Ermengarde of Tours

Ermengarde of Tours
Empress of the Carolingian Empire
TenureOctober 821 – 20 Mar 851
Queen consort of Italy
TenureOctober 821 – 20 Mar 851
Queen consort of Middle Francia
TenureAugust 843 – 20 Mar 851
Bornc. 810
Died20 March 851 (aged 40- 41)
Erstein, France
SpouseLothair I
IssueLouis II of Italy
Helletrud
Bertha
Ermengarde
Gisla
Lothair II
Rotrud
Charles of Provence
HouseEtichonids
FatherHugh of Tours
MotherAva

Ermengarde of Tours (c. 810 - 20 Mar 851) was daughter of Hugh of Tours[1] and Ava of Morvois.

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 in 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]
  1. ^ a b c d Riche 1993, p. 149.
  2. ^ Heidecker 2010, p. 117.
  3. ^ a b Heidecker 2010, p. 194.
  4. ^ a b c d Bouchard 2001, p. 102.