Bertha of Swabia
- Marriage: Mathieu I Duc de Lorraine
- Died: 1195
 Noted events in his life were:
• Web Reference:
Mathieu I de Lorraine from Wikipédia in French.
Mathieu I succeeded his father Simon Ier de Lorraine. Mathieu strengthen ties between Lorraine and the Holy Roman Empire, by marrying Judith Hohenstaufen, also called Berthe (1123-1195), niece of Emperor Conrad III and sister of the future Emperor Frederick Barbarossa. Their children were:
• Alix or Adélais, wife of Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy
• Simon II, Duke of Lorraine
• Judith, wife in 1170 of Stephen I, count of Auxonne and Traves: parents of Stephen II, hence the succession of the Counts of Burgundy
• Ferry I Bitche, Duke of Lorraine
• Mathieu de Lorraine, Count of Toul
• Thierry, bishop of Metz from 1174 to 1179
Bertha married Mathieu I Duc de Lorraine, son of Simon I de Lorraine and Adelaide. (Mathieu I Duc de Lorraine died in 1176.)
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