Eremburga of Mortain (Eremburge de Mortain) was the second wife of Count
Roger I of Sicily
Roger I (; ; ; Norse: ''Rogeirr''; 1031 – 22 June 1101), nicknamed "Roger Bosso" and "Grand Count Roger", was a Norman nobleman who became the first Grand Count of Sicily from 1071 to 1101.
As a member of the House of Hauteville, he parti ...
and thus the
second Sicilian countess. She is very obscure and details of her life are almost unknown to us today.
Her father was either
William, Count of Mortain or
Robert d'Eu, and if he was Eremburga's father, then her mother was called Beatrix.
Roger married Eremburga in 1077 and she gave birth to several daughters and one son. Sources about her children give much contradictory information.
Eremburga's children were:
*Matilda, wife of Count
Ranulf II of
Alife and mother of Robert
*Flandina (Blandina), wife of
Henry del Vasto Henry del Vasto (Italian language, Italia: ''Enrico del Vasto''), died before 1141 was a son of Manfred del Vasto, margrave of Western Liguria, and brother of Adelaide del Vasto, Adelaide, countess of Sicily (1089–1117) and Jerusalem (1112&nda ...
, whose sister
Adelaide del Vasto married Roger after Eremburga's death
*Constance (Matilda), wife of
Conrad II of Italy
Conrad II of Italy, also known as Conrad (III) (12 February 1074 – 27 July 1101), was the Duke of Lower Lorraine (1076–1087), King of Germany (1087–1098) and King of Italy (1093–1098). He was the second son of Holy Roman Emperor Henry&nbs ...
*Judith, who founded a Cluniac abbey at
Sciacca
*
Mauger, Count of Troina
Son of Flandina was Count .
It is possible that
Felicia of Sicily, mother of
Stephen II of Hungary
Stephen II (; ; ; 1101 – early 1131), King of Hungary and King of Croatia, Croatia, ruled from 1116 until 1131. His father, King Coloman, had him crowned as a child, thus denying the crown to his uncle Álmos, Duke of Croatia, Álmos. In t ...
, was Eremburga's daughter,
[ Norwich, John Julius (1992). ''The Normans in Sicily''. Penguin Books. .] and
Geoffrey, Count of Ragusa was maybe Eremburga's son. Another possible Eremburga's child was Princess Muriel.
According to
Goffredo Malaterra, Eremburga died in 1089.
References
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Sicilian people of Norman descent
Royal consorts of Sicily
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