Person:Frederic Ier de Lorraine (1)

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Frederick I (c. 912 – 18 May 978) was the count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine. He was a son of Wigeric, count of Bidgau, also count palatine of Lorraine, and Cunigunda, and thus a sixth-generation descendant of Charlemagne.

In 954, he married Beatrice, daughter of Hugh the Great, count of Paris, and Hedwig of Saxony. He received in dowry the revenues of the abbey of Saint-Denis in Lorraine. To stop incursions from the duchy of Champagne, Frederick constructed a castle over the Ornain river in 960, and later occupied confiscated lands of Saint-Mihiel. He exchanged fiefs with the bishop of Toul. Thus, he created his own feudal domain, the county of Bar. So he became the founder of the House of Bar or the House of Ardennes–Bar, a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes.

The duchy of Lorraine was at that time governed by the archbishop of Cologne, Bruno, who was called the archduke on account of his dual title. In 959, Bruno, in concert with his brother, the Emperor Otto I, divided the duchy, appointing as margraves: Godfrey in Lower Lorraine and Frederick in Upper Lorraine. After Bruno's death in 977, Frederick and Godfrey styled themselves dukes.

As duke, Frederick oversaw the reform of Saint-Dié and Moyenmoutier.

1. ↑ Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
2.   FREDERIC, son of WIGERICH [III] Graf [von Bidgau], Pfalzgraf & his wife Cunigonde --- ([910/15]-[Jun/Jul] 978)., in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
3.   Frederic I, Duc de Lorraine, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Frédéric I, in Baldwin, Stewart, and Todd Farmerie. The Henry Project (King Henry II ): Ancestors of King Henry II.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} Biographie a Wikipédia FR, in Wikipedia
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   Frédéric Ier ou Ferry Ier, né vers 910/915, mort en 9781, fut comte de Bar et duc de Haute-Lotharingie. Il était fils de Cunégonde et de Wigéric, comte de Bigdau, puis comte palatin de Lotharingie.