Gerberga of Lower Lorraine

Gerberga of Lower Lorraine
Lambert and Gerberga
Born	c. 975
Died	c. 1019
Noble family	Carolingian
Spouse	Lambert I, Count of Louvain
Issue	Henry I, Count of Louvain Lambert II, Count of Louvain Matilda of Louvain Reginar
Father	Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Mother	Adelaide/Agnes de Vermandois

Gerberga of Lower Lorraine (975-1019), Countess of Louvain, was the daughter of Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, himself the son of Louis IV of France and Gerberga of Saxony. ^[1] Her mother was Adelaide/Agnes de Vermandois. ^[1]

Personal life

She married Lambert I, Count of Louvain ^[2] and they had:

• Henry I ^[2]
• Lambert II ^[2]
• Matilda (also called Maud), who married Eustace I, Count of Boulogne ^[2]
• Reginar ^[2]

References

1. Bouchard 2001, p. Figure 6.1.
2. Tanner 1992, p. 255.

Sources

• Bouchard, Constance Brittain (2001). Those of My Blood: Creating Noble Families in Medieval Francia. University of Pennsylvania Press.
• Tanner, Heather J. (1992). Chibnall, Marjorie (ed.). "The Expansion of the Power and Influence of the Counts of Boulogne under Eustace II". Anglo-Norman Studies - XIV.Proceeding of the Battle Conference 1991. The Boydell Press: 251-286.