King Louis IV of France d'Outre-Mer1

M, #2611, b. circa 919, d. 10 September 954

 

Father*King Charles III of France "The Simple"2,3 b. 17 Sep 879, d. 7 Oct 929
Mother*Eadgifu of England2,3 d. 951
King Louis IV of France d'Outre-Mer|b. c 919\nd. 10 Sep 954|p88.htm#i2611|King Charles III of France "The Simple"|b. 17 Sep 879\nd. 7 Oct 929|p88.htm#i2615|Eadgifu of England|d. 951|p88.htm#i2616|King Louis I. of the Franks "the Stammerer"|b. 844\nd. 10 Apr 879|p88.htm#i2617|Adelaide of Paris|b. bt 855 - 860\nd. a 10 Nov 901|p88.htm#i2618|Edward of England "the Elder"|b. 875\nd. 17 Jul 924|p55.htm#i1648|Elflæd (?)|b. c 878\nd. c 919|p192.htm#i5734|

Birth*circa 919 1 
Birth10 September 920 of Laon, Aisne, France3 
Marriage*25 April 940 Principal=Gerberga of Saxony1,3 
Death*10 September 954 Rheims, Marne, France1,3 
Burial* St. Remi, Rheims, Marne, France3 
Title*between 936 and 954 King of the Franks1 
HTML* 
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Family

Gerberga of Saxony b. 914, d. 5 May 984
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-18.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-17.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 157-19.

Gerberga of Saxony1

F, #2612, b. 914, d. 5 May 984

 

Father*Henry the Fowler1,2,3 b. 876, d. 2 Jul 936
Mother*Mechtilde of Ringelheim4,2 b. c 890, d. 14 Mar 968
Gerberga of Saxony|b. 914\nd. 5 May 984|p88.htm#i2612|Henry the Fowler|b. 876\nd. 2 Jul 936|p88.htm#i2613|Mechtilde of Ringelheim|b. c 890\nd. 14 Mar 968|p88.htm#i2625|Otto of Saxony "the Illustrious"|b. c 836\nd. 30 Nov 912|p88.htm#i2627|Hedwig (?)|d. 24 Dec 903|p88.htm#i2628|Count Dietrich of Ringelheim|b. c 872\nd. 8 Feb 917|p88.htm#i2626|Reginhilde v. Friesland|d. 917|p165.htm#i4929|

Birth912 Nordhausen, Saxony, Germany2 
Birth*914 5 
Marriage*929 Principal=Duke Giselbert of Lorraine5,2 
Marriage*25 April 940 Principal=King Louis IV of France d'Outre-Mer1,2 
Death*5 May 984 Rheims, Marne, France1,2 
Name Variation Gerberga de Saxe (?)2 

Family 1

Duke Giselbert of Lorraine b. c 890, d. 2 Oct 939
Children

Family 2

King Louis IV of France d'Outre-Mer b. c 919, d. 10 Sep 954
Children

Last Edited16 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-18.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 50-19.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 142-17.
  5. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 142-18.
  6. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 157-19.

Henry the Fowler1

M, #2613, b. 876, d. 2 July 936

 

Father*Otto of Saxony "the Illustrious"2,3 b. c 836, d. 30 Nov 912
Mother*Hedwig (?)2,3 d. 24 Dec 903
Henry the Fowler|b. 876\nd. 2 Jul 936|p88.htm#i2613|Otto of Saxony "the Illustrious"|b. c 836\nd. 30 Nov 912|p88.htm#i2627|Hedwig (?)|d. 24 Dec 903|p88.htm#i2628|Duke Ludolph of Saxony|b. c 816\nd. 6 Sep 864|p88.htm#i2636|Oda (?)||p88.htm#i2637|King Arnulf of Germany||p88.htm#i2629|Oda of Bavaria||p88.htm#i2630|

Birth*876 4,3 
Marriage*906 Principal=Hatheburg of Saxony5 
Marriage*909 Principal=Mechtilde of Ringelheim4,6,3 
Death*2 July 936 Memleben, Germany4,3 
Title*between 912 and 936 King of the Saxons4 
HTML* 
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Title Duke of Saxony4 
Title King of the Saxons7 

Family 1

Hatheburg of Saxony
Child

Family 2

Mechtilde of Ringelheim b. c 890, d. 14 Mar 968
Children

Last Edited16 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-18.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-17.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-18.
  5. [S348] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org/, sub Henry the Fowler.
  6. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 142-17.
  7. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 147-18.
  8. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 50-19.
  9. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 53-19.

