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317:. He is first mentioned in around 950 AD as having been an advocate of the abbeys of St. Maximin in Trier and Saint Willibrord in Echternach. Since at least 982 he was a "count in the
418:. The site chosen for the construction of the castle of Luxembourg was not only located on an easily defendable rock, but it was also not far from the intersection of the old
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231:. Thus, while Sigfried became founder of the
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537:. They had the following children:
517:When Sigfried died in 998, his son
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237:Frederick I, Duke of Upper Lorraine
140:– 28 October 998) was count in the
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865:(in German). Verlag W. Kohlhammer.
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189:, who was a granddaughter of King
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386:Bruno, archbishop of Cologne
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405:castellum Lucilinburhuc
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109:Wigeric of Lotharingia
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27:Count in the Ardennes
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