Frederuna

Frederuna von Sachsen
Frederuna von Sachsen
Queen consort of France
Tenure	907–917
Born	887; Goslar, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany
Died	917 (aged 29–30); Lorraine, France
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 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]

References

^ Palgrave, Sir Francis; Palgrave, Sir Robert Harry Inglis; Barker, Geoffrey Palgrave (1921). The collected historical works of Sir Francis Palgrave, K.H. University press.
^ Riché, Pierre (1993). The Carolingians. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 369. ISBN 978-0-8122-1342-3.
^ Bradbury, J. (2007). The Capetians: Kings of France 987-1328. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-8264-2491-4.
^ David Charles Douglas. Time and the hour: some collected papers of David C. Douglas. Eyre Methuen, 1977. p. 138–139
^ Bernard S. Bachrach & Steven Fanning. The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966. Volume 9 of Readings in medieval civilizations and cultures. University of Toronto Press, 2004. Chapter 2 (The events in Flodoard's Annals).
^ Richard Huscroft. Making England, 796-1042. Routledge, 2018. Chapter 2: Ruling the kingdoms 796-899.

External links

Frederuna at Find a Grave

Royal titles
Preceded by Théodrate of Troyes	Queen consort of Western Francia 907–917	Succeeded by Eadgifu of England

[1] Palgrave, Sir Francis; Palgrave, Sir Robert Harry Inglis; Barker, Geoffrey Palgrave (1921). The collected historical works of Sir Francis Palgrave, K.H. University press.

[2] Riché, Pierre (1993). The Carolingians. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 369. ISBN 978-0-8122-1342-3.

[Bradbury_2007-3] Bradbury, J. (2007). The Capetians: Kings of France 987-1328. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-8264-2491-4.

[4] David Charles Douglas. Time and the hour: some collected papers of David C. Douglas. Eyre Methuen, 1977. p. 138–139

[5] Bernard S. Bachrach & Steven Fanning. The Annals of Flodoard of Reims, 919-966. Volume 9 of Readings in medieval civilizations and cultures. University of Toronto Press, 2004. Chapter 2 (The events in Flodoard's Annals).

[6] Richard Huscroft. Making England, 796-1042. Routledge, 2018. Chapter 2: Ruling the kingdoms 796-899.

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