Ermengarde of Tours

Ermengarde (* 795, † March 20 851 ) was a daughter of Count Hugo of Tours from the house of Etichonen. She married mid-October, 821 in Thionville the Carolingian co-emperor Lothair I ( 795-855 ). Two years before her death, 849, they founded the abbey Erstein in Alsace, in which it lies buried.

Progeny

Lothar and Ermengarde had nine children:

  • Ludwig II ( probably * 825, † 875 ) co-emperor
  • Helletrud ( Hiltrud ) (* probably 826; † after 865/866 ) ∞ Count Berengar ( † before 865/866 )
  • Bertha (* probably 830; † after May 7 852, probably 877), before 847 Abbess of Avenay, maybe Abbess of Faremoutiers
  • Daughter ( * probably 826/830 ) 846 kidnapped, ∞ Giselbert, Count of Maasgau ( Reginare ), 866 Count in Lommegau, 849 marriage recognized
  • Gisla ( probably * 830, † 860) 851-860 Abbess of San Salvatore in Brescia
  • Lothar II ( probably * 835, † 869 ), King of Lorraine ∞ I Teutberga 855, daughter of Count Boso of Arles ( Bosoniden )
  • Rotrud ( baptized 835/840 in Pavia) ∞ to 850/851 Lambert, Margrave of Brittany, Count of Nantes ( Widonen ) X May 1 852
  • Karl ( probably 845 *, † January 25 863 in the monastery of St-Pierre -les- Nonnains, now Lyon), King in Burgundy
  • Carloman (* 853 )
Hugh of Tours Count of Tours Etichonids Carolingian dynasty Louis II of Italy Faremoutiers Abbey House of Reginar San Salvatore, Brescia Lothair II Bosonids Charles of Provence Integrated Authority File
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