Gerberga of Lower Lotharingia

Events

Date of Birth: about 970 - 975.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Glocker (p. 302). Settipani (p. 339) gives near 975.

Date of Death: 27 January, after 1018.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Glocker (p. 302) and by Settipani (p. 339).

Relationships

Father: Charles, duke of Lower Lotharingia.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:785), by Wauters, by Glocker (p. 302), and by Bouchard (p. 102).

Mother: uncertain.

Baldwin notes that primary sources make some confusing statements. Bouchard (p. 102) makes her Adelaide.

Spouse: Lambert I “le Barbu”, count of Leuven.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:785), by Wauters, by Glocker (p. 302), by Settipani (p. 339), and by Tanner.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Hendrik I (died 1038), count of Leuven.

Lambert II, count of Leuvan, married Oda von Lothringen.

Matilda married Eustache, count of Boulogne.

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).

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).

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

Wauters, Alphonse, “Lambert I” in Biographie Nationale de Belgique Volume 11 (Bruxelles:1890-1891).