Английская Википедия:Gertrude of Saxony
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Gertrude of Saxony (Шаблон:Circa 1030 – August 4, 1113), also known as Gertrude Billung, was a countess of Holland by marriage to Floris I, Count of Holland, and countess of Flanders by marriage to Robert I, Count of Flanders. She was regent of Holland in 1061-1067 during the minority of her son Dirk V, and regent of Flanders during the absence of her spouse in 1086–1093.
Biography
She was the daughter of Bernard II, Duke of SaxonyШаблон:Sfn and Eilika of Schweinfurt.
Countess of Holland
In c. 1050, she married Floris I, Count of Holland (c. 1017 – June 28, 1061).Шаблон:Sfn Upon the death of her spouse in 1061, her son Dirk V became Count of Holland.Шаблон:Sfn Since he was a minor, she became regent.
When Dirk V came into power, William I, Bishop of Utrecht, took advantage of the situation, occupying territory that he had claimed in Holland. Gertrude and her son withdrew to the islands of Frisia (Zeeland), leaving William to occupy the disputed lands.
Countess of Flanders
In 1063 Gertrude married Robert of Flanders (Robert the Frisian),Шаблон:Sfn the second son of Baldwin V of Flanders. This act gave Dirk the Imperial Flanders as an appanage – including the islands of Frisia west of the Frisian Scheldt.
She and her husband then acted as co-regents of Holland for her son during his minority.
When her spouse left for a journey to Jerusalem in 1086–1093, Gertrude served as regent of Flanders during his absence.
Family and children
She had a total of seven children with Floris I, Count of Holland:
- Albert (b. Шаблон:Circa), a canon in Liège
- Dirk V (Шаблон:Circa, Vlaardingen – 17 June 1091)
- Peter (b. Шаблон:Circa), a canon in Liége
- Bertha (Шаблон:Circa – 15 October 1094, Montreuil-sur-Mer), who married Philip I of France in 1072.Шаблон:Sfn
- Floris (b. Шаблон:Circa), a canon in Liége.
- Matilda (b. Шаблон:Circa), who married Adalbert von Saffenburg von Klosterath.
- Adela (b. Шаблон:Circa), who married Baudouin I, Count of Guînes.
From her second marriage to Robert of Flanders she had five children:
- Robert II of Flanders (c. 1065 – October 5, 1111).Шаблон:Sfn
- Adela (d. 1115), who first married king Canute IV of Denmark,Шаблон:Sfn and was the mother of Charles the Good, later count of Flanders. She then married Roger Borsa, duke of Apulia.
- Gertrude, who married Theodoric II, Duke of Lorraine,Шаблон:Sfn and was the mother of Thierry of Alsace, also later count of Flanders.
- Philip of Loo, whose illegitimate son William of Ypres was also a claimant to the county of Flanders.
- Ogiva, abbess of Messines.
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