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http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/HAINAUT.htm The county of Hainaut wa s located directly south of the county of Flanders and the ancient cou nty of Brabant, coinciding approximately with the province of present- day Belgium of the same name and the neighbouring areas of the curren t French department of Nord. It derives its name from the pagus Hainoe nsis, named after the river Haine, a tributary of the river Escaut whi ch marked the western border of the pagus. The county was bordered t o the south by the county of Cambrai and to the east by the pagus Lomm ensis, which later developed into the county of Namur. Ecclesiasticall y, most of the county fell within the jurisdiction of the bishop of Ca mbrai, in the archbishopric of Reims, although the northern and easter n parts were probably controlled by the bishop of Liège, in the eccle siastical province of Köln. Politically, Hainaut lay within imperia l jurisdiction and formed part of the kingdom of Lotharingia after th e 843 treaty of Verdun. The division of Lotharingian territories agree d 8 Aug 870 between Ludwig II "der Deutsche" King of the East Franks a nd his half-brother Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks all ocated "…comitatum… Hainoum…" to King Charles [1]. The county' s geographic proximity to France ensured strong French political and l inguistic influence in its development. However, as with the neighbour ing county of Flanders, there were jurisdictional conflicts with the e mpire. This is presumably traceable to the Germanic origins of the fir st family of counts, the Reginars, who had initially been installed a s counts along the banks of the middle reaches of the river Maas by Em peror Lothaire in the 840s […] REGINAR [I] "Langhals/Longneck", so n of [GISELBERT Graaf van Maasgau & his wife --- of Lotharingia] ([850 ]-Meerssen [25 Aug 915/19 Jan 916]). The primary source which confirm s his parentage has not yet been identified. The Annales Hanoniæ nam e "Manicherius filius [Albonis]" (in a later passage clarified to be " Manicerius Registensis dominus") as "pater aut avunculus primi Raginer i" and "Raginerus dictus Longi-colli filius eius" [2], which, as expla ined in the Introduction, must be incorrect. The ''Annales Hanoniæ' ' name "Rignerius Montensis comes" as the ally of "Francone episcopo L eodiensi" against the Vikings in 870, and in a later undated passage r ecord "Raginerus" fighting "cum Frissonibus in Walacria contra Rollone m" [3], although it is unclear from the context whether these referenc es are to "Raginerus dictus Longi-colli". Guillaume de Jumièges descr ibes how "Rainier au long cou duc de Hasbaigne et du Hainaut et Radbol d prince de Frise" fought the Viking Rollo but were forced back to the ir castles [4]. The date when Reginar was installed as Comte de Hainau t is uncertain but was probably during the last quarter of the 9th cen tury. An agreement dated 14 Jun 877 of Emperor Charles II "le Chauve" , presumably written with his own death in mind, names "Arnulfus comes , Gislebertus, Letardus, Matfridus, Widricus, Gotbertus, Adalbertus, I ngelgerus, Rainerus" as those willing to support the emperor's son i f he travelled across the Meuse [5], although it is curious that "Gise lbertus… Rainerus" should both be included if one was the father o f the other. "Ragenarius comes… et coniuge mea Hersenda" confirmed t he donation of revenue from "Sathanacense atque Mousense" to Saint-Dag obert de Stenay made by "Carolus… Augustus Imperiali" by charter dat ed to after 886 [6]. The ''Annales Vedastini'' name "Balduinus… come s et Rodulfus frater eius necnon et Ragnerus" when recording that the y joined Zwentibold of Lotharingia in 895 [7]. The ''Breve Chronicon E pternacense'' names “Reinerus” as abbot of Echternach from 897 t o 915 [8]. Lay-abbot of St Servatius at Maastricht before May 898. Reg ino records that in 898 Zwentibold King of Lotharingia banished "Regin arium ducem… sibi fidissimum et unicum consiliarium" who went with " Odacro comite et quibusdam aliis, cum mulieribus et parvulis" to "Durf os" (near "Mosa fluvius") where they were besieged [9]. The passage ap pears to be the only indication that Reginar was granted the title duk e. Reginar was presumably rehabilitated after King Zweintibold was mur dered, as shown by the following charter: Ludwig IV "das Kind" King o f Germany confirmed an exchange of property between Kloster Stablo an d "Reginarius comes" by charter dated 10 Sep 902 [10]. Lay-abbot of St ablo and Malmédy 900-902. King Ludwig IV also confirmed an exchange o f property involving "Reganarius comes" by charter dated 20 Oct 906 [1 1], and a donation of property "…in pago ac in comitatu Hainuense" t o the church of Tongern at the request of "Kepehardus et Reginharius c omites" by charter dated 18 Jan 908 [12]. "Raginarius comes" and the a bbot of Stavelot granted property "in pago Hasbanio in locis Honavi, V ersines et Serangio" to "quidam fidelium nostrorum Harduinus" by chart er dated 911, signed by "Ragenarii comitis, Issaac comitis, Macineri c omitis…" [13]. Reginar was installed as marchio by Charles III "le S imple" King of the West Franks in 915. Richer records the death of "Ra generus vir consularis et nobilis cognomento Collo-Longus" at "apud Ma rsnam palatium" [14]. [1] MGH LL ''Capitularia regum Francorum'' II , p. 195. [2] Iacobi de Guisia ''Annales Hanoniæ'' VIII.XII and XIII .XXXIX, MGH SS XXX Part 1, pp. 114 and 163. [3] Iacobi de Guisia ''An nales Hanoniæ'' XIV.X and XIV.XVI, MGH SS XXX Part 1, pp. 172 and 174 . [4] Guizot, M. (ed.) (1826) ''Histoire des ducs de Normandie, par G uillaume de Jumiège'' (Paris) (“WJ”), II.8, p. 38. [5] ''Karol i II Imp. Conventus Carisiacensis'', MGH LL 1, p. 537. [6] Calmet, A . (1748) ''Histoire de Lorraine'' (Nancy), Tome II, Preuves, col. cxli v. [7] ''Annales Vedastini'' 895, MGH SS I p. 529. [8] ''Breve Chron icon Epternacense, Veterum Scriptorum'' IV, cols. 507 and 509. [9] Re ginonis ''Chronicon'' 898, MGH SS I, p. 608. [10] D LK 16, p. 119. [ 11] D LK 50, p. 174. [12] D LK 57, p. 183. [13] ''Veterum Scriptorum '' II, col. 38. [14] Guadet, J. (ed.) (1845) ''Richeri Historiarum' ' (Paris), I.XXXIV, p. 70.