Duke Giselbert of Lorraine1

M, #2614, b. circa 890, d. 2 October 939

Father*Count Régnier I of Hainaut2,3 b. c 850, d. bt 25 Oct 915 - 19 Jan 916
Mother*Hersent (?)3
MotherAlberada of Mons (?)2 d. a 916
Duke Giselbert of Lorraine|b. c 890\nd. 2 Oct 939|p88.htm#i2614|Count Régnier I of Hainaut|b. c 850\nd. bt 25 Oct 915 - 19 Jan 916|p87.htm#i2608|Hersent (?)||p87.htm#i2609|Count Giselbert of Darnau|d. 912|p178.htm#i5315|Irmgarde of Lorraine||p178.htm#i5316|King Charles I. of the Franks "the Bald"|b. 13 Jun 828\nd. 6 Oct 877|p88.htm#i2619|Ermentrude (?)|b. 27 Sep 830\nd. 6 Oct 869|p88.htm#i2620|

Birth*circa 890 France2 
Marriage*929 Principal=Gerberga of Saxony4,2 
Death*2 October 939 Echternach, Rhineland, Prussia4,2 
(Witness) Crowned936 Aachen, Germany, King of Germany, Principal=Otto I of Germany "the Great"5 
Title* Count of Hainaut2 

Family

Gerberga of Saxony b. 914, d. 5 May 984
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-18.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 140-18.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 142-18.
  5. [S348] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org/, sub Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.
  6. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 151-18.
  7. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 50-19.

King Charles III of France "The Simple"1

M, #2615, b. 17 September 879, d. 7 October 929

 

Father*King Louis II of the Franks "the Stammerer"2,3 b. 844, d. 10 Apr 879
Mother*Adelaide of Paris2,3 b. bt 855 - 860, d. a 10 Nov 901
King Charles III of France "The Simple"|b. 17 Sep 879\nd. 7 Oct 929|p88.htm#i2615|King Louis II of the Franks "the Stammerer"|b. 844\nd. 10 Apr 879|p88.htm#i2617|Adelaide of Paris|b. bt 855 - 860\nd. a 10 Nov 901|p88.htm#i2618|King Charles I. of the Franks "the Bald"|b. 13 Jun 828\nd. 6 Oct 877|p88.htm#i2619|Ermentrude (?)|b. 27 Sep 830\nd. 6 Oct 869|p88.htm#i2620|Count Begue I. of Paris|d. a 23 Apr 861|p213.htm#i6381||||

Birth17 September 879 3 
Birth*17 September 879 1 
Marriage*918 Principal=Eadgifu of England 
Marriage7 October 919 Principal=Eadgifu of England3 
Death*7 October 929 Peronne, Somme, France1,3 
Burial* St. Fursy3 
Title*between 893 and 922 King of the Franks 
(Witness) Event-Misc911 He received the Duchy of Normandy from Charles the Simple by the Treaty of St. Claire. Charles was hoping to use Hrolf to prevent further Viking raids on his territories. Hrolf agreed to become Christian and be a vassal to Charles., Principal=Hrólfr Rögnvaldsson4 
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Family 1
Child

Family 2

Eadgifu of England d. 951
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-17.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-16.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 121E-18.

Eadgifu of England1

F, #2616, d. 951

Father*Edward of England "the Elder"1,2 b. 875, d. 17 Jul 924
Mother*Elflæd (?)2 b. c 878, d. c 919
Eadgifu of England|d. 951|p88.htm#i2616|Edward of England "the Elder"|b. 875\nd. 17 Jul 924|p55.htm#i1648|Elflæd (?)|b. c 878\nd. c 919|p192.htm#i5734|Alfred of England "The Great"|b. 849\nd. 26 Oct 899|p56.htm#i1651|Ealhswith Of Mercia Alswitha|b. c 852\nd. 904|p56.htm#i1652|Æthelhelm (?)|b. c 859\nd. c 898|p226.htm#i6780|Ethelgyth (?)||p250.htm#i7473|

Marriage*918 Principal=King Charles III of France "The Simple" 
Marriage7 October 919 Principal=King Charles III of France "The Simple"2 
Marriage* Principal=Heribert "the Elder" de Vermandois2 
Death*951 1,2 
DNB* Eadgifu (d. in or after 951), queen of the West Franks, consort of Charles III, was born in Wessex, the daughter of Edward the Elder, king of the Anglo-Saxons (d. 924), and his second wife, Ælfflæd, and thus half-sister of Æthelstan, king of England (r. 924–39). Between 917 and 919 Eadgifu married King Charles III (879–929), nicknamed Simplex (‘the Straightforward’, commonly but misleadingly translated as ‘the Simple’) of the West Franks, after the death of his first wife, with whom he had six daughters. Some time between late April and September 921, Eadgifu gave birth to a son, Louis (IV), later king of West Francia from 936 to 954 and nicknamed Transmarinus (‘From-over-the-Sea’, ‘d'Outremer’). Widowed in 929, in 951 she married Count Heribert of Soissons, lay abbot of St Médard, Soissons. She died in Soissons on 26 December in an unknown year.

