Rozala of Italy

Rozala of Italy
Rozala of Italy
Countess consort of Flanders
Reign	968–987
Countess regent of Flanders
Reign	987 – c.995; on behalf of Baldwin IV of Flanders
Queen consort to co-king of France
Reign	988–996
Queen consort of France
Reign	996
Born	c. 950–60
Died	1003; Ghent
Spouse	Arnulf II of Flanders; Robert II of France
Issue	Baldwin IV of Flanders; Mathilda
House	House of Ivrea; House of Flanders by marriage; House of Capet by marriage
Father	Berengar II of Italy
Mother	Willa of Tuscany

Rozala of Italy (also known as Rozala of Lombardy, Rozala of Ivrea or Susanna of Ivrea; c. 950–960 –1003) was a Countess of Flanders and Queen consort of the Franks.

Biography

Rozala (Susanna), born sometime between 950–960, was the daughter of King Berengar of Ivrea, King of Italy (c. 900 – 966).^[1] Her mother was Willa of Tuscany, the daughter of Boso, Margrave of Tuscany and his wife Willa.^[2] In 968 she married Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (d. 987).^[1]^[3] On her husband's death, she acted as regent for her young son.

On c. 1 April 988 she married secondly the much younger Robert the Pious (972–1031), the Rex Filius of France; the marriage had been arranged by his father Hugh Capet.^[4]^[3] According to disputed account she brought her husband Montreuil^[3] and Ponthieu as a dowry, other assert that she was berieved her right to that territory. Upon her marriage, she took the name of Susannah, and was the queen consort of the co-ruling king Robert, under senior King Hugh. From 991/992 the couple lived basically separated as Rozala had become too old^[3] (c. 38) to have more children and they lacked marital happiness.

When her father-in-law died in 996, however, Robert repudiated her completely, desiring to marry Bertha of Burgundy in her place.^[5] That marriage was not lawful because of too close kinship so Robert married a third time 1003 with Constance of Arles who bore him seven children.

Rozala retired back to Flanders, where she died and was buried. Robert retained control of her "dowry",^[3] or the rights to the mentioned territory.

Marriages

Rosala was firstly (968–987) married to Arnulf II, Count of Flanders. They had the following children:

Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders (980–1035)^[1]
Mathilda (d. 995).^[1]

The second marriage (988–996) with Robert II of France did not produce any children.

Ancestry

Family of Rozala of Italy

Anscar I of Ivrea (d. 902)
Count of Oscheret

Adalbert I (d.c. 924)
Margrave of Ivrea

King Berengar II of Italy (c. 900 – 966)

Eberhard, Duke of Friuli (c. 808 – 866)

King Berengar I of Italy (c. 845 – 924)

Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious (c. 821 – a. 874)

Gisela of Friuli (d.c. 910)

Suppo II (c. 835 – c. 885)
Count of Parma, Asti, and Turin

Bertila of Spoleto (c. 860 – 915)

Rozala of Italy
Countess of Flanders

Hucbert (c. 820 – c. 864) (Bosonid)

Theobald, Count of Arles (c. 854 – c. 895)

Boso, Margrave of Tuscany (885–936)

Lothair II (835 – 869)
King of Lotharingia

Bertha, daughter of Lothair II (863–925)

concubine Waldrada

Willa of Tuscany (c. 911 – 970)

Willa of Burgundy

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 5
^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 59
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Vasiliev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (1951). Hugh Capet of France and Byzantium. Vol. 6. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. pp. 233–4. JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/stable/1291087. ...compiled at the beginning of 988, certainly before April 8. We know that in the same year the young Robert, at the age of eighteen (he was born in 970), married Rosala-Suzanne, the elderly widow of the Count of Flanders, Arnulf II, who died at the outset of the same year (988). The union was brief and lasted barely a year. Robert repudiated the "old Italian" widow in the following year, 989, but reserved for himself her dowry, the Chateau de Montreuil.¹³ ¹³Richeri Historiarum liber IV, c. 87: Rotbertus rex cum in 19. aetatis anno iuventutis flore vernaret, Susannam uxorem, genere Italicam, eo quod anus esset, facto divortio repudiavit. Ed. G. Waitz (Hannover, 1877), pp. 168-169. See Pfister, op. cit., p. 1, n. 1; 44; 218. Cf. F. Lot, Les derniers Carolingiens, p. 219: Robert's marriage in March 988. But see F. Lot, Études sur le règne de Hugues Capet, p. 4, n. 2: he rejects his own previous dating, March, 988. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help); Check |jstor= value (help); External link in |JSTOR= (help); line feed character in |quote= at position 473 (help)
^ Andrzej Poppe, 'The Political Background to the Baptism of Rus': Byzantine-Russian Relations between 986-89', Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 30, (1976), p. 232
^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 11

