Waldrada - Greybeard's Ghosts

Commentary

Cawley: "One manuscript of the Gesta Treverorum names "Waldradam sororem…Guntheri Coloniensis archiepiscopus" when recording her adulterous relationship with King Lothaire II. The Cæsarii Heisterbacensis Catalogus of archbishops of Köln records that the concubine of "Lotharius" was "Waldradam, sororem Guntheri archiepiscopi Coloniensis" and that her brother encouraged Lothaire to leave his legitimate wife for Waldrada, for which he was excommunicated by the Pope. The Annales Novesienses record that “Guntherus episcopus Coloniensis” had “sororem…Vastradam…aliis Waldradam” whom “dux Lotharingiæ Lotharius…superdixit” after her brother approved his divorce from “legitima uxore Tyberga”. According to Baron Ernouf, Gunther archbishop of Köln was uncle of Waldrada and Thetgaud archbishop of Trier was her brother, but the primary source on which this is based has not yet been identified. The Annales Bertiniani names "Hlotharius Waldradam concubinam" when recording that Lothaire purported to marry her in 862 and crowned her with the support of "Liutfrido avunculo suo et Waltario". Waldrada was also related to the Etichonen Grafen im Nordgau (ALSACE), as shown by the Vita Sancti Deicoli which names "Waldrada…Heberardo comitis consanguinitatis", but the precise relationship is not known. Folcuin records King Lothaire's excommunication after repudiating his wife for Waldrada. King Lothaire purported to marry Waldrada in [Aug/Sep] 862 and crowned her as Queen, but this was not recognised by the church".

Family

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Spouse	Lothair II, King of Lorraine (827-869)
Child +	Bertha of Lorraine (~863-925) [S756] [S913] [S957] [S3154]	research

Attributes

Claim	Detail	Evidence
Gender	Female
Name	Waldrada [S756] [S913] [S957]	research

Timeline

Claim	Date	Detail	Evidence
Birth	est 830 (830-844)
Marriage	Dec 25, 862	Lothair II, King of Lorraine (827-869) [S756]	research
Living	868	[S3154]	research

Sources

Index	Title
[S756]	Weis, Frederick Lewis, "Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England before 1700, 7th Ed." (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1999).
[S913]	Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Northern Italy 1: 900-1000)" (2006-7 (v1.2 Updated 22 August 2007)).
[S957]	Cawley, Charles, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Lotharingia)" (2006-7 (v1.1 Updated 04 September 2006)) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIA.htm).
[S3154]	Charles Cawley, "Foundation of Medieval Genealogy (Medieval Lands - Provence)" (v4.3 Updated 06 June 2024) (https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/PROVENCE.htm).