Emma of France

Who was Emma of France?

Emma of France was a French princess by birth and queen by marriage. She was the daughter of Robert I of France and Aelis of Maine. Her family is known as the Robertians.

In 921 she married Duke Rudolph of Burgundy. Her spouse who was crowned king 13 July 923 at Saint-Médard de Soissons, thereby making her queen. Emma was the first Frankish queen who is known to have been crowned: she was crowned in Reims, by the bishop of Reims, the same year but a little later than her spouse, a fact mentioned in contemporary chronicles.

Queen Emma was very politically active and an army leader. She died in 934, during a military campaign after having helped her husband stop the revolts of several vassals.

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