Frederuna Explained

Frederuna von Sachsen
Succession:Queen consort of France
Reign:907–917
Birth Date:887
Birth Place:Goslar, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death Place:Lorraine, France
Consort:yes
Spouse:Charles III of France (m. 907)
Issue:Gisela of France
Frederuna
Adelais
Rotrude
Hildegarde
Ermentrude
Father:Dietrich Theodoric von Ringelheim
Mother:Gisela of Lotharingia

Frederuna (or Frederonne, Fridarun; French: Frédérune or French: Frérone; 887–917) was the queen consort of France by marriage to King Charles III of France.

She was born in Goslar, Hanover to Dietrich Theodorich von Ringelheim, Duke of Saxony and his wife Gisela of Lotharingia. She was the half-sister of Matilda of Ringelheim, who married Henry the Fowler, King of East Francia, Amalrada, Bia, and a brother, Beuve II, the Bishop of Châlons-sur-Marne,[1] and the first wife of King Charles III of France,[2] whom she married in 907.[3] She bore Charles six daughters: Ermentrude, Gisela, Frederuna, Adelais, Rotrude and Hildegarde.[4] Frederuna died in 917[5] and she was succeeded as queen consort by Eadgifu of England, a daughter of Edward the Elder in 919.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Francis Palgrave

    . Palgrave . Sir Francis . The collected historical works of Sir Francis Palgrave, K.H. . Palgrave . Sir Robert Harry Inglis . Barker . Geoffrey Palgrave . University press . 1921 . Inglis Palgrave . Francis Palgrave.

  2. Book: Riché, Pierre . Pierre Riché

    . The Carolingians . University of Pennsylvania Press . 1993 . 978-0-8122-1342-3 . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . 369 . Pierre Riché.

  3. Book: Bradbury, J. . Jim Bradbury

    . The Capetians: Kings of France 987-1328 . Bloomsbury Publishing . 2007 . 978-0-8264-2491-4 . 34 . Jim Bradbury.

  4. [David Charles Douglas]
  5. [Bernard S. Bachrach]
  6. Richard Huscroft. Making England, 796-1042. Routledge, 2018. Chapter 2: Ruling the kingdoms 796-899.