Eadgifu's career, barely mentioned in Anglo-Saxon sources, is relatively well documented in West Frankish ones. King Charles dowered her with the royal estate of Tusey on the Meuse in Lotharingia, an apt sign of his ambitions in that region. Although Eadgifu produced the long-hoped-for son, Charles's regime collapsed soon afterwards. After his deposition and imprisonment by rebel aristocrats in July 923, and the succession of Rudolf (r. 923–36), Eadgifu struggled to secure her son's literal as well as political survival, and probably also, on her own account, to retain her dower. Little Louis was sent for protection ‘to his uncle King Athelstan because of the hostility of Hugh [duke of Francia] and Herbert [Heribert (II), count of Vermandois]’ (Richer, 2.1). Louis's departure may have occurred, as usually assumed, in 923, but perhaps happened only after Charles's death in October 929. Eadgifu is generally said to have ‘taken’ Louis, but Folcuin, writing c.960, while mentioning that ‘she too had suffered many persecutions at this time’, clearly states that she ‘sent her son to the English’ (Folcuin, chap. 101). Eadgifu apparently preferred to stay in West Francia. She may have played some role in Duke Hugh's marriage to her full-sister Eadhild in 926, splitting the alliance between Hugh and Heribert. Another full-sister, Eadgyth, married Otto, son of the East Frankish king Henry, in late 929 or early 930, perhaps to cement a ‘legitimist’ alliance following Charles's death and Louis's arrival at Æthelstan's court. This could provide a plausible context for the transfer of the so-called Gandersheim gospels, a manuscript of Metz provenance, from West to East Francia, and for the addition on the last leaf of an inscription in Anglo-Saxon square minuscule: ‘Eadgifu regina :- æthelstan rex angulsaxonum et mercianorum :-’. Charles's supplanter, Rudolf, died childless in January 936. Some months later, the recall of Louis to Francia ‘from over the sea … by Hugh and the other magnates’ (Richer, 2.4) certainly attested Æthelstan's influence but probably also the efforts of Eadgifu and her sister. In 937, as part of a successful attempt to throw off Hugh's ‘guardianship’, Louis gave his mother charge of the key royal stronghold of Laon, and of the rich convent of Notre Dame there. He thus acknowledged as well as enhanced Eadgifu's political importance. Eadgifu also received, perhaps at this time, the palace of Attigny.

Louis's marriage with Gerberga, sister of Otto I, in 939 did not apparently alter Eadgifu's position at Laon. But when Louis was captured by the Normans in 946, it was Gerberga (not, pace Whitelock, Eadgifu) who wrote to ‘King Edmund of the English’ (Richer, 2.49), Eadgifu's half-brother, to beg his intervention. In 951:

without her son's knowledge, his mother Queen Eadgifu married Count Heribert (III), son of Heribert (II), and after leaving Laon was taken home by him. The king was furious, entered Laon with Queen Gerberga, took away from his mother estates [predia] and the royal palace and bestowed these on his wife. (Richer, 2.101)

Flodoard clarifies: Eadgifu left Laon ‘escorted by the men of Heribert and of his brother Adalbert’ (Flodoard, s.a. 951), before marrying Heribert; and Gerberga then got Notre Dame, Laon, while Louis himself kept Attigny. Both Flodoard and Richer suggest that Eadgifu took the initiative in this alliance. As lay abbot of St Médard, Heribert gave many of this rich monastery's lands and revenues to Eadgifu as dower. Although now in her mid-forties, she may have hoped for more offspring. There is no record of her alive after 951. When she died, Heribert saw to her burial at St Médard, where in the mid-seventeenth century her barely legible tomb epitaph was deciphered by Jean Mabillon. Heribert died between 980 and 984, leaving no children.

Eadgifu's first, royal, marriage, together with her sisters' marriages, showed the new involvement of Anglo-Saxon rulers in the dynastic alliances of the late Carolingian world, and hence the new standing of Alfred's descendants. Eadgifu's second marriage, to an ambitious young noble, was her response to increasing marginalization at the hands of her son and powerful daughter-in-law: it signalled the special prestige that association with the dowager-queen conferred, yet it was no mésalliance, for the Vermandois family could boast, like Louis, descent in the male line from Charlemagne. Threatened with political extinction at Laon, Eadgifu preferred, understandably, to live out her days with Heribert at Soissons.

