Gerard I Count of Vaudemont

✓ Gerard I, first Count of Vaudemont (d. 1108), younger son of Gerard of Alsace, Duke of Upper Lorraine, and Hadwide de Namur (Alberic: 'Gerardum primus comes Wanderi Montis' son of 'Gerardus de Alsatia dux Mosellanorum'; his mother's Remiremont donations 'consentientibus filiis suis duce Teoderico atque comite Girardo'); warred with his brother Duke Thierry 1071-73 and received the Saintois as the county of Vaudemont; founded Belval 1097; m. c.1080 Heilwig von Egisheim. Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), 'Lorraine (Dukes; Comtes de Vaudemont)'. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 25 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]