Princess Bertha de Burgundy 
Bertha was born in 0969 in Burgundy, France. Bertha's father was King Conrad ("the Peaceful") III of Burgundy and her mother is Princess Mathilde of France. Her paternal grandparents were King Rudolf II of Burgundy and Bertha von Swabia; her maternal grandparents were King Louis ("Transmarinus", "d'Outre-Mer") IV of France and Princess Gerberge Auceps von Sachsen of the Germans. She had three sisters named Gerberga, Matilde and Gisela. She died at the age of 47 in 1016.General Notes
Note: Born in 964. Married Eudes I DE BLOIS - DE CHARTRES in 983. Widow 996. Married Robert II 'le Pieux' CAPET between 996 and 997 (Parsons, listserve message.); They had the same great- grandparents. "The circumstances under which Robert and Bertha married are obscure. They obviously knew each other even before Robert repudiated Rozalla-Suzanne, and by marrying the count of Blois' widow, Robert established the same sort of relationship with the powerful Blois-Chartres clan that Hugh Capet had sought to forge between the Capetians and Flanders by marrying Robert to Rozalla-Suzanne, widow of the count of Flanders. But it's unclear exactly how or why Robert took the decision to marry Bertha, knowing (as he must have) that there were serious canonical impediments. One interesting theory is that of Jan Dhondt, "Sept femmes et un trio de rois," *Contributions a l'histoire economique et sociale*, 3 (1964-65), 42- 44, who suggests that Bertha seduced Robert and that they truly married for love. Robert's tenacity in trying to keep Bertha as his wife might well bear out at least the idea that it was a love match, and he finally abandoned her only when it had become clear that she would not bear him an heir." In 1001 Property: Blois When Berthe was forced by the church to leave Robert, with whom she'd lived for 5 yrs, she withdrew to Blois and her son Eudes followed her (Dict Biog Fr.). Berthe and Robert II 'le Pieux' CAPET were divorced between 1003 and 1005 (Keats- Rohan, Maine.) (Parsons, listserve message.); c Dec 1003 Robert repudiated Bertha and married Fulk's cousin Constance.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0800 in Burgundy, France d.16 Feb 0862/0863
- b.0825 in Burgundy, France d.0876/0887
- b.0819/0824 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France d.15 Sep 0866
- b.ABT 0847/0880 in Bourgogne, France d.06 Oct 0911
- b.~ 0797 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France d.0865
- b.~ 0830 in Bourgogne, Marneogne, France
- b.~ 0902 in Burgundy, France d.11 Aug 0937
- b.0820/0830 in Metz, France d.0864/0869
- b.0842 d.01 Nov 0887
- b.0820/0830 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France d.0883
- b.ABT 0852/0870 in Burgundy, France d.14 Jun 0929
- b.0822 d.12 Aug 0875
- b.0846/0852 d.22 Jun 0896 in Chiemsee, Bavaria
- b.0826 in Altdorf, Swabia, Germany
- b.~ 0925 in Arles, Toulouse, France d.19 Oct 0993 in Regensburg, Germany
- b.ABT 0812/0835 in Germany d.~ 0905
- b.0865/0868 d.0911
- b.0837 in Friuli, Italy d.0902
- b.~ 0882 in Burgundy, France d.29 Apr 0926 in Novara
- b.ABT 0836/0851 in Saxony, Germany d.12 Nov 0912
- b.0855 in Saxony, Germany d.0906
- b.~ 0907 in Burgundy, France d.11 Aug 0967
- b.ABT 0812/0835 in Germany d.~ 0905
- b.0855/0869 in Thurgau, Germany
- b.0837 in Friuli, Italy d.0902
- b.~ 0887 in France
- b.0855/0865 in Germany
- b.0969 in Burgundy, France d.1016
- b.13 Jun 0823 in Frankfurt, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia d.06 Oct 0877 in Brides Les Bains, Bourgogne
- b.01 Nov 0843 in France d.10 Apr 0879 in Compiáegne, Neustria
- b.12 Oct 0830 in Orleans, France d.10 Jun 0869 in St. Denis, France
- b.17 Sep 0879 in Peronne, Somme, Picardie, France d.07 Oct 0929 in Peronne, Somme, Picardie, France
- b.ABT 0855/0860 in Paris, France d.~18 Oct 0900
- b.10 Sep 0921 in Laon, Champagne d.10 Sep 0954 in Abbaye De St. Râemy, Reims, Champagne
- b.12 May 0849 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 0899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
- b.0869 in Wessex, England d.17 Jul 0924 in Farrington, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 0852 in Mercia, England d.05 Dec 0905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset, England
- b.0902/0904 in Wessex, England d.~ 0951
- b.~ 0859 in Wessex, England d.~ 0898
- b.~ 0878 in Wessex, England d.0920
- b.0852 in Gaini, Mercia, England d.05 Dec 0905 in Winchester, Dorset, England
- b.~ 0943 in Laon, Champagne
- b.ABT 0806/0816 d.06 Sep 0864
- b.ABT 0836/0851 in Saxony, Germany d.12 Nov 0912
- b.0806/0810 in Saxony, Germany d.May 0913
- b.~ 0876 in Saxony, Germany d.02 Jun 0936 in Membleben, Saxony, Germany
- b.~ 0820 in Carinthia, Austria d.08 Dec 0899 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
- b.0855 in Saxony, Germany d.0906
- b.0820 in Bavaria, Germany d.29 Nov 0899 in Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany
- b.0913/0914 in Nordhausen, Saxony, Prussia d.05 May 0984 in Reims, Champagne
- b.ABT 0828/0842 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany
- b.ABT 0853/0858 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d.08 Feb 0917 in West Phalia, Germany
- b.~ 0833 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d.0909
- b.ABT 0878/0892 in Ringelheim, Goslar, Hannover, Germany d.14 Mar 0968 in Memleben, Saxony
- b.ABT 0820/0833 in Friesland, Germany d.0885
- b.~ 0858 in Germany d.0917
- b.0843/0863 d.26 Oct 0907
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Bertha and Odo were married in a religious ceremony about 0983. They had a son and two daughters, named Odo, Heloise and Aldearde.
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Children
Count Odo II of Blois
Odo was born in 0983. He died at the age of 54 on November 15th, 1037 in Lorraine, France.
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