NORDGAU Eberhard

Abt 0900 - 0972  (72 years)

• Name	NORDGAU Eberhard
  Birth	Abt 0900	Atkirch, Nordgau (Haut-Rhin), Alsace, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Dec 0972	Nordgau Region
  Notes	Eberhard IV (d. 18 Dec 972/3)[4][5] Titles Graf im Nordgau[6][7] Count of Lahngau 4th Count of Alsace Parents Father: Hugh III Hohenburg, Count in the Alsacian Nordgau and of Hohenburg in Alsace (d. 940)[8] Mother: Hildegard[9] Marriage He married Luitgarde, daughter of Wigeric of Lotharingia and Cunegonde. Disputed: marriage to Luitgarde, (Father: Wigeric of Lotharingia)[10][11][1] m. Liutgarde (p. Wigeric Count in the Triergau and Ardennesgau,[2] and Kunigunde). Issue:[12] Children Hugues II of Nordgau, Count of Nordgau Adalbert of Alsace Hughes, monk at Altorf Gérard d'Alsace Adelaide, married as first wife to Henry of Speyer, parents to Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor Hedwig married to Siegfried of Luxembourg, parents of St. Cunegonde. Eberhard IV Nordgau (died December 18, 972/973) was Count of Nordgau. He was the eldest son of of Hugh III, Count of Nordgau and Hohenburg, and his wife Hildegard. He succeeded his father in 940 with his brother Hugues d'Eguisheim. In 959 he submitted to the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I at Abbey of Lure. He governed the Nordgau from 940 until 951, when he abdicated in favour of his son Hugues, and withdrew to his territory of Altorf where he died in 972 / 973. [3] Sources ↑ While Eberhardt IV, did marry a "Liutgarde," her origins are disputed. It's a two-prong debate, that not only disputes her father, Wigeric's, identity ... it also disputes the identity of which Ebhardt, Liutegarde married. For info about the family of Wigeric of Lothringia, see Wikipedia: Wigeric of Lotharingia. Also read Cawley's (2006), in depth dispute over Luitgarde (Father: Wigeric of Lotharingia)[1] ↑ Father: Roric[2] ↑ Wikipedia. [3] Wikipedia: Eberhard IV of Nordgau Parisse, Michel (1982). La noblesse lorraine: XIe-XIIIe. Vol. 1. Service des publications de l'Université de Nancy II. Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Hosted online by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), accessed 2022, Grafen im Nordgau.
  Person ID	I58594	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	ALSACE Hugo,   b. Bef 0880   d. 0940 (Age > 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	FERRETTE Hildegarde,   b. 0876, Ferrette, Haut Rhin, Alsace, France d. Abt 0940, Nordgau, Alsace, France (Age ~ 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F26101	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1
  Children	1. NORDGAU Hedwig,   b. Abt 0922, Luxembourg d. Aft 13 Dec 0993, St Maximin, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (Age > 71 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F347199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family 2
  Children	1. NORDGAU Hugh,   b. Abt 0958, Metz, Moselle, France d. 0984, Eguisheim, Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F347302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026