Cook Family Ancestry Matthew I de Lorraine Duke of Lorraine [7572] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Thierry (Theodoric) II, the Valiant de Lorraine Duke of Lorraine [6208]
(-1115)

Hedwige of Formbach [6676]
(Abt 1050-Bef 1100)

Henry III Count of Louvain [63513]
(-1095)

Gertrude of Flanders [6207]
(1080-1117)

Simon I de Lorraine Duke of Lorraine [6675]
(1076-1138)

Adelaide of Leuven [57322]
(-Abt 1158)

Matthew I de Lorraine Duke of Lorraine [7572]
(1119-1176)

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Spouses/Children:
Bertha von Swabia [57324]

Matthew I de Lorraine Duke of Lorraine [7572] ²⁴

Born: 1119
Marriage: Bertha von Swabia [57324] in 1138
Died: 13 May 1176 at age 57

bullet General Notes:

Acceded: 1138
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal11636

http://www.thepeerage.com/p4031.htm#i40307

1. John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 128. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.

2. Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 113. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.

3. Wikipedia, online www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: Duke of Lorraine, 1138.

Matthew married Bertha von Swabia [57324] [MRIN: 2984], daughter of Friedrich II von Swabia Herzog von Swabia [57325] and Judith von Bayern [57326], in 1138. (Bertha von Swabia [57324] died in 1195.)

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Matthew I de Lorraine Duke of Lorraine [7572] ²⁴