Gerberga of Gleiberg (German :Gerberga von Gleiberg, c. 970 aft. 1036) was a noblewoman of the early Holy Roman Empire, known for her dynastic connections to several prominent European houses. She was a daughter of Herbert of Wetterau and Irmtrud of Avalgau (957 1020).

Gerberge
Bornc. 970
Gleiberg, Wetzlar (modern-day Hesse, Germany)
Diedaft. 1036
Schleswig-Holstein
SpouseHenry of Schweinfurt
IssueOtto III, Duke of Swabia
Eilika of Schweinfurt
Judith of Schweinfurt
Burchard
(possibly) Henry
FatherHerbert of Wetterau
MotherIrmtrud of Avalgau

Around 1036, Gerberga died in what is now Schleswig-Holstein.

Marriage

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She married Henry of Schweinfurt, Margrave of the Nordgau, and had the following children:

Ancestry

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16. Udo of Neustria
8. Gebhard of Lorraine
17. Judith of Auxerre
4. Odo of Wetterau
9. Ida
2. Herbert of Wetterau
20. Pepin of Vermandois
10. Herbert I of Vermandois
5. Cunigunda of Vermandois
11. Bertha of Morvois[i]
1. Gerberga of Gleiberg
6. Megingoz of Guelders
3. Irmtrud of Avalgau
28. Gerhard I of Metz
14. Godfrey of Lotharingia
29. Oda of Saxony
7. Gerberga of Lorraine
30. Charles the Simple
15. Ermentrude of France
31. Frederuna

Footnotes

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  1. uncertain

References

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  1. Previté-Orton, Charles William. (1912). The Early History of the House of Savoy: 1000-1233. Cambridge University Press, page 14
  2. Wiszewski, Przemyslaw (2010). Domus Bolezlai: Values and social identity in dynastic traditions of. Brill.
  3. Antonín, Robert (2017-03-06). The Ideal Ruler in Medieval Bohemia. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-34112-8.
  4. Berend, Nora; Urbaniczyk, Przemyslaw; Wiszewski, Przemyslaw (2013). Central Europe in the High Middle Ages:Bohemia, Hungary and Poland, c.900-c.1300. Cambridge University Press.

Sources

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  • Dirk Peters: Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen, Brandenburg, Erich, (Verlag Degener und Co, Neustadt an der Aisch, 1995 Bibliothek Klassischer Werke der Genealogie, Herausgegeben von Manfred), VIII.17.
  • Leo: Europäische Stammtafeln, Band I, Frank Baron Freytag von Loringhoven, 1975, Isenburg, W. K. Prinz von.