Alberada of Lotharingia

Events

Date of Birth: probably the early 930’s.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Baldwin. Glocker (p. 282) gives about 935.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Place of Burial: Saint-Remi de Reims.

The place is given by Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: Giselbert (died 939), duke of Lotharingia.

This relationship is given by Glocker (p. 282), by Bouchard (p. 125), by Le Jan (p. 214), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Gerberga, daughter of Heinrich I, king of Germany.

This relationship is given by Glocker (p. 282), by Bouchard (p. 125), by Le Jan (p. 214), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Ragenold, count of Roucy. Married about 950.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (8:410; 8:861), by Glocker (p. 282), by Le Jan (p. 214), and by Baldwin.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)

Ermentrude married (1) Aubry II, count of Mâcon; married (2) Otte-Guillaume, count of Burgundy.

Giselbert (died 19 April, not long after 991), count of Roucy.

Bruno (about 956 - 1015 or 1016), bishop of Langres.

a daughter married Frotmund II, count of Sens.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Alberada de Lorraine” in The Henry Project. (2008)

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).

Glocker, Winfrid. Die Verwandten der Ottonen und ihre Bedeutung in der Politik: Studien zur Familienpolitik und zur Genealogie des Sächsischen Kaiserhauses (Böhlau Verlag: Köln, 1989).

Le Jan, Régine. Femmes, pouvoir et société dans le haut Moyen Age. (Picard, 2001).

Tanner, Heather J. Families, Friends, and Allies: Boulogne and Politics in Northern France and England c. 879 - 1160. (Brill: 2004).