French royalty
Rozala of Italy House of Ivrea Born: c. 950–960 Died: 1003
Preceded by Adele of Vermandois with vacancy	Countess consort of Flanders 968–987	Succeeded by Ogive of Luxembourg with vacancy
Preceded by vacant	Queen consort to co-king of the Franks 988–996	Succeeded by vacant
Preceded by Adelaide of Aquitaine	Queen consort of the Franks 996	Succeeded by Bertha of Burgundy

[ESII5-1] Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 5

[2] Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 59

[Dumbarton51-3] Vasiliev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich (1951). Hugh Capet of France and Byzantium. Vol. 6. Dumbarton Oaks, Trustees for Harvard University. pp. 233–4. JSTOR http://www.jstor.org/stable/1291087. ...compiled at the beginning of 988, certainly before April 8. We know that in the same year the young Robert, at the age of eighteen (he was born in 970), married Rosala-Suzanne, the elderly widow of the Count of Flanders, Arnulf II, who died at the outset of the same year (988). The union was brief and lasted barely a year. Robert repudiated the "old Italian" widow in the following year, 989, but reserved for himself her dowry, the Chateau de Montreuil.¹³ ¹³Richeri Historiarum liber IV, c. 87: Rotbertus rex cum in 19. aetatis anno iuventutis flore vernaret, Susannam uxorem, genere Italicam, eo quod anus esset, facto divortio repudiavit. Ed. G. Waitz (Hannover, 1877), pp. 168-169. See Pfister, op. cit., p. 1, n. 1; 44; 218. Cf. F. Lot, Les derniers Carolingiens, p. 219: Robert's marriage in March 988. But see F. Lot, Études sur le règne de Hugues Capet, p. 4, n. 2: he rejects his own previous dating, March, 988. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help); Check |jstor= value (help); External link in |JSTOR= (help); line feed character in |quote= at position 473 (help)

[4] Andrzej Poppe, 'The Political Background to the Baptism of Rus': Byzantine-Russian Relations between 986-89', Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 30, (1976), p. 232

[5] Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Band II (Marburg, Germany: J. A. Stargardt, 1984), Tafel 11

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v t e Royal consorts of France
List of Frankish queens List of French royal consorts
Merovingians (509–751)	Clotilde Ultragotha Guntheuc Radegund Ingund Aregund Ingoberga Merofleda Marcovefa Theudechild Austregilde Audovera Galswintha Fredegund Brunhilda of Austrasia Bertrude Sichilde Gomentrude Nanthild Ragintrudis Wulfefundis Bertechildis Balthild of Chelles Bilichild Chrothildis
Carolingians, Robertians and Bosonids (751–987)	Bertrada of Laon Gerberga Desiderata of the Lombards Hildegard Fastrada Luitgard Ermengarde of Hesbaye Judith of Bavaria Ermentrude of Orléans Richilde of Provence Adelaide of Paris Richardis Théodrate of Troyes^R Frederuna Eadgifu of Wessex Beatrice of Vermandois^R Emma of France^B Gerberga of Saxony Emma of Italy
House of Capet (987–1328)	Adelaide of Aquitaine Rozala of Italy Bertha of Burgundy Constance of Arles Matilda of Frisia Anne of Kiev Bertha of Holland Bertrade of Montfort Adelaide of Maurienne Eleanor of Aquitaine Constance of Castile Adela of Champagne Isabella of Hainault Ingeborg of Denmark Agnes of Merania Blanche of Castile Margaret of Provence Isabella of Aragon Marie of Brabant Joan I of Navarre Margaret of Burgundy Clementia of Hungary Joan II, Countess of Burgundy Blanche of Burgundy Marie of Luxembourg Joan of Évreux
House of Valois (1328–1589)	Joan of Burgundy Blanche of Navarre Joan I, Countess of Auvergne Joanna of Bourbon Isabeau of Bavaria Marie of Anjou Charlotte of Savoy Anne of Brittany Joan of France Mary Tudor Claude of France Eleanor of Austria Catherine de' Medici Mary Stuart Elisabeth of Austria Louise of Lorraine
House of Lancaster (1422–1453)	Margaret of Anjou
House of Bourbon (1589–1792)	Margaret of Valois Marie de' Medici Anne of Austria Maria Theresa of Spain Marie Leszczyńska Marie Antoinette
House of Bonaparte (1804–1814; 1815)	Joséphine de Beauharnais Marie Louise
House of Bourbon (1814–1815; 1815–1830)	Marie Joséphine of Savoy Marie-Thérèse
House of Orléans (1830–1848)	Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily
House of Bonaparte (1852–1870)	Eugénie de Montijo
Consorts to debatable or disputed rulers are in italics.