Gerberga of Saxony
Abt 913 - 984 (~ 71 years)-
Name Gerberga of Saxony [1, 2] Born Abt 913 [1] Gender Female Birth Abt 919 [3] Died 05 May 984 Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France [1, 3, 4] Notes - Gerberga of Saxony (c. 913-5 May 984) was a daughter of Henry the Fowler, King of Germany, and Matilda of Ringelheim.
Marriages
She married first Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine. They had four children:
Alberade of Lorraine b. about 929. Married Renaud (originally as Ragenold), a Viking chieftain who became the Count of Roucy [1]
Henry, Duke of Lorraine b. about 932
Gerberge of Lorraine b. about 935. Married Adalbert I of Vermandois.
Wiltrude, b. about 937.
She married secondly Louis IV of France in 939. They were parents to eight children:
Lothair of France (941-986)
Matilda b. about 943; married Conrad of Burgundy
Hildegarde b. about 944
Carloman b. about 945
Louis b. about 948
Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine (953-993)
Alberade b. before 953
Henry b. about 953
Education and later life
Contemporary sources describe her as a highly educated, intelligent and forceful player in the political game of the time.
Louis IV died on 10 September 954. As a widow, Gerberga became a nun and served as the abbess of Notre Dame in Laon. She died in Reims, Champagne.
Person ID I5408 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Henry, I the Fowler, b. 876, Memleben, Saxony, Germany , d. 02 Jul 936, Memleben, Saxony, Germany (Age 60 years) Relationship Natural Mother Matilda of Ringelheim, b. 877, d. 14 Mar 967/68, Quedlinburg (Age 91 years) Relationship Natural Married 909 Wallhausen, Germany [3, 5, 6] Family ID F2154 Group Sheet
Family 1 Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine, b. Abt 890, d. 02 Oct 939 (Age ~ 49 years) Married Bef 931 [2] Children 1. Alberade of Lorraine 2. Gerberge of Lorraine, b. 935, d. 978 (Age 43 years) Family ID F1917 Group Sheet
Family 2 Louis, IV of France, b. 10 Sep 920, d. 10 Sep 954, Rheims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France (Age 34 years) Married 939 [1, 3] Children 1. Matilda of France, b. 943, d. 27 Jan 991/92 (Age 49 years) 2. Lothair, Roi de France, b. 941, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France , d. 02 Mar 985/86, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France (Age 45 years) 3. Charles, Duc de Basse-Lorraine, b. 953, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France , d. Between 991 and 993, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France (Age 38 years) 4. Prince Charles des Francs, b. 945, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France , d. 953 (Age 8 years) Family ID F223 Group Sheet
- Gerberga of Saxony (c. 913-5 May 984) was a daughter of Henry the Fowler, King of Germany, and Matilda of Ringelheim.
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