Janet L. Nelson
Sources

L. C. Bethmann, ‘Witgeri Genealogia Arnulfi comitis’, [Chronica et annales aevi Salici], ed. G. H. Pertz, MGH Scriptores [folio], 9 (Stuttgart, 1851), 302–4 · Flodoard, Annales (916–966), ed. P. Lauer (1905) · Folcuin [Folcwinus], ‘Gesta Abbatum Sithiensium’, ed. O. Holder-Egger, [Supplementa tomorum I–XII, pars I], ed. G. Waitz, MGH Scriptores [folio], 13 (Hanover, 1881), 607–35, 607–34 · Richer of St Rémi, Historiarum libri IV, ed. and trans. R. Latouche, 2nd edn (1964) · English historical documents, 1, ed. D. Whitelock (1955) · J. Mabillon, Vetera analecta, new edn (Paris, 1723), 377–8 · A. Eckel, Charles le Simple (1899) · P. Lauer, Le règne de Louis IV d'Outremer (1900) · R. L. Poole, ‘The alpine son-in-law of Edward the Elder’, EngHR, 26 (1911), 310–17; repr. in R. L. Poole, Studies in chronology and history, ed. A. L. Poole (1934) · J. Verdon, ‘Les femmes et la politique en France au Xe siècle’, Economies et sociétés au moyen âge: mélanges offerts à Edouard Perroy (1973), 108–19 · P. Stafford, Queens, concubines and dowagers: the king's wife in the early middle ages (1983) · S. Keynes, ‘King Athelstan's books’, Learning and literature in Anglo-Saxon England: studies presented to Peter Clemoes on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday, ed. M. Lapidge and H. Gneuss (1985), 143–201 · E. Freise, ‘Die “Genealogia Arnulfi comitis” des Priesters Witger’, Frühmittelalterliche Studien, 23 (1989), 203–47
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Name Variation Ogiva4 
Note* Probably a grand daughter of Alfred The Great1 

Family

King Charles III of France "The Simple" b. 17 Sep 879, d. 7 Oct 929
Child

Last Edited24 Sep 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-17.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S376] Unknown editor, unknown short title.
  4. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 50-20.

King Louis II of the Franks "the Stammerer"1

M, #2617, b. 844, d. 10 April 879

 

Father*King Charles II of the Franks "the Bald"2,3 b. 13 Jun 828, d. 6 Oct 877
Mother*Ermentrude (?)2,3 b. 27 Sep 830, d. 6 Oct 869
King Louis II of the Franks "the Stammerer"|b. 844\nd. 10 Apr 879|p88.htm#i2617|King Charles II of the Franks "the Bald"|b. 13 Jun 828\nd. 6 Oct 877|p88.htm#i2619|Ermentrude (?)|b. 27 Sep 830\nd. 6 Oct 869|p88.htm#i2620|King Louis I. of the Franks "the Fair"|b. Aug 778\nd. 20 Jun 840|p88.htm#i2623|Judith of Bavaria|b. 800\nd. 19 Apr 843|p88.htm#i2624|Count Odo of Orléans|b. 798\nd. 834|p88.htm#i2621|Engeltrude (?)||p88.htm#i2622|

Birth*844 1 
Birth1 November 846 3 
Marriage*circa 868 Principal=Adelaide of Paris1,3 
Death*10 April 879 Compiègne, France1,3 
Title*between 877 and 879 King of the Franks1 
Titlebetween 878 and 879 Holy Roman Emperor1 
HTML* 
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Family

Adelaide of Paris b. bt 855 - 860, d. a 10 Nov 901
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-16.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-15.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 143-17.

Adelaide of Paris1

F, #2618, b. between 855 and 860, d. after 10 November 901

Father*Count Begue II of Paris1 d. a 23 Apr 861
Adelaide of Paris|b. bt 855 - 860\nd. a 10 Nov 901|p88.htm#i2618|Count Begue II of Paris|d. a 23 Apr 861|p213.htm#i6381||||Eberhardus (Wulfhard?) (?)||p214.htm#i6397|Susannah o. Paris||p165.htm#i4933|||||||

Birth*between 855 and 860 1 
Marriage*circa 868 Principal=King Louis II of the Franks "the Stammerer"2,1 
Death*after 10 November 901 2,1 

Family

King Louis II of the Franks "the Stammerer" b. 844, d. 10 Apr 879
Children

Last Edited11 Jul 2005

Citations

  1. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-16.

