Hugobert

Hugo Bert (also Chugoberctus ) ( † probably 697 ) was seneschal under the Merovingians 693/694 and 697, the supposed year of his death, as Count Palatine called. He was a grandson of the dux Theotar, and it has been suggested but not proven that his father that Hugus or Chugus was that was about 617 Meier house in Austrasia; refuted is that Hugo Bert could be identical with the Bishop Hugo Bert from Liege ( around 701-727 ), as his wife occurs in the year 698 in Echternach documents as a widow.

What is certain is that Hugo Bert the elder one of the ancestors of Charles the Great is about his daughter Bertrada. Hugo Bert is the eponymous member of the family Hugobertiner.

He was married to Irmina of Oeren († December 25 704/710 ), the 697/698, ie. Probably shortly after his death, by a donation made ​​possible the founding of the monastery of Echternach

Hugo Bert and Irmina had several daughters, including:

• Plectrude, 691/717 testifies, the first wife of Pippin the Middle and founder of the monastery of St. Maria im Kapitol in Cologne
• Adela of Pfalzel (* 660, † 735 ), founder of the convent Pfalzel
• Regintrud that after the death of her first husband the Duke of Bavaria Theodbert married his second wife