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Birth:          ABT  850 
Death:          2 Jun  910 

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sister of Boson, the King of Provence
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richilde_of_Provence
Richilde of the Ardennes (or Richilde of Provence) (ca. 845 – 2 June 910, Kingdom of 
Lower Burgundy) was the second consort of Charles the Bald, King and Emperor of the 
Franks.[1] By her marriage, she became Queen of the West Franks, and then Empress 
of the Franks. She also served as a regent.

Richilde was the daughter of Bivin of Gorze, Count of the Ardennes,[1] and the sister 
of Boso of Provence (of the Bosonid dynasty). Her aunt was Theutberga, the wife of 
Lothar II of Lotharingia.[1] Her marriage to Charles the Bald, in 870 after the death of 
his first wife, Ermentrude of Orléans, was intended to secure his rule in Lotharingia 
through her powerful family and her connection to Theutberga, the previous Queen 
consort. She bore him five children, but only the eldest daughter, Rothilde survived to 
adulthood.

Whenever Charles went to war, Richilde managed the realm, and acted as head of 
state after the death of Charles in 877. Louis the Stammerer (son of Charles the Bald 
and Ermentrude of Orléans) died on 10 April 879 while his children were too young to 
rule on their own. Richilde planned to place her brother Boso, Duke of Burgundy, on 
the throne. However, she was accused of incest with her brother and the lords of the 
kingdom refused to subject themselves to her authority. She then helped Boso to 
become King of Provence.

She attempted to assume a position of authority upon the death of Louis III in 882, 
and of Carloman II in 884; however, the empire was agitated and under threat by the 
Normans, and the grandees of the realm forced her to withdraw to Provence, then the 
realm of her nephew Louis the Blind, where she died on 2 June 910.

Parents
OF GORZE [OF METZ] Bivin (Budwine) (Bouin) (ABT  820 -  863)
OF ARLES Richilde (ABT  822 - ABT  883)

Siblings
OF METZ Buvinus (ABT  840 - )
OF PROVENCE Boso II (ABT  841 - 11 Jan  887)
OF PROVENCE Richilde (ABT  850 - 2 Jun  910)
OF AUTUN Richard "the Justiciar" ( 858 - 1 Sep  921)

Marriage To ____ Charles II "the Bald" (13 Jun  823 - 6 Oct  877)
    m.  870 

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Parents
____ Louis I "the Pious" "the Fair" (Aug  778 - 20 Jun  840)
OF BAVARIA Judith (ABT  800 - 19 Apr  843)

Children by ____ Charles II "the Bald" 13 Jun  823 - 6 Oct  877
OF NEUSTRIA Rothilde (Roheut) (Rothaut) (ABT  871 - ABT 22 Mar  928)

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