Queen Bertha Burgundy FRANCE
- Born: Abt 967-971, , Burgundy, France
- Married (1): Abt 996-998, , , France
- Died: Aft 16 Jan 1016
Other names for Bertha were FRANCE Queen and BURGUNDY Princess.
Ancestral File Number: 9GDD-JW.
General Notes:
Princess of BURGUNDY, Queen of FRANCE.
BOOK The Story of Civilization, Will Durant, Vol IV, The Age of Faith, Bk IV, The Dark Ages, Ch XIX, The Decline of the West, Sec III, France, p480: "...[Robert the Pious] offended the Church by marrying his cousin Bertha (998), bore excommunication patiently therefore and the taunts of those who thought her a witch; finally he separated from her and lived unhappily forever afterward..."
ANCESTRAL FILE Ancestral File Ver 4.10 9GDD-JW Born Abt 971 Mar Abt 996 (Div), TSC Mar 998, Ancestral File Ver 4.13 9GDD-JW Born Abt 967 Mar Bef Apr 988.
Marriage Information:
Bertha married King Robert FRANCE, II, son of King Hugh FRANCE, II and Queen Adelaide Aquitaine FRANCE, about 996-998 in , , France. The marriage ended in divorce. (King Robert FRANCE, II was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orleans, Loiret, France, died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun, , France and was buried in Abbey, St Denis, Paris, Seine, France.)
Marriage Information:
Bertha also married Count Eudes I Blois CHAMPAGNE, son of Count Theobald Chartres CHAMPAGNE, I and Duchess Luitgarde Vermandois NORMANDY. (Count Eudes I Blois CHAMPAGNE was born before 950-969 and died on 1 Nov 995-996.)
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