Eberhard IV of Nordgau

Eberhard IV Nordgau (died December 18, 972/973)[1] was Count of Nordgau. He was the eldest of four children of Hugh III Hohenburg Count in the Alsacian Nordgau and of Hohenburg in Alsace (d. 940) and his wife, Hildegard.

Biography

He succeeded his father in 940 with his brother Hugues d'Eguisheim.

In 959 he submitted to the Holy Roman Emperor, Otto I at Abbey of Lure.

He governed the Nordgau from 940 until 951, when he abdicated in favour of his son Hugue V, and withdrew to his territory of Altorf where he died in 972 / 973.

Marriage and issue

He married Luitgarde, daughter of Wigeric Count in the Triergau and Ardennesgau and Kunigunde. (not to be confused with Wigéric of Bidgau), son of Roric, living in the shire of Bidgau-Trier,[2][3] and had issue:

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