Sigebert IV Comte de Razes

• Preferred Name: Sigebert IV Comte de Razes^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: 995P-S9V
  
• Death: 758 in Rennes-le-Château, Rennes, Bretagne, France at LATI: N8.1667 LONG: E1.6667
  
• Fraudulent+genealogies: with note: Description: The mystery of Rennes-le-Château is predicated on two primary elements; (1) the Priory Documents and (2) the Archaeology & Artefacts of the legend. The Priory Documents are a collection of papers, clippings, and genealogies that were deposited in the French National Library (Bibliothèque Nationale) between 1964 and 1967. Essentially, the documents comprise the essence of what we know about the legend of Rennes-le-Château. They also provide considerable insight into our understanding of the Priory of Sion. Put another way; if the Priory Documents did not exist, nor would the legend of Rennes-le-Château. So what do we know about the documents? For a start, their authenticity is extremely questionable. Not only are the documents difficult to corroborate with other historical sources, but equally worrying, the identities of those who authored and deposited them in the French National Library appears entirely fraudulent. In fact, most were deceased by the time the Priory document was authored. In several instance, the would-be author never existed in the first place. What better way to ensure that someone does not object to being entwined in the story?
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: WARNING : the descent of the Counts of Razes from Dagobert II is believed to be a hoax
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: Merovingian
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Duke of Razès
  
• after+assassination+of+his+father,+he+was+rescued+by+his+sister+: ABT 679 in Rennes-le-Château, Aude, Occitanie, France at LATI: N2.9278 LONG: E0.2638 with note: Description: and smuggled to the domain of his mother, Visigoth princess Giselle de Razès in Rennes-le-Château.
  
• Birth: 675 in Stenay, Meuse, Kingdom of Austrasia, Gaul, Frankish Empire at LATI: N9.4932 LONG: E0.185
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Count of Rhedae
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Sigebert IV (c. 671 - c. 679) was the son of Dagobert II and a Saxon duchess called Mathildis (also called Mechthilde), and the grandson of Sigebert III of the Merovingian dynasty. He is believed to have died either just before or after his father and other members of the royal family, who were killed on the orders of Ebroin, the Frankish Mayor of the Palace of Neustria.
  
  In the 10th-century biography of Saint Arbogast, Vita Sancti Argobasti, Sigebert is mentioned but not named as having died during a hunting accident and later miraculously raised from the dead by Arbogast, Bishop of Strasbourg and close friend of Dagobert II.

1. Evodie de Rouergue, b. 698 in Razès, Haute-Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France    
2. Sigebert de Metz, V Merovingien Comte de Razes, b. 695 in Razès, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, France     d. 768 in Razès, Haute-Vienne, Limousin, Francia

1. Title: Sigebert IV Family Tree
   Author: Internet under Sigebert IV
   Note: Sigebert IV b about 0696 deceased 0765 married to the heiress of Urgel & Cerdanya de Cordoba father Uthman de Abu-Musa of Cordoba. Sigebert IV and Urgel have son Bera III Comte de Raqzes md to Alda or Olba de Carcassonne who has a son Guillaume Comte de Razes de Carcassonne married Nimilde de Poiters son of Bera IV Comte de Rarzes, Marquis of the Spanish March and Gisclafred de Carcassonne. Sigebert IV had a sister Evodie de Rouergue, de Razes married to Hunold Duke of Aquitaine
   Page: This source gives a 1st wife the heiress of Urgel & Cerdanya who gives birth to Bera III Comte de Razes making 5 sons total for Sigebert IV
   
2. Title: Fraudulent Genealogies
   Publication: Name: https://andrewgough.co.uk/articles_evidence/;
   Note: EVIDENCE OF A MYSTERY OR MYSTERIOUS EVIDENCE? By ANDREW GOUGH June 2006 The mystery of Rennes-le-Château is predicated on two primary elements; (1) the Priory Documents and (2) the Archaeology & Artefacts of the legend. Let’s take a closer look at each and reflect on what they tell us. The Priory Documents are a collection of papers, clippings, and genealogies that were deposited in the French National Library (Bibliothèque Nationale) between 1964 and 1967. Essentially, the documents comprise the essence of what we know about the legend of Rennes-le-Château. They also provide considerable insight into our understanding of the Priory of Sion. Put another way; if the Priory Documents did not exist, nor would the legend of Rennes-le-Château. So what do we know about the documents? For a start, their authenticity is extremely questionable. Not only are the documents difficult to corroborate with other historical sources, but equally worrying, the identities of those who authored and deposited them in the French National Library appears entirely fraudulent. In fact, most were deceased by the time the Priory document was authored. In several instance, the would-be author never existed in the first place. What better way to ensure that someone does not object to being entwined in the story? The following is a summary of the primary Priory Documents: (click on link to view)
   
