Eremburga of Mortain
Eremburga of Mortain (Eremburge de Mortain)[1] was the second wife of Count Roger I of Sicily and thus the second Sicilian countess.[2][3] She is very obscure and details of her life are almost unknown to us today.
Her father was either William, Count of Mortain[4] or Robert d'Eu, and if he was Eremburga's father, then her mother was called Beatrix.[5]
Roger married Eremburga in 1077 and she bore him several daughters and one son. Sources about her children gives many contradictory information.
Eremburga's children were:
- Matilda, wife of Count Ranulf II of Alife and mother of Robert[6]
- Flandina, wife of Henry del Vasto, whose sister married Roger after Eremburga's death
- Constance (Matilda), wife of Conrad II of Italy
- Judith, who founded a Cluniac abbey at Sciacca[7]
- Mauger, Count of Troina
Son of Flandina was Count Simon of Policastro.
It is possible that Felicia of Sicily, mother of Stephen II of Hungary, was Eremburga's daughter,[8] and Geoffrey, Count of Ragusa was maybe Eremburga's son. Another possible Eremburga's child was Princess Muriel.
According to Goffredo Malaterra, Eremburga died in 1089.
References
- ↑ Goffredo Malaterra's words: "Eremburga filia Gulielmi comitis Mortonensis"
- ↑ Johnson, Ewan (2005). "Normandy and Norman Identity in Southern Italian Chronicles". In Gillingham, John. Anglo-Normann Studies: XXVII. Proceedings of the Battle Conference 2004. The Boydell Press. pp. 85–100. ISBN 978-0-521-87616-2.
- ↑ Neveux, Francois (2008). A Brief History of the Normans: The Conquests that Changed the Face of Europe. Robinson Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84529-523-3.
- ↑ Norman Expansion: Connections, Continuities and Contrasts by Professor Andrew Jotischky and Professor Keith Stringer
- ↑ Eremburge de Mortain
- ↑ De Rebus Gestis Rogerii Siciliæ Regis of Alessandro, Abbot of Telese
- ↑ From a charter: "Jullita filia comitis Rogerii cum consensus fratris mei Rogerii regis Sicilie ducatus Apulie et principatus Capue."
- ↑ Norwich, John Julius (1992). The Normans in Sicily. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-015212-8.