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Birth:          ABT  772 
Death:          ABT  825 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha,_daughter_of_Charlemagne
Bertha of France (c. 780 – after 11 March 824), also known as Bertha of the Holy 
Roman Empire, was daughter of Charlemagne, King of the Franks.

Life[edit]

Bertha was raised with her brothers and sisters in the royal household of Charlemagne, 
who had all of his children educated by tutors.

An offer by Offa of Mercia to arrange a marriage between Bertha and his son, Ecgfrith, 
led to Charlemagne breaking off diplomatic relations with Britain in 790, and banning 
British ships from his ports. Like her sisters, Bertha never formally married; it has been 
speculated that Charlemagne did not want his daughters married for strategic reasons, 
fearing political rivalry from their potential husbands.[1]

Bertha was in a long relationship with Angilbert, a court official, which produced two 
children. During 794-5, Angilbert presented a poem as a court entertainment, praising 
the beauty and charms of Charlemagne's daughters; Bertha is praised in particular for 
having critical discernment and appreciation for poetry, which Angilbert points out is a 
cause for him to be concerned about how she might receive his poem.[2]

Bertha's children with Angilbert were sons Hartnid, about whom little is known, and the 
historian Nithard, Abbott of St. Riquier. Angilbert ended his affair with Bertha and 
entered a monastery, becoming Abbott of St. Riquier, according to a biography written 
by their son, Nithard.[3] Angilbert remained an important advisor to Charlemagne, 
however. The children of Bertha and Angilbert were likely educated in Charlemagne's 
court. Nithard was a distinguished soldier and politician, and acted as an advisor to 
Charles the Bald of France.[4]

Following the death of Charlemagne, his successor, Louis the Pious, exiled his sisters 
to the convents that had been left for their inheritance by their father.

Parents
____ Charlemagne (2 Apr  747 - 28 Jan  814)
OF VINZGAU Hildegarde ( 758 - 30 Apr  783)

Siblings
____ Berthe (Bertha) (ABT  772 - ABT  825)
OF ITALY Pepin (Apr  773 - 8 Jul  810)
____ Rotrude (ABT  775 - 6 Jun  810)
____ Louis I "the Pious" "the Fair" (Aug  778 - 20 Jun  840)

Marriage To ____ Angilbert (ABT  770 -  814)
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Angilbert ABT  770 -  814
____ Nithard "the Chronicler" (ABT  795 - 14 Jun  833)

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