Children Theodrada, Hiltrude Name Fastrada Fastrada | ||
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Grandchildren Grimoald II of Benevento, Gisulf I of Benevento Similar People Charlemagne, Hildegard of the Vinzgau, Himiltrude, Pepin the Hunchback, Bertrada of Laon | ||
Great grandchildren Romuald II of Benevento | ||
Alex hardin as fastrada
Fastrada (765–794) was queen consort of East Francia by marriage to Charlemagne in his third marriage.
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Fastrada in Pippin OTHS
Life
Fastrada was born circa 765 at Ingelheim, the daughter of the powerful East Frankish Count Rudolph (also called Eadolf, and his wife Aeda.
Fastrada became the third wife of Charlemagne, marrying him in October 783 at Worms, Germany, a few months after Queen Hildegard’s death. A probable reason behind the marriage was to solidify a Frankish alliance east of the Rhine when Charles was still fighting the Saxons.
Fastrada died on 10 August 794 in Frankfurt, Germany, during the synod of Frankfurt and was buried in St. Alban's Abbey, Mainz, long before the abbey was finished. Due to Archbishop Richulf's influence, she was not buried in the Basilique Saint-Denis, the burial site of almost all the Frankish and French monarchs, nor St. Arnulf's Abbey near Metz. After the destruction of St. Alban's Abbey in 1552, her tombstone was transferred to Mainz Cathedral, where it can be seen today in the wall of the southern nave.
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In popular culture
Her stylized role was played by Leland Palmer in the musical Pippin (1972) by Stephen Schwartz, and by Charlotte d'Amboise in the revival of 2013.