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Berengar II (died 896) was the Count of Bayeux and Rennes and Margrave of the Breton March from 886 until his death a decade later.

In 874, Brittany's internal politics were thrown into turmoil when King Salomon was murdered by a rival. The resulting surge of Viking attacks made possible by the power vacuum was narrowly held at bay by a hasty Breton-Frankish alliance between Alan the Great of Vannes and Berengar of Rennes. Between 889-90, the Seine Vikings moved into Brittany, hard on the heels of the Loire fleet that Alan and Berengar had successfully driven out (this latter force had broken up into several small flotillas and sailed west). Alain again joined forces with Berengar of Rennes and led two Breton armies into the field. Finding their retreat down the Marne blocked, the Vikings hauled their ships overland to the Vire and besieged Saint-Lo, where the Bretons virtually annihilated the fleet.

Berengar's kin became the first Gallo-speaking lords holding residence within Brittany (Rennes and Penthièvre, rather than the Loire Valley-predominant Nantes or Vannes), as a consequence of the Breton nobility being more or less broken under the Norman invasions of the 880s and as a reward for holding his ground against their attacks.

Berengar is speculated to have married the daughter of Gurvand, Duke of Brittany, by which relationship he attained the countship of Rennes. This would make him brother-in-law of Judicael, Duke of Brittany. He is thought to be the Berengar of Bayeux whose daughter Poppa was captured in a raid and married to Rollo of Normandy. Various reconstructions make him father, grandfather, or great-grandfather of Judicael Berengar, later Count of Rennes.

Henry (died 886), possibly a son or grandson of Count Poppo of Grapfeld, one of the first Babenbergs, was the most important East Frankish general during the reign of Charles the Fat. He was variously titled Count or Margrave of Saxony and Duke of Franconia.

Henry was the ancestral lord of a castle, Babenberg, on the River Main, around which the later city of Bamberg was built. He enjoyed the favour of Charles the Fat and was his right-hand man in Germany during his reign. He led a surprise strike on a force of Vikings prior to the Siege of Asselt, but it was unsuccessful. When, in 885, Charles summoned Hugh, Duke of Alsace, and Godfrey, Duke of Frisia, to a court at Lobith, it was Henry who arrested them and had Godfrey executed and Hugh imprisoned on Charles' orders.

In 884, when Charles succeeded to the throne of West Francia, he sent Henry there to hold the March of Neustria against the Vikings. In 886, he was sent to aid the besieged of Paris. He did not stay long but returned later that year with Charles. However, he died in a skirmish with the Vikings while en route. enry has been speculated to have married Ingeltrude, daughter of Eberhard of Friuli and Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious. A daughter of Berengar I of Neustria, himself possibly a Conradine, has been suggested as another possible wife. Marriage with the latter would have been made possible and perhaps advisable by Henry's new position in Neustria and his dealings with the Vikings. Henry had one known daughter:

• Hedwiga, married Otto I, Duke of Saxony

It has also been suggested that Henry had a son, named either Henry or, on the basis of onomastics, Berenger, who is to be identified with Berengar II of Neustria.

Poppo I (died 839-841) was a Frankish count in the Grapfeld (Grabfeld) from 819-839. As a grandson of Heimrich, Count in the Upper Rheingau, he was a descendant of the Robertian count Cancor, and therefore a member of the Frankish House of Babenberg (Popponids).

Poppo was a "leading man of the Franks" in 838-839, when he and several other noblemen, including Gebhard, Count of the Lahngau, Count Adalbert of Metz and Archbishop Odgar of Mainz opposed Louis the German's revolt against Emperor Louis the Pious.

Poppo was probably the father (or grandfather) of Henry of Franconia, Duke Poppo (II) of Thuringia and Egino. A notable descendant of Poppo's is Queen Elizabeth II.

Heimrich (Heimo) (740-5 May 795), Count in the Upper Rheingau, son of Cancor, Count of Hesbaye, and Angila. Heinrich was also Count of Lahngau, Count of Oberrheingau, and lay abbot of Mosbach Abbey.

Heimrich was a leader in the forces of Charlemagne in his prosecution of the Saxon Wars and was killed in the Battle of Lüne and the Elbe fighting the Obotrite Slavs.

Heinrich married Eggiwiz of an unknown family. They had two children:

• Heimrich (765-812), Count of Saalgau
• Bubo of Grabfeldgau (763-795)

Heimrich was the grandfather of Poppo of Grapfeld through his son and namesake, and therefore an early member of the House of Babenberg.

Cancor (d. 771), Count of Hesbaye, son of Robert I, Count of Hesbaye, and his wife Williswinda.

In 764, Cancor founded Lorsch Abbey together with his widowed mother Williswinda as a proprietary church and monastery on their estate, Laurissa (Lorsch). They entrusted its government to Cancor's cousin Chrodegang, Archbishop of Metz, son of Cancor's aunt Landrada. Chrodegang dedicated the church and monastery to Saint Peter and became its first abbot. The founders enriched the new abbey later by further donations.

In 766, Chrodegang resigned as Abbot of Lorsch owing to his other important duties as Archbishop of Metz. He then sent his brother Gundeland, another nephew of Cancor, to Lorsch as his successor.

According to one source, Cancor was probably related to the Robertians. His father's name may have been Rodbert, and Robert may have been his brother or his nephew.

In 770, Cancor married a noblewoman Angila, of unknown parentage. Cancer and Angila had five children:

• Heimrich (d. 5 May 795), Count of the Upper Rhiengau, who died in the Battle of Lüne and the Elbe, a campaign in Charlemagne’s Saxon Wars
• Embert (d. 803), Bishop of Worms, 770-803
• Rachilt (d. after 1 November 792), Nun at Lorsch
• Euphemia, Nun at Lorsch.

Through his son Heimrich, Cancor was the great-grandfather of Poppo of Grapfeld, and so an early member to the Frankish House of Babenberg.

Cancor was succeeded as Count of Hesbaye by his brother Thuringbert.

Robert I (697–764), Count of Hesbaye and Duke of Neustria, son of Lambert, Count of Haspengau, and Chrotlind, daughter of Theoderic III, King of Neustria and Austria, and Saint Amalaberga. He was Count palatine under Childeric III. His descendants would form the basis of the Bourbon dynasty, one of the most important royal households in history.

Robert married Williswinda, daughter of Adalhelm, Grundherr im Wormsgau. Robert and Williswinda had three children:

• Cancor (d. 771), Count of Hesbaye and Rheingau
• Anselm (killed in battle in Roncesvalles, Spain, 778), Count Palatine
• Thuringbert, great-grandfather of Robert the Strong.

Upon his death, Robert was succeeded as count by his brother-in-law Signramnus, probably prior to his son Cancor becoming of age.

Lambert (682–781), Count of Haspengau (Hesbaye). The identity of Lambert's father remains uncertain, but the prevailing theories identify him as either Robert II(Chrodobert II), Lord Chancellor of France, or a son of Robert's. Some histories identify Lambert as the son of Warnius and Gunza (see, for example, Lambert de Hesbaye), although this is not likely. Lambert would be nevertheless a direct descendant of Clovis I, King of the Franks.

Lambert was possibly married to Chrotlind, daughter of Theodoric III, King of Neustria and Austrasia. Lambert (and Chrotlind?) had three children:^[1]

• Landrada, married Sigramnus, Count of Hesbaye
• Robert I, Duke of Neustria and Count of Hesbaye
• Rotrude, married Charles Martel. Grandmother of Charlemagne.

Upon his death, Lambert was succeeded as Count of Hesbaye by his son Robert.

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