Bertha of Holland

Also known as Bertha van Friesland.

Events

Date of Birth: about 1058.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cawley. Van Bussel gives about 1055.

Date of Death: 30 July 1093.

Place of Death: Montreuil-sur-Mer.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Floris I, count in Frisia.

This relationship is given by the Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden (2-1:451), by Dufour (fig. 3), by Nicholas (p. 117), and by van Bussel.

Mother: Gertrud von Sachsen.

This relationship is given by the Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden (2-1:451), by Dufour (fig. 3), by Nicholas (p. 117), and by van Bussel.

Spouse: Philippe I, king of France. Married 1072, repudiated 1092.

This relationship is given père Anselme (1:74), by Bournazel (p. 31), by Nicholas (p. 117), and by van Bussel.

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 Cawley.)

Constance de France (about 1078 - 4 September 1126) married (1) Hugues I de Blois, count of Troyes; married (2) Bohemond I, prince of Antioch.

Louis Thibaut de France (1081 - 1 August 1137), later Louis VI “le Gros”, king of France, married (1) Lucienne de Rochefort; married (2) Adélaïde de Maurienne.

Henri de France (born 1083, died young).

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).

“Bertha” in the Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden (A.J. van der AA, e.a) deel 2-1, 451 (1854).

Bournazel, Eric. Louis VI le gros (Paris: Fayard, 2007).

Bussel, Marion van. “Bertha van Holland (ca. 1055-1094)” in Digital Vrowenlexicon van Nederland (2014).

Cawley, Charles. “BERTHA of Holland” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

Dufour, Jean. "Louis VI, roi de France (1108-1137), à la lumière des actes royaux et des source narratives" in Comples rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 134e année, N.2, 1990. pp. 456-482.

Nicholas, Karen S. “Countesses as Rulers in Flanders” in Aristocratic Women in Medieval France (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999).

Sirjean, Gaston. Encyclopédie généalogique des maisons souveraines du monde: Première Partie No. 3 Les Capétiens Directs (1959).