Werner (Salian)
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Werner V, count in the Nahegau
, Speyergau
and Wormsgau
(c. 899 – c. 935) is the first definite progenitor of the Salian Dynasty
of German kings.
His father was Count Werner IV and his mother was a sister of king Conrad I of Germany
. He married Hicha of Swabia, daughter of Burchard II, Duke of Swabia
and Regilinde of Swabia. Their only son was Conrad the Red.
Nahegau
The Nahegau was in the Middle Ages a county, which covered the environs of the Nahe and large parts of present-day Rhenish Hesse, after a successful expansion of the narrow territory, which did not reach the Rhine, to the disadvantage of the Wormsgau...
, Speyergau
Speyergau
Speyergau was a medieval county in the stem duchy of Franconia around the administrative centre of Speyer, Germany. It roughly covered the former Roman administrative area of Civitas Nemetum which is now the south-eastern portion of the Palatinate between Rhine and Palatinate Forest and some parts...
and Wormsgau
Wormsgau
The Wormsgau or pago wormatiensi was in the Middle Ages a county, which extended itself not only in the surroundings of the city of Worms, Germany, but concurrently along the Rhine widely in northern direction until short of reaching Coblenz. The city of Mainz belonged likewise to it as to the...
(c. 899 – c. 935) is the first definite progenitor of the Salian Dynasty
Salian dynasty
The Salian dynasty was a dynasty in the High Middle Ages of four German Kings , also known as the Frankish dynasty after the family's origin and role as dukes of Franconia...
of German kings.
His father was Count Werner IV and his mother was a sister of king Conrad I of Germany
Conrad I of Germany
Conrad I , called the Younger, was Duke of Franconia from 906 and King of Germany from 911 to 918, the only king of the Conradine dynasty...
. He married Hicha of Swabia, daughter of Burchard II, Duke of Swabia
Burchard II, Duke of Swabia
Burchard II was the Hunfriding Duke of Swabia and Count of Raetia. He was the son of Burchard I and Liutgard of Saxony....
and Regilinde of Swabia. Their only son was Conrad the Red.
Further reading
- Andreas Thiele: Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte Band I, Teilband 1, 1993
- Rüdiger E. Barth: Der Herzog in Lotharingien im 10. Jahrhundert. 1990
- Detlev Schwennicke: Europäische Stammtafeln Neue Folge Band I. 1, 1998