Ermentrude of Orléans

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Spouse Charles the Bald Father Odo, Count of Orleans		Name Ermentrude 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 CarolingianUdalriching

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.

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