Metz
An important town in Lorraine, based on the capital of a local Gallic tribe (the Mediomatrici) and later the capital of Lotharingia, the central division of the tripartite splitting of the Frankish Empire in 843.
Clement........................................fl. 4th cent.
Victor I.............................................344-346
Victor II......................................fl. 4th cent.
Rufus..........................................fl. 4th cent.
Adelphus...................................fl. 4th/5th cent.
Auctor............................................fl. c. 451
Romanus...........................................fl. c. 486
Gondulf ? ............................................491- ?
Phronimius........................................... ? -497
Grammatius.........................................497 ?-512
Agatimber..........................................512 ?-535
Hesperius............................................525-542
Villicus.............................................542-568
Peter.............................................568 ? -578
Aigulf............................................fl. c. 590
Arnoald..............................................599-607
Pappolus..........................................607 ? -614
St. Arnulf...........................................615-626
Goericus..........................................fl. c. 641
Godo............................................641 ? -652 ?
Klodulf.........................................652 ? -693 ?
Albo..................................................693- ?
Aptatus.........................................fl. c. 696 ?
Felix...........................................fl. c. 700 ?
Sigibald...........................................708-740 ?
Chrodegang...........................................742-766
vacant
Angilram.............................................768-791
vacant
Gondulf.......................................819-822 d. 824
Drogo................................................823-855
vacant
Adventius............................................858-875
Wala.................................................876-882
Robert I.............................................883-916
Wigerich.............................................917-927
Benno.........................................927-929 d. 940
Adalberon I of Bar...................................929-964
Theoderic I of Franconia.............................964-984
Adalberon II of Upper Lorraine......................984-1005
Theoderic II of Luxembourg.........................1006-1047
Adalberon III of Luxembourg........................1047-1072
Hermann....................................1073-1090 with...
Bruno von Calw.....................................1088-1089
Burchard........................................1090 with...
Poppo of Burgundy...........................1090-1103 and...
Adalberon IV.......................................1090-1117
Theotger...........................................1118-1120
Stephen of Bar.....................................1120-1163
Theoderic III of Bar...............................1164-1171
Frederic de Pluyvoise......................1171-1173 d. 1179
Theoderic IV of Lorraine...........................1173-1179
Bertram............................................1180-1211
Konrad I von Schwarseneck..........................1211-1224
Jean I de Aspremont................................1224-1238
Jacques of Lorraine................................1239-1260
Philippe of Lorraine-Florenges.............1261-1264 d. 1297
Guillaume de Traisnel..............................1264-1269
Lorenz von Leistenberg.............................1270-1279
Jan II of Flanders.................................1280-1282
Burchard de Avesnes................................1282-1296
Gerhard von Rehlingen..............................1297-1302
Reginald of Bar....................................1302-1316
Henri I of Viennois................................1316-1324
Louis I of Poitiers................................1325-1327
Adenar de Monteil..................................1327-1361
Jean III de Vienne.................................1361-1365
Theoderic V Bayer von Boppard......................1365-1384
Peter of Luxembourg................................1384-1387
Radolph de Coucy...........................1388-1415 d. 1424
Konrad II Bayer von Boppard........................1416-1459
Georg of Baden.....................................1459-1484
Henri II of Lorraine-Vaudemont.....................1484-1505
Jean IV of Lorraine................................1505-1550
Charles of Lorraine-Guise..........................1550-1551
Robert II de Lenoncourt....................1551-1553 d. 1562
Occupied by France, 1552-1648
vacant
Francois Beauquerre de Peguillon...................1555-1568
Louis II of Lorraine-Guise.........................1568-1578
Charles II of Lorraine.............................1578-1607
Annas Perusse d'Escars.............................1608-1612
Henri III de Verneuil......................1612-1652 d. 1682
Formally annexed to France, 1648.