Rozala
She accepted the name Susanna on her marriage to Robert II (Jackman p. 26).
Events
Date of Birth: unknown.
Cawley gives an estimate of 950 - 960.
Place of Birth: unknown.
Date of Death: 13 December 1003 or 7 February 1004.
The dates are given by Cawley. Père Anselme (2:715) states that she died 26 January 1003 at Compiegne. Althoff gives 13 December 1003.
Place of Death: unknown.
Place of Burial: Ghent, church of the abbey of Saint-Pierre du Mont-Blandin.
The place is given by Cawley.
Relationships
Father: Berengario II (died 966), king of Italy.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:715), by Le Jan (p. 377), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Baldwin.
Mother: Willa, daughter of Boso.
This relationship is given by Baldwin and by Cawley.
Spouse: Arnulf II of Flanders (died 987).
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:715), by Le Jan (p. 377), and by Baldwin.
Spouse: Robert II (died 1031), king of France. Married about 989 or 990. Divorced between 991 and 993.
This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:715), by Koch, by Le Jan (p. 377), by Bouchard (p. 18), and by Baldwin.
Children (by Arnulf):
Mathilde (died 24 July 995).
Baldwin IV (died 29 or 30 May 1035), marquis of Flanders, married Otgiva of Luxemburg.
References
Althoff, Gerd. Adels- und Königsfamilien im Spiegel ihrer Memorialüberlieferung: Studieren zum Totengedenken der Billunger und Ottonen. (München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1984).
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. “Arnulf II (Arnulfus iunior)” in The Henry Project.
Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).
Cawley, Charles. “Rozala d'Ivrea” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
Jackman, Donald. “A Greco-Roman Onomastic Fund” in Onomastique et Parenté dans l’Occident médiéval (2000) pp. 14-56.
Koch, A.C.F. "Balduin IV. der Bärtige" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 1 (Stuttgart: 1980).
Le Jan, Régine. Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe - Xe siècle): essai d’anthropologie sociale (Publications de la Sorbonne, 1995).