Cunigunda of France
Appearance
Cunigunda of Sulichgau (893-924) was the daughter of Ermentrude of France,[1] and granddaughter in turn of Louis the Stammerer. In 898 her uncle Charles III gained control as king of the Franks, changing Cunigunda's life for the better.
Family
[edit]To gain greater affinity with the nobles of Lotharingia, King Charles III arranged the marriage of Cunigunda in 909 with the powerful Wigeric of Lotharingia (890-919).[2] Their children were:
- Frederick I (d. 978), who was count of Bar and duke of Upper Lorraine[1]
- Adalberon I (d. 962), elected bishop of Metz in 929[2]
- Gilbert (d. 964), count in the Ardennes
- Sigebert, mentioned in 942.
- Liutgarde, who married Adalbert, Count of Metz, then Eberhard IV, count of Nordgau.
- Gozlin, Count of Bidgau (d. 942), married to Oda of Metz and father of Godfrey I, Count of Verdun[1]
- Siegfried, count of Luxembourg.[3]
Around 922, she married Ricwin, Count of Verdun (d. 923).[2]
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Nash, Penelope (2017). Empress Adelheid and Countess Matilda: Medieval Female Rulership and the Foundations of European Society. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Vanderputten, Steven (2018). Dark Age Nunneries: The Ambiguous Identity of Female Monasticism, 800–1050. Cornell University Press.