3. Title: Projects MedLands/France/ Comte de Carcassonne
   Author: Projects MedLands/France/ Comte de Carcassonne
   Note: List of four of 5 sons of Sigebert IV starting with Bello, Gisclafred, his wife Ailona, Oliba , Elmetrudes uxor, Richildis , Dela with son Gisclafred, Oliba II Comte de Carcassonne, Bernardo given Carcassonne
   Page: Source give family of Sigebert IV
   
4. Title: Wikipedia - Sigisbert IV
   Author: References Baigent, Michael; Leigh, Richard; Lincoln, Henry (1982). The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail. Corgi. ISBN 0-552-12138-X. Jean-Luc Chaumeil, The Priory of Sion - Shedding Light on the Treasure and Legacy of Rennes-le-Château and the Priory of Sion (Avalonia, 2010). Pierre Plantard. "Vaincre – Reprend le titre d'un périodique paru en 1942-1943, Number 1, April 1990" (PDF). jhaldezos.free.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18. Retrieved 2011-08-18. We would like to repeat that in no case have we found any trace of the son of Dagobert II in the list of the Visigothic Razes. This Sigibert IV found refuge with his abbess sister at Oeren and was the cousin of Sigebert de Rhedae, who was alive more or less around the same time. Historians conflate these two Sigiberts into one person. When did Sigebert IV die? We don't know. Some think that he was the founder of the Habsburg family. [...] If anyone can claim to be a descendant of Sigisbert IV in the direct line it can o
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigebert_IV;
   Note: According to the pseudohistorical Dossiers Secrets d'Henri Lobineau and related documents, Sigebert IV was the son of the Merovingian king Dagobert II who, on the assassination of his father, was rescued by his sister and smuggled to the domain of his mother the (otherwise unknown) Visigoth princess, Giselle de Razès in Rennes-le-Château. He is said to have arrived in the Languedoc in 681 and, at some point, adopted or inherited his uncle's titles, duke of Razès and count of Rhedae. He is also said to have adopted the surname, or nickname, of “Plant-Ard” (subsequently Plantard) from the French appellation ‘rejeton ardent’ ‘ardently flowering shoot’ of the Merovingian vine. Under this name, and under the titles acquired from his uncle, he is said to have perpetuated his lineage.[1] Journalists and scholars who have debunked the Priory of Sion hoax argue that Pierre Plantard created the Dossiers Secrets d'Henri Lobineau and the fictitious biography of Sigebert IV to support his false claim that he was a descendant of the extinct Merovingian dynasty through this figure.[2] In 1990, Plantard revised himself by claiming he was only descended from a cadet branch of the line of Dagobert II, while arguing that the direct descendant was really Otto von Habsburg,[3] who, according to Plantard, was descended from Sigebert I (the son of Bera II and the grandson of Wamba), who married Magdala, the granddaughter of Dagobert II.[3][4] In the 10th-century biography of Saint Arbogast, Vita Sancti Argobasti,[5] Sigebert is mentioned but not named as having died during a hunting accident and later miraculously raised from the dead by Arbogast, Bishop of Strasbourg and close friend of Dagobert II.[6]
   
5. Title: Descendants of Bera II Count de Razes born about 0620
   Author: Internet -Descendants of Bera II Cou8nt de Razes born about 0620
   Note: Bera II Count de Razes born about 0620 married Gislica of Visigoths had a daughter 1. Adela von Austrasia married Eudo I Duke of Aquitaine born about 0650. 2. Sigebert IV de Razes born 0695 married Magdala de Austrasia and had a son Sigebert V de Razes 0695 who has a son Bera III de Razes who has a son Guillaume. 2nd son Bellon Count de Carcassonne md Alda of Carcassonne who had three sons Oliva Count of Carcassonne md Ementrude and Sunifried I Count of Barcelona who md Emensende and Sunaire I de Roussilon who md Trudegarda.
   Page: This source gives Bera II as the father of Sigebert IV and his family.