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Otto I the Illustrious of Saxony
(Cir 836-912)
Hedvig of Babenberg
(Cir 850-903)
Theudebert of Saxony
(Cir 872-Cir 916)
Reginhild of Friesland
(-)
Henry The Fowler of Germany
(Cir 876-936)
Mathilde of Ringelheim
(Cir 892-968)
Gerberga of Saxony
(Cir 913-984)

 

Family Links

Spouses/Children:
1. Gilbert of Lotharingia

2. Louis IV of France

Gerberga of Saxony 1 2 3

  • Born: Cir 913
  • Marriage (1): Gilbert of Lotharingia in 929
  • Marriage (2): Louis IV of France in 939
  • Died: 5 May 984 aged 71

   Another name for Gerberga was Gerberge.

  General Notes:

Gerberga var annen gang gift i 939 med Ludvig IV av Frankrike.

Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen angir i "Rosensverdslektens forfedre" at hun døde i 968.

  Research Notes:

Her year of birth is also recorded as ca 919.


Gerberga married Gilbert of Lotharingia, son of Rainier I of Hainaut and Alberada, in 929. (Gilbert of Lotharingia was born circa 890 and died on 2 Oct 939.)


Gerberga next married Louis IV of France, son of Charles III the Simple of France and Eadgifu, in 939. (Louis IV of France was born in 921, died on 10 Sep 954 in Reims, Marne, France and was buried in Saint-Remi Cathedral, Reims, Marne, France.)


  Marriage Notes:

Louis and Gerberge had two sons and a daughter:
Lothair, (941-986) Western Frankish King;
Charles, (954-986) Duke of Lower Lorraine;
Mathilde. 4

Sources


1 Brian C. Tompsett, Directory of Royal Genealogical (Datahttp://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html
Brian Tompsett
Department of Computer Science
University of Hull
Hull, UK, HU6 7RX
B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk).

2 Tore Nygaard, Tore Nygaard's Genealogy (http://www.nygaard.home.se). Erich Brandenburg: Die Nachkommen Karls des Grossen. Leipzig 1935. Mogens Bugge: Våre forfedre, nr. 261. Bent og Vidar Billing Hansen: Rosensverdslektens forfedre, side 59, 87.

3 Darryl Lundy, thePeerage.com (http://www.thepeerage.com/).

4 Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/).

Updated 14 June 2008. Contact: Ken Nygaard    My Home Page