Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes

Sigfried
Sigfried
Born	c. 922
Died	28 October 998
Noble family	House of Ardenne; House of Ardenne–Luxembourg
Spouse(s)	Hedwig of Nordgau
Father	Wigeric of Lotharingia
Mother	Cunigunda of France

Sigfried (or Siegfried) (c. 922 – 28 October 998) was count in the Ardennes, and is known in European historiography as founder and first ruler of the Castle of Luxembourg in 963 AD, and ancestor and predecessor of the future counts and dukes of Luxembourg.^[1] He was also an advocate of the abbeys of St. Maximin in Trier and Saint Willibrord in Echternach.

His male-line descendants are known as the House of Luxembourg, or House of Ardenne–Luxembourg, and his descendants would become the counts of Luxembourg.^[2]

^ Michel Pauly, Geschichte Luxemburgs p. 27
^ Gilbert Trausch, Histoire du luxembourg p. 102

[1] Michel Pauly, Geschichte Luxemburgs p. 27

[2] Gilbert Trausch, Histoire du luxembourg p. 102

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