King Charles II of the Franks "the Bald"1

M, #2619, b. 13 June 828, d. 6 October 877

 

Father*King Louis I of the Franks "the Fair"2,3 b. Aug 778, d. 20 Jun 840
Mother*Judith of Bavaria2,3 b. 800, d. 19 Apr 843
King Charles II of the Franks "the Bald"|b. 13 Jun 828\nd. 6 Oct 877|p88.htm#i2619|King Louis I of the Franks "the Fair"|b. Aug 778\nd. 20 Jun 840|p88.htm#i2623|Judith of Bavaria|b. 800\nd. 19 Apr 843|p88.htm#i2624|Charlemagne (?)|b. 2 Apr 747\nd. 28 Jan 814|p60.htm#i1795|Hildegarde of Swabia|b. 758\nd. 30 Apr 783|p60.htm#i1796|Welf I. of Bavaria|b. 787\nd. a 3 Sep 824|p88.htm#i2640|Edith o. S. (?)|d. a 833|p214.htm#i6418|

Birth*13 June 828 Frankfort-am-Main, Germany1,3 
Marriage*14 December 842 Principal=Ermentrude (?)1,3 
Marriage*22 November 870 Principal=Richeut of Metz (?)3 
Burial* St. Denis, Paris, France3 
Death*6 October 877 Mt. Cenis in the Alps1,3 
Title*between 840 and 877 King of the Franks1 
(Witness) Death844 Aachen, Germany, beheaded by Charles the Bald, Principal=Count Bernard of Barcelona3 
Titlebetween 25 December 875 and 6 October 877 Holy Roman Emperor1 
HTML* 
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Family 1

Ermentrude (?) b. 27 Sep 830, d. 6 Oct 869
Children

Family 2

Richeut of Metz (?) d. bt 910 - 914
Child

Last Edited26 Nov 2004

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-15.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-14.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 155-17.
  5. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 140-17.
  6. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 162-16.
  7. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 49-17.

Ermentrude (?)1

F, #2620, b. 27 September 830, d. 6 October 869

 

Father*Count Odo of Orléans1,2 b. 798, d. 834
Mother*Engeltrude (?)1,2
Ermentrude (?)|b. 27 Sep 830\nd. 6 Oct 869|p88.htm#i2620|Count Odo of Orléans|b. 798\nd. 834|p88.htm#i2621|Engeltrude (?)||p88.htm#i2622|Hadrian of Orleans|d. b 15 Feb 824|p216.htm#i6459|Waldrat o. H. (?)|d. a 15 Feb 824|p216.htm#i6460|Leutaud (?)||p216.htm#i6470||||

Birth*27 September 830 2 
Marriage*14 December 842 Principal=King Charles II of the Franks "the Bald"1,2 
Death*6 October 869 St. Denis, Paris, France1,2 
Name Variation Hermentrude of Orleans (?)2 

Family

King Charles II of the Franks "the Bald" b. 13 Jun 828, d. 6 Oct 877
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-15.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 162-16.

Count Odo of Orléans1

M, #2621, b. 798, d. 834

Father*Hadrian of Orleans2 d. b 15 Feb 824
Mother*Waldrat of Hornbach (?)2 d. a 15 Feb 824
Count Odo of Orléans|b. 798\nd. 834|p88.htm#i2621|Hadrian of Orleans|d. b 15 Feb 824|p216.htm#i6459|Waldrat of Hornbach (?)|d. a 15 Feb 824|p216.htm#i6460|Count Geroud Of Swabia|d. a 779|p60.htm#i1797|Emma of Allamania|d. 798|p105.htm#i3131|Lambert (?)|d. a 783|p216.htm#i6471||||

Marriage* Principal=Engeltrude (?)1,2 
Birth*798 2 
Death*834 2 
Name Variation Eudes (?)2 

Family

Engeltrude (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-15.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Engeltrude (?)1

F, #2622

Father*Leutaud (?)2
Engeltrude (?)||p88.htm#i2622|Leutaud (?)||p216.htm#i6470||||Count Begue I. of Paris|d. 816|p215.htm#i6423|Alpais (?)||p215.htm#i6424|||||||

Marriage* Principal=Count Odo of Orléans1,2 
Name Variation Engeltrude of Paris (?)2 

Family

Count Odo of Orléans b. 798, d. 834
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-15.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

King Louis I of the Franks "the Fair"1

M, #2623, b. August 778, d. 20 June 840

Father*Charlemagne (?)2,3,4 b. 2 Apr 747, d. 28 Jan 814
Mother*Hildegarde of Swabia2,3,4 b. 758, d. 30 Apr 783
King Louis I of the Franks "the Fair"|b. Aug 778\nd. 20 Jun 840|p88.htm#i2623|Charlemagne (?)|b. 2 Apr 747\nd. 28 Jan 814|p60.htm#i1795|Hildegarde of Swabia|b. 758\nd. 30 Apr 783|p60.htm#i1796|Pepin t. S. King of the Franks|b. 714\nd. 24 Sep 768|p60.htm#i1798|Bertha of Laon|b. c 720\nd. 12 Jul 783|p60.htm#i1799|Count Geroud Of Swabia|d. a 779|p60.htm#i1797|Emma of Allamania|d. 798|p105.htm#i3131|

