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Birth:          ABT  778 of Hesbaye, Belgium
Death:          3 Oct  818 Angers, France

Notes
d 3 or 30 Oct 818
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengarde_of_Hesbaye
Ermengarde (or Irmingard) of Hesbaye (c. 778 – 3 October 818), probably a member of 
the Robertian dynasty, was Holy Roman Empress from 813 and Queen of the Franks 
from 814 until her death as the wife of the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious.

Life[edit]

She was Frankish by birth, the daughter of one Count Ingerman of Hesbaye, a nephew 
of the Metz bishop Chrodegang, and Hedwig of Bavaria.

About 794 Ermengarde married Louis the Pious, son of Charlemagne, who since 781 
ruled as a King of Aquitaine. He had already fathered two children, and Ermengarde 
may had been his concubine. Ermengarde gave birth to six children:
Lothair I (795–855), born in Altdorf, Bavaria
Pepin I of Aquitaine (797–838)
Adelaide, born ca. 799
Rotrude, born about 800, married Gerard, Count of Auvergne (c. 800 – d. 25.6.841) 
Comte de Auvergne and they had Ranulf I of Poitiers.
Hildegard/Matilda, born about 802, abbess of Notre-Dame in Laon
Louis the German (804–876), King of East Francia

Charlemagne initially intended to divide his Carolingian Empire between Louis and his 
brothers Pepin and Charles, who nevertheless died in quick succession in 810/11. On 
10 September 813, Charlemagne designated Louis his successor and had him 
proclaimed co-emperor. Ermengarde's husband became sole ruler as Holy Roman 
Emperor and King of the Franks upon his father's death on 28 January 814. The 
couple was anointed and crowned Emperor and Empress by Pope Stephen IV on 5 
October 816 in Reims Cathedral.

She died at Angers, Neustria (in present-day France) on 3 October 818. A few years 
after her death, her husband remarried to Judith of Bavaria, who bore him Charles the 
Bald.

Parents
____ Ingerman (Ingeramme) (ABT  753 - )
OF BAVARIA Hedwig ()

Siblings
DE HAYSBE Ermengarde (ABT  778 - 3 Oct  818)

Marriage To ____ Louis I "the Pious" "the Fair" (Aug  778 - 20 Jun  840)
    m.  798 

Notes

Parents
____ Charlemagne (2 Apr  747 - 28 Jan  814)
OF VINZGAU Hildegarde ( 758 - 30 Apr  783)

Children by ____ Louis I "the Pious" "the Fair" Aug  778 - 20 Jun  840
____ Lothar (Lothaire) I (ABT  798 - 29 Sep  855)
DE FRANCE Rotrude (ABT  799 -  841)
____ Louis II "the German" ( 806 - 28 Aug  876)

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