The queen-consort of the Franks, Bertha of Holland, was married to Philip I of France. In 1092 he left her however. Why was this?

Answer: He complained that Bertha was ‘too fat’, despite the fact that Phillip himself was too heavy even to ride a horse.

Source: The New Cambridge Medieval History: Vol IV by David Luscombe et. al.

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