SIMON I DE LORRAINE AND ADÉLAÏDE DE QUERFORT

ST. URBAIN, Ferdinand de: Lorraine, ca. 1720, Bronze, 47 mm
Obv: Bust of Simon (l)   SIMON. I. D. G. DVX. LOTH ET. MARCHIO
Rev: Bust of Adelaide (r)   ADELEVDIS. QVERFORDIENSIS. DVCISSA. LOT. ET. MAR.
Signed: S.V.
Ref: From the Series of the Dukes and Duchesses of Lorraine. Forrer V, p.310 #25; Mirnik #8;  Weiss BW750

Simon I (1076 –1138) was the duke of Lorraine from 1115 to his death, the eldest son and successor of Thierry II and Hedwige of Formbach. He married Adélaïde De Querfort who died in 1158. One of their children was Mathieu I, the next duke of Lorraine.