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215. BERTHA of Burgundy was born about 964. She died after 1010.
She was married to EUDES (Odo) I of Blois (son of THEOBALD I of Blois and Luitgarde de Vermandois) about 983. EUDES (Odo) I of Blois was born in 950. He died on 12 Mar 995/96. Count of Blois, 975-996; Count of Chartres & Tours.
She was married to King Robert Capet
II (son of King Hugh Capet and ADELAIDE
of Poitou) in 995. She had a marriage annulled in 998.
King Robert Capet II was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orleans, France. He
died on 20 Jul 1031 in Melun, France. He was the King of France from 996 to
1031; Count of Paris. There are alternative dates reported for Robert's birth
(see, e.g., Weiss, Line 53-21, 101-21).
From Encyclopedia Britannica Online, article entitled Robert II:
"Soon after his own coronation (July 987), Hugh prudently arranged the election
and coronation (December 987) of Robert, thus facilitating his son's eventual
succession (October 996) as sole ruler. His excommunication as a result of his
marriage within the prohibited degrees of relationship was eventually lifted
after the repudiation of the childless Bertha in 1001. Constance of Arles, whom
the King married two years later, was the mother of his successor, Henry I.
"Robert's domain was not extensive; and, to increase his power, he vigorously
and tenaciously pressed his claim to fiefs as they became vacant. Thus, when
the duke of Burgundy died without an heir (1002), Robert went to war against
a rival claimant. Only in 1015, however, did he finally succeed in subduing
the rich duchy. (The gain was transitory, for in 1032 Henry I granted Burgundy
to his brother, Robert, and it thereafter remained for centuries outside royal
control.) A patron of the Cluniac monastic movement, Robert apparently ruled
firmly and judiciously in his own lands. "