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Bertha of Blois (French: Berthe de Blois; c. 1005 — c. 1080), was a Duchess consort of Brittany and a countess consort of Maine.

Life

Bertha was the daughter of Odo II, Count of Blois and Ermengarde of Auvergne. In 1029, she married Alain III, Duke of Brittany, he died in 1040. In 1046, she married Hugh IV, Count of Maine.

Marriage & issue

Bertha and Alain had two children:

• Conan II, Duke of Brittany
• Hawise, Duchess of Brittany

With her second husband, Hugh IV, Count of Maine, Bertha had two children:

• Herbert II, Count of Maine
• Marguerite (1045 - 1063), betrothed to Robert Curthose

References

1. ^ Evergates 1999, p. table 1.
2. Hagger 2017, p. 101.
3. Crouch 2007, p. 61.
4. Douglas 1966, p. 178.
5. Warren 1973, p. 75.
6. ^ Douglas 1966, p. table 7.

Sources

• Crouch, David (2007). The Normans. Hambledon Continuum.
• Douglas, David Charles (1966). William the Conqueror. University of California Press.
• Evergates, Theodore, ed. (1999). Aristocratic Women in Medieval France. University of Pennsylvania Press.
• Hagger, Mark S. (2017). Norman Rule in Normandy, 911-1144. The Boydell Press.
• Warren, Wilfred Lewis (1973). Henry II. University of California Press.

• Duchesses of Brittany
• Countesses of Maine
• 1000s births
• 1080 deaths
• People from Blois
• 11th-century Breton people
• 11th-century Breton women
• 11th-century French women
• 11th-century French nobility
• Mothers of French monarchs
• Remarried royal consorts