The Matfriede or Matfriedinger, both of which are German terms, is a Frankish noble family of the 9th-11th centuries, or possibly several families who used similar names, that has been proposed by modern historians.

The name of the family is based on the observation that the name Matfried was used by repeatedly by members of this family. However the exact connections between these possible relatives can't for the most part be confirmed by direct evidence.

The elder Matfriede

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The first person proposed in this family is Matfried I, a count of Orleans in the time of Louis the Pious. He appears to have had a son also named Matfried.[1]

Counts of Metz

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Adalhard, the ancestor of the second line of Matfrieds, possibly married a daughter or niece of this second Matfried.[1]

Counts of Metz and ancestors of the Dukes of Lorraine.[2]
Adalhard of Metz
Count of Metz
Henry the Fowler
King of Germany
OdaGerhard
Count of Metz
Richer/Richar (d.945)
Abbot of Prüm, Bishop of Liège
Matfried
Count of Metz
"Ottonian dynasty"Wigfried
Archbishop of Cologne
Godfrid
Count Palantine of Lotharingia
Adalbert (d.944)
Count of Metz
Bishop Bernoin of Verdun
Godfrid
Duke of Lower Lotharingia
Gebhard
Possibly father of...
Gerhard, Count of Metz
Possibly father of...
Adalhard
Possibly father of...
Count Sigfried
founder of Luxembourg
Richard?
Count of Metz? Possibly father of...
Henry II, Holy Roman EmperorCunigunde of LuxembourgEva of LuxembourgGerhard Mosellensis
Count of Metz
Adalbert
Count in Saargau
Adelaide of Metz
Sigfried
died young
Berscinda
abbess
Gerhard
Count of Metz
Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor
Adalbert, Duke of Lorraine"Salian dynasty"

Bibliography

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  1. ^ a b Hlawitschka 1969, p. 171.
  2. ^ Hlawitschka, Eduard (1969), Die Anfänge des Hauses Habsburg-Lothringen. Genealogische Untersuchungen zur Geschichte Lothringens und des Reiches im 9., 10. und 11. Jahrhundert

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