Gertrude *Flanders
Gertrude was born in 1070 in
Flanders. Gertrude's father was
Robert (The Frison) *Flanders and her mother was
Countess of Holland Gertrude Saxony. Her paternal grandfather is
Baldwin (The Pious) *de Flandres V and her paternal grandmother was
Princess of France, Comtess d'Auxerre, Contenance, Flanders, Nevers Adela (Alix) Capet; her maternal grandfather was
Duke Bernard Saxony II and her maternal grandmother is
Elica Schweinfurt. She has a brother and a sister, named
Robert and
Adele. She is the youngest of the three children. She had three half-brothers and three half-sisters, named
Albrecht,
Pieter,
Dietrich,
Adele,
Bertha and
Machteld.