Reginar II, Count of Hainaut


Reginar II was Count of Hainaut from 915 until 932.

History

He was the son of Reginar I Longneck, and this means his paternal grandmother was possibly a daughter of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude.
Flodoard's Annals, reports under the year 924 that Reginar the brother of Duke Gilbert of Lotharingia already had a son who was given as a hostage during conflicts between several of the Lotharingian magnates of the time.
By 943 he was dead, because a charter made in favor of his widowed daughter was done partly in the name of atoning for his sins.

Family

Reginar II had at least three children with Adelaide of Burgundy:
Upon his death, Reginar was succeeded as Count of Hainaut by his son and namesake.