Berswinda (Merovingian) d'Alsace (aft.0640-)

Berswinda d'Alsace formerly Merovingian

Born after 0640 in Francia

Daughter of [father unknown] and Unknown (UNKNOWN) Merovingian

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of Eticho (Alsace) d'Alsace — married 0673 in Lorraine, Alsace, France

Descendants

Mother of Haicho (Alsace) d'Alsace, Odile (Alsace) d'Alsace, Eticho (Alsace) Basse-Alsace, Batticho Alsace, Hugo Alsace and Adalbert (Etichonen) Alsace

Died [date unknown] [location unknown]

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Berswinda (Merovingian) d'Alsace was a member of aristocracy in ancient Europe.
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1 Biography
2 Research Notes
3 Sources

Biography

Birth

Berswinda was probably born after 640. ^[1]

Parents

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Father: ______ UNKNOWN.

Mother: _____ UNKNOWN (possibly a dau. of the sister of Dido (Merovingian), Bishop of Poitou. ^[2]

Marriage

Berswinda married Aldaric I, Duke of Alsace. ^[3]

Children

Adalbert I, Duke of Alsace. ^[3]
Batticho. ^[3]
Hugo I. ^[3]
Haicho (d. after 17 Sep 723). ^[3]
Odila (d. after 28 Dec 708). ^[3]

Research Notes

Parentage from Sigebert III has been removed, as purely fanciful.

Sources

↑ Brucker, Pierre-Paul. L'Alsace et l'Eglise au temps du Pape Saint Léon IX (Bruno d'Eguisheim). Tome Premier (Paris, France: Retaux-Bray, 1889) p. 299.
↑ Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Hosted online by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), accessed 2022, Merovingian Counts.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families. Hosted online by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG), accessed 2022, Dukes in Alsace.

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Isabelle (Marchal) Huth

Hi! According to this book: "Brucker, Pierre-Paul. L'Alsace et l'Eglise au temps du Pape Saint Léon IX (Bruno d'Eguisheim). Tome Premier. p299. Paris, France: Retaux-Bray, 1889", Berswinde was born circa 640.

posted Oct 18, 2021 by Isabelle (Marchal) Huth

John Atkinson

Thanks Isabelle, what does Brucker cite as evidence for the date of circa 640?

posted Oct 18, 2021 by John Atkinson

Isabelle (Marchal) Huth

Berswinde married Etichon during the reign of Childeric II (660-673) and their daughter Sainte Odile was born circa 660. Brucker gives a good chronology in the book, and cites the chronicle of Ebersheim and a handwritten notice from the 9th century formerly preserved at the abbey of Saint-Grégoire, and which make Berswinde the niece of Saint Léger d'Autun (sister of Saint Léger was born circa 620 and Berswinde circa 640 or slightly after).

posted Oct 18, 2021 by Isabelle (Marchal) Huth
edited Oct 18, 2021 by Isabelle (Marchal) Huth

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Wife of Aldaric I d' Alsace married 0673 in Lorraine, Alsace, France

posted on Metz-116 (merged) Jan 06, 2014 by [Living Pictet]

Rejected matches › Chimnechildis (Unknown) Franken (-0676) › Sigebert (Merovingian) Austrasia (abt.0630-0656)

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