SAVOY, Bertha of
1051 - 1087 (36 years)
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Name SAVOY, Bertha of Birth 12 Sep 1051 [1] Gender Female Royalty & Nobility Queen of Germany and Holy Roman Empress Name Bertha of Turin Death 27 Dec 1087 Person ID I17655 My Genealogy Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Family HENRY, IV, b. 11 Nov 1050 d. 7 Aug 1106 (Age 55 years) Children + 1. GERMANY, Agnes of, b. 1072 d. 24 Sep 1143 (Age 71 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F12950 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Notes - Bertha at the age of four was betrothed to Henry III's son, Henry IV (aged five) on 25 December 1055 in Zürich.[1] Bertha was raised in Germany thereafter. When she was fifteen, Bertha was crowned queen in Würzburg in June 1066 and married Henry on 13 July 1066 at the Königspfalz of Trebur.[2]
Although they had grown up together and Bertha was apparently a pretty young woman, the Saxon chronicler Bruno of Merseburg, an avowed opponent of Henry IV, reported on Henry's continual unfaithfulness: "He had two or three concubines at the same time, in addition [to his wife], yet he was not content. If he heard that someone had a young and pretty daughter or wife, he instructed that she be supplied to him by force. (...) His beautiful and noble wife Bertha (...) was in such a manner hated by him that he never saw her after the wedding any more than necessary, since he had not celebrated the wedding out of free will."[3]
- Bertha at the age of four was betrothed to Henry III's son, Henry IV (aged five) on 25 December 1055 in Zürich.[1] Bertha was raised in Germany thereafter. When she was fifteen, Bertha was crowned queen in Würzburg in June 1066 and married Henry on 13 July 1066 at the Königspfalz of Trebur.[2]
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Sources - [S1801] Wikipedia, Bertha of Savoy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Savoy
- [S1801] Wikipedia, Bertha of Savoy.