Béatrice av Vermandois (880-931)
880--931-03-26 (kvinna)
Béatrice of Vermandois (c. 880 – after 26 March 931), a Carolingian aristocrat, queen of Western Francia by marriage to Robert I, King of France, and mother of Hugh the Great.
Life
Beatrice, born c. 880 was the daughter of Herbert I, Count of Vermandois.[1] She was also the sister of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, and was a descendant in the male line of Charlemagne through King Bernard of Italy.[a][3] Through her marriage to Robert I, she was an ancestress of the Capetian dynasty. On 15 June 923 her husband Robert was killed at the Battle of Soissons shortly after which their son Hugh was offered the crown but refused.[4] Beatrice died after March 931.[1]
Marriage and issue
She married c. 890, becoming the second wife of Robert, Margrave of Neustria, who became the King of France in 922.[5] They were the parents of:
Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks, who was the father of Hugh Capet.[5][6] | |
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