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Birth:          ABT 1050 of Lorraine, France
Death:          30 Dec 1115 
Burial:         Chatenois

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoric_II,_Duke_of_Lorraine
Theodoric II (died 30 December 1115), called the Valiant, was the duke of Lorraine 
from 1070 to his death.[1] He was the son and successor of Gerhard and Hedwige of 
Namur. He is sometimes numbered Theodoric I if the dukes of the House of Ardennes, 
who ruled in Upper Lorraine from 959 to 1033, are ignored in favour of the dukes of 
Lower Lorraine as predecessors of the later dukes of Lorraine.

In fact, Sophia, the daughter of Duke Frederick II of the House of Ardennes, who had 
inherited the counties of Bar and Montbéliard, had a husband named Louis, who 
contested the succession. In order to receive the support of his brother, Theodoric 
gave his brother the County of Vaudémont and convened an assembly of nobles, who 
elected him duke over Louis. Soon Louis was dead, but his son, Theodoric II of Bar, 
claimed the succession anyway. However, Emperor Henry IV confirmed Theodoric the 
Valiant in the duchy. Probably for this reason, Theodoric remained faithful to the 
emperors throughout his rule. He fought the Saxons while they were at war with the 
Emperor between 1070 and 1078 and he opposed the popes Gregory VII and Urban II 
when they were in conflict with the Emperor.

In 1095, he planned to take up the Cross (i.e., go on Crusade, specifically the First), 
but his ill health provoked him to drop out, nevertheless convincing his barons to go 
east. Thereafter, he took little part in imperial affairs, preferring not to intervene 
between Henry IV and his son Henry, or against Lothair of Supplinburg, duke of 
Saxony.

Marriage and children[edit]

His first wife was Hedwige (died 1085 or 1090), daughter of Frederick, count of 
Formbach. They married around 1075 and had the following issue:
Simon (1076 – 1138), his successor as Duke of Lorraine, married to Adelaide of 
Leuven (d. 1158), daughter of his stepmother Gertrude and Henry III, Count of 
Leuven.
Gertrude (died 1144), married Floris II of Holland

His second wife was Gertrude of Flanders (1080–1117), daughter of Robert I of 
Flanders and Gertrude of Saxony. She was the widow of Henry III, Count of Leuven 
(d. 1095), with four daughters. They married in 1096 and had the following issue:
Thierry of Alsace "Theodoric" (c.?1099 – 1168), lord of Bitche and also Count of 
Flanders from 1128. Married to Sibylla of Anjou, and father to Margaret I, Countess of 
Flanders and Matthew, Count of Boulogne
Henry I (died 1165), bishop of Toul
Ida, married Sigefroy (died 1104), count of Burghausen
Ermengarde, married Bernard de Brancion
Gisela, married Frederick, count of Saarbrücken

Parents
____ Gerard (Gerhard) III (IV) (ABT 1030 - 14 Apr 1070)
DE NAMUR Hedwig (ABT 1030 - ABT 1075)

Siblings
OF ALSACE Theodoric II (Dietrich) (Thierry) (ABT 1050 - 30 Dec 1115)
____ Gerard I (Gerhard I) (1057 - 1108)
OF LORRAINE Beatrice (ABT 1060 - )

Marriage To VON FORMBACH Hedwig (ABT 1058 - ABT 1088)
    m. ABT 1075 his first

Notes

Parents
____ Frederick (ABT 1030 - 1059)
____ Gertrude (ABT 1044 - 21 Feb 1116)

Children by VON FORMBACH Hedwig ABT 1058 - ABT 1088
OF ALSACE Simon I (1076 - 13 Apr 1138)
OF ALSACE Gertrude (chg to Petronilla) (ABT 1082 - 24 May 1144)

Marriage To DE FLANDERS Gertrude (ABT 1070 - 1117)
    m. 1096 

Notes
her 2d

Parents
____ Robert (Robrecht) I "de Fries" ("the Frisian") (ABT 1033 - 3 Oct 1093)
OF SAXONY Gertrude (ABT 1028 - 4 Aug 1113)

Children by DE FLANDERS Gertrude ABT 1070 - 1117
D'ALSACE Thierry (Dietrich) II (ABT 1099 - 17 Jan 1168)
OF LORRAINE Gisela (ABT 1100 - )

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