Walbert II

Walbert II (born 513-519 AD) also called the Younger, was a patrician, Roman senator, and Merovingian Count of Haynau and of the Ardennes.

Biography Walbert II "the Younger" was born in Francia during the Middle Ages.

He was a direct descendant of Auberon (or Albéron), Lord of the Ardennes, son of Clodebald de Francie and grandson of Clodion the Hairy. His grandmother, Argotte, daughter of Theodoric the Great, was from the Ostrogoths.

He came into possession of the lordships that his father had in the pagi of the Arduensis and of Hainoensis (now Hainaut Province). His brother Ansbert the Senator, first acquired the marquisate of the Holy Empire on the Escaut and later the Duchy of Mosel, a region spanning from Metz to Cologne and Luxembourg. Among their children were Walbert III, Vraye, and Brunulf I, Count of Cambrésis, father to Brunulf II. The eldest of his sons, Walbert III, had as his wife Amalberge of Landen, daughter of Carloman by whom he had four children including two sons: Walbert IV and another Brunulphe I, Count of the Adrennes. His son Brunulf was the father of Saint Hydulphe, who inherited the Principality of Ardennes from his cousin, Waltrude, and Hainaut from his wife, Saint Aye, but died without children.

Death Count Walbert II of the Ardennes died around 575 in Austrasia, Francia.