Matilda of France

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Matilda of France
Matilda, Queen of Burgundy
Spouse(s)	Conrad of Burgundy
Noble family	Carolingian
Father	Louis IV of France
Mother	Gerberga of Saxony
Born	943
Died	27 January 992(992-01-27)

Matilda of France (943 – 27 January 992), was a Queen of Burgundy.

Family

She was a wife of the King Conrad. A Carolingian, she was born to King Louis IV of France and his wife, Gerberga of Saxony.

Matilda married Conrad of Burgundy in 964. As her dowry, the young Queen brought her husband the city of Vienne, which her brother Lothar had ceded to her.^[1]

Her children were:

Bertha of Burgundy (967 – 16 January 1016), married Robert II of France
Matilda of Burgundy (born 969), possibly married Robert, Count of Geneva
Rudolph III of Burgundy (971 – 6 September 1032)
Gerberga of Burgundy (born 965)

Matilda died on 27 January 992.

Ancestors of Matilda of France

16. Charles the Bald

8. Louis the Stammerer

17. Ermentrude of Orléans

4. Charles the Simple

18. Adalard of Paris

9. Adelaide of Paris

2. Louis IV of France

20. Alfred the Great

10. Edward the Elder

21. Ealhswith

5. Eadgifu of England

22. Æthelhelm

11. Ælfflæd

1. Matilda of France

24. Liudolf, Duke of Saxony

12. Otto I, Duke of Saxony

25. Oda

6. Henry the Fowler

26. Henry of Franconia

13. Hedwiga of Franconia

27. Ingeltrude of Friuli

3. Gerberga of Saxony

14. Count Dietrich of Westphalia

7. Matilda of Ringelheim

15. Reinhild

References

↑ Reuter, Timothy (2000). The New Cambridge Medieval History: c. 900-c. 1024. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-36447-7. |accessdate= requires |url= (help)

Persondata
Name	Matilda of France
Alternative names
Short description	Queen consort of Burgundy
Date of birth	943
Place of birth
Date of death	27 January 992
Place of death

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