Mathilde de France
Events
Date of Birth: late 943.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Glocker (pp. 283-284) and by Settipani (p. 330).
Date of Death: 26 or 27 January, between 981 and 992.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Settipani (p. 330). Glocker (pp. 283-284) gives 26 November, after 981. Althoff (p. 372) gives 25 November, after 981.
Place of Burial: Vienne, cathédrale Saint-Maurice.
The place is given by Settipani (p. 330)..
Relationships
Father: Louis IV “d’Outremer”, king of the Franks.
This relationship is given by Sirjean, by Settipani (p. 330), by Hlawitschka, by Bouchard (p. 125), and by Glocker (pp. 283-284).
Mother: Gerberga of Germany.
This relationship is given by Sirjean, by Settipani (p. 330), by Hlawitschka, by Bouchard (p. 125), and by Glocker (pp. 283-284).
Spouse: Conrad I “le Pacifique”, king of Burgundy. Married about 964.
This relationship is given by Sirjean, by Jurot, by Settipani (p. 330), by Hlawitschka, by Bouchard (p. 125), and by Glocker (pp. 283-284).
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
Berthe married (1) Eudes I, count of Blois; married (2) Robert II, king of France.
Gerberga (died 7 July 1018) married (1) Hermann I, count of Werl; married (2) Hermman II, duke of Swabia.
Rudolf III (died 5 or 6 September 1032), king of Burgundy, married (1) Ageltruda; married (2) Ermengarde.
References
Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).
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. Vom Frankenreich zur Formierung der europäishen Staaten- und Völkergemeinschaft 840-1046: Ein Studienbuch. (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 1986).
Jurot, Romain. “Conrad” in Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse (2007).
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).
Sirjean, Gaston. Encyclopédie généalogique des maisons souveraines du monde: Première Partie No. 2 Les Carolingiens (1959).