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Bertha (c. 780 – after 11 March 824) was the seventh child and third daughter of Charlemagne, King of the Franks, by his second wife, Hildegard. Life. Bertha was raised with her brothers and sisters in the royal household of Charlemagne, who had all of his children educated by tutors.
Apr 12, 2024 · Bertha (779-824) Bertha (sometimes spelled Berta or Bertrada) was named after Charlemagne’s mother, Bertrada of Laon. She was just as spirited as her older sister Rotrude, educated in the...
Frankish princess. Born in 779; died after 823; daughter of Hildegarde of Swabia (c. 757–783) and Charles I also known as Charlemagne (742–814), king of the Franks (r. 768–814), Holy Roman emperor (r. 800–814); associated with Angilbert, the abbott of St. Riquier; children: (with Angilbert) Nithard (b. around 800, the historian); Hartnid.
The mother of Charlemagne was called Berthe au grand pied (Bertha with the large foot), because one foot was greater than the other. Without doubt, her son Charlemagne—Carolus Magnus, Charles the Great, Karl der Grosse—was one of the great figures of medieval Europe.
Jan 5, 2023 · BERTHA, or BETRADE, Wife of Pepin and mother of Charlemagne, Emperor of France, was a woman of great natural excellences, both of mind and heart.
May 31, 2024 · Bertha Carolingian was born 779 to Charlemagne (747-814) and Hildegard (758-783) and died March 11, 825 of unspecified causes. She was married ( or common law) to Saint Angilbert of Centula. Bertha and Angilbert both entered religious life when prayers for a successful resistance to a Danish invasion were answered when a storm scattered the ...
May 14, 2018 · Bertha, daughter of the Frankish king Charibert, married King Æthelbert of Kent sometime before 597, on condition that she could continue to practise her Christian faith. With her personal bishop, Liudhard of Senlis, she used the old Roman church of St Martin, Canterbury.
