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  • 922-923: Queen of West Francia

Béatrice Carolingian of Vermandois was born 880 in Paris, France to Herbert I de Vermandois (c848-907) and Bertha de Morvois (c850-c907) and died after 26 March 931 Soissons, France of unspecified causes. She married Robert I of France (866-923) 896 JL in Paris, France.

Beatrice of Vermandois was a Carolingian aristocrat, queen of Western Francia by marriage to Robert I of France (866-923), and mother of Hugh the Great.

Carolingian Ancestry

Beatrice was the daughter of Herbert I, Count of Vermandois.[1] She was also the sister of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, and was a descendant in the male line of Charlemagne through King Bernard of Italy.[lower-alpha 1][3]

Through her marriage to Robert I, she was an ancestress of the Capetian dynasty. On 15 June 923 her husband Robert was killed at the Battle of Soissons shortly after which their son Hugh was offered the crown but refused.[4] Beatrice died in 931.[5]

Marriage and issue

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Hugues le Grand duc des Francs

Beatrice's son was Hugh the Great, ancestor of many kings.

Beatrice married c. 890, becoming the second wife of Robert I of France (866-923), Margrave of Neustria, who became the King of France in 922.[1]

They were the parents of:

  1. Hugh the Great – father of Hugh Capet[6]




Children


Offspring of Robert I of France (866-923) and Béatrice of Vermandois
Name Birth Death Joined with
Hugh the Great (898-956) 898 Paris, Ile-de-France, France 16 June 956 Dourdan, Ile-de-France, France Judith de Maine (bef900-925)
Eadhilda of Wessex (-937)
Hadwig von Sachsen (c917-959)
Raingarde (c910-c965)
Richilda of France (895-931)



Siblings


Offspring of Herbert I de Vermandois (c848-907) and Bertha de Morvois (c850-c907)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Béatrice of Vermandois (c880-931) 880 Paris, France 26 March 931 Soissons, France Robert I of France (866-923)
Herbert II de Vermandois (884-943) 884 23 February 943 Hildebranda of France (895-931)
Cunigunde of Vermandois (-943) 943 Udo I von der Wetterau (c900-949)
Adele of Vermandois (?-?) Gebhard von Ufgau (?-c947)
Berengar of Bayeaux (?-?) Daughter of Gurvand, Duke of Brittany


Research Notes

The Oxford History of Medieval Europe shows a family tree with Beatrice as the wife of Robert I, Duke of France, daughter of Herbert I de Vermandois, and sister of Herbert II de Vermandois. It also says that her brother Herbert II was a crucial ally of both her husband and her son Hugh the Great.

The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy page for Robert I, Duke of France says that in the Historia Francorum Senonensis she is "sororem Herberti", the wife of "Robertus princeps". She and Robert I were married about 897.

See Also

References

  1. ^ a b Tanner 2004, p. 308.
  2. ^ Lewis 1977, p. 246-247.
  3. ^ Fanning & Bachrach 2011, p. xvi, 91.
  4. ^ Riché 1993, p. 250.
  5. ^ Riché 1993, p. 375.
  6. ^ Bouchard 2001, p. 112.


Footnotes (including sources)

‡ General
  • wikipedia:en:Béatrice of Vermandois
  • The Oxford History of Medieval Europe by George Holmes 2001
  • The Ancestry of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness Prince Albert by George Russell French, 1841
  • The Gesta Normannorum Ducum, by William of Jumieges, Oderic Vitalis,Robert of Torigny, edited by Elizabeth M.C. Touts 1992
  • Robert I, Duke of France at FMG


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