Gerberga

Events

Date of Birth: about 913 or 914.

Place of Birth: Nordhausen.

The estimated date is given by Baldwin and by Glocker (p. 272). The place is given by Hlawitschka.

Date of Death: 5 May, 969 or later (possibly 984).

The date is given by Baldwin.

Place of Burial: Saint-Rémy de Reims.

The place is given by Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: Heinrich I (died 936), king of Germany.

This relationship is given by Hlawitschka, by Glocker, by Settipani (p. 329), by Bouchard (p. 109), by Le Jan (p. 31), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Mathilde (died 968), daughter of count Dietrich.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:37), by Hlawitschka, by Glocker, by Settipani (p. 329), by Bouchard (p. 109), by Le Jan (p. 30), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Giselbert (died 939), duke of Lotharingia. Married in the summer of 928.

This relationship is given by Hlawitschka, by Glocker (pp. 28-32, 272-273), by Settipani (p. 329), by Bouchard (p. 125), by Le Jan (p. 31), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Louis IV "d'Outremer" (died 954), king of France.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:37), by Hlawitschka, by Glocker (pp. 32-33, 272-273), by Settipani (p. 329), by Bouchard (p. 125), by Le Jan (p. 30), and by Baldwin.

Children (by Giselbert):

(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.)

Henri (died about 944), joint-duke of Lotharingia.

Hedwig.

Alberada married Ragenold, count of Roucy.

(probably) Gerberga married Albert, count of Vermandois.

Children (by Louis):

Lothaire (941 - 2 March 986), king of France, married Emma, daughter of Lotario, king of Italy.

Mathilde (baptized 943, died 25 or 26 November 981, or later) married Conrad, king of Burgundy.

Charles (born 945, died before 953).

a daughter (baptized 948).

Louis (948 - 954).

Charles (born 953, died about 30 March 991), duke of Lower Lotharingia, married (1) a daughter of Heribert; married (2) Adélaïde.

Henri (953-953).

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. “Gerberga” in The Henry Project. (2011)

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).

Hlawitschka, Eduard. “Gerberga”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 6 (1964), S. 256 f. [Onlinefassung]

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

Karpf, E. "Gerberga" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).

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

MacLean, Simon. Ottonian Queenship. (Oxford University Press, 2017). This book contains an extended discussion of Gerberga's political role (pp. 49-94).

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).