe his son-in-law, dated 879[361].

m ---. The name of the wife of Nibelung [IV] is not known.] Nibelung [IV] & his wife had [three] children:

• i) THEODERIC [VIII] . Theoderic [VIII] & his wife had [one child]:
  • (a) [daughter. Settipani suggests[363] this affiliation for the wife of Pépin in view of the transmission of land in the Vexin to his descendants. m (before [845]%29 PEPIN, son of BERNARD I King of Italy & his wife Cunegundis --- ([815]-after 850).]
• ii) ADHEMAR . "Heccardus comes" names "…Therico filio Nivelongo…Ademare fratre suo…" among the beneficiaries under his testamentary disposition dated to [Jan 876][364].
• iii) [--- . Settipani speculates that the wife of Adelramn [II] was the daughter of Nibelung [IV] because of the transmission of the name Theoderic to one of the couple's probable sons and the apparent transmission of Vexin, previously held by Nibelung [IV], to their son Adelramn [III][365]. m ADELRAMN [II], son of ---.]

b) [THEODERIC [VII] . "Heccardus comes" names "…Nivelongo atque Theoderico germano suo" among the executors of his testamentary disposition dated to [Jan 876][366].]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counts_of_the_Vexin

The county of the Vexin was a medieval French county that was later partitioned between the Vexin Français (French Vexin) and the Vexin Normand (Norman Vexin).

Nibelungs

• 864-after 879 Nibelung IV https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibelung_IV
• Theodoric I, his son
• 886 Adelram III and Theodoric II, defenders of Pontoise, nephews of Theodoric I

References

• https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibelung_IV Cites
  • 1. Settipani 1993, p. 352.
  • 2. « Carolingian nobility (Nibelung IV) » archive.
  • Léon Levillain, « Les Nibelungen historiques et leur alliances de famille », Annales du Midi, vol. 49,‎ 1937, p. 337-408.
  • Léon Levillain, « Les Nibelungen historiques et leur alliances de famille (suite) », Annales du Midi, vol. 50,‎ 1938, p. 5-66.
  • Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, vol. 1), Villeneuve-d'Ascq, éd. Patrick van Kerrebrouck, 1993, 545 p. (ISBN 978-2-95015-093-6).