Gerberga of Lorraine

Not to be confused with Gerberge of Lorraine.

Gerberga of Lorraine (c. 925–995) was a lady of the highest European nobility who became the wife of Megingoz of Guelders around 945.

She was a daughter of Godfrey, Count Palatine of Lotharingia and Ermentrude, possibly the eldest daughter of Charles the Simple. On her father's side she was a granddaughter of Gerhard I of Metz and Oda of Saxony, daughter of Otto I, Duke of Saxony.

She founded the Vilich Abbey, northeast of Bonn, after the death of her only son.[1] She and Megingoz separated after their son's death; Gerberga oversaw the construction of the abbey and kept a devout life of prayer and fasting.[1] She died in 995 and was buried in the abbey. Megingoz died shortly afterwards, after 998.

## Children

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With Megingoz, she had the following children:

* Godfrey (d. 977), killed at a young age in a campaign against the Slavs
* Irmtrud of Avalgau, who married Herbert of Wetterau
* Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich; after her death in 1015, her niece succeeded her as abbess[1]
* Alberada
* Bertada (d. 1000), abbess in Cologne

## References

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1. ^ a b c Hamilton, Sarah (2015-08-12). Church and People in the Medieval West, 900-1200. Routledge. p. 143\. ISBN 978-1-317-32532-1.

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