Matilda of France

Matilda of France

Matilda, Queen of Burgundy
Spouse(s) Conrad of Burgundy
Noble family Carolingian
Father Louis IV of France
Mother Gerberga of Saxony
Born 943
Died 27 January 992(992-01-27)

Matilda of France (943 – 27 January 992), was a Queen of Burgundy.

Family

A Carolingian, she was born to King Louis IV of France and his wife, Gerberga of Saxony.

Matilda married Conrad of Burgundy in 964.[1] As her dowry, the young Queen brought her husband the city of Vienne, which her brother Lothar had ceded to her.[2]

Her children were:

Matilda died on 27 January 992.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Burgundy and Provence, 879-1032, Constance Brittain Bourchard, The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 3, C.900-c.1024, ed. Rosamond McKitterick and Timothy Reuter, (Cambridge University Press, 1999), 342.
  2. Burgundy and Provence, 879-1032, Constance Brittain Bourchard, The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 3, C.900-c.1024, 335.


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