Birth*August 778 Casseneuil, Leige, France1,5,4,3 
Marriage*795 Principal=Ermengarde of Hesbaye5,3,4 
Marriage*February 819 Principal=Judith of Bavaria1,5,3 
Death*20 June 840 Mainz, Germany1,5,3,4 
Burial* Metz, France3 
Name Variation Louis "the Pious" 
Title*between 814 and 20 June 840 Holy Roman Emperor1 
HTML* Louis I
Louis I, the Pious, Frankish Emperor
< href="http://acasun.eckerd.edu/~oberhot/flouisphis.htm">Louis the Pious : A Brief Overview of the Changing French Landscape: 806 - 843
 

Family 1
Child

Family 2

Ermengarde of Hesbaye d. c 3 Oct 818
Children

Family 3

Judith of Bavaria b. 800, d. 19 Apr 843
Children

Last Edited22 Jan 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-14.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-13.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 30-2.
  5. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 140-14.
  6. [S338] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 8th ed., 144A-15.
  7. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 30-3.
  8. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-17.
  9. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 146-15.

Judith of Bavaria1

F, #2624, b. 800, d. 19 April 843

Father*Welf I of Bavaria2,3 b. 787, d. a 3 Sep 824
Mother*Edith of Saxony (?)3 d. a 833
Judith of Bavaria|b. 800\nd. 19 Apr 843|p88.htm#i2624|Welf I of Bavaria|b. 787\nd. a 3 Sep 824|p88.htm#i2640|Edith of Saxony (?)|d. a 833|p214.htm#i6418|Isembart of Altorf||p214.htm#i6419|Irmintrudis of Swabia||p214.htm#i6420|Egbert (?)||p308.htm#i9239||||

Birth*800 3 
Marriage*February 819 Principal=King Louis I of the Franks "the Fair"1,2,3 
Death*19 April 843 Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France2,3 

Family

King Louis I of the Franks "the Fair" b. Aug 778, d. 20 Jun 840
Children

Last Edited22 Jan 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 148-14.
  2. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 140-14.
  3. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Mechtilde of Ringelheim1

F, #2625, b. circa 890, d. 14 March 968

Father*Count Dietrich of Ringelheim1,2 b. c 872, d. 8 Feb 917
Mother*Reginhilde von Friesland2 d. 917
Mechtilde of Ringelheim|b. c 890\nd. 14 Mar 968|p88.htm#i2625|Count Dietrich of Ringelheim|b. c 872\nd. 8 Feb 917|p88.htm#i2626|Reginhilde von Friesland|d. 917|p165.htm#i4929|Reginhart v. Threkwitigau|b. c 815|p324.htm#i9714|Matilda v. Ittergau|d. a 909|p215.htm#i6444|Godefrid (?)|d. a 886|p316.htm#i9460|Gisela o. L. (?)|d. bt 21 May 907 - 26 Oct 907|p316.htm#i9461|

Birth*circa 890  
Birthcirca 900 Memleben, Saxony, Germany2 
Marriage*909 Principal=Henry the Fowler1,3,2 
Death*14 March 968 3,2 
Name Variation Matilda of Oldenburg (?)2 
(Witness) Event-Misc941 Through the intervention of their mother, Henry and Otto were reconciled, Principal=Otto I of Germany "the Great", Principal=Henry I of Bavaria4 

Family

Henry the Fowler b. 876, d. 2 Jul 936
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-18.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 142-17.
  4. [S348] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org/, sub Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor.
  5. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 147-18.

Count Dietrich of Ringelheim1

M, #2626, b. circa 872, d. 8 February 917

Father*Reginhart von Threkwitigau2 b. c 815
Mother*Matilda von Ittergau2 d. a 909
Count Dietrich of Ringelheim|b. c 872\nd. 8 Feb 917|p88.htm#i2626|Reginhart von Threkwitigau|b. c 815|p324.htm#i9714|Matilda von Ittergau|d. a 909|p215.htm#i6444|Walpert (?)|d. b 891|p215.htm#i6443|Altburg (?)||p324.htm#i9718|Echbert 'the Loyal' (?)|d. a 834|p324.htm#i9715|Ida (?)|d. a 21 Nov 838|p324.htm#i9716|

