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Encyclopedia > Gerberge

Gerberge or Gerberga was the name of several queens and noblewomen among the Franks. The Franks or the Frankish people were one of several west Germanic tribes who entered the late Roman Empire from Frisia as foederati and established a lasting realm (sometimes referred to as Francia) in an area that covers most of modern-day France and the region of Franconia in Germany...

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Wife of Carloman

Gerberge of Lombardy (born c. 755) was married to Carloman, King of the Franks. Gerberge had many sons. She was born in Lombardy. Carloman, King of the Franks was born in 751, died December, 771. ... Lombardy (in Italian Lombardia) is a region in northern Italy between the Alps and the Po Valley. ...


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Gerberge of Saxony

Gerberge of Saxony (c. 919 -- 968) was the daughter of Heinrich I von Sachsen, Holy Roman Emperor and Matilda of Ringelheim. She married Louis IV d'Outremer: King of France in 939. She was the mother of Lothair, King of France, Mathilde of France, Charles, Duke of Upper Lorraine, and Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine. Henry I, the Fowler (German, Heinrich der Vogler) (876 - July 2, 936), was Duke of Saxony from 912 and king of the Germans from 919 until his death in 936. ... Matilda of Ringelheim (born in 892-March 14, 968) was the wife of Henry I the Fowler, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, whom she married in 909. ... Louis IV dOutremer: King of France 936 to 954, member of the Carolingian dynasty. ... Lothair (941-986), king of France, son of Louis IV and Gerberge of Saxony, succeeded his father in 954, and was at first under the guardianship of Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks, and then under that of his maternal uncle Bruno, archbishop of Cologne. ... Charles of Lorraine (953-993) was the son of King Louis IV of France and Gerberga. ...


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Queen and Abbess

Gerberge Queen Of Franks (913 -- 5 May 984) married Duke Gilbert of Lorraine in 929. She was the mother of Alberade of Lorraine, Henri Duke Of Lorraine, Gerberge Princess Of Lorraine, and Wiltrude Duchess Of Bavaria. She was later the Abbess of Notre Dame. May 5 is the 125th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (126th in leap years). ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Enyu of Japan Emperor Kazan ascends to the throne of Japan Births Deaths Categories: 984 ... An Abbess (Latin abbatissa, fem. ... This article is about the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. ...


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Gerberga of Lorraine

Gerberge of Lorraine or Gerberga of Lorraine (935 -- 978) was the daughter of Charles of Lorraine and Adelheid. She married Albert I of of Vermandois in or before 954. Their children were Herbert III, Count Vermandois; Lindulf of Vermandois, Bishop of Noyon; Otton Eudo of Vermandois; Guy, Count of Soissons, and Gisla De Vermandois. Charles of Lorraine (953-993) was the son of King Louis IV of France and Gerberga. ... Albert I is the name of several historical people: Albert I of Belgium (1875 - 1934) third king of Belgium Albert I of Brandenburg (c. ...


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Gerberge II of Provence

Gerberge II of Provence (1093--1112) was the daughter of Geoffroi I of Provence. She ruled as Countess of Provence. She was succeded by her daughter Douce, and her son-in-law Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona. The now-extinct title of Count of Provence belonged to local families of Frankish origin, to the House of Barcelona, to the House of Anjou and to a cadet branch of the House of Valois. ... Ramon Berenguer III the Great was Count of Barcelona, Girona and Osona from 1082-1131 and Count of Provence, Holy Roman Empire, from 1112. ...


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