Gerberga Of Lower Lorraine
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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: *
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 {{Europe-royal-stub