Individual Details

Ermengarde of Tours

( - 20 Mar 851)

According to Wikipedia:

Ermengarde of Tours (d. 20 March 851) was the daughter of Hugh of Tours, a member of the Etichonen family.[1] In October 821 in Thionville, she married the Carolingian Emperor Lothair I of the Franks (795-855).[1]

In 849, two years before her death, she made a donation to the abbey Erstein in the Elsass, in which she is buried.

Lothair and Ermengarde had eight children:

Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (c. 825-875).
Helletrud (Hiltrud) (c. 826-after 865/866) m. Count Berengar (d. before 865/866)
Bertha (c. 830-after 7 May 852, probably 877), became before 847 Abbess of Avenay, perhaps Äbtissin of Faremoutiers
A daughter of unknown name (b. probably 826/830), called Ermengarde in later sources, kidnapped 846 by Gilbert, Count of the Maasgau, who then married her
Gisla (c. 830-860) 851-860 Abbess of San Salvatore in Brescia
Lothair II of Lotharingia (c. 835-869) king of Lorraine m. 855 Teutberga, daughter of Count Boso of Arles
Rotrud (baptized 835/840 in Pavia) m. around 850/851 Lambert, Margrave of Brittany, Count of Nantes (Widonen), who died 1 May 852
Charles of Provence (c. 845-25 January 863 in the monastery St-Pierre-les-Nonnains, modern Lyon), King in Burgundy
Appearance
"Her voice is as pure as gold and clear as the note of zither. Her skin is as roses mixed in snow. Her blonde hair circles her head like a chrysolith. Her eyes are lively, her white neck like milk, lillies, ivory. Her graceful hands are like the snow."[2]

References
Pierre Riche, The Carolingians:A Family who forged Europe, transl. Michael Idomir Allen, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993), 149.
From Sedulius


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According to Wikipedia:

Ermengarde of Tours (d. 20 March 851) was the daughter of Hugh of Tours, a member of the Etichonen family.[1] In October 821 in Thionville, she married the Carolingian Emperor Lothair I of the Franks (795-855).[1]

In 849, two years before her death, she made a donation to the abbey Erstein in the Elsass, in which she is buried.

Lothair and Ermengarde had eight children:

Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (c. 825-875).
Helletrud (Hiltrud) (c. 826-after 865/866) m. Count Berengar (d. before 865/866)
Bertha (c. 830-after 7 May 852, probably 877), became before 847 Abbess of Avenay, perhaps Äbtissin of Faremoutiers
A daughter of unknown name (b. probably 826/830), called Ermengarde in later sources, kidnapped 846 by Gilbert, Count of the Maasgau, who then married her
Gisla (c. 830-860) 851-860 Abbess of San Salvatore in Brescia
Lothair II of Lotharingia (c. 835-869) king of Lorraine m. 855 Teutberga, daughter of Count Boso of Arles
Rotrud (baptized 835/840 in Pavia) m. around 850/851 Lambert, Margrave of Brittany, Count of Nantes (Widonen), who died 1 May 852
Charles of Provence (c. 845-25 January 863 in the monastery St-Pierre-les-Nonnains, modern Lyon), King in Burgundy
Appearance
"Her voice is as pure as gold and clear as the note of zither. Her skin is as roses mixed in snow. Her blonde hair circles her head like a chrysolith. Her eyes are lively, her white neck like milk, lillies, ivory. Her graceful hands are like the snow."[2]

References
Pierre Riche, The Carolingians:A Family who forged Europe, transl. Michael Idomir Allen, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993), 149.
From Sedulius


-- MERGED NOTE ------------

According to Wikipedia:

Ermengarde of Tours (d. 20 March 851) was the daughter of Hugh of Tours, a member of the Etichonen family.[1] In October 821 in Thionville, she married the Carolingian Emperor Lothair I of the Franks (795-855).[1]

In 849, two years before her death, she made a donation to the abbey Erstein in the Elsass, in which she is buried.

Lothair and Ermengarde had eight children:

Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (c. 825-875).
Helletrud (Hiltrud) (c. 826-after 865/866) m. Count Berengar (d. before 865/866)
Bertha (c. 830-after 7 May 852, probably 877), became before 847 Abbess of Avenay, perhaps Äbtissin of Faremoutiers
A daughter of unknown name (b. probably 826/830), called Ermengarde in later sources, kidnapped 846 by Gilbert, Count of the Maasgau, who then married her
Gisla (c. 830-860) 851-860 Abbess of San Salvatore in Brescia
Lothair II of Lotharingia (c. 835-869) king of Lorraine m. 855 Teutberga, daughter of Count Boso of Arles
Rotrud (baptized 835/840 in Pavia) m. around 850/851 Lambert, Margrave of Brittany, Count of Nantes (Widonen), who died 1 May 852
Charles of Provence (c. 845-25 January 863 in the monastery St-Pierre-les-Nonnains, modern Lyon), King in Burgundy
Appearance
"Her voice is as pure as gold and clear as the note of zither. Her skin is as roses mixed in snow. Her blonde hair circles her head like a chrysolith. Her eyes are lively, her white neck like milk, lillies, ivory. Her graceful hands are like the snow."[2]

References
Pierre Riche, The Carolingians:A Family who forged Europe, transl. Michael Idomir Allen, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993), 149.
From Sedulius

Events

Marriage15 Oct 821Lothair I, Holy Roman Emperor
Death20 Mar 851

Families

SpouseLothair I, Holy Roman Emperor (795 - 855)
ChildLouis II "The Younger" of Italy, Holy Roman Emperor (825 - 875)
ChildErmengarde (826 - )
ChildLothair II, King of Lotharingia (835 - 869)
FatherHugh, Count of Tours (780 - 837)
MotherAva ( - )
SiblingAdelaide of Tours ( - 866)
SiblingAdelaide of Tours (800 - 866)