father death_date death_place mother birth_place title birth_date spouse issue titles article_title
reginar ii , count of hainaut 973 -lrb- aged 53 -rrb- bohemia adelaide of burgundy brabant count of hainaut 920 adela reginar leuven iv , count of mons lambert i of the count of hainaut reginar iii , count of hainaut

reginar iii , count of hainaut

reginar iii -lrb- c. 920 -- 973 -rrb- was count of hainaut from 940 to 958 .
he was born in brabant as the son of reginar ii , count of hainaut .
together with his brother rodolphe , he took part in the rebellion of his uncle gilbert , duke of lorraine .
when gilbert was killed in 939 , regnier had to pledge fealty to king otto the great .
he then allied himself with king louis iv of france , but king otto sent duke hermann of swabia to quell the rebels in 944 .
otto appointed conrad the red as duke of lotharingia , who tried to diminish the power of reginar .
however , when conrad rose against otto , reginar supported him .
in an anarchic situation , reginar appropriated the dowry of gerberga of saxony , otto 's sister and mother of the french king , and also church property .
in 953 , bruno , archbishop of cologne , who had also been appointed duke of lotharingia , restored order and defeated reginar .
as reginar refused to submit , he was exiled to bohemia , where he died .
