Ermentrude (d. 869)

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Ermentrude (d. 869)

Queen of France. Died in 869; daughter of Vodon, earl of Orléans, and Engeltrude; became first wife of Charles I the Bald, king of France (r. 840–877), known also as Charles II, Holy Roman emperor (r. 875–877), in 842; children: Louis II the Stammerer (846–879), king of France (r. 877–879); Judith Martel (c. 844–?); Carloman (d. 874); Charles (c. 847–865), king of Aquitaine; Ermentrude of Hasnon , abbess of Hasnon; Hildegard; Gisele; Rotrude of Poitiers , abbess of St. Radegund; Drogo; Pippin; Lothar. Charles I the Bald's second wife was Richilde of Autun .

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