Emma of France

Emma of France (* 894 , † 934 ) was a West Franconian queen.

Emma was born to King Robert I and his wife Beatrix of Vermandois . In 921 she married Duke Rudolf of Burgundy , who succeeded his father-in-law as King of Western Franconia in 923. The couple had only one son Ludwig (* 934), who only lived a few years.

Emma is the first West Franconian queen whose coronation was documented in writing. She was not crowned with her husband, but only a few months after him in the autumn of 923 in Reims Cathedral by the Archbishop of Reims . A circumstance that the chroniclers of their time considered worth mentioning.

Emma died in the year of the birth of her son Ludwig, after supporting her husband in submitting a revolt from vassals.

literature

Patrick Van Kerrebrouck (Ed.): Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'Auguste Maison de France. Volume 1: Christian Settipani : La Préhistoire des Capétiens. 481-987. Part 1: Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens. van Kerrebrouck, Villeneuve d'Ascq 1993.

Individual evidence

↑ Flodoard of Reims : Annales. In: Georg Heinrich Pertz (Ed.): Annales, chronica et historiae aevi Saxonici (= Monumenta Germaniae Historica . 1: Scriptores. 5: Scriptores (in Folio). Vol. 3, ISSN 0343-2157 ). Hahn, Hannover 1839, pp. 363-407, here p. 372 .

predecessor	Office	Successor
Beatrix of Vermandois	West Franconian Queen 923-934	Gerberga

personal data
SURNAME	Emma of France
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	West Franconian Queen
DATE OF BIRTH	894
DATE OF DEATH	934

[1] Flodoard of Reims : Annales. In: Georg Heinrich Pertz (Ed.): Annales, chronica et historiae aevi Saxonici (= Monumenta Germaniae Historica . 1: Scriptores. 5: Scriptores (in Folio). Vol. 3, ISSN 0343-2157 ). Hahn, Hannover 1839, pp. 363-407, here p. 372 .