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Ermentrude of Orléans

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Spouse
  
Charles the Bald

Father
  
Odo, Count of Orleans

Name
  
Ermentrude Orleans


Ermentrude of Orleans

Reign
  
13 December 842 – 6 October 869

Born
  
27 September 823 (
823-09-27
)

Died
  
6 October 869(869-10-06) (aged 46)

Burial
  
Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France

Dynasty
  
Carolingian Udalriching

Medieval Queens of France: Ermentrude of Orleans


Ermentrude of Orléans (27 September 823 – 6 October 869) was Queen of the Franks by her marriage to Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia. She was the daughter of Odo, Count of Orléans and his wife Engeltrude.

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She and Charles married in 842. Their children were:

  • Judith of Flanders, wife of Æthelwulf of Wessex, Æthelbald of Wessex, and Baldwin I, Count of Flanders
  • Louis the Stammerer (846–879)
  • Charles the Child (847–866)
  • Lothar (848–865), monk in 861, became Abbot of Saint-Germain
  • Carloman, son of Charles the Bald (849–876)
  • Rotrud (852–912), a nun
  • Ermentrud (854–877), a nun
  • Hildegard (born 856, died ?)
  • Gisela (857–874)
  • Godehilde (864–907)

    • Ermentrude had a gift for embroidery and an interest in religious foundations. Her husband gave her the Abbey of Chelles. She separated from her husband after he executed her rebellious brother William in 866, and retreated to life in a nunnery. Ermentrude was buried in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France.

    References

    Ermentrude of Orléans Wikipedia
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