Family History - Person Sheet
NameBertha of Holland 1365
Spouses
BirthMay 23, 1052, Champagne-et-Fontaine, Aquitaine465
Henry (Died as Child) (1083-)
Notes for Bertha of Holland
She is reported, accurately or not, to have been repudiated by her husband on account of her obesity.
1427See
Bertha of Holland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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