<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading" lang="en">Bertha of Milan</h1> <div id="bodyContent" class="mw-body-content"> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> <div id="contentSub"> </div> <div id="jump-to-nav" class="mw-jump">Jump to: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#mw-head">navigation</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#p-search">search</a></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" lang="en"> <div class="mw-parser-output"> <p><strong>Bertha of Milan</strong> or <strong>Bertha ofLuni</strong> (c. 997-c. 1040),<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#cite_note-1"><span style="font-size: small;">[1]</span></a></sup> was a duchess consort of Turin by marriage to <a title="Ulric Manfred II of Turin" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulric_Manfred_II_of_Turin">Ulric Manfred II of Turin</a>, and regent for her daughter <a title="Adelaide of Susa" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Susa">Adelaide of Susa</a> in 1033.</p> <p>She is sometimes identified with the <a title="Bertha, Queen of Italy" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha,_Queen_of_Italy">Bertha</a> who was married to <a title="Arduin of Ivrea" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arduin_of_Ivrea">Arduin of Ivrea</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#cite_note-2"><span style="font-size: small;">[2]</span></a></sup></p> <p> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc"> <div class="toctitle" dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> <h2>Contents</h2> <span class="toctoggle"><span style="font-size: medium;"> [</span><a class="togglelink" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size: medium;">hide</span></a><span style="font-size: medium;">] </span></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#Life"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Life</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#Issue"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Issue</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#References"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <p> </p> <h2><span id="Life" class="mw-headline">Life</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a title="Edit section: Life" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bertha_of_Milan&action=edit&section=1">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Although it is known that Bertha was a member of the <a title="Obertenghi" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obertenghi">Obertenghi</a> dynasty, there is some debate about who her parents were. Her father is often said to be <a class="mw-redirect" title="Oberto II of Luni"href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oberto_II_of_Luni">Oberto II</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#cite_note-3"><span style="font-size:small;">[3]</span></a></sup> but others argue that Bertha’s father was in fact Otbert III of Milan.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#cite_note-4"><span style="font-size: small;">[4]</span></a></sup></p> <p>By 1014 at the latest, Bertha had married Ulric Manfred (that year, <a title="Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor">Emperor Henry II</a> confirmed their joint donation to the abbey of <a class="mw-redirect" title="Fruttuaria" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruttuaria">Fruttuaria</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#cite_note-5"><span style="font-size: small;">[5]</span></a></sup> Her dowry included lands in the counties of Tortona, Parma and <a title="County of Piacenza" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Piacenza">Piacenza</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#cite_note-6"><span style="font-size: small;">[6]</span></a></sup></p> <p>In May 1028 with her husband, Ulric Manfred, Bertha founded the convent of Santa Maria at <a title="Caramagna Piemonte" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caramagna_Piemonte">Caramagna</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#cite_note-7"><span style="font-size: small;">[7]</span></a></sup> The following year, in July 1029, along with her husband and his brother, Bishop <a title="Alric of Asti" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alric_of_Asti">Alric of Asti</a>, Bertha founded the <a title="Rule of Saint Benedict" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_Saint_Benedict">Benedictine</a> abbey in of S. Giusto in Susa, whichhoused the <a class="mw-redirect" title="Relics" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relics">relics</a> of Saint <a class="new" title="Justus of Novalesa (page does not exist)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Justus_of_Novalesa&action=edit&redlink=1">Justus of Novalesa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#cite_note-8"><span style="font-size: small;">[8]</span></a></sup> The church of the Abbey of San Giusto is now <a title="Susa Cathedral" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susa_Cathedral">Susa Cathedral</a>.</p> <p>After Ulric Manfred’s death (in December 1033 or 1034), Bertha briefly acted as regent for their daughter, <a title="Adelaide of Susa" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelaide_of_Susa">Adelaide of Susa</a>.</p> <p>In 1037 Bertha captured envoys who wished to cross the Alps from Piedmont to Champagne, thus foiling a conspiracy against <a title="Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor">Emperor Conrad II</a>. Conrad II rewarded Bertha for her part in suppressing the rebellion against him by issuing an imperial diploma which confirmed her donations to the abbey of S. Giusto in Susa.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_of_Milan#cite_note-9"><span style="font-size: small;">[9]</span></a></sup></p> </div> </div> </div>
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