Engeltrude de Fézensac
Engeltrude de Fézensac | |
|---|---|
| Countess of Orléans | |
| Born | c. 799 |
| Died | 853 |
| Buried | Basilique Saint-Denis |
| Noble family | Girard (by birth) Udalriching (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) | Odo I, Count of Orléans |
| Issue | Ermentrude, Queen of West Francia |
| Father | Leuthard I of Paris |
| Mother | Grimhilda |
Engeltrude de Fézensac (also Ingeltrud, Ingeltrude, or Ingeltrudis Fidentiacus in contemporary Latin; c. 799 – 853) was the Countess of Orléans via her marriage in 825[1] to Odo I, Count of Orléans.[2] Their eldest daughter, Ermentrude, married Charles the Bald of West Francia. They also had a son, William, who was executed by his own brother-in-law in 866.
Engeltrude was the only daughter of Leuthard I of Paris and his wife, Grimhilda (also known as Grimeut d'Alsace); her brothers were Adalard the Seneschal and Girart de Roussillon.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Histoire de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée".
- ^ a b Jan, Régine Le (1995). Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe-Xe siècle): essai d'anthropologie sociale (in French). Publications de la Sorbonne. ISBN 978-2-85944-268-2.