Birth*circa 872 2 
Marriage*900 Principal=Reginhilde von Friesland2 
Death*8 February 917 2 
Name Variation Thiederich (?)2 

Family

Reginhilde von Friesland d. 917
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-18.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Otto of Saxony "the Illustrious"1

M, #2627, b. circa 836, d. 30 November 912

Father*Duke Ludolph of Saxony1,2 b. c 816, d. 6 Sep 864
Mother*Oda (?)3
MotherHatwige of Friouli (?)2
Otto of Saxony "the Illustrious"|b. c 836\nd. 30 Nov 912|p88.htm#i2627|Duke Ludolph of Saxony|b. c 816\nd. 6 Sep 864|p88.htm#i2636|Oda (?)||p88.htm#i2637|Bruno (?)|d. 843|p215.htm#i6437|Suana (?)||p215.htm#i6438|Billung (?)|d. 26 Mar 967|p169.htm#i5055|Alda, a. F. (?)||p324.htm#i9695|

Birth*circa 836 1,2 
Marriage* Principal=Hedwig (?)1 
Death*30 November 912 1 
Name Variation Otto I (?)2 

Family

Hedwig (?) d. 24 Dec 903
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-17.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-16.

Hedwig (?)1

F, #2628, d. 24 December 903

Father*King Arnulf of Germany; illegitimate1
Mother*Oda of Bavaria
FatherMarkgraf Henrich of the Netherlands1,2 d. 886
FatherComte Henri de la Marche1
MotherIngeltrude of Fruili2 b. bt 837 - 840, d. 2 Apr 870
Hedwig (?)|d. 24 Dec 903|p88.htm#i2628|King Arnulf of Germany||p88.htm#i2629|Oda of Bavaria||p88.htm#i2630|King Carloman of Bavaria|b. c 828\nd. 880|p88.htm#i2631|Litwinde (?)||p88.htm#i2632|||||||

Marriage* Principal=Otto of Saxony "the Illustrious"1 
Death*24 December 903 1,2 
Name Variation Hedwig of Germany (?)2 
Note* Hedwig's parentage is controversial1 

Family

Otto of Saxony "the Illustrious" b. c 836, d. 30 Nov 912
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-17.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

King Arnulf of Germany1

M, #2629

Father*King Carloman of Bavaria1 b. c 828, d. 880
Mother*Litwinde (?)1
King Arnulf of Germany||p88.htm#i2629|King Carloman of Bavaria|b. c 828\nd. 880|p88.htm#i2631|Litwinde (?)||p88.htm#i2632|King Louis I. of the East Franks "the German"|b. c 805\nd. 28 Aug 876|p88.htm#i2633||||||||||

Title*between 863 and 899 Holy Roman Emperor1 

Family

Oda of Bavaria
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-17.

Oda of Bavaria1

F, #2630

Family

King Arnulf of Germany
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-17.

King Carloman of Bavaria1

M, #2631, b. circa 828, d. 880

Father*King Louis II of the East Franks "the German"1 b. c 805, d. 28 Aug 876
King Carloman of Bavaria|b. c 828\nd. 880|p88.htm#i2631|King Louis II of the East Franks "the German"|b. c 805\nd. 28 Aug 876|p88.htm#i2633||||King Louis I. of the Franks "the Fair"|b. Aug 778\nd. 20 Jun 840|p88.htm#i2623|Ermengarde of Hesbaye|d. c 3 Oct 818|p88.htm#i2638|||||||

Birth*circa 828 1 
Marriage* Principal=Litwinde (?) 
Death*880 1 

Family

Litwinde (?)
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-17.

Litwinde (?)1

F, #2632

Marriage* Principal=King Carloman of Bavaria 

Family

King Carloman of Bavaria b. c 828, d. 880
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-17.

King Louis II of the East Franks "the German"1

M, #2633, b. circa 805, d. 28 August 876

Father*King Louis I of the Franks "the Fair"1,2 b. Aug 778, d. 20 Jun 840
Mother*Ermengarde of Hesbaye2 d. c 3 Oct 818
King Louis II of the East Franks "the German"|b. c 805\nd. 28 Aug 876|p88.htm#i2633|King Louis I of the Franks "the Fair"|b. Aug 778\nd. 20 Jun 840|p88.htm#i2623|Ermengarde of Hesbaye|d. c 3 Oct 818|p88.htm#i2638|Charlemagne (?)|b. 2 Apr 747\nd. 28 Jan 814|p60.htm#i1795|Hildegarde of Swabia|b. 758\nd. 30 Apr 783|p60.htm#i1796|Count Ingerman of Hesbaye||p88.htm#i2639|Hildegarde of France||p168.htm#i5029|

Birth*circa 805  
Birth806 2 
Marriage*827 Principal=Emma of Andech (?)2 
Death*28 August 876 1,2 
Name Variation Louis II (?)2 
HTML* 
Louis the German
 

Family
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-17.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Markgraf Henrich of the Netherlands1

M, #2634, d. 886

Marriage* Principal=Ingeltrude of Fruili2 
Death*886 1 
Name Variation Henry (?)2 

Last Edited14 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-17.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Comte Henri de la Marche1

M, #2635

Last Edited9 Mar 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-17.

