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Ermengarde de Tours



Preferred Parents:
Father: Hugh de Tours, b. 5 JUL 775 in Haut Somont, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France   d. 20 October 837. 62 yrs old in Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Mother: Ava de Morvois, b. 770 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France   d. 4 NOV 839 in Monza and Brianza, Lombardy, Italy

Family 1: Lothaire Ier ,    b. 795 in Altdorf, Boblingen, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Bavaria    d. 29 SEP 855 in Pruem, Gondelsheim Baden, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
  1. Ermengarde de Mosselle, b. ABT 830     d. 20 MAR 860 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, France
  2. Lothar II, b. 835 in Reichstett, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France     d. 8 AUG 869 in Piacenza, Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
  3. Rotrude of Lorraine, b. ABT 835 in Pavia, Lombardei     d. 882
  4. Ludwig Römischer Kaiser II, b. 13 JUN 825 in Lorraine, Alsace, France     d. 12 AUG 875 in Ghedi, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
Sources:
  1. Title: Ermengarde of Tours
    Author: Ermengarde of Tours (died 851) was daughter of Hugh of Tours.[1] In October 821 in Thionville, Ermengarde married the Carolingian Emperor Lothair I of the Franks (795–855).[1] Ermengarde used her bridal gift to found the abbey Erstein in the Elsass,[2] in which she is buried. Ermengarde died 851.[3] Lothair and Ermengarde had: Louis II of Italy[1] Helletrud (Hiltrud) (c. 826–after 865/866)[4] m. Count Berengar (d. before 865/866) Bertha (c. 830–after 7 May 852, probably 877),[4] became before 847 Abbess of Avenay, perhaps Äbtissin of Faremoutiers A daughter of unknown name (b. probably 826/830), called Ermengarde in later sources, kidnapped 846 by Gilbert, Count of the Maasgau, who then married her Gisla (c. 830–860)[4] 851–860 Abbess of San Salvatore in Brescia Lothair II[1] Rotrud (baptized 835/840 in Pavia)[4] m. around 850/851 Lambert, Margrave of Brittany, Count of Nantes (Widonen), who died 1 May 852 Charles of Provence[3]
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarde_of_Tours;
  2. Title: Virtual International Authority File
    Publication: Name: https://viaf.org/viaf/86111347/;
  3. Title: Irmingard von Tours
    Publication: Name: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmingard_von_Tours;
  4. Title: Irmengard, Comtesse de Tours
    Publication: Name: http://www.thepeerage.com/p10321.htm#i103205;
  5. Title: Ermengarde of Tours
    Author: Ermengarde of Tours was the daughter of Hugh of Tours, a member of the Etichonen family. In October 821 in Thionville, she married the Carolingian Emperor Lothair I of the Franks. In 849, two years before her death, she made a donation to the abbey Erstein in the Elsass, in which she is buried. Lothair and Ermengarde had eight children: Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor. Helletrud m. Count Berengar Bertha, became before 847 Abbess of Avenay, perhaps Äbtissin of Faremoutiers A daughter of unknown name, called Ermengarde in later sources, kidnapped 846 by Gilbert, Count of the Maasgau, who then married her Gisla 851–860 Abbess of San Salvatore in Brescia Lothair II of Lotharingia king of Lorraine m. 855 Teutberga, daughter of Count Boso of Arles Rotrud m. around 850/851 Lambert, Margrave of Brittany, Count of Nantes, who died 1 May 852 Charles of Provence, King in Burgundy
    Publication: Name: https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/ermengarde-of-tours/m02pqn4x?hl=en;
  6. Title: Ermengarde of Tours - Onitres
    Publication: Name: http://www.ointres.se/carellk/sida0/h_____hb.htm;
  7. Title: MEDIEVAL LANDS Website
    Author: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/Search.htm
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/Search.htm;
    Note: This source takes one to the Medlands search page. Medlands is a comprehensive compilation of original Latin, Greek and other languages of ancient 300-1500AD records into English. It is very well sourced, and if patrons can find these original records from the quoted sources, it would be great to have the very originals themselves posted here at FS. Please be advised, that the Medlands site is continually updated, and one should take a look for any updates. Please add the specific source and excerpts from Medlands to the reason statement when adding this source to any specific PID.
    Page: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/LOTHARINGIA.htm#_ftnref14 m (Thionville, Moselle mid-Oct 821) ERMENGARDE, daughter of HUGUES Comte [de Tours] [Etichonen] & his wife Ava --- (-20 Mar 851, bur Kloster Erstein, near Strasbourg). Thegan's Vita Hludowici Imperatoris refers to the wife of Emperor Lothaire as "filiam Hugi comitis, qui erat de stirpe cuiusdam ducis nomine Etih" and in the following paragraph names her "Irmingarda"[14]. The Annales Xantenses record the marriage in 821 of "Ludewicus imperator…filio suo Lothario" and "Ermingardam filiam Hugonis comitis Turonicorum"[15]. She founded Kloster Erstein in Alsace in 849. The Annales Xantenses record the death in 851 of "imperatrix…Irmingard, coniunx Lotharii imperatoris"[16]. The Annales Formoselenses record the death in 851 of "Irmingard regina"[17].
  8. Title: Karl (2010). The Divorce of Lothar II: Christian Marriage and Political Power in the Carolingian World. Translated by Guest, Tanis M. Cornell University Press
  9. Title: Ermengarde of Tours - Medlands - FMG
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ALSACE.htm#ErmengardeToursdied851;
  10. Title: Ermengarde Of Tours - Find a Grave
    Publication: Name: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65649320/ermengarde-of_tours;

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