Gerberga of Saxony

Female Abt 913 - 984  (~ 71 years)


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  • 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 Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Jul 936, Memleben, Saxony, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Matilda of Ringelheim,   b. 877,   d. 14 Mar 967/68, Quedlinburg Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 909  Wallhausen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 02 Mar 985/86, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
     3. Charles, Duc de Basse-Lorraine,   b. 953, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 991 and 993, Orléans, Loiret, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
     4. Prince Charles des Francs,   b. 945, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 953  (Age 8 years)
    Family ID F223  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerberga_of_Saxony.

    2. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert,_Duke_of_Lorraine.

    3. [S178] thePeerage.com, Darryl Lundy, (Location: Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand;).

    4. [S174] Wikipedia.

    5. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_the_Fowler.

    6. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Ringelheim.