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Bertha, Duchess of Lorraine

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87:, as duke of Lorraine. Due to the weak health of her son, Bertha took power as regent and issued documents which she co-signed with her son. Because her son was an adult, her regency was considered illegal and widely opposed by the nobility, and resulted in her excommunication. She was forced to resign from her political position and perform penitence before the Bishop of Metz. 79:
Bertha married Matthias of Lorraine c.1138. Bertha frequently issued charters alongside her husband. She used at least two different types of seal to authenticate her documents, on which she was riding astride on horseback, which was a highly unusual image for a medieval noblewoman to use.
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Jacqueline Carolus-Curien Pauvres duchesses, l'envers du décor à la cour de Lorraine. Éditions Serpenoise, Metz, 2007. (ISBN 978-2-87692-715-5).
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J. Jasperse, ‘To Have and to Hold: Coins and Seals as Evidence for Motherly Authority,' In C. Fleiner and E. Woodacre, (eds):
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Royal Mothers and Their Ruling Children. Wielding Political Authority from Antiquity to the Early Modern Era
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La maison ducale de Lorraine devenue la maison impériale et royale d’Autriche, de Hongrie et de Bohême
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J. Jasperse, ‘Manly Minds in Female Bodies: Three Women and their Power through Coins and Seals’
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After the death of Matthias in 1176, he was succeeded by his son with Bertha,
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With Matthias I, Bertha had several children, including:
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Bertha (sometimes called Judith) was the daughter of
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Bertha, duchess of Lorraine
Matthias I
duke of Lorraine
Frederick II, Duke of Swabia
Judith of Bavaria
Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria
Hohenstaufen
Conrad III
Frederick Barbarossa
Simon
Simon
Frederick
Bitche
Stephen II of Auxonne
Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
bishop of Metz
J. Jasperse, ‘Manly Minds in Female Bodies: Three Women and their Power through Coins and Seals’
Categories
Hohenstaufen
Duchesses of Lorraine
12th-century women regents
Daughters of dukes
12th-century regents
Mothers of French monarchs

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