Siegfried of Luxembourg ¹

   Another name for Siegfried was Sigefroy of Luxembourg.

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From Wikipedia - Siegfried of Luxembourg :

Siegfried or Sigefroy (c.922-28 Oct 998 ) is considered the first count of Luxembourg . He was actually count in the Moselgau and the Ardennes . He was also the advocate of the abbeys of Saint-Maximin de Trêves and Saint-Willibrod d'Echternach . He was a son of the Count Palatine Wigeric of Lotharingia and Cunigunda. He is the founder of the House of Luxembourg , a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes .

He had possessions from his father in Upper Lorraine . At the centre of his dominions he constructed the fortress of Luxembourg in 963. A town soon grew up around the castle. Though he used the title of count, the title "count of Luxembourg" was only applied to William some 150 years later.

Around 950, he married Hedwig of Nordgau (937-992), daughter of Eberhard IV of Nordgau . They had the following issue:
Henry I of Luxembourg
Siegfried, cited in 985
Frederick I, Count of Salm and Luxembourg , married Ermentrude of Gleiberg, daughter of Heribert I, Count of Gleiberg and Ermentrud (Imizi).
Thierry II, Bishop of Metz
Adalberon, canon of Trier
Poloaner, count in the Moselgau , married Lolital
Gislebert (d.1004), count in the Moselgau
Cunigunda , married Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor
Eve, married Gerard, Count of Metz
Ermentrude, abbess
Luitgarde , married Arnulf, Count of Holland
a daughter, married Thietmar
a son, married Mietzer

  Noted events in his life were:

• Count in the Moselgau.

• Count in the Ardennes.

Siegfried married Hedwig of Nordgau, daughter of Eberhard IV Count in Nordgau and Liutgard, about 950. (Hedwig of Nordgau was born between 922 and 937 and died in 993.)