About Gertrude of Dagsburg
Lived 1190 – 1225 (aged 34–35). Gertrude of Dagsburg was a French aristocrat.
Gertrude of Dagsburg (died 30 March 1225) was the reigning countess of Metz and Dagsburg (Dabo) between 1212 and 1225. She was duchess consort of Lorraine by her short-lived marriage to Theobald. count of Metz and Dagsburg (Dabo); she was his heiress.
In May 1220 she married Theobald IV of Champagne, who was only an adolescent, against the wishes of the Emperor Frederick II. In 1222 Theobald repudiated her for either consanguinity (following Alberic of Trois-Fontaines) or sterility (according to Richer of Senones). The other is found only in manuscript CH-BEsu MS 389, alongside Un petit devant. They are numbered R1640 and R1995.
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Who was Gertrude of Dagsburg?
French duchess and trouvere
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Gertrude of Dagsburg was born in 1190 in Duchy of Lorraine.
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Gertrude of Dagsburg died on 30 March 1225.
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Gertrude of Dagsburg was an aristocrat.
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Gertrude of Dagsburg was French.
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