Herman I, Count Palatine of Lotharingia explained

Herman I "the Slender"
Succession:Count Palatine of Lotharingia
Reign:945-996
Predecessor:new title
Successor:Ezzo (Erenfried)
Noble Family:Ezzonids
Father:Erenfried II
Mother:Richwara of Zülpichgau
Spouse:Heylwig of Dillingen
Dietbirg of Swabia
Issue:Ezzo, Count Palatine of Lotharingia
Hezzelin I, Count of Zülpichgau
Hermann II im Keldachgau, Vogt of Deutz
Adolf I of Lotharingia
Richenza of Lotharingia, Abbess of Nivelles
Death Date:996

Herman I (died 996), called Pusillus or the Slender, was the Count Palatine of Lotharingia, and of several counties along the Rhine, including Bonngau, Eifelgau, Mieblgau, Zülpichgau, Keldachgau, Alzey and Auelgau, from 945 until his death in 996.

He was the son of Erenfried II and Richwara of Zülpichgau. He was first married to Heylwig von Dillingen; secondly, to Dietbirg of Swabia. He left four sons and one daughter:

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