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‎1836 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England;

Joseph Overbury was recorded as "Justice of the Peace"

Statistics
Latest update2024-10-16 17:11
No. of families2147
Most children13
No. of individuals4662

Family


woman Gerberga of Saxony, Abbess of Notre-Dame de Soissons‏‎ 1) 2)
Born ‎between 913 and 914‎ 1)
Died ‎5 May 969 Or 9841)
Buried ‎ Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France 1)

Married ‎929 1) 3) (9 or 10 years married)
to:

man Giselbert of Lorraine, Lay-abbot of Echternach, Stavelot-Malmedy, Saint-Maximin, Saint-Servais, Chèvremont, Duke of Lorraine‏‎ 3)
Born ‎± 890‎ 3)
Died ‎2 Oct 939 Drowned in the Rhine river‎, approximately 49 years 3) 4)

Children:

1.
woman Alberada of Lorraine‏ 5)
Born ‎± 930‎ 5)
Buried ‎ Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France 5)
2.
woman Gerberge of Lorraine‏
Born ‎± 935
Died ‎after 7 Sep 978‎


2nd marriage
woman Gerberga of Saxony, Abbess of Notre-Dame de Soissons‏‎ 1) 2)


Married ‎939 1) 4) (14 or 15 years married)
to:

man Louis IV of France, King of France‏‎ 1) 2)
Born ‎10 Sep 920
Died ‎10 Sep 954‎, 34 years 1)

Children:

1.
woman Matilda of France‏ 6)
Born ‎± 943
Died ‎27 Jan 991/92‎, approximately 48 years
2.
man Charles of Lower Lorraine, Duke of Lower Lorraine‏ 2)
Born ‎953
Died ‎993‎, 39 or 40 years

Notes: "Karolus dux, frater Lotharii regis, genuit Ermengardem et Gerbergam." (Genealogia Comitum Bulonensium)

Sources

1) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/gerbe000.htm. Reference: Gerberga (Questionable reliability of evidence)
2) Source: Genealogia comitum Bulonensium A short genealogy connecting the early Merovingians to the later counts of Boulogne, written circa the 11th century. The earliest generations are almost certainly fictional. Considered a reliable secondary source for generations from Arnulf of Metz onwards. Considered a "primary" source for events from the year 1000 onwards.. External Link
https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_ss_9/index.htm#page/300/ (Data from secondary evidence)
3) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/gisel101.htm. Reference: Giselbert
4) Source: Cosmas of Prague, The Chronicle of the Czechs " the year of the Lord’s incarnation 939, King Louis married Gerpirga, the widow of Gisalbert." (Data from secondary evidence)
5) Source: The Henry Project . External Link
https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/alber000.htm. Reference: Alberada de Lorraine (Questionable reliability of evidence)
6) Source: Herman of Reichenau Chronicle "Henry, the son of the emperor, was elected king by all the princes, while he was still a boy". Reference: 1028 (Data from secondary evidence)