Bertha of Burgundy

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Bertha of Burgundy
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Queen consort of the Franks
Tenure 996–1000
Born 952–967
Died 1010–1035
Spouse Odo I, Count of Blois
Robert II of France
House Elder House of Welf (by birth)
House of Burgundy (by marriage)
Father Conrad of Burgundy
Mother Matilda of France

Bertha of Burgundy (952, 964 or 967 – 1010, 16 January 1016, or 1035) was the daughter of Conrad the Peaceful, King of Burgundy[1] and his wife Matilda, daughter of Louis IV, King of France and Gerberga of Saxony. She was named for her father's mother, Bertha of Swabia.

She first married Odo I, Count of Blois in about 983.[2] They had several children, including Odo II.[1]

After the death of her husband in 996, Bertha's cousin Robert, co-King of France wished to marry her, in place of his repudiated first wife Rozala, who was many years his senior. The union was opposed by Robert's father, Hugh Capet, due to the potential political problem that could be caused by religious authorities due to their consanguinity. However, the marriage went ahead after Hugh's death in October 996, which left Robert as sole king.

The closeness of Robert and Bertha by blood was such that Church authorities considered the marriage illegal since they had not received a dispensation, nor had they requested one. Accordingly, Pope Gregory V declared the pair excommunicated. This, and the lack of children (save one, who lived and died in 999), caused Robert to agree with Pope Silvester II to have the marriage annulled in 1000.

Robert next married Constance of Arles while Bertha may have been the Bertha who married Arduin of Ivrea (Arduino d´Ivrea), King of Italy, Marquis of Ivrea.

Ancestry

Family of Bertha of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Conrad II, Duke of Transjurane Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Rudolph I of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Waldrada of Worms
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Rudolph II of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Boso of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Guilla of Provence
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Ermengard of Italy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Conrad I of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Burchard I, Duke of Swabia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Burchard II, Duke of Swabia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Liutgard of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Bertha of Swabia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Eberhard I of Zürich
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. (de) Regelinda of Zürich
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Bertha of Burgundy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Louis the Stammerer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Charles the Simple
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Adelaide of Paris
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Louis IV of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Edward the Elder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Eadgifu of Wessex
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Ælfflæd
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Matilda of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Otto I, Duke of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Henry the Fowler
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Hedwiga
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Gerberga of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Dietrich, Count in Westphalia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Matilda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Reinhild
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Stefan Weinfurter, The Salian Century: Main Currents in an Age of Transition, transl. Barbara M. Bowlus, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999), 46.
  2. ↑ Burgundy and Provence 879-1032, Constance Brittain Bourchard, The New Cambridge Medieval History, Vol. III, ed. Timothy Reuter, (Cambridge University Press, 1999), 342.


French royalty
Preceded by Queen consort of the Franks
996–1000		 Succeeded by
Constance of Arles

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