Bertrada of Montfort (d. after 1117)

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Bertrada of Montfort (d. after 1117)

Queen of France. Name variations: Bertrada de Montfort; Bertha; countess of Anjou. Birth date unknown; died after 1117; married Fulk IV the Rude, count of Anjou, in 1089 (annulled before 1093); became second wife of Philip I the Fair (1052–1108), king of France (r. 1060–1108), in 1092 or 1095; children: (first marriage) Fulk V the Younger, count of Anjou and king of Jerusalem; (second marriage) Philip; Cecilia of France (who married Tancred, prince of Antioch). Philip I was also married to Bertha of Holland (1055–1094).

Following the death of her second husband Philip I, king of France, in 1108, Bertrada of Montfort entered the convent and became a nun.

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