Bertrade de Montfort

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BERTRADE de Montfort (-Fontevrault end-1115/1116, bur church of the priory of Hautes-Bruyères, Saint-Remy-l'Honoré, Yvelines). Her parentage is recorded by Orderic Vitalis. The De Genere Comitum Flandrensium, Notæ Parisienses names "Fulconi Richin Andegavensi comiti uxorem suam nomine Bertradam" as second wife of King Philippe whom he abducted from her first husband after repudiating his first wife. William of Tyre records this marriage Pope Urban II at the Council of Autun excommunicated the king 16 Oct 1094, confirmed at the Council of Clermont 18/28 Nov 1095. The church finally admitted the validity of the marriage after the Council of Paris 2 Dec 1104. Orderic Vitalis alleges that Bertrade tried to poison her stepson Louis so her own sons could succeed to the throne. "Fulco iunior Andegavensium comes Fulconis comitis filius" donated property to the abbey of Fontevraud with the consent of "Bertrade regina matre meo, Philipo fratre meo" by charter dated to [1109/1112/13].

m firstly (1089, divorced [15 May 1092]) as his fifth wife, FOULQUES IV "le Réchin" Comte d'Anjou, son of GEOFFROY II Comte de Gâtinais, Seigneur de Château-Landon & his wife Ermengarde d'Anjou (1043-14 Apr 1109).

m secondly (Paris 1092, before 27 Oct) bigamously as his second wife, PHILIPPE I King of France, son of HENRI I King of France & his second wife Anna Iaroslavna of Kiev (1052-château de Melun, Seine-et-Marne 30 Jul 1108, bur Abbaye Saint Benoît-sur-Loire). King Philippe I was excommunicated by Pope Urban II at the Council of Autun 16 Oct 1094 for this bigamous second marriage. The church finally admitted the validity of the marriage after the Council of Paris 2 Dec 1104. ¹

Bertrade married Foulques [IV] de Château-Landon Comte d'Anjou, son of Geoffroy [II] de Gâtinais Comte de Gâtinais, Seigneur de Château-Landon and Ermengarde d'Anjou, in 1089.¹ (Foulques [IV] de Château-Landon Comte d'Anjou was born in 1043 ¹ and died on 14 Apr 1109 ¹.)

Bertrade next married Philippe I de France Roi de France, son of Henri I de France Roi de France and Anna Iaroslavna, in 1072.¹ (Philippe I de France Roi de France was born in 1052,¹ died on 30 Jul 1108 in Château de Melun, Melun, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, 77000, FR ¹ and was buried in Abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, Loiret, Centre, 45730, FR ¹.)