Ermengarde

Ermengarde, or Irmengarde de Hesbaye (born about 778) was the daughter of Ingerman, Count of Hesbania (Hesbaye, now in Liège, Belgium) and Hedwig of Bavaria.

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778 - Ingerman, Count of Hesbania - Belgium

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Her paternal grandfather Gunderland, Count of Hesbania was himself a son of Sigrand, Count of Hesbania and Landrade of Austrasia. Landrade was reportedly daughter of Charles Martel by either Chrotrud or Swanachild.

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Gunderland, Count of Hesbania - Sigrand, Count of Hesbania - Charles Martel - Chrotrud - Swanachild

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Ermengarde married in 794/795 Louis the Pious, king of Aquitania, king of Franks, king of Italy, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.

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794 - 795 - Louis the Pious - Aquitania - Franks - Holy Roman Empire

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She had six children :

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• Lothair I, born 795 in Altdorf, Bavaria
• Pepin of Aquitaine, born 797
• Adelaide, born. ca. 799. Possible wife of Robert the Strong, possible mother of Odo, Count of Paris and Robert I of France.
• 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. Louis was married to Judith of Bavaria a few years later and became father of Charles the Bald.

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Angers - 3 October - 818 - Judith of Bavaria - Charles the Bald

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