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Birth:           943 Laon, Champagne
Death:          AFT 26 Nov  981 
Burial:         Vienne, France

Notes
d 26/27/28 Jan 981
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_France
Matilda of France (943 – 26 November 981/982), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, 
was Queen of Burgundy from about 964 until her death, by her marriage with King 
Conrad I.

Life[edit]

She was born in late 943 to King Louis IV of France (920/921–954), ruler of West 
Francia, and his wife, Gerberga of Saxony (d. about 984), sister of the East Frankish 
king Otto I. At the time of her birth, the Carolingian rule had already weakened: King 
Louis attempted to stable his reign by the marriage with an East Frankish princess, 
while he fought with the reluctant dukes of Normandy and with the forces of his 
Robertian rival Hugh the Great.

When Matilda's brother, 13-year-old Lothair ascended the French throne in 954, 
Gerberga acted as regent. In 964 Matilda was married to Conrad I (d. 993), the Welf 
ruler of the united Burgundian Kingdom of Arles since 937.[1] King Conrad strongly 
relied on the support of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor since 962, Matilda's maternal 
uncle and husband of Conrad's sister Adelaide. As her dowry, the young queen 
brought her husband the city of Vienne, which her brother Lothair had ceded to her.[2]

Issue[edit]

Her children were:
Gerberga (c. 965 – 1018/19), married firstly to Herman I, Count of Werl and secondly 
to Herman II, Duke of Swabia
Bertha (967 – after 1010), married firstly to Odo I, Count of Blois, secondly to King 
Robert II of France[1]
Rudolph III of Burgundy (c. 970 – 1032)[1]
Matilda (born 975), possibly married Robert, Count of Geneva

Matilda was outlived by her husband, she probably died after 981. She is buried in 
Vienne Cathedral

Parents
____ Louis IV "d'Outremere" (10 Sep  920 - 10 Sep  954)
OF SAXONY Gerberge ( 913 - 5 May  984)

Siblings
OF FRANCE Matilda ( 943 - AFT 26 Nov  981)
OF LAON Charles ( 953 - ABT 21 May  993)

Marriage To OF BURGUNDY Conrad (Konrad) I "the Peaceful" (ABT  935 - 19 Oct  993)
    m. ABT  960 

Notes
his second

Parents
____ Rudolph II (ABT  880 - 11 Jul  937)
OF SWABIA Bertha (ABT  915 - 11 Aug  967)

Children by OF BURGUNDY Conrad (Konrad) I "the Peaceful" ABT  935 - 19 Oct  993
OF BURGUNDY [OF ARLES] Bertha ( 962 - ABT 1016)
OF BURGUNDY Gerberga (ABT  965 - 7 Jul 1018)
OF BURGUNDY Mathilda (ABT  965 - )

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