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Queen Judith (or Iudit) (805 - 19 or 23 April 843), also known as Judith of Bavaria, was the daughter of Count Welf and a Saxon noblewoman named Hedwig, Duchess of Bavaria (780-826). She became Queen consort of the Franks.

Marriage and issue

She became the second wife of Louis the Pious, Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks; they married in Aachen in 819 and had the following children:

Gisela (820 - 5 July 874), married Eberhard of Friuli
Charles the Bald

Impact on the Frankish kingdom

Judith ensured that her son Charles received a share of the kingdom, just like his three half-brothers from Louis' first marriage. This contributed to the ensuing civil war among Louis and his sons. Rebels temporarily imprisoned Judith in the convent of Poitiers on allegations of adultery during 830. From 833 to 834, she was exiled in Tortona.

Judith was the first member of the Elder House of Welf to have a leading role in the Frankish kingdom. Whether by coincidence or through Judith's influence, in the years following her marriage to Louis her mother and both of her brothers gained important offices in the kingdom. Her sister Hemma married Louis the German, a son of Louis the Pious from his first marriage, in 827. Judith was buried at the basilica of St. Martin in Tours.

Judith married Louis, the Pious Feb 818/19, Aix-la-Chapelle, France. Louis (son of Charlemagne and Hildegard of Vinzgau) was born Aug 778, Casseneuil, France; died 20 Jun 840, Ingelhein, Hessen, Germany; was buried Metz, France. [Group Sheet]

1. Gisela d'Aquitaine was born 821; died Abt 874.
2. Charles, the Bald was born 13 Jun 823, Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany; died 06 Oct 877, Brides-les-Bains, Bourgogne, France.

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He gained the title of Herzog von Bayern. He gained the title of Graf von Altdorf.

Welf (or Hwelf) I of Altorf (died 825) was the son of the 9th century Frankish count Rothard of Metz, to whom the sons of Charles Martel entrusted half of Alemannia. Welf was master of several counties in the southern Rhineland & Bavaria. His family became politically powerful when Louis the Pious chose his oldest daughter as his 2nd wife. Though Welf himself never became publicly prominent, his family became interwoven with the Carolingian dynasty.

He is the oldest known member of the Elder House of Welf. Welf is mentioned only once: on the occasion of the wedding of his daughter Judith with Emperor Louis the Pious in 819.

Marriage and issue

Welf married Hedwig, Duchess of Bavaria, daughter of the Saxon count Isanbart; Hedwig was abbess of Chelles. They had the following:

Judith, Roman Empress and Frankish Queen, died 843;
Rudolph, died 866;
Conrad, Count of Paris, ancestor of the Welf kings of Burgundy;
Hemma, Frankish Queen, married to Louis the German, son of Louis the Pious, died 876.

Welf — Hedwig. [Group Sheet]

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Hedwig was abbess of Chelles.

Conrad — Adelheid d'Alsace. [Group Sheet]