Bertha, daughter of Lothair II
Bertha (born between 863 and 868 – March 925 in
Guy of Tuscany
. She was described as beautiful, spirited and courageous, while her influence over her spouse was, coupled with ambition, attributed to have involved her husbands in many wars.
She was the second daughter of
King of Lotharingia
, by his concubine,
Waldrada.[1]
Life
Between 879 and 880, Bertha married her first husband,
Bosonid, his father was Hucbert
. Hucbert's brother-in-law was Lothair II.
Bertha is also known for her curious correspondence to
Aghlabid colony in Sicily. Moreover, the letter was written in a language unfamiliar to the Caliph's translators, and the accompanying gifts (among them a multicoloured woollen coat) which no doubt indicated largesse on Bertha's part, were unlikely to have impressed al-Muktafi beyond their novelty value.[2]
After the death of Adalbert II in 915, her son Guy became
of Tuscany. Bertha, as his mother, was his regent
. She stepped down from regency in 916.
Bertha died on 8 March 925 in Lucca.
Issue
Bertha and Theobald of Arles had four children:
- Hugh (882 – 10 April 947);[3]
- Boso(885–936)
- Theutberga of Arles (890–948), married Warner, viscount of Sens[4]
- An unknown daughter (d. after 924)
Bertha and
Adalbert II of Tuscany
had three children:
- Guy (d. 3 February 929);[5]
- Lambert(d. after 938);
- Ermengarde (d. 932).
References
- ^ C. W. Previté Orton. "Italy and Provence, 900-950."
- ^ Muslims of Medieval Italy, Google Books
- ^ Previté Orton, 347.
- ^ Poole 1912, p. 306.
- ^ Townsend, Geo (1847) Ecclesiastical and Civil History Philosophically Considered, Vol. II, p. 157
Bibliography
- Metcalfe, A. (2009) Muslims of Medieval Italy (Edinburgh University Press). ISBN 9780748620074.
- Poole, Reginald L. (1912). "Burgundian Notes". The English Historical Review. 27 (106 April).
- Previté Orton, C. W."Italy and Provence, 900-950." The English Historical Review Vol. 32, No. 127 (July, 1917) (pp. 335–347)
- König, Daniel G. (2023). 906: Bertha of Tuscany’s Correspondence with al-Muktafī bi-llāh in the Version of Ibn al-Zubayr. Transmediterranean History, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.18148/tmh/2023.5.1.66.