Ermengarde of Hesbaye
Abt 778 - 818 (~ 40 years)-
Name Ermengarde of Hesbaye [1] Born Abt 778 [1] Gender Female Died 03 Oct 818 Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France [1] Notes - Ermengarde of Hesbaye (or Irmengarde) (c. 778 - 3 October 818) was Queen of the Franks and Holy Roman Empress as the wife of Emperor Louis I. She was Frankish, the daughter of Ingeram, count of Hesbaye, and Hedwig of Bavaria. Her family is known as the Robertians.
In 794/5 Ermengarde married Louis the Pious, king of Aquitania, king of Franks, king of Italy, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.
She had six children:
Lothair I, born 795 in Altdorf, Bavaria
Pepin I of Aquitaine, born 797
Adelaide, born ca. 799
Rotrude, born 800
Hildegard / Matilda, born ca. 802
Wife of Gerard, Count of Auvergne, possible mother of Ranulf I of Poitiers.
Louis the German, born ca. 805
She died at Angers, France on 3 October 818. A few years after her death, her husband remarried to Judith of Bavaria, who bore him Charles the Bald.
Person ID I981 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye Relationship Natural Family ID F2065 Group Sheet
Family Louis, the Pious, b. Aug 778, Casseneuil, France , d. 20 Jun 840, Ingelhein, Hessen, Germany (Age ~ 61 years) Married Abt 795 [1, 2] Children 1. Pepin, Roi d'Aquitaine I, b. 797, d. 838 (Age 41 years) 2. Rotrud d'Aquitaine, b. 800 3. Louis II 'the German', King of the East Franks, b. Abt 805, d. 876 (Age ~ 71 years) 4. Adelaide d'Aquitaine 5. Lothair, Holy Roman Emperor I, b. 795, d. 29 Sep 855, Pruem, Rheinland, Germany (Age 60 years) 6. Hildegard d'Aquitaine, b. Abt 802 Family ID F138 Group Sheet
- Ermengarde of Hesbaye (or Irmengarde) (c. 778 - 3 October 818) was Queen of the Franks and Holy Roman Empress as the wife of Emperor Louis I. She was Frankish, the daughter of Ingeram, count of Hesbaye, and Hedwig of Bavaria. Her family is known as the Robertians.
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Sources - [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarde_of_Hesbaye.
- [S178] thePeerage.com, Darryl Lundy, (Location: Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand;).
- [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarde_of_Hesbaye.