Background
He is the son of Henry I of Lotharingia († 1061) and Mathild of Verdun († 1060), daughter of Gozelo I of Lotharingia.
He is the son of Henry I of Lotharingia († 1061) and Mathild of Verdun († 1060), daughter of Gozelo I of Lotharingia.
He was count in the Ruhrgau and the Zulpichgau, as well as count of Brabant. She was a daughter of Otto of Orlamünde, count of Weimar and margrave of Meissen in Thuringia, and Adela of Brabant. Together they had two children who died already in 1085.
He is assumed to be the last Count Palatine of Lotharingia out of the Ezzonian dynasty.
He was killed in a duel with Albert III, Count of Namur, nearby Hermans castle in Dalhem (County of Limburg).