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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.
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.
In 1002 [her sister-in-law] Gisela Capet Countess Ponthieu (age 34) died.
In 1003 [her husband] Robert "Pious" II King France (age 30) and Constance Arles Queen Consort France (age 17) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort of France. She the daughter of William "Liberator" Arles 1st Count Provence 1st Count Arles and Adelaide Blanche Ingelger Queen Consort West Francia (age 63). He the son of Hugh I King France and [her mother-in-law] Adelaide Poitiers Queen Consort France (age 58).
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.
Agnes La Marck Queen Consort Navarre
Isabella Burgundy Queen Consort Germany
Eleanor "Fair Maid of Britanny" 4th Countess of Richmond
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
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
Anne Neville Queen Consort England
King Henry VII of England and Ireland
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
Catherine Parr Queen Consort England
Anne of Cleves Queen Consort England
Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland
Queen Catherine Howard of England
Maximilian Habsburg Spain II Holy Roman Emperor
Jane Grey I Queen England and Ireland
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
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
Maria Anna Neuburg Queen Consort Spain
Charles Habsburg Spain VI Holy Roman Emperor
Elisabeth Therese Lorraine Queen Consort Sardinia
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
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
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
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
GrandFather: Louis "Overseas" IV King West Francia
Mother: Mathilde Carolingian Queen Consort Burgundy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Henry "Fowler" I King East Francia
GrandMother: Gerberga Saxon Ottonian Queen Consort West Francia
Great x 1 Grandmother: Matilda Ringelheim Queen Consort East Francia