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- RESEARCH_NOTES:
1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“BOSO, Count of Avignon, 911-931, Count of Arles, 926-931, Margrave of Tuscany, 931-936, younger son by his mother's 1st marriage. He married WILLA, conjectured to be a daughter of Rudolf I, King of Burgundy. They had four daughters, Bertha (wife of Boso, Count in Upper Burgundy, and Raymond, Count of Rouergue, Margrave of Septimania, Duke of Aquitaine), Willa, Richilda, and Gisela. BOSO conspired against his brother, Hugo, in 936, and was captured and imprisoned by him.
Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 186 (sub Italy). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VI.17, VII.35-VII.38. Bouchard Those of My Blood (2001): 84 (chart), 87. Jackman Ins Hereditarium Encountered II: Approaches to Reginlint (2008): 22-27.
Child of Count Boso, by Willa:
i. WILLA OF ARLES, married BERENGARIO (or BÉRENGER) II, Margrave of Ivrea, King of Italy [see Line D, Gen. 6].”
2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“BERTHA, married (1st) before 880 THIBAUD, Count of Arles. They had two sons, Hugo (or Hugues) [Count of Vienne, Marquis of Provence, King of Italy] and Boso [Count of Avignon, Count of Arles, Margrave of Tuscany]. Thibaud, Count of Arles, was living June 887. His widow, Bertha, married (2nd) ADALBERTO II, Margrave of Tuscany. They had two sons, Guido [Margrave of Tuscany] and Lambert [Margrave of Tuscany], and one daughter, Ermengarde (wife of Adalberto, Margrave of Ivrea). Adalberto II, Margrave of Tuscany, died 17 August, no later than 915. Bertha died at Lucca 8 March 925.
Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 186 (sub Italy). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): V.15, VI.16-V1.21. Bouchard Those of My Blood (2001): 84 (chart). Jackman Ins Hereditarium Encountered II: Approaches to Reginlint (2008): 22-27.”
3. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“ARNULF (or ARNOUL) II the Young, Marquis of Flanders, 964/965-987/988, Lay-abbot of Saint-Bertin, son and heir, born about 961-962. He married SUZANNE (or ROZALA), daughter of Berengario II, King of Italy, by Willa, daughter of Boson, Count of Arles [see Line D, Gen. 6 below for her ancestry]. They had one son, Baldwin (IV) [Count/Marquis of Flanders], and one daughter, Mathilde. ARNULF II, Marquis of Flanders, died 23 (or 30) March 987-988, and was buried in the abbey of Saint-Pierre, Gand. His widow, Susanne, married (2nd) before 1 April 988 (date of charter) (as his 1st wife) ROBERT II, King of France (died 20 July 1031) [see FRANCE 2]. They had no issue, and were divorced in 992. In June 1003 Queen Suzanne and her son, Baudouin, made a grant to the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-au-Mont-Blandin in Gand. She died 13 Dec. 1003, and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-au-Mont-Blandin at Gand.
Histoire des Comtes de Flandre (1698): 20-26. Panckoucke Abrégé Chronologique de l’Histoire de Flandre (1762): 25-27. Galopin Historiae Flandricae (1781): 7-9. De Smet Recueil des Chroniques de Flandre 1 (1837): 533 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 988: "Arnulphus Junior, comes Flandriae nepos Magni Arnulphi, obiit et in Blandinio sepelitur. Cui successit Balduinus Barbatus filius ejus."), 536 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 1002: "Susanna regina, uxor Roberti Francorum regis, obiit, et in Blandinio juxta Arnulphum Juniorem, Flandriae comitem, suum priorem marituni, sepelitur. Haec prius dicebatur Rozala, cum esset uxor Arnulphi; post cujus obitum, accepto Roberto rege, Susanna dicta est."). Kervyn de Volkaersbeke Les Églises de Gand 2 (1838): 218-220. Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS V (1844): 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. [950-9681: "Arnulfus junior uxorem duxit filiam Beregeri regis Susannam."), 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. 988: "Obiit Arnulfus iunior."), 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. 1003: "Obiit Susanna regina."), 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. 1031: "Obiit Rotbertus rex."). Poinsignon Richeri historiarum quatuor libri: Histoire de Richer en quatre livres (1855): 469 ("Sur ces entrefaites, le roi Robert, qui était dans sa dix-neuvième année, dans la fleur de la jeunesse, répudia sa femme Susanne, d'origine italienne, parce qu'elle était trop vieille pour lui."). Lépinois & Merlet Cartulaire de Notre-Dame de Chartres 3 (1865): 141 (Chartularium B.M. Carnutensis: XIII Kalendas Augusti [20 July] - Obiit Rotbertus, rex"). Wauters Table Chronologique des Chartes et Diplômes Imprimés 1 (1866): 380, 382, 385, 386 (charter of marquis Arnoul dated 972), 412, 415-416, 443 (charter of Queen Susanne and her son, Baudouin, dated 1003). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 10 (1874): 365 (Ex Vita S. Bertulfi Abbatis Renticensis: "Post immaturain a Arnulfi Junioris Marchionis mortem, cujus avus magnus exstitit Arnulfus, Balduinus filius ejus com matre Rozala derelictus est parvulus. His enim est qui postea Prolixæ-barbæ dictus est Balduinus, cujus Principis Roberto Regi Francorum nupsit, et Susanna dicta, mutato nomine, Regina regnavit."). Compte-rendu des Séances de la Commission Royale d'Histoire 5th Ser. 9 (1898): 142-180 (sub Comtes de Flandre). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) VII 41, VIII 43. Strecker Die Lateinischen Dichter des Deutschen Mittelalters (Monumenta Germaniæ Historica: Die Ottonenzeit 5(1)) (1937): 297-300. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 5 (sub Flanders), 59 (sub Burgund Ivrea). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VII.94, V111.122, VIII.114-VIII.115a, IX.18. Van Kerrebrouck Les Capétians 987-1328 (2000): 55-64.”
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