Alberada of Buonalbergo de Macon
She was the daughter of Reginald I, Count of Burgundy and Adelais of Nornmandy, and the granddaughter of Othon Guillaume de Bourgogne and Ermetrude de Roucy, Richard II the 4th Duke of Normandy and Judith de Bretagne.
Albereda was born about 1033, and died after July of 1122 at a very old age in Vivien.
She was the first wife of Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia, the son of Tancred of Hauteville and Fredesende, the illegitimate daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. They were married about 1051 before Robert was a Duke, and had two children:
Emma, mother of Tancred Prince of Galilee
Prince Bohemond I of Antioch
Albereda's marriage and dowry consisted of two hundred knights had been arranged by her uncle, Lord Girard of Buonalbergo, looking for Robert's support. After Pope Nicholas II declared stronger laws against marriage within relatives (consanguinity) Robert was able to easily divorce Albereda in favor of a younger, second wife. History declares the divorce as amicable.
Albereda was buried near the Hauteville family mausoleum in the Abbey of the Holy Trinity at Venosa. Her tomb is the only one still intact.
She was the daughter of Reginald I, Count of Burgundy and Adelais of Nornmandy, and the granddaughter of Othon Guillaume de Bourgogne and Ermetrude de Roucy, Richard II the 4th Duke of Normandy and Judith de Bretagne.
Albereda was born about 1033, and died after July of 1122 at a very old age in Vivien.
She was the first wife of Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia, the son of Tancred of Hauteville and Fredesende, the illegitimate daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. They were married about 1051 before Robert was a Duke, and had two children:
Emma, mother of Tancred Prince of Galilee
Prince Bohemond I of Antioch
Albereda's marriage and dowry consisted of two hundred knights had been arranged by her uncle, Lord Girard of Buonalbergo, looking for Robert's support. After Pope Nicholas II declared stronger laws against marriage within relatives (consanguinity) Robert was able to easily divorce Albereda in favor of a younger, second wife. History declares the divorce as amicable.
Albereda was buried near the Hauteville family mausoleum in the Abbey of the Holy Trinity at Venosa. Her tomb is the only one still intact.
Alberada of Buonalbergo de Macon
She was the daughter of Reginald I, Count of Burgundy and Adelais of Nornmandy, and the granddaughter of Othon Guillaume de Bourgogne and Ermetrude de Roucy, Richard II the 4th Duke of Normandy and Judith de Bretagne.
Albereda was born about 1033, and died after July of 1122 at a very old age in Vivien.
She was the first wife of Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia, the son of Tancred of Hauteville and Fredesende, the illegitimate daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. They were married about 1051 before Robert was a Duke, and had two children:
Emma, mother of Tancred Prince of Galilee
Prince Bohemond I of Antioch
Albereda's marriage and dowry consisted of two hundred knights had been arranged by her uncle, Lord Girard of Buonalbergo, looking for Robert's support. After Pope Nicholas II declared stronger laws against marriage within relatives (consanguinity) Robert was able to easily divorce Albereda in favor of a younger, second wife. History declares the divorce as amicable.
Albereda was buried near the Hauteville family mausoleum in the Abbey of the Holy Trinity at Venosa. Her tomb is the only one still intact.
She was the daughter of Reginald I, Count of Burgundy and Adelais of Nornmandy, and the granddaughter of Othon Guillaume de Bourgogne and Ermetrude de Roucy, Richard II the 4th Duke of Normandy and Judith de Bretagne.
Albereda was born about 1033, and died after July of 1122 at a very old age in Vivien.
She was the first wife of Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia, the son of Tancred of Hauteville and Fredesende, the illegitimate daughter of Richard I, Duke of Normandy. They were married about 1051 before Robert was a Duke, and had two children:
Emma, mother of Tancred Prince of Galilee
Prince Bohemond I of Antioch
Albereda's marriage and dowry consisted of two hundred knights had been arranged by her uncle, Lord Girard of Buonalbergo, looking for Robert's support. After Pope Nicholas II declared stronger laws against marriage within relatives (consanguinity) Robert was able to easily divorce Albereda in favor of a younger, second wife. History declares the divorce as amicable.
Albereda was buried near the Hauteville family mausoleum in the Abbey of the Holy Trinity at Venosa. Her tomb is the only one still intact.
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