Hugh of Tours

Hugo of Tours (c. 780; † October 20 837, buried in Monza ) was probably a son of Count Haicho from the House of Etichonen and thus a great-grandson of the Duke of Alsace Eticho; is certain that he was a descendant Etichos. The branch of the family, at whose head he stands is called Liutfriden.

He had at first mainly in Alsace possession, was then under Emperor Louis the Pious Count of Tours and probably also Count of Sens, and thus in possession of two of the most important counties of the Frankish Empire. In addition, he was bailiff of the convent St- Julien- d'Auxerre.

811 he was one of the imperial envoys of Charlemagne in Constantinople Opel. 821 married his daughter Ermengarde Charlemagne 's grandson, the future Emperor Lothar I. Its meaning is also the fact that it is listed in the 824 Reichenauer brotherhood book as the first Count. In the same year he took part in a campaign against the Bretons. 826 he and Count of Orléans Matfried the companion of the Empress Judith at the christening of the Danish king Harald Klak in Ingelheim.

827 he led the Frankish army of relief on the campaign against the Moors in the Barcelona area. Since his hesitant approach ( he was awarded the epithet " timidus ", the Anxious, given ) to the late arrival of this army with debt, it was 828 on a court day in Aachen - as well as Matfried of Orléans - sold, but remained a major influence in the area of his son Lothar I., whom he is said to have even incited against his father Louis. After the loss of his estates and offices in Gaul he stepped further in the favor of Lothar, one of the main Frankish nobleman in Italy, even after a royal estate, which was handed over to him, " dux de Locate " - meant is Locate di Triulzi in Milan - called.

Hugo and his wife Ava ( † about 840 ) had at least five children:

  • Ermengarde (c. 805 † March 20 851 ) 821 ∞ Lothar I, King of Lotharingia
  • Adelais ( Adelheid ) ( † after 866) ∞ I Conrad I Count in disarray and Linzgau († 863) ( Guelph ), ∞ II Robert the Brave (X 866), Count of Paris ( Robertiner )
  • Liutfrid I. (c. 800/805, † 865/866 ), Count of Tours, lay abbot of Münster- Gran Felden ∞ NN
  • Bertha (c. 805, † after 870), ∞ 819 Gerhard II ( * 800, † 878/879 ), Count of Paris, Count ( dux ) of Vienne ( Matfriede )
  • Hugo ( † before January 25 835) buried in San Ambrogio in Milan

Hugo of Tours was buried in the church at Monza.

  • Count (Tours )
  • Graf ( Sens )
  • Born in the 8th century
  • Died 837
  • Man
Etichonids Francia Ermengarde of Tours Breton people Judith of Bavaria (died 843) Ingelheim am Rhein Argengau Robertians Count of Vienne Integrated Authority File
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