Bertha of Holland

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Also known as Berthe or Bertha of Frisia,Bertha was the daughter of Count Floris I of Holland and his wife, Gertrude of Saxony. Her father ruled a territory vaguely described as "Friesland west of the Vlie", which is where Bertha spent her childhood. He was assassinated in 1061, and and two years later her mother remarried Count Robert the Frisian of Flanders.

Her stepfather became involved in a war with King Philip I of France over succession to the County of Flanders. Bertha was given in marriage to King Philip as part of the peace negotiations. At the time, she was the lowest ranking woman to marry a French king.

Bertha was queen consort of the Franks from 1072 until 1092. She did not have a happy marriage. After six years of childlessness, the royal couple had three children, including Philip's successor, Louis VI, the Fat, Constance, Princess of Antioch [married Bohemund I of Antioch] and Henry, but he appears to have died in infancy or childhood.

Philip, however, grew tired of his wife by 1090, and repudiated her in 1092 in order to marry the already married Bertrada of Montfort. That marriage was a scandal since both Philip and Bertrada were already married to other people.

The marriage began breaking apart. The King became tired of his wife but the reasons are unclear. Contemporary chroniclers give different explanations. According to the English historian William of Malmesbury, Philip complained that Bertha was "too fat", though he was himself becoming too obese to ride a horse.

The repudiated queen withdrew to the fortress of Montreuil-sur-Mer, which was part of her dower land where she died in 1093. The son of the queen who had been repudiated ostensibly for her obesity ascended the French throne as Louis VI. He was known as Louis, the Fat. Berta's nephew and King Louis' cousin, Count Floris II of Holland, was also nicknamed "the Fat."

Bertha married Philip I of the Franks, the Amorous. Philip (son of Henry I of France and Anna Agnesa Yaroslavna of Kiev) was born 23 May 1052, Champagne-et-Fontaine, France; died 29 Jul 1108, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France; was buried , Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, France. [Group Sheet]

1. King Louis VI France was born 01 Dec 1081, Paris, France; died 01 Aug 1137, Béthisy-Saint-Pierre, France; was buried , Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France.

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Son of Dirk III and Othelindis, he was was Count of Holland, then called Frisia west of the Vlie, from 1049 to 1061. He succeeded his brother Dirk IV, Count of Holland, who was murdered in 1049.

He married ca. 1050 Princess Gertrude of Saxony, daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and Eilika of Schweinfurt, and had at least three children by her:

Dirk V (c. 1052, Vlaardingen - 17 June 1091).

Bertha (c. 1055-1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer), who married Philip I of France in 1072.

Floris (b. c. 1055), a canon at Liége.

He was involved in a war of a few Lotharingian vassals against the imperial authority. On a retreat from Zaltbommel he was ambushed and killed in battle at Nederhemert (called Hamerth at the time), on 28 June 1061.

After his death, his wife, Gertrude, Robert the Frisian, Count of Flanders,who acted as regent for his stepson, Dirk V, until 1071 when he became Count of Holland.

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Floris married Gertrude of Saxony. Gertrude was born ca 1030; died 04 Aug 1113, Veurne, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; was buried , Sint-Walburgakerk Veurne Arrondissement Veurne West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium. [Group Sheet]

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Daughter of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony and Eilika of Schweinfurt. She married Floris I, Count of Holland (c. 1017-June 28, 1061). Upon his death, her son Dirk V became Count of Holland. Since he was still young, she became regent.

In 1063 Gertrude married Robert of Flanders (Robert the Frisian), the second son of Baldwin V of Flanders. She and her husband then acted as co-regents for the young count until he became of age to rule in his own.

She had a total of seven children with Floris I:

Albert (b. c. 1051), a canon in Liege.

Dirk V (c. 1052, Vlaardingen?17 June 1091).

Peter (b. c. 1053), a canon in Liége.

Bertha (c. 1055-1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer), who married Philip I of France in 1072.

Floris (b. c. 1055), a canon in Liége.

Matilda (b. c. 1057)

Adela (b. c. 1061), who married Count Baudouin I of Guînes.


From her second marriage to Robert I she had five children:

Robert II of Flanders (c. 1065-October 5, 1111).

Adela (d. 1115), who first married king Canute IV of Denmark, and was the mother of Charles the Good, later count of Flanders. She then married Roger Borsa, duke of Apulia.

Gertrude, who married Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine, and was the mother of Thierry of Alsace, also later count of Flanders.

Philip of Loo, whose illegitimate son William of Ypres was also a claimant to the county of Flanders.

Ogiva, abbess of Messines.



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