Gerberga of Lower Lorraine (975-1019), Countess of Louvain, was the daughter of
Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Charles (953 – 22 June 992×995) was the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 977 until his death.
Life
Born at Reims in the summer of 953, Charles was the son of Louis IV of France and Gerberga of Saxony and the younger brother of King Lothair. He w ...
, himself the son of
Louis IV of France
Louis IV (September 920 / September 921 – 10 September 954), called ''d'Outremer'' or ''Transmarinus'' (both meaning "from overseas"), reigned as King of West Francia from 936 to 954. A member of the Carolingian dynasty, he was the only son of ...
and
Gerberga of Saxony
Gerberga of Saxony (c. 913 – 5 May 968/9 or 984?) was a French queen who ruled as regent of France during the minority of her son Lothair in 954–959. She was a member of the Ottonian dynasty. Her first husband was Gilbert, Duke of Lorraine ...
. Her mother was Adelaide/Agnes de Vermandois.
Personal life
She married
Lambert I, Count of Louvain and they had:
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Henry I Henry I may refer to:
876–1366
* Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936)
* Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955)
* Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018)
* Henry I of France (1008–1060)
* Henry I the Long, Margrave of the ...
*
Lambert II
* Matilda (also called ''Maud''), who married
Eustace I, Count of Boulogne
* Reginar
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10th-century births
11th-century deaths
10th-century French nobility
10th-century French women
11th-century French nobility
11th-century French women
10th-century German nobility
10th-century German women
11th-century German nobility
11th-century German women
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