Gerberga (Frauenchiemsee)

Gerberga , also known as Gerberga von Bayern , is named in a document from 1077, which has only been preserved in copy, as the abbess of the Frauenchiemsee monastery . According to this document, which is partially falsified (for example, the founder of the Frauenchiemsee monastery, Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria is incorrectly referred to as rex instead of dux ), Gerberga is said to be a sister of Emperor Heinrich II from the Bavarian line of Liudolfinger have acted, thus a daughter of the Bavarian Duke Heinrich "des Zänkers" .

Since no further evidence for the existence of this gerberga has been found, it is controversial whether it even lived. The name Gerberga is one of the female lead names in the Liudolfing family , so it is plausible that Heinrich the quarrel would have given it to a daughter. However, this frequency of the name also made it easier for a forger to invent a daughter; an abbess Gerberga with a close family relationship with Heinrich II was known to the sister of Heinrich the brawler of the same name .

literature

• Winfrid Glocker: The relatives of the Ottonians and their significance in politics , Böhlau Verlag Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-412-12788-4