Bertha, daughter of Lothair II

Events

Date of Birth: about 863.

The estimated date is given by Settipani (p. 274). Heidecker (p. 52) estimates 857-861.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 8 March 925.

Place of Death: Lucca.

The date and place are given by Baldwin. The date is given by Settipani (p. 274).

Place of Burial: Lucca, Santa Maria.

The place is given by Settipani (p. 274).

Relationships

Father: Lothair II (died 869), king of Lorraine.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Keller, by Settipani (p. 274), by Hlawitschka, by Bouchard (p. 102), and by Baldwin.

Mother: (presumably) Waldrade.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Keller, by Settipani (p. 274), by Hlawitschka, by Bouchard (p. 102), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Thibaud, count of Arles.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Keller, by Settipani (p. 274), by Hlawitschka, and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Adalberto II, margrave of Tuscany.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Keller, by Settipani (p. 274), by Hlawitschka, and by Baldwin.

Children (by Thibaud):

(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.)

Hugo (died 10 April 947), king of Italy, married (1) Willa in about 912; married (2) Hilda in about 924; married (3) Marozia, daughter of Theophylakt, Roman senator, in about 932; married (4) Bertha, daughter of Burchard, duke of Swabia, on 12 December 937.

Boso, margrave of Ivrea, married Willa.

Children (by Adalberto):

Guido (died 928 or 929), margrave of Tuscany, married Marozia, daughter of Theophalakt, Roman senator.

Lambert (died after 958), margrave of Tuscany.

Ermengard (died after 29 February 932), married Adalberto, margrave of Ivrea, about 915.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Bertha” in The Henry Project.

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

Heidecker, Karl. The Divorce of Lothar II, (Tanis M. Guest, trans.), (Cornell University Press, 2010).

Hlawitschka, Eduard. Vom Frankenreich zur Formierung der europäishen Staaten- und Völkergemeinschaft 840-1046: Ein Studienbuch. (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 1986).

Keller, Hagen. “Bosone di Toscana” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 13 (1971).

Schieffer, Theodor. “Lothar II”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 15 (1987), S. 216-220 [Onlinefassung].

Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).