Name Matilda France | ||
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Died 27 January 992(992-01-27) Children Bertha of Burgundy, Gerberga of Burgundy Parents Gerberga of Saxony, Louis IV of France Grandchildren Gisela of Swabia, Odo II, Count of Blois, Theobald II of Blois Similar People Gerberga of Saxony, Louis IV of France, Matilda of Ringelheim, Eadgifu of Wessex, Robert II of France | ||
Matilda of France (943 – 26 November 981/982), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was Queen of Burgundy from about 964 until her death, by her marriage with King Conrad I.
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Life
She was born in late 943 to King Louis IV of France (920/921–954), ruler of West Francia, and his wife, Gerberga of Saxony (d. about 984), sister of the East Frankish king Otto I. At the time of her birth, the Carolingian rule had already weakened: King Louis attempted to stable his reign by the marriage with an East Frankish princess, while he fought with the reluctant dukes of Normandy and with the forces of his Robertian rival Hugh the Great.
When Matilda's brother, 13-year-old Lothair ascended the French throne in 954, Gerberga acted as regent. In 964 Matilda was married to Conrad I (d. 993), the Welf ruler of the united Burgundian Kingdom of Arles since 937. King Conrad strongly relied on the support of Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor since 962, Matilda's maternal uncle and husband of Conrad's sister Adelaide. As her dowry, the young queen brought her husband the city of Vienne, which her brother Lothair had ceded to her.
Issue
Her children were:
Matilda was outlived by her husband, she probably died after 981. She is buried in Vienne Cathedral