Name Ermengarde Tours Role King | Died March 20, 851 AD Parents Hugh of Tours | |
Children Lothair II, Louis II of Italy, Charles of Provence, Gisla Similar People Lothair I, Louis II of Italy, Louis the Pious, Charles the Bald, Charles Martel |
Ermengarde of Tours (d. 20 March 851) was the daughter of Hugh of Tours, a member of the Etichonen family. In October 821 in Thionville, she married the Carolingian Emperor Lothair I of the Franks (795–855).
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 nine children:
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."
References
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