Ermengarde of Tours
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Ermengarde of Tours (German: Irmingard von Tours) (died 20 March 851) was the wife of Emperor Lothair I of the Franks. Her father was Hugh of Tours, a member of the Etichonen family, which claimed descent from the Merovingian Kings . In the middle of October 821 in Diedenhofen (Thionville), she married the Carolingian Emperor Lothair I (795–855).
In 849, two years before her death, she made a donation to the abbey Erstein in the Elsass, in which she lies also buried.
Lothar and Irmingard had nine children:
- Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (c. 825–875).
- Helletrud (Hiltrud) (c. 826–after 865/866) m. Count Berengar (d. before 865/866)
- Bertha (c. 830–after 7 May 852, probably 877), became before 847 Abbess of Avenay, perhaps Äbtissin of Faremoutiers
- Ermengarde Duchess Moselle(b. probably 826/830), kidnapped 846, m. Giselbert, Count of Maasgau (Reginare)
- Gisla (c. 830–860) 851–860 Abbess of San Salvatore in Brescia
- Lothair II of Lotharingia (c. 835–869) king of Lorraine m. 855 Teutberga, daughter of Count Boso of Arles
- Rotrud (baptized 835/840 in Pavia) m. around 850/851 Lambert, Margrave of Brittany, Count of Nantes (Widonen), who died 1 May 852
- Charles of Provence (c. 845–25 January 863 in the monastery St-Pierre-les-Nonnains, modern Lyon), King in Burgundy
- Carloman (b. 853)
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| Preceded by Ermengarde of Hesbaye |
Queen consort of Italy 821–851 |
Succeeded by Engelberga of Parma |
| Preceded by Judith of Bavaria |
Queen of Middle Francia 843–851 |
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| Roman Empress 821–851 |
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