Family History - Person Sheet
Family History - Person Sheet
NameBertha of Holland 1365
Birthcirca 10551427
Death10931427
MotherGertrude of Saxony (ca1030-1113)
Spouses
BirthMay 23, 1052, Champagne-et-Fontaine, Aquitaine465
DeathJuly 29, 1108465
FatherKing Henry I of France (1008-1060)
MotherAnne of Kiev (ca1030-1075)
Marriage1072465
ChildrenConstance
 Henry (Died as Child) (1083-)
 Charles (1085-)
Notes for Bertha of Holland
She is reported, accurately or not, to have been repudiated by her husband on account of her obesity.1427

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Her marriage occasions an interesting comment about the degree of inbreeding among European royalty: “Bertha was, at the time, the lowest ranking woman to marry a French king; no suitable princess could be found, since they were all too closely related to Philip for the marriage to any of them to be seen as perfectly valid by the Church.”1427
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