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From: Kati Smith< >
Subject: [Fwd: Bonna D'Ardennes]
Date: 24 Sep 1998 01:35:25 -0700


I thought I would also share this with the list.

Kati Smith wrote:

> I have:
> Gerberga of Lorraine (who m. Lambert I, Barbatus, Count of Mons and Lonvain, son
> of Regnier III, Count of Hainault) was the dau of Charles, Duke of Nether
> Lorraine, m. Bonna, Countess of Ardennes.
> Charles was the son of Louis d'Outre Mer, and Princess Gerberga, widow of
> Gisilbert, the Duke of Lorraine and dau of Henry I, the Fowler, Emperor of
> Germany. He was married more than once. He was also married to Adelaide (of whom I
> have no further info at this time) and they have at least one child together:
> Ermengarde/Adalaide of Lorraine d. ca. 1012 who was m. to Albert I, Count of Namur
>
> Charles had a sister Princess Matilda/Maud who also had a dau named Gerberga.
> Charles also had a sister named Adelheid/ Irmgarde (who knowing the naming
> patterns of that day, may also have a dau named Gerberga).
> Bonna was the dau of Godefroy, the Old, count of Verdun and Ardennes.
>
> Have I thoroughly confused everyone now?
>
> wrote:
>
> > Vol 3 of Buck & Beard's book on descendants of Charlemagne lists Bonna
> > D'Ardennes as mother of Gerberga who married Lambert I, Count of Louvain. Weis
> > (Ancestral Roots) lists the mother as Adelheid. Which is believed to be
> > accurate?

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