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Willa of Arles

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  • Name Willa of Arles
    Gender Female
    Person ID I7487  Petersen-de Lanskoy
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2026

    Father Boso
    Mother Willa of Burgundy
    Family ID F3348  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Berengario II
    Children 
     1. Suzanne or Rozala of Italy   d. 13 Dec 1003
     2. Adalberto of Italy
     3. Guido of Italy
     4. Conrad of Italy
     5. Gerberga of Italy
     6. Gisela of Italy
    Family ID F3346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2026

  • Notes 
    • RESEARCH_NOTES:
      1. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “ARNULF (or ARNOUL) II the Young, Marquis of Flanders, 964/965-987/988, Lay-abbot of Saint-Bertin, son and heir, born about 961-962. He married SUZANNE (or ROZALA), daughter of Berengario II, King of Italy, by Willa, daughter of Boson, Count of Arles [see Line D, Gen. 6 below for her ancestry]. They had one son, Baldwin (IV) [Count/Marquis of Flanders], and one daughter, Mathilde. ARNULF II, Marquis of Flanders, died 23 (or 30) March 987-988, and was buried in the abbey of Saint-Pierre, Gand. His widow, Susanne, married (2nd) before 1 April 988 (date of charter) (as his 1st wife) ROBERT II, King of France (died 20 July 1031) [see FRANCE 2]. They had no issue, and were divorced in 992. In June 1003 Queen Suzanne and her son, Baudouin, made a grant to the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-au-Mont-Blandin in Gand. She died 13 Dec. 1003, and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Saint-Pierre-au-Mont-Blandin at Gand.
      Histoire des Comtes de Flandre (1698): 20-26. Panckoucke Abrégé Chronologique de l’Histoire de Flandre (1762): 25-27. Galopin Historiae Flandricae (1781): 7-9. De Smet Recueil des Chroniques de Flandre 1 (1837): 533 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 988: "Arnulphus Junior, comes Flandriae nepos Magni Arnulphi, obiit et in Blandinio sepelitur. Cui successit Balduinus Barbatus filius ejus."), 536 (Chronicorum Flandriae sub A.D. 1002: "Susanna regina, uxor Roberti Francorum regis, obiit, et in Blandinio juxta Arnulphum Juniorem, Flandriae comitem, suum priorem marituni, sepelitur. Haec prius dicebatur Rozala, cum esset uxor Arnulphi; post cujus obitum, accepto Roberto rege, Susanna dicta est."). Kervyn de Volkaersbeke Les Églises de Gand 2 (1838): 218-220. Monumenta Germaniae Historica SS V (1844): 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. [950-9681: "Arnulfus junior uxorem duxit filiam Beregeri regis Susannam."), 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. 988: "Obiit Arnulfus iunior."), 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. 1003: "Obiit Susanna regina."), 19 (Annales Elnonenses Minores sub A.D. 1031: "Obiit Rotbertus rex."). Poinsignon Richeri historiarum quatuor libri: Histoire de Richer en quatre livres (1855): 469 ("Sur ces entrefaites, le roi Robert, qui était dans sa dix-neuvième année, dans la fleur de la jeunesse, répudia sa femme Susanne, d'origine italienne, parce qu'elle était trop vieille pour lui."). Lépinois & Merlet Cartulaire de Notre-Dame de Chartres 3 (1865): 141 (Chartularium B.M. Carnutensis: XIII Kalendas Augusti [20 July] - Obiit Rotbertus, rex"). Wauters Table Chronologique des Chartes et Diplômes Imprimés 1 (1866): 380, 382, 385, 386 (charter of marquis Arnoul dated 972), 412, 415-416, 443 (charter of Queen Susanne and her son, Baudouin, dated 1003). Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France 10 (1874): 365 (Ex Vita S. Bertulfi Abbatis Renticensis: "Post immaturain a Arnulfi Junioris Marchionis mortem, cujus avus magnus exstitit Arnulfus, Balduinus filius ejus com matre Rozala derelictus est parvulus. His enim est qui postea Prolixæ-barbæ dictus est Balduinus, cujus Principis Roberto Regi Francorum nupsit, et Susanna dicta, mutato nomine, Regina regnavit."). Compte-rendu des Séances de la Commission Royale d'Histoire 5th Ser. 9 (1898): 142-180 (sub Comtes de Flandre). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) VII 41, VIII 43. Strecker Die Lateinischen Dichter des Deutschen Mittelalters (Monumenta Germaniæ Historica: Die Ottonenzeit 5(1)) (1937): 297-300. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 5 (sub Flanders), 59 (sub Burgund Ivrea). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VII.94, V111.122, VIII.114-VIII.115a, IX.18. Van Kerrebrouck Les Capétians 987-1328 (2000): 55-64.”

      2. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “BOSO, Count of Avignon, 911-931, Count of Arles, 926-931, Margrave of Tuscany, 931-936, younger son by his mother's 1st marriage. He married WILLA, conjectured to be a daughter of Rudolf I, King of Burgundy. They had four daughters, Bertha (wife of Boso, Count in Upper Burgundy, and Raymond, Count of Rouergue, Margrave of Septimania, Duke of Aquitaine), Willa, Richilda, and Gisela. BOSO conspired against his brother, Hugo, in 936, and was captured and imprisoned by him.
      Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 186 (sub Italy). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): VI.17, VII.35-VII.38. Bouchard Those of My Blood (2001): 84 (chart), 87. Jackman Ins Hereditarium Encountered II: Approaches to Reginlint (2008): 22-27.
      Child of Count Boso, by Willa:
      i. WILLA OF ARLES, married BERENGARIO (or BÉRENGER) II, Margrave of Ivrea, King of Italy [see Line D, Gen. 6].”

      3. “Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
      “BERENGARIO (or BERENGER) II, Margrave of Ivrea, about 928-950, King of Italy, 950-961, son and heir by his father's 1st marriage, probably born c.900. He married before 936 WILLA OF ARLES, daughter of Boso, Margrave of Tuscany, by Willa, said to have been daughter of Rudolf I, King of Burgundy [see Line C, Gen. 6 above]. They had three sons, Adalberto [joint King of Italy], Guido [Margrave of Ivrea], and Conrad [Margrave of Ivrea, Spoleto, and Camerino], and three daughters, Gerberga (wife of Aledram, Margrave of Monferrato), Gisela (or Gisele) (nun), and Suzanne (or Rozala). BERENGARIO II, King of Italy, died at Bamberg 4 August 966. His widow, Willa, entered a convent, and died as a nun at Bamberg after 963.
      Numismatic Chronicle 18 (1856): 57-75. Schiaparelli I diplomi di Ugo e di Lotario, di Berengario II e di Adalberto (Font. stor. Italia 38) (1924). Brandenburg Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen (1935) VI 18. Schwennicke Europäische Stammtafeln 2 (1984): 59 (sub Burgund Ivrea), 186 (sub Italy). Winter Descs. of Charkmagne (800-1400) (1987): VI.41, VII.36, VII.89- 94. Bouchard Those of My Blood (2001): 19 (chart), 84 (chart). Jackman Ius Hereditarium Encountered II: Approaches to Reginlint (2008): 22-27.
      Child of Berengario (or Berenger) II, by Willa of Arles:
      i. SUZANNE (or ROZALA) OF ITALY, married (1st) ARNULF (or ARNOUL) II, Marquis of Flanders [see Line B, Gen. 8 above]; (2nd) ROBERT II, King of France [see FRANCE 2].”