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By June, Charlemagne conquered the city, deposed Desiderius and his wife Ansa, and named himself king of the Lombards. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Charlemagne and Hildegard likely went through a ritual installation as the new king and queen in Pavia (though no direct source exists), [ 18 ] and a charter issued in Lombardy in July was a grant of Lombard land ...
Pages in category "Wives of Charlemagne" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D.
Charlemagne's second son (also named Charles) was born in 772, and Charlemagne brought the child and his wife to the camp at Pavia. Hildegard was pregnant, and gave birth to a daughter named Adelhaid. The baby was sent back to Francia, but died on the way. [94]
She was one of four daughters of Desiderius, King of the Lombards, and his wife Ansa, Queen of the Lombards. Desiderata was married to Charlemagne in 770 in effort to create a bond between Francia and the Kingdom of the Lombards. The marriage also sought to isolate Charlemagne's brother Carloman I, who ruled over the central territories of ...
Fastrada was born circa 765 at Ingelheim, the daughter of the powerful East Frankish Count Rudolph (also called Eadolf), and his wife, Aeda. Fastrada became the third wife of Charlemagne, [3] marrying him in October 783 at Worms, Germany, a few months after Queen Hildegard's death. [4]
Charlemagne's biographer Einhard calls her a "concubine" [4] and Paulus Diaconus speaks of Pepin's birth "before legal marriage". [1] A letter by Pope Stephen III seemingly referring to Charlemagne and his brother Carloman as being already married (to Himiltrude and Gerberga ), and advising them not to dismiss their wives, has led many ...
Luitgard (born around 776, died 4 June 800) was the last wife of Charlemagne. [1] Luitgard was the daughter of Luitfrid II of Sundgau, an Alamannian count, and Hiltrude of Wormsgau. [2] She married Charlemagne in 794, when he was around 50 years old.
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