- Matilda of France
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Matilda of France was Queen of Burgundy as the wife of King Conrad. A Carolingian, she was born in 943 to King Louis IV of France and his wife, Gerberga of Saxony.
Matilda married King Conrad of Burgundy in 964. As her dowry, the young Queen brought her husband the city of Vienne, which her brother Lothar had ceded her.[1] By King Conrad, she had four children:
- Bertha of Burgundy (967 – 16 January 1016), married Odo I, Count of Blois, and then King Robert II of France
- Matilda of Burgundy (born 969), possibly married Robert, Count of Geneva
- Rudolph III of Burgundy (971 – 6 September 1032)
- Gerberga of Burgundy (born 965), married Herman II, Duke of Swabia
Queen Matilda died on 27 January 992.
Ancestry
Ancestors of Matilda of France 16. Charles the Bald 8. Louis the Stammerer 17. Ermentrude of Orléans 4. Charles the Simple 18. Adalard of Paris 9. Adelaide of Paris 2. Louis IV of France 20. Alfred the Great 10. Edward the Elder 21. Ealhswith 5. Eadgifu of England 22. Æthelhelm 11. Ælfflæd 1. Matilda of France 24. Liudolf, Duke of Saxony 12. Otto I, Duke of Saxony 25. Oda 6. Henry the Fowler 26. Henry of Franconia 13. Hedwiga of Franconia 27. Ingeltrude of Friuli 3. Gerberga of Saxony 14. Count Dietrich of Westphalia 7. Matilda of Ringelheim 15. Reinhild References
Categories:- Carolingian dynasty
- Burgundian queens consort
- 943 births
- 992 deaths
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