Count Nibelung II

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Count Nibelung II

Also Known As: "Nebelong", "Nivelon"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: France
Death: after circa 805
Occupation: Comte, du Vexin
Managed by: Flemming Allan Funch
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About Count Nibelung II

1. NIBELUNG [II], son of --- ([750/60]-[after 805]). Comte Nibelung donated property "Calliacum" in the county of Madrie to La Croix-Saint-Ouen for the souls of his unnamed parents and children by charter dated to [788][307]. Nibelung donated property to Saint-Denis by charter dated 805[308], although this could alternatively refer to Nibelung [III]. Settipani suggests that Nibelung [II] was the son of Nibelung [I][309]. However, children of Nibelung [I] would probably have been born in the range [730/45]. If this is correct, [788] seems late for the first mention of Nibelung [II] in historical records. m ---. The [788] document cited above refers to the children (unnamed) of Nibelung [II] so he was presumably married, although there is no indication of the name of his wife. Settipani highlights the onomastic connections with the family of St Guillaume suggested by the names Bernard and Theoderic borne by the possible descendants of Nibelung [II] shown below[310]. He suggests that, if there was a connection between the two families, it may have been through the wife of Nibelung [II] who could have been either Abba or Berta, one of the sisters of (St) Guillaume Comte de Toulouse. The difficulty with this hypothesis is that the Vita S. Willelmi implies that Guillaume’s sisters remained unmarried when it records that he had “duæ sorores virgines…Albana…Bertana”[311]. Nibelung [II] & his wife had --- children:

a) --- . The [788] document cited above refers to the children (unnamed) of Nibelung [II].

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