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