| Siegfried of Luxembourg 1
Born: Abt 922Marriage (1): Hedwig of Nordgau about 950Died: 28 Oct 988 about age 66    Another name for Siegfried was Sigefroy of Luxembourg.    Research Notes:  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.) 
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