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From: Nathaniel Lane Taylor <>
Subject: Re: Parentage of Gerberga, wife of Henry, Margrave of Schweinfurt
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 15:17:31 GMT

Alan wrote,

> A. In Schwennicke (ed.) Europaische Stammtafeln, vol.
> i, table 9, the ancestry of, and descent from, Henry, Margrave
> of Schweinfurt, is shown. Henry d. 18 Nov 1017. He m.
> Gerberga, dau. of Otto.
>
> B. In vol. i, table 11, Gerberga who m. Henry, Margrave
> of Schweinfurt, who d. 1017, is shown as dau. of Heribert, Count
> of Gleiberg & Irmintrud, dau. of Megingoz.
>
> C. In vol. iii, table 54. Gerberga who m. Henry, Count
> of Schweinfurt, who d. 18 Nov 1017, is shown as dau. of Count
> Otto II.
>
> <snip>

> While I know Stuart has been getting bad marks in this
> audience, so far as I can tell he may well be correct in this
> instance. Can anyone resolve the contradictory assertions about
> Gerberga's parentage?

Try looking up the references cited as sources in the fine print at the
back of the relevant volumes of ES (vol. 1 doesn't have references).

Nat Taylor

Nat Taylor

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