Giselbert of Luxembourg
Giselbert of Luxembourg was Count of Salm and of Longwy, then Count of Luxemburg from 1047 to 1059. He was a son of Frederick of Luxembourg, count of Moselgau, and perhaps of Ermentrude of Gleiberg.
At first count of Salm and of Longwy, on his brother Henry VII, [Duke of Bavaria|Henry II]'s death he inherited the County of Luxembourg, as well as providing the income for the abbeys of Saint-Maximin in Trier and Saint-Willibrord in Echternach. He got into an argument with the Roman [Catholic Diocese of Trier|Archbishop of Trier] Poppon as to the abbaye Saint-Maximin, which was arbitrated by his brother Adalbero III, bishop of Metz.
In 1050, since the population of the town of Luxembourg had risen considerably, he expanded the city by building a new fortified wall around it.
By an unknown wife, he had:
- Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg
- Hermann of Salm, count of Salm, founder of the House of Salm
- daughter, married Thierry of Amensleben
- daughter, married Kuno, count of Oltingen
- Adalbéron, canon at Metz
- Jutta, married Udo of Limbourg
- Rudolph, abbot of Altmünster Abbey