Emma of France

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Depiction of two kings, Emma's husband Rudolph of France (right, enthroned) and Charles the Simple (left centre)

Emma of France (died 935)[1] was a French princess by birth and queen by marriage. She was also variously known as Emma Capet, Emma of Burgundy, and Emma of Neustria.[2] She was the daughter of Robert I of France and either Aelis of Maine[3] or Béatrice of Vermandois. Her family is known as the Robertians.

In c. 921, she married Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.[4] Her spouse was crowned king of Western Francia on 13 July 923 at Saint-Médard de Soissons, thereby making her queen.

She defended her husband's right to the throne against the Carolingian claimant, Charles III "The Simple", and her brother-in-law, Herbert II of Vermandois. Emma captured Avalon in 931, and in 933 led the siege of Château Thierry against Herbert II with King Rudolph's army.[2]

Emma was the first Frankish queen who is known to have been crowned: she was crowned in Reims, by the bishop of Reims called Séulf, the same year but a little later than her spouse, a fact mentioned in contemporary chronicles.

It seems Emma bore only one child, a son named Louis.[5][6] There is a possibility that Emma also had a daughter, and (if so) that she was named Judith.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Pennington, Reina, ed. (2003). Amazons to Fighter Pilots: A Biographical Dictionary of Military Women. Vol. 2. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 538. ISBN 0-313-29197-7.
  2. ^ a b Pennington, Reina, ed. (2003). Amazons to Fighter Pilots - A Biographical Dictionary of Military Women. Vol. 1. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. p. 152. ISBN 0-313-32707-6.
  3. ^ Detlev Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten
  4. ^ France, J., Bulst, N. and Reynolds, P. 1989. Rodulfi Glabri Historiarum Libri Quinque, Rodulfus Glaber Opera (Oxford).
  5. ^ “Rodulfo rege… filius eius Ludovicus… ex Emma regina”
  6. ^ Abbé E. Bougaud. 1875. Chronique de l'abbaye de Saint-Bénigne de Dijon (Chronicle St-Bénigne de Dijon), str. 126.
  7. ^ RICHARD 890-921, RAOUL 921-936
Preceded by Queen of Western Francia
923–934 		Succeeded by
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