Berthe de Savoie

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BERTHE de Savoie (21 Sep 1051-Mainz 27 Dec 1087, bur Speyer Cathedral). The Annalista Saxo names "Bertam filiam Ottonis marchionis de Italia et Adelheidis que soror erat comitis qui agnominatus est de Monte Bardonis in Italia et Immule seu Irmingardis" as wife of King Heinrich. Her husband proposed to repudiate her in 1069, but withdrew his demand. The dispute was finally settled in 1077 when Empress Bertha's mother intervened to prevent any repudiation in return for mediating between the emperor and Pope Gregory VII in Canossa. The Annales Sancti Diibodi record the death in 1087 of "Bertha imperatrix" and her burial "apud Moguntiam". The necrology of Regensburg St Emmeran records the death "VI Kal Jan" of "Berhta imperatrix". The necrology of Speyer records the death "VI Kal Jan" of "Bertha imperatrix".

m (betrothed Zurich 25 Dec 1055, Tribur 13 Jul 1066) as his first wife, HEINRICH IV King of Germany, son of Emperor HEINRICH III & his second wife Agnès de Poitou ([Goslar] 11 Nov 1050-Liège 7 Aug 1106, bur Speyer Cathedral). He was crowned Emperor at Rome 31 Mar 1084. ¹

Berthe married Heinrich IV Römisch-deutscher König und Kaiser, son of Heinrich III Römisch-deutscher König und Kaiser and Agnès de Poitou Römisch-deutsche Königin und Kaiserin, on 13 Jul 1066 in Trebur, Kreis Groß-Gerau, Hessen, 65468, DE.¹ (Heinrich IV Römisch-deutscher König und Kaiser was born on 11 Nov 1050,¹ died on 7 Aug 1106 in Liège, 4000, BE ¹ and was buried in Domkirche St. Maria und St. Stephan, Speyer, 67346, DE ¹.)