Gerberga of Burgundy

Gerberga of Burgundy (965-1016) was a daughter of Matilda of France and Conrad of Burgundy. Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of Louis IV of France and a descendent of Charlemagne.[1]

Life and Issue

Gerberga was born in Arles.

She married Herman II, Duke of Swabia in 988. Their daughter Gisela became Empress of Germany. Her son Herman III succeeded his father in 1003, but died young, in 1012. Matilda of Swabia was another daughter, whose two daughters were Sophie, Countess of Bar and Beatrice of Bar, regent of Tuscany. Gerberga died in Nordgau, Bavaria.

Notes

  1. ^ Wolfram and Kaiser. p. 32. 

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