Gertrud von Sachsen

Events

Date of Birth: about 1028.

Place of Birth: Schweinfurt.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 4 August 1113.

Place of Death: Veurne.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Place of Burial: Veurne.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Bernhard II, duke in Saxony.

This relationship is given by Freytag and by Cartellieri.

Mother: Eilika von Schweinfurt.

This relationship is given by Freytag and by Cartellieri.

Spouse: Floris I, count in Frisia.

This relationship is given by Freytag and by Cartellieri.

Spouse: Robert I, count of Flanders.

This relationship is given by Freytag and by Nicholas (p. 116).

Children (by Floris):

(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.)

Dirk V (born about 1050 or 1055, died 17 June 1091), count of Holland.

Floris (died before 1061).

Bertha (about 1058 - 30 July 1093) married Philippe I, king of France.

Children (by Robert I):

Adela (about 1065 - April 1115) married (1) Knud II, king of Denmark; married (2) Roger, duke of Apulia.

Robert II (1065 - 1111), count of Flanders, married Clemence de Bourgogne.

Philippe (died before 1127).

a daughter.

Gertrude married (1) Henri III, count of Louvain; married (2) Thierry II, duke of Lorraine.

References

Cartellieri, Alexander. Philipp II. August, König von Frankreich (Band 4) (Leipzig, 1921; republished 1969).

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

“Floris I” in the Biographisch Woordenboek der Nederlanden (A.J. van der AA, e.a) deel 6, 115 (1859).

Freytag, Hans-Joachim. “Bernhard II.” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 2 (1955), S. 112.

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

Poelman. “Floris I” in Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek Deel 2, 445. (1912).