Third Generation  

3. Queen Consort Berthe de WELF of the Franks [123180] (Conrad I of Burgundy (King)², Rudolph II of Upper Burgundy & Italy (King)¹) was born in 964 in Bourgogne Bourgogne-Franche-Comté France and died about 16 Jan 1010 aged about 46.

Berthe married King Robert II CAPET of the Franks [120813] in 996. Robert was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orleans Loiret Centre-Val de Loire France and died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun Seine-et-Marne Isle-de-France France at age 59.

Noted events in his life were:

• Death: at Chateau Melun, 20 Jul 1030, Melun Seine-et-Marne Isle-de-France France.

The child from this marriage was:

   7    i. CAPET [123181] was born in 999 and died in 999. (Stillborn)

Berthe next married Comte Odo I de BLOIS de Blois [123774]. Odo was born in 950 in Marmoutier Bas-Rhin Grand Est France and died on 12 Mar 996 in Marmoutier Bas-Rhin Grand Est France at age 46.

General Notes: Wikipedia says of this Odo,
Odo I (also spelled Eudes) (c. 950 \endash 12 March 996), Count of Blois, Chartres, Reims, Provins, Châteaudun, and Omois, was the son of Theobald I of Blois and Luitgard, daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois.[1] He received the title of count palatine, which was traditional in his family, from King Lothair of West Francia.

Like his relations, the counts of Vermandois, he remained faithful to the Carolingians against the Capetians. Following the war between his father and Odalric, Archbishop of Reims, over the castle of Coucy, he received the castle to hold it from the archbishop.

In the 970s, in the wars for control of Brittany, he subjugated the county of Rennes and Count Conan I affirmed the rights of his family in the region. Around 977, his father died and he succeeded in the counties his father held at the time of his death.

In 987, Odo supported Charles of Lorraine against Hugh Capet.[2] In June 991, he took Melun.[3] Hugh Capet, Bouchard of Vendome, Richard I of Normandy and Fulk Nerra, assembled against him and retook Melun in late 991.[3]

Near 995, he entered into a war against Fulk, who was already at war with Geoffrey I of Brittany. Odo allied with his brother-in-law William IV of Aquitaine and Baldwin IV of Flanders. Even his old enemy, Richard of Normandy joined in the war on Fulk. In the winter of 995 \endash 996, they besieged Langeais, however Odo became ill and was taken to the monastery of Marmoutier at Tours where he died on 12 March 996.[

Children from this marriage were:

   8    i. Gilbert de BLOIS [123775] was born about 975 in Venables Eure Haute-Normandie France and died in 1072 in Kinderton Cheshire England aged about 97.

   9    ii. Robert de BLOIS [123776] was born about 980 in Normandy France and died on 15 Nov 1037 in Metz Grand Est France aged about 57.

   10    iii. Dame Heloise de BLOIS de Pithiviers [123780] was born about 980 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died in 1022 in France aged about 42.

+ 11    iv. Comte Odo II de BLOIS de Blois, Champagne and Chartres [123764] was born in 983 in Blois Loir-et-Cher Centre-Val de Loire France and died on 15 Nov 1037 in Bar le Duc Meuse Grand Est France at age 54.

   12    v. Thibaut de BLOIS [123777] was born in 985 and died on 11 Jul 1004 at age 19.

   13    vi. Geimolt de BLOIS [123778] was born in 990 in Le Breuil-en-Auge Calvados Basse-Normandy France and died in 1047 at age 57.

   14    vii. Aenor de BLOIS [123779] was born in 996 in Thouars Vienne Poitou-Charentes France and died in 1060 in France at age 64.