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Birth:          ABT  915 Burgundy
Death:          11 Aug  967 

Notes
or d 2 Jan 966
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Swabia
Bertha of Swabia (French: Berthe de Souabe; c.?907 – after January 2, 966), a 
member of the Alemannic Hunfriding dynasty, was Queen consort of Upper Burgundy 
from 922 until 937 and Queen consort of Italy from 922 until 926, by her marriage with 
King Rudolph II. She again became Italian queen by her second marriage with King 
Hugh in 937 and ceased to be consort upon her husband's death in 948.

Life[edit]

Bertha was the daughter of Duke Burchard II of Swabia and his wife Regelinda. In 
922, she was married to the Burgundian king Rudolph II. The Welf rulers of Upper 
Burgundy had campaigned the adjacent Swabian Thurgau region several times, and 
the marriage was meant as a gesture of reconciliation.

Adelaide of Italy, who became Holy Roman Empress as consort of Emperor Otto I, was 
their common daughter. Their son, Conrad succeeded as King of Burgundy upon his 
father's death in 937. Thereupon, Bertha secondly married King Hugh of Italy in what 
is today Colombier on 12 December 937. This marriage was not a happy one; when 
Hugh died in 947, Bertha probably was married a third time.

Between 950 and 960, Bertha founded Payerne Priory, where she was buried. Up to 
today she is venerated as "Good Queen Bertha" (La reine Berthe) in the Swiss 
Romandy region, mainly in Vaud, and numerous myths and legends have evolved 
about her life.

Parents
____ Burchard II (ABT  885 - 29 Apr  926)
DE NULLENBURG Regilinda (Reginlinde) (ABT  897 - )

Siblings
OF SWABIA Bertha (ABT  915 - 11 Aug  967)

Marriage To ____ Rudolph II (ABT  880 - 11 Jul  937)
    m.  

Notes
her 1st

Parents
____ Rudolph I ( 859 - 25 Oct  911)
OF VIENNE [OF BURGUNDY] Willa (Guilla) (ABT  862 - BEF  924)

Children by ____ Rudolph II ABT  880 - 11 Jul  937
OF BURGUNDY Adelaide (Adelheid) "Saint" (ABT  931 - 17 Dec  999)
OF BURGUNDY Conrad (Konrad) I "the Peaceful" (ABT  935 - 19 Oct  993)

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