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Birth:          ABT  965 
Death:          7 Jul 1018 

Notes
b 965/66
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerberga_of_Burgundy
Gerberga of Burgundy (c. 965/6–7 July 1018/9) was a member of the Elder House of 
Welf. She was married firstly to Herman I, count of Werl and secondly to Herman II, 
Duke of Swabia.
Life and Issue[edit]

Gerberga was born in Arles. She was the daughter of King Conrad of Burgundy and his 
second wife, Matilda, daughter of Louis IV of France and Gerberga of Saxony.[1] Her 
paternal aunt was Empress Adelaide. Through her mother, she was related to Louis IV 
of France, Emperor Otto I and Charlemagne.[2]

First marriage[edit]

Gerberga married her first husband, Herman I, Count of Werl, c.978.[3] Herman of 
Werl died sometime between 985-988. With Herman of Werl, Gerberga had the 
following children:[4]
Herman II, count of Werl (c. 980 – 1025)
Rudolf (or Liudolf) of Werl (c. 982/6 – 1044)
Bernard I of Werl (c. 983 – 1027)

Second marriage[edit]

Gerberga married Herman II, Duke of Swabia in 988.[5] With Herman of Swabia, 
Gerberga had several children, including:
Matilda of Swabia[6]
Gisela, who became Queen consort of Germany then Empress consort of the Holy 
Roman Empire.[6]
Herman III, who succeeded his father in 1003, but died young, in 1012.[6]
Berthold (992–993)
Beatrice (?) (died after 25 February 1025),who was married to Adalbert of Eppenstein
[6][7]

Patronage[edit]

In September 997 Otto III donated the estate of Stockhausen to the female monastery 
at Meschede at Gerberga's intervention.[8] Stockhausen was located in the medieval 
district of Lochtrop, which was part of the county of Werl. In 997 the county of Werl 
was ruled by Gerberga's son from her first marriage, Herman II of Werl. The counts of 
Werl had long-standing connections with this monastery.[9] Herman II's father, Herman 
I of Werl, was the advocate of Meschede. And one of his ancestors, also called 
Herman, likewise acted as advocate for Meschede in 913. Meschede may have been 
founded by Emhilids, one of Herman's ninth-century ancestors.

In May 1000 Otto III issued a diploma taking the female monastery of Oedingen into 
his protection.[10] The diploma records that Oedingen, which was located in the 
district of Lochtrop, in the county of Werl, had been founded by Gerberga, with the 
permission of her son, Herman II of Werl. In 1042 Gerberga's granddaughter, also 
called Gerberga (she was the daughter of Herman II of Werl), became abbess of 
Oedingen.

Death[edit]

Gerberga died in Nordgau, Bavaria. A necrology entry indicates that she died on 7 
July, probably in 1018 or 1019.[11]

Parents
OF BURGUNDY Conrad (Konrad) I "the Peaceful" (ABT  935 - 19 Oct  993)
OF FRANCE Matilda ( 943 - AFT 26 Nov  981)

Siblings
OF BURGUNDY [OF ARLES] Bertha ( 962 - ABT 1016)
OF BURGUNDY Gerberga (ABT  965 - 7 Jul 1018)
OF BURGUNDY Mathilda (ABT  965 - )

Marriage To VON WERL Bernard I (Herman) (ABT  960 - BEF  992)
    m. AFT  980 her 2d

Notes
her first


Children by VON WERL Bernard I (Herman) ABT  960 - BEF  992
VON WERL Hermann II (ABT  981 - AFT 1024)

Marriage To VON OENINGEN Hermann II (ABT  966 - 4 May 1003)
    m. ABT  988 

Notes

Parents
____ Konrad II (Kuno) (ABT  948 - 1036)
VON SCHWABEN Reginlint (ABT  948 - )

Children by VON OENINGEN Hermann II ABT  966 - 4 May 1003
OF SWABIA Gisela (Gisele) (11 Nov  990 - 14 Feb 1043)
DE SWABIA Matilda (Mathilde) (ABT  998 - ABT 1034)

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