Ermengarde of Hesbaye

Female Abt 778 - 818  (~ 40 years)


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  • Name Ermengarde of Hesbaye  [1
    Born Abt 778  [1
    Gender Female 
    Died 03 Oct 818  Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 840, Ingelhein, Hessen, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location  (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 Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     6. Hildegard d'Aquitaine,   b. Abt 802
    Family ID F138  Group Sheet

  • Sources 
    1. [S174] Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarde_of_Hesbaye.

    2. [S178] thePeerage.com, Darryl Lundy, (Location: Ngaio, Wellington, New Zealand;).