Alberada
AlberadaA 968 charter of Giselbert's widow Gerberge mentions Giselbert and his parents Regnier and Alberada ["Gerberga divina dispensante clementia humulis Francorum Regina ... et remedio senioris nostri piĉ memoriĉ Giselberti, suique parentum patris scilicet matris, Rageneri et Albradĉ; ..." RHF 9: 666].
Date of birth: Unknown.
Place of birth: Unknown.
Date of death: Living 915.
Sigehard's Miraculi S. Maximini
indicates that Giselbert's mother survived Regnier ["Ipse
etenim cum inhumane prorsus familiam sancti tractaret, et a matre
iuvenis ducis - nam pater iam obierat - proinde saepius
obiurgaretur, ..." Ex Sigehardi Miraculis S.
Maximini, c. 16, MGH SS 4: 233]
Place of death: Unknown.
Father: Unknown.
Mother: Unknown.
Spouse: Regnier I, d. 915, ancestor of the counts of Hainaut.
Children:
Of Regnier's children, only
Giselbert is directly documented as a child of Alberada. See Regnier's page for details.
Giselbert, d. 2 October 939, duke of Lorraine.
Regnier II, fl. 916-931, count of
Hainaut.
NN, m. before 924, Bérenger,
fl. 907-924, count in pagus Lomacensis.
MGH SS = Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores series.
RHF = Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France.
Compiled by Stewart Baldwin
First uploaded 24 April 2008.