Gerberge

Events

Date of Birth: about 945

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 11 December, between 986 and 992.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Baldwin.

Relationships

Father: Lambert, count of Chalon.

This relationship is given by Bouchard (1987, p. 267, 2001, p. 19), and by Baldwin.

Mother: unknown.

Baldwin notes that it is chronologically unlikely that Gerberge was a daughter of Lambert’s known wife, Adélaïde. Bouchard (2001, p. 19) gives Adélaïde, in (1987, p. 310) dismissing the chronological argument.

Spouse: Adalberto, joint king of Italy.

This relationship is given by Fasoli, by Bouchard (2001, p. 18), and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Eudes alias Henri (died 15 October 1002), duke of Burgundy. Married about 974.

This relationship is given by Bouchard (2001, p. 18), and by Baldwin.

Children:

Otte-Guillaume (died 21 September 1026 or 1027), count of Burgundy, married (1) Ermentrude, daughter of Ragenold, count of Roucy; married (2) Adélaïde.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Gerberge” in The Henry Project. (2008)

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. Sword, Miter, and Cloister: Nobility and the Church in Burgundy, 980-1198 (Cornell University Press, 1987).

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

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

Fasoli, Gina. “Adalberto, re d’Italia” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 1 (1960).