Bertrade ( French) or Bertrada (

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) is a

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derived from

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roots reconstructed as *''berht'' ("bright") and *''rād'' ("counsel, advice"). People named Bertrade or Bertrada include: * Bertrada of Prüm, Frankish princess and cofounder of Prüm Abbey * Bertrada of Laon, queen of the Franks, wife of Pippin III, and mother of Charlemagne *

Bertrade de Montfort Bertrade of Montfort ( – 14 February 1117), also known by other names, was a Norman noble from the House of Montfort. She was countess of Anjou (10891092) through her first marriage to Fulk the Rude and then queen consort of France (109211 ...

, queen of France, wife of Fulk IV of Anjou and Philip I of France, and mother of Fulk of Jerusalem

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