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in 870, during a period when the Western Kingdom controlled much of Lotharingia. In Echternach, he was referred to as "Rainerus iunior" because the lay abbot before him, a probable relative, had the same name.
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and electing Charles the Simple their king. He never appears as the duke of Lorraine, but he was probably the military commander of the region under Charles. He was succeeded by his son
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Reginar's secular titles and activities are mainly only known from much later sources which are considered to be of uncertain reliability.
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followed Dudo using the same titles when describing the same events. He was variously referred to as duke, count, marquis,
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to become king in Lotharingia. His lands were confiscated, but he refused to give them up and entrenched himself at
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By his wife Alberada, who predeceased him and was probably a second wife, Reginar left the following children:
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whose name is not known (Hiltrude, Bertha, Irmgard, and Gisela are candidate names). In an 877 charter in the
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This article is about the first Reginar known as "long neck". For his grandson, see
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as his duke in Lotharingia. In 908, Reginar recuperated Hainaut after the death of
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Dudo: "Raginerum Longi-Colli, Hasbacensem et Hainaucensem ducem" Dudo,
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Index

Reginar I
Duke of Lorraine
Count of Hainaut
Noble family
House of Reginar
Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine
Reginar II, Count of Hainaut
Frederick, Archbishop of Mainz
Giselbertus
Reginar III, Count of Hainaut
Latin
Lotharingia
count
margrave
missus dominicus
duke
Reginarids
Giselbertus
Maasgau
Lothair I
Capitulary of Quierzy
Charles the Bald
lay abbot
Meuse
Dutch
Moselle
Ardennes
Maastricht
Stavelot-Malmedy
Trier

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