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Biography of Bertha Welf Queen Consort France 964-1010

Paternal Family Tree: Welf

Maternal Family Tree: Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia

In 964 [her father] Conrad I King Burgundy (age 39) and [her mother] Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Burgundy. She the daughter of [her grandfather] Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia and [her grandmother] Gerberga Saxon Ottonian Queen Consort West Francia. He the son of [her grandfather] Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy and [her grandmother] Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy.

In 964 Bertha Welf Queen Consort France was born to Conrad I King Burgundy (age 39) and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy (age 21).

Around 983 Odo Blois I Count Blois (age 33) and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 19) were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of Conrad I King Burgundy (age 58) and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy (age 40). He the son of Theobald "Trickster" Blois I Count Blois and Luitgarde Vermandois Duchess Normandy.

In 983 [her son] Odo Blois II Count Blois was born to [her husband] Odo Blois I Count Blois (age 33) and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 19).

In 985 [her brother-in-law] Archbishop Hugh Blois died.

Around 985 [her son] Theobald Blois II Count Blois was born to [her husband] Odo Blois I Count Blois (age 35) and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 21).

In 988 [her future husband] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 15) and Rozala of Italy (age 38) were married. They separated around the time of coronation. The difference in their ages was 22 years; she, unusually, being older than him. He the son of Hugh I King France (age 47) and [her future mother-in-law] Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 43).

On 27th January 992 [her mother] Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy (age 49) died.

On 19th October 993 [her father] Conrad I King Burgundy (age 68) died. His son [her brother] Rudolph (age 22) succeeded III King Burgundy.

On 12th March 996 [her husband] Odo Blois I Count Blois (age 46) died. His son [her son] Theobald (age 11) succeeded II Count Blois.

In 999 Robert "Pious" II King France (age 26) and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 35) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. They separated sometime before 1003 as a consequence of their consanguinity. She the daughter of Conrad I King Burgundy and Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy. He the son of Hugh I King France and Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 54). They were second cousins.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1002 [her sister-in-law] Gisela Capet Countess Ponthieu (age 34) died.

Around 1004 [her son] Odo Blois II Count Blois (age 21) and [her daughter-in-law] Maud Normandy Countess Blois were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. She the daughter of Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy and Gunnora Countess Ponthieu. He the son of [her former husband] Odo Blois I Count Blois and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 40).

On 11th July 1004 [her son] Theobald Blois II Count Blois (age 19) died. His brother [her son] Odo (age 21) succeeded II Count Blois.

In 1007 [her son] Odo Blois II Count Blois (age 24) and [her daughter-in-law] Ermengarde Auvergne Countess Blois (age 37) were married. She by marriage Countess Blois. He the son of [her former husband] Odo Blois I Count Blois and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 43).

On 16th January 1010 Bertha Welf Queen Consort France (age 46) died.

On 20th July 1031 [her former husband] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 59) died at Melun, Seine et Marne. His son Henry (age 23) succeeded I King France: Capet.

[her son] Roger Blois was born to Odo Blois I Count Blois and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France.

[her son] Thierry Blois was born to Odo Blois I Count Blois and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France.

All About History Books

The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

[her son] Robert Blois was born to Odo Blois I Count Blois and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France.

[her father] Conrad I King Burgundy and Adelaide Bellay Queen Consort Burgundy were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Burgundy. He the son of [her grandfather] Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy and [her grandmother] Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy.

[her daughter] Agnes Blois was born to Odo Blois I Count Blois and Bertha Welf Queen Consort France.

Royal Descendants of Bertha Welf Queen Consort France 964-1010

Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre

Isabella Burgundy Queen Consort Germany

King Stephen I England

King Philip II of France

Eleanor "Fair Maid of Britanny" 4th Countess of Richmond

Theobald IV King Navarre

Constance Hohenstaufen Queen Consort Aragon

Maria of Brabant Queen Consort France

Henry Luxemburg VII Holy Roman Emperor

Margaret of Burgundy Queen Consort France

Joan of Burgundy Queen Consort France

Joan "Lame" Burgundy Queen Consort France

Blanche of Burgundy Queen Consort France

Philip "Noble" III King Navarre

Joan Évreux Queen Consort France

Margaret Hainault Holy Roman Empress

Philippa of Hainault Queen Consort England

Blanche Valois Holy Roman Empress Luxemburg

Blanche Dampierre Queen Consort Norway and Sweden

Joan Auvergne Queen Consort France

Joanna Bourbon Queen Consort France

Blanche Bourbon Queen Consort Castile

Martha Armagnac Queen Consort Aragon

Yolande of Bar Queen Consort Aragon

King Louis of Naples

King Henry V of England

Philippa Lancaster Queen Consort Denmark

Joan Beaufort Queen Consort Scotland

Jacquetta of Luxemburg Duchess Bedford

Margaret of Anjou Queen Consort England

Mary of Guelders Queen Consort Scotland

Queen Charlotte of Savoy

King Edward IV of England

King Richard III of England

Anne Neville Queen Consort England

King Henry VII of England and Ireland

Louis XII King France

Jean III King Navarre

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress

Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France

Philip "Handsome Fair" King Castile

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre

King Francis I of France

Queen Anne Boleyn of England

Queen Jane Seymour

Catherine Parr Queen Consort England

Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Antoine King Navarre

Queen Catherine Howard of England

Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland

Louis VI Elector Palatine

Louise Lorraine Queen Consort France

King James I of England and Ireland and VI of Scotland

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Marie de Medici Queen Consort France

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

George Wharton

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Anna of Austria Holy Roman Empress

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia

Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain

Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor

Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor

Francis I Holy Roman Emperor

Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia

President George Washington

King George III of Great Britain and Ireland

Charlotte Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort England

Caroline Matilda Hanover Queen Consort Denmark and Norway

Caroline of Brunswick Queen Consort England

Frederica Mecklenburg Strelitz Queen Consort Hanover

King Christian I of Norway and VIII of Denmark

Frederick William IV King Prussia

William I King Prussia

Frederick VII King Denmark

Queen Louise Hesse-Kassel of Denmark

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

Queen Sophia of Sweden and Norway

Victoria Empress Germany Queen Consort Prussia

King Edward VII of the United Kingdom

Brigadier-General Charles FitzClarence

Frederick Charles I King Finland

Constantine I King Greece

Alexandrine Mecklenburg-Schwerin Queen Consort Denmark

Victoria Eugénie Mountbatten Queen Consort Spain

Louise Mountbatten Queen Consort Sweden

Ingrid Bernadotte Queen Consort Denmark

Philip Mountbatten Duke Edinburgh

Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

Carl XVI King Sweden

Queen Consort Camilla Shand

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Catherine Middleton Princess of Wales

Ancestors of Bertha Welf Queen Consort France 964-1010

Great x 4 Grandfather: Welf

Great x 3 Grandfather: Conrad Welf I Count Auxerre

Great x 4 Grandmother: Hedwig Saxony

Great x 2 Grandfather: Conrad Welf II Count Auxerre

Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Tours

Great x 3 Grandmother: Adelaide Tours Countess Auxerre

Great x 1 Grandfather: Rudolph I King Burgundy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Waldrada Worms Countess Auxerre

GrandFather: Rudolph "Pious" II King Burgundy II King Italy

Father: Conrad I King Burgundy

GrandMother: Bertha Swabia Queen Consort Italy

Bertha Welf Queen Consort France