Luitgard (Frankish queen)
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| Luitgard | |
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| Queen consort of the Franks | |
| Reign | 794–800 |
| Predecessor | Fastrada |
| Successor | Ermengarde of Hesbaye |
| Died | 4 June 800 |
| Spouse | Charlemagne (m. c. 794) |
Luitgard (died 4 June 800) was the fourth and last wife of Charlemagne.[1]
Luitgard was the daughter of an Alamannian count. She married Charlemagne in 794 and died of unknown causes on 4 June 800. She and Charlemagne had no children.
According to 15th century chronicles from Oxford University, Luitgard had a sister, Redburga/Redburh, who met Ecgberht, later to be King of Wessex while he was exiled in West Francia by Beorhtric of Wessex and Offa of Mercia, the two later married.
Notes
- ^ As described by historians such as Pierre Riché (The Carolingians, p.86.), Lewis Thorpe (Two Lives of Charlemagne, p.216) and others. Other historians list Himiltrude, described by Einhard as a concubine, as Charlemagne's first wife, and reorder his subsequent wives; accordingly Luitgard is sometimes numbered as his first wife. See Dieter Hägemann (Karl der Große. Herrscher des Abendlands, Ullstein 2003, p. 82f.), Collins (Charlemagne, p. 40.).
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