Bertha von Morvois
Bertha von Morvois was a noblewoman from the second half of the 9th century. The name comes from the Morvois ( Pagus Mauripensis ) around Pont-sur-Seine .
It is said of her that she was the wife of Count Heribert I of Vermandois . However, the information about Heribert's wife is controversial in the literature:
- Erich Brandenburg writes that Heribert's wife is unknown
- Eduard Hlawitschka agrees.
- In the European family tables , in Volume II, 1984, Table 10 (Robertiner), the wife of King Robert II of France is entered: Béatrix de Vermandois, † after March 931, daughter of Comte Heribert I de Vermandois (Carolingian) and Berthe (de Morvois ); the other panels on this (Volume I.1, 2005, panel 4 and panel 7 (Carolingians) and panel 8 (Konradiner)) do not mention Heribert's wife.
If the assumption about her marriage is correct, then she and Heribert had a number of children that put her at the center of Central European genealogy:
- Heribert II. (* Probably 880; † February 23, 943 ) 900/907 Count of Meaux , Soissons and Vermandois, 907 Abbot of Saint-Médard in Soissons , buried in Saint-Quentin , ∞ before May 21, 907 Adela, daughter of Duke Robert of Neustria (from 922 as Robert I King of France ) ( Robertiner )
- Beatrix (* probably 886; † after March 26, 931) ∞ around 895 Robert Duke of Neustria († 923), from 922 as Robert I, King of France ( Capetian )
- Daughter ∞ (Gebhard Gf im Ufgau 940 ( Konradiner )) † after January 15, 947
- Kunigunde ∞ Udo Graf in the Wetterau († 949) ( Konradiner )
The information about Bertha’s marriage comes from Joseph Dépoin, which Maurice Chaume took up. The two authors name Heribert's wife as Berta, daughter of Count Wigeric and Aba, who in turn is said to have been a daughter of Gerhard von Vienne, and the widow of a Count Ebroin. Depoin relies on the chronicle of Waulsort Abbey from the 12th century. However, since the research by René Louis (1946), Daniel Misonne (1967) and Alain Dierkens (1985), the Waulsort Abbey chronicle has been viewed as a fantasy, especially with regard to the genealogy mentioned. This affects not only Bertha's marriage to Heribert von Vermandois, but also Bertha's very existence.
literature
- Erich Brandenburg: The descendants of Charlemagne, I.-XIV. Generation (1964)
- Maurice Chaume: Les origines du duché de Bourgogne Volume I (1925) p. 218 No. 1.
- Joseph Dépoin: Recherches sur l'origine d'Eilbert de Waulsort (1910) p. 11.
- Alain Dierkens: Abbayes et chapitres entre Sambre et Meuse (VIIe-Xie siècles) (1985) p. 175ff.
- Eduard Hlawitschka: The ancestors of the high medieval German kings, emperors and their wives I / 2 (2006), p. 288 and 411.
- René Louis: De l'histoire à la legend. Girart comte de Vienne (… 819-877) et ses fondations monastiques (1946) No. 3, pp. 132-134.
- Daniel Misonne: Eilbert de Florennes. Histoire et legend. La geste de Raoul de Cambrai (1967) pp. 47-52.
- Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables Volume I.1 (2005) Table 4, 7 and 8, Volume II (1984) Table 10.
- Christian Settipani : La préhistoire des Capétiens (1993) p. 222, text and footnote 218.
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bertha von Morvois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Nobles |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 9th century or 10th century |