-
argues that it is far more
likely that Desiderata's name is
actually '
Gerperga.'
Nelson provides multiple reasons as to why this is the case, firstly...
- is
traditionally known as Desiderata,
although she may have been
named Gerperga.
Anxious about the
prospect of a Frankish–Lombard alliance, Pope Stephen...
-
Charlemagne in 770 and was
repudiated (a
medieval form of divorce) in 771.
Gerperga (or Gerberga)
married Carloman brother of
Charlemagne Adelchis (or Adalgis)...
- co-Queen
consort of the
Franks 4
December 771 husband's
death ?
Carloman I
Gerperga of the
Lombards Desiderius, King of the
Lombards ? 770 as co-Queen consort...
- that same year,
Creontius records Charlemagne's
repudiation of his queen,
Gerperga,
another daughter of Desiderius. He says that she
returned to
Italy near...
- handle.
Following the
dissolution of the
marriage between Ansa’s daughter,
Gerperga, and
Charlamagne in 771,
Desiderius marched on Rome
against the
Papal State...
