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The Rest of the Story: The Ancestors of Sarah May Paddock Otstott
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Gerberga OF BURGUNDY (965-aft1016)
| Name: | Gerberga OF BURGUNDY 1 |
| Sex: | Female |
| Father: | Conrad I OF BURGUNDY (925?-993) |
| Mother: | Mathilda OF THE WEST FRANKS (933-981?) |
Individual Events and Attributes
| Birth | 0965 | Arles |
| Occupation | frm 0988 to 1016 (age 22-51) | Duchess Consort of Swabia |
| Death | aft 1016 (age 50-51) | Nordgau, Bavaria |
Marriage
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| Gisela of Swabia | Gisela of Swabia | Gisela of Swabia | ||||
| Spouse | Herman(n) II OF SWABIA ( -1003) | |
| Children | Mathilde OF SWABIA (995?-1031) | |
| Gisele OF SWABIA (995-1043) | ||
| Marriage | 0988 (app) (age 22-23) | |
Individual Note
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.
NOTE:
1 Wolfram and Kaiser. p. 32.
SOURCE:
Wolfram and Kaiser (2006). Conrad II, 990-1039: Emperor of Three Kingdoms. The Pennsylvania State University Press.2
Sources
| 1 | Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 151, 157-20; 158, 167-20. |
| 2 | "Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerberga_of_Burgundy. |