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Male Simon I , Duke of Lorraine Click to view Simon I , Duke of Lorraine in the family tree

Simon I , Duke of was born about 1072 in Lorraine,France.  Simon I , Duke of's father was Thierry II (Dietrich) Duc D' Alsace et Lorraine and his mother was Hedwig Countess of Formbach.  His paternal grandparents were Gerhard III (IV) Duke of Lorraine and Hedwig of Namur; his maternal grandparents were Frederick Von Formbach Count and Gertrud Von Haldensleben. He had three sisters named Gisela Of, Gertrude of and Petronilla. He had three half-brothers and a half-sister, named Dietrich II (Thierry II) de, Thierry, Lothar III Count of , Duke of Saxony and Pétronille (or Gertrude) de.  He died on April 19th, 1139.1 



Simon I , Duke of's first family with Adelaide Hainault

‌Simon I , Duke of and Adelaide were married in a religious ceremony in 1112.  They had a son named Matthew I.


Simon I , Duke of's second family with Adelheid de Louvain

‌Simon I , Duke of and Adelheid de were married in a religious ceremony before 1122.  They had a son and three daughters, named Duke Mattheus I of, Berthe De, Gertrude de and Agatha of.

1 Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 45-26
2 {spelman.FTW}
Further sources/citations:
Dictionary of royal lineage, The Plantagenet Ancestry, by William Henry Turton, 1968 @ 42, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 45-26, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999 @ 45-26, Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com @ Thierry Stasser, 18 Nov 2002

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