Frederick, Count of Verdun

Frederick (Frédéric) (c. 970/976 – January 1022), Count of Verdun (988–1022), Count of Castres (1000–1022), and Provost of Saint-Vaast. Frederick was part of the Ardennes-Verdun dynasty, and the eldest son of Godfrey I the Prisoner, Count of Verdun, and Matilda, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony of the Billung family, and a widow of Baldwin III of Flanders. Frederick was also Count of Castres, as shown by the charter dated 5 May 1005 under which Henry II, then King of Germany, granted market rights at Doncheria…in comitatu…Frederici comitis…Castricensis to the Abbey Saint-Médard de Soissons.

Frederick, Count of Verdun

Frederick (Frédéric) (c. 970/976 – January 1022), Count of Verdun (988–1022), Count of Castres (1000–1022), and Provost of Saint-Vaast. Frederick was part of the Ardennes-Verdun dynasty, and the eldest son of Godfrey I the Prisoner, Count of Verdun, and Matilda, daughter of Herman, Duke of Saxony of the Billung family, and a widow of Baldwin III of Flanders. Frederick was also Count of Castres, as shown by the charter dated 5 May 1005 under which Henry II, then King of Germany, granted market rights at Doncheria…in comitatu…Frederici comitis…Castricensis to the Abbey Saint-Médard de Soissons.