Ermentrude of Orléans

Ermentrude of Orléans
Ermentrude of Orléans
	Statue of Ermentrude in her tomb
Queen of the West Franks
Tenure	13 December 842 – 6 October 869
Born	27 September 823
Died	6 October 869 (aged 46); France
Burial	Saint Denis Basilica, Paris, France
Spouse	Charles the Bald
Dynasty	Udalriching
Father	Odo, Count of Orléans
Mother	Engeltrude of Paris

Ermentrude of Orléans (27 September 823 – 6 October 869) was Queen of the Franks by her marriage to Charles the Bald, Holy Roman Emperor and King of West Francia. She was the daughter of Odo, Count of Orléans and his wife Engeltrude.

She and Charles married in 842. Their children were:

Judith of Flanders (born c. 843, died ?), wife of Æthelwulf of Wessex, Æthelbald of Wessex, and Baldwin I, Count of Flanders
Louis the Stammerer (846–879)
Charles the Child (847–866)
Lothar (848–865), monk in 861, became Abbot of Saint-Germain
Carloman, son of Charles the Bald (849–876)
Rotrud (852–912), a nun
Ermentrud (854–877), a nun
Hildegard (born 856, died ?)
Gisela (857–874)
Godehilde (864–907)

Ermentrude had a gift for embroidery and an interest in religious foundations. Her husband gave her the Abbey of Chelles. She separated from her husband after he executed her rebellious brother William in 866, and retreated to life in a nunnery. Ermentrude was buried in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France.

References

Dutton, P E, Charlemagne's Mustache
Riche, Pierre, The Carolingians

Preceded by Judith of Bavaria First following the Treaty of Verdun	Queen of Western Francia 843–869	Succeeded by Richilde of Provence

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