Mathieu I, duke of Upper Lorraine

Matthias I, Duke of Lorraine

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Matthias I (1119 – May 13, 1176) was the duke of Lorraine from 1138 to his death as the eldest son and successor of Simon I and Adelaide. Like his forefathers going back to Thierry II and even to Adalbert, he was a stern supporter of the king of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor. He himself married Judith (sometimes called Bertha), daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, and therefore niece of the Hohenstaufen king Conrad III and sister of Frederick Barbarossa, future emperor.

He accompanied Barbarossa on a number of important occasions, including his imperial coronation by Pope Adrian IV in Rome, 1155. He assisted the emperor in his wars against Adrian and his successor Alexander III and the kings of France and Sicily. He extended his own ducal demesne at the expense of the bishop of Toul, but was an important donor to the Church and founder of abbeys.

He died in 1176 and was interred in his abbey of Clairlieu in Villers-lès-Nancy. By his Hohenstaufen marriage (1138), he had:

Simon (d.1205), his successor in Lorraine

Frederick (d.1206), count of Bitche and his nephew's successor

Judith (d.1173), married Stephen II, count of Auxonne (1170)

Alice (d.1200), married Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy

Thierry (d.1181), bishop of Metz (1174-1179)

Matthias (d.1208), count of Toul

Unnamed daughter who died young

Matthias I (1119 – May 13, 1176) was the duke of Lorraine from 1138 to his death as the eldest son and successor of Simon I and Adelaide. Like his forefathers going back to Thierry II and even to Adalbert, he was a stern supporter of the king of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor. He himself married Judith (sometimes called Bertha), daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, and therefore niece of the Hohenstaufen king Conrad III and sister of Frederick Barbarossa, future emperor.

He accompanied Barbarossa on a number of important occasions, including his imperial coronation by Pope Adrian IV in Rome, 1155. He assisted the emperor in his wars against Adrian and his successor Alexander III and the kings of France and Sicily. He extended his own ducal demesne at the expense of the bishop of Toul, but was an important donor to the Church and founder of abbeys.

He died in 1176 and was interred in his abbey of Clairlieu in Villers-lès-Nancy. By his Hohenstaufen marriage (1138), he had:

Simon (d.1205), his successor in Lorraine

Frederick (d.1206), count of Bitche and his nephew's successor

Judith (d.1173), married Stephen II, count of Auxonne (1170)

Alice (d.1200), married Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy

Thierry (d.1181), bishop of Metz (1174-1179)

Matthias (d.1208), count of Toul

Unnamed daughter who died young

He accompanied Barbarossa on a number of important occasions, including his imperial coronation by Pope Adrian IV in Rome, 1155. He assisted the emperor in his wars against Adrian and his successor Alexander III and the kings of France and Sicily. He extended his own ducal demesne at the expense of the bishop of Toul, but was an important donor to the Church and founder of abbeys.

He died in 1176 and was interred in his abbey of Clairlieu in Villers-lès-Nancy. By his Hohenstaufen marriage (1138), he had:

Simon (d.1205), his successor in Lorraine

Frederick (d.1206), count of Bitche and his nephew's successor

Judith (d.1173), married Stephen II, count of Auxonne (1170)

Alice (d.1200), married Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy

Thierry (d.1181), bishop of Metz (1174-1179)

Matthias (d.1208), count of Toul

Unnamed daughter who died young

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Matthias I (1119 – May 13, 1176) was the duke of Lorraine from 1138 to his death as the eldest son and successor of Simon I and Adelaide. Like his forefathers going back to Thierry II and even to Adalbert, he was a stern supporter of the king of Germany and Holy Roman Emperor. He himself married Judith (sometimes called Bertha), daughter of Frederick II, Duke of Swabia, and therefore niece of the Hohenstaufen king Conrad III and sister of Frederick Barbarossa, future emperor.

He accompanied Barbarossa on a number of important occasions, including his imperial coronation by Pope Adrian IV in Rome, 1155. He assisted the emperor in his wars against Adrian and his successor Alexander III and the kings of France and Sicily. He extended his own ducal demesne at the expense of the bishop of Toul, but was an important donor to the Church and founder of abbeys.

He died in 1176 and was interred in his abbey of Clairlieu in Villers-lès-Nancy. By his Hohenstaufen marriage (1138), he had:

   * Simon (d.1205), his successor in Lorraine

* Frederick (d.1206), count of Bitche and his nephew's successor
* Judith (d.1173), married Stephen II, count of Auxonne (1170)
* Alice (d.1200), married Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
* Thierry (d.1181), bishop of Metz (1174-1179)
* Matthias (d.1208), count of Toul
* Unnamed daughter who died young
Dukes of Lorraine family tree

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This is a family tree of the Duchy of Lorraine. It ranges from the foundation of the Longwy dynasty, in 1047, to the abdication of Francis III of Lorraine in 1737.