Rainer IV Count of Hainault 
Rainer IV Count of was born in 0955. Rainer IV Count of's father was Rainer III Count of Hainault and his mother was Alix Countess of Equish. His paternal grandparents were Regnier II Hainault Count of Hainault and Adelaide de Burgundy; his maternal grandfather was Hugo Count of Dagsburg and Egisheim. He had a brother named Lambert I. He was the younger of the two children. He had two half-brothers named Rainer IV Count of and Rainer IV Count of. He died at the age of 58 in 1013.General Notes
Rainer or Reginar IV, Count of Hainault, succeeded to his father's titleafter a long struggle to assert his claims. When Rainer III was sent intoexile Duke Bruno gave Hainault to Garmer and Renaud, and after Otto diedRainer and his brother Lambert attacked the two counts and slew them inbattle. Whereupon Otto II took Hainault away from them, but Rainer andLambert reappeared with new forces, but were defeated in 976, and it wasnot until much later that Rainer established himself as first proprietaryCount of Hainault, and ruled in peace after establishing himself at Mons,capital of Hainault. He married Hedwige, daughter of Hugh Capet, King ofFrance, and had Rainer V, and a daughter Beatrix married Count Rouci.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0822 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0846 d.0916
- b.0805 in Altdorf , Bavaria d.29 Sep 0855 in Pruem, Rheinland, Prussia
- b.0963 in Alsace, France
- b.~ 0800 in Of, , Alsace, France d.20 Mar 0851 in Abbaye D'Erstein, Strasbourg, Alsace, France
- b.0868 d.0932
- b.16 Apr 0778 in Chasseneuil d.20 Jun 0840 in Mainz
- b.0823 in Prussia d.06 Oct 0877 in Brios, France
- b.0800 in Bavaria d.19 Apr 0843 in France
- b.0860 d.0927
- b.0798 d.0834
- b.0825 in Orleans, France d.08 Oct 0869
- b.0805 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0892 d.0971
- b.0801 d.0831
- b.0830 d.0864
- b.0850 d.01 Sep 0921 in Auxerre, France
- b.0800 d.0855
- b.0830 d.0883
- b.0874
- b.0800 in Burgundy, France d.16 Feb 0862/0863
- b.0825 in Burgundy, France d.0887
- b.0807 in Tours, Indre Et Loire, France d.0866
- b.0852 in Burgundy, France d.0930
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.0955 d.1013
- b.0904 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0929 d.1013
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They had a son and a daughter, named Rainer V Count of and Beatrix of.
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