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The House of Ardenne (or Ardennes, French Maison d'Ardenne) was an important medieval noble family from Lotharingia, known from at least the tenth century. They had several important branches, descended from several brothers: [1] The House of Ardenne–Verdun, with several dukes of Lower Lotharingia, descended from Count Gozelin.
Ortho (French pronunciation:; Walloon: Ortô) is a village of Wallonia and a district of the municipality of La Roche-en-Ardenne, located in the province of Luxembourg, Belgium. The village is located at an altitude of 475 metres (1,558 ft) above sea level. It consists of houses built mainly during the 19th and 20th centuries, but also some ...
The Ardennes (French: Ardenne ⓘ; Dutch: Ardennen [ɑrˈdɛnə(n)] ⓘ; German: Ardennen; Walloon: Årdene; Luxembourgish: Ardennen [ɑʁˈdænən]), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France.
La Roche-en-Ardenne Castle (French: Château de La Roche-en-Ardenne) is a ruined medieval castle near La Roche-en-Ardenne in the province of Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium. Located on a rocky ridge overlooking a loop of the Ourthe river, its origins go back to a Celtic oppidum .
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The House of Ardenne–Verdun (French: Maison d'Ardenne-Verdun) was a branch of the House of Ardenne, one of the first documented medieval European noble families, centered on Verdun. The family dominated in the Duchy of Lotharingia ( Lorraine ) in the 10th and 11th centuries.
La Roche-en-Ardenne is located between the E25 Liège-Luxembourg and the N4 motorways. [3] More than half of the municipal area (about 85 square kilometres (33 sq mi)) is covered in forests and 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi) is arable land, and only 8 square kilometres (3.1 sq mi) has been built on.
All these Ardennes families descended from Cunigunda of France, a granddaughter of the West Frankish king Louis the Stammerer, and her husband Wigeric of Lotharingia. The Luxembourg branch descend from their son Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes. [1] One continuing male-line branches of the House of Luxembourg include the House of Salm.