Duke Ludolph of Saxony1

M, #2636, b. circa 816, d. 6 September 864

Father*Bruno (?)2 d. 843
Mother*Suana (?)2
Duke Ludolph of Saxony|b. c 816\nd. 6 Sep 864|p88.htm#i2636|Bruno (?)|d. 843|p215.htm#i6437|Suana (?)||p215.htm#i6438|Wigbart (?)|d. 825|p215.htm#i6439|Ardrad (?)||p215.htm#i6442|||||||

Birth*circa 816 3 
Birth816 2 
Marriage* Principal=Oda (?)1,2 
Marriage* Principal=Hatwige of Friouli (?)2 
Death*6 September 864 3 
Burial* Brunohausen2 
Name Variation Ludolf the Great (?)2 
Title*859 Duke of Saxony1 

Family 1

Hatwige of Friouli (?)
Child

Family 2

Oda (?)
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-16.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-17.

Oda (?)1

F, #2637

Father*Billung (?)2 d. 26 Mar 967
Mother*Alda, a Frank (?)2
Oda (?)||p88.htm#i2637|Billung (?)|d. 26 Mar 967|p169.htm#i5055|Alda, a Frank (?)||p324.htm#i9695|||||||||||||

Marriage* Principal=Duke Ludolph of Saxony1,2 
Name Variation Oda Billung2 
Married Name of Saxony1 
Note*  

Family

Duke Ludolph of Saxony b. c 816, d. 6 Sep 864
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 141-16.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.

Ermengarde of Hesbaye1

F, #2638, d. circa 3 October 818

Father*Count Ingerman of Hesbaye1,2,3
Mother*Hildegarde of France2
Ermengarde of Hesbaye|d. c 3 Oct 818|p88.htm#i2638|Count Ingerman of Hesbaye||p88.htm#i2639|Hildegarde of France||p168.htm#i5029|||||||King Louis I. of the Franks "the Fair"|b. Aug 778\nd. 20 Jun 840|p88.htm#i2623|Ermengarde of Hesbaye|d. c 3 Oct 818|p88.htm#i2638|

Marriage*795 Principal=King Louis I of the Franks "the Fair"1,2,3 
Death*circa 3 October 818 1,2,3 
Name Variation Ermengarde of Hasbania (?)2 

Family

King Louis I of the Franks "the Fair" b. Aug 778, d. 20 Jun 840
Children

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 140-14.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 30-2.
  4. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 30-3.

Count Ingerman of Hesbaye1

M, #2639

Marriage* Principal=Hildegarde of France2 
Name Variation Ingram (?)2 

Family

Hildegarde of France
Child

Last Edited24 Oct 2003

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 140-14.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S232] Don Charles Stone, Ancient and Medieval Descents, 30-2.

Welf I of Bavaria1

M, #2640, b. 787, d. after 3 September 824

Father*Isembart of Altorf2
Mother*Irmintrudis of Swabia2
Welf I of Bavaria|b. 787\nd. a 3 Sep 824|p88.htm#i2640|Isembart of Altorf||p214.htm#i6419|Irmintrudis of Swabia||p214.htm#i6420|Warinus (?)||p215.htm#i6421|Ara (?)||p215.htm#i6422|Count Geroud Of Swabia|d. a 779|p60.htm#i1797|Emma of Allamania|d. 798|p105.htm#i3131|

Birth*787 2 
Marriage* Principal=Edith of Saxony (?)2 
Death*after 3 September 824 2 
Note* He was the founder of the Welf (or Guelph) dynasty. They were Franks who settled in northern Italy at the time of Charlemagne. Members of this dynasty still exist, with Enrst August, husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco, being the current head.3 
Title* Duke of Bavaria2 
Name Variation Guelph (?)2 

Family

Edith of Saxony (?) d. a 833
Children

Last Edited20 Jun 2005

Citations

  1. [S168] Frederick Lewis Weis, Ancestral Roots, 140-14.
  2. [S218] Marlyn Lewis, Ancestry of Elizabeth of York.
  3. [S348] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org/, sub Welf.
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