Desiderata of the Lombards

Desiderata a daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius is commonly called, which was at times married to the Frankish king Charlemagne. Your actual name is mentioned in any source.

Life

Desiderata was the daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius and his wife Ansa.

She married Charlemagne 768, probably at the instigation of his mother Bertha, who wanted to establish an alliance between Franks and Lombards. The marriage remained childless, and when the alliance broke with the Lombards, Desiderata was in violation of Karl, now with Pope Stephen III. against the Lombards allied and finally dethroned Desiderius.

Desideratas further fate is unknown.

Name theories

The historian Janet Nelson made ​​the case that the daughter of Desiderius Gerperga have told. She points out that going in several sources Gerperga, the wife of Charles' brother Carloman, will be confused with the Langobardenprinzessin and also erroneously made ​​to a daughter of Desiderius. This could have been a name of equality of sisters in law. In addition, Desiderius and Ansa had three other daughters with the name Anselperga, Adelperga and Liutperga, so that the name ending - perga was probably for the fourth.

In Italy it is known as Ermengarda because you had given this name in his work of Italian writer Alessandro Manzoni.