Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Empress of the West
• Appointments / Titles: Princess of Swabia
• Appointments / Titles: Queen of the Franks
• FSID: L4BH-JYR

Notes:

Hildegard of the Vinzgau was the daughter of Count Gerold of Kraichgau (founder of the Udalriching family) and his wife Emma (who was the daughter of Duke Nebe (Hnabi) of Alemannia and Hereswintha vom Bodensee of Lake Constance). She was born about 757 in Ravensburg, Kraichgau, the only daughter of the family, she had four brothers.

In 771, at the age of 12 or 12, Hildegard married Charlemagne, becoming his 2nd wife. They had a close marriage. Hildegard often accompanied him on military campaigns and traveling for state occasions. In the 12 years of their marriage Hildegarde had 8 pregnancies resulting in 9 children:
- Charles the Younger b.c. 772, Duke of Maine, King of the Franks
- Adalhaid (774), who was born whilst her parents were on campaign in Italy. She was sent back to Francia, but died before reaching Lyons
- Rotrude (or Hruodrud) (775–6 June 810)
- Carloman, renamed Pepin b. 777, King of Italy
- Louis (778–20 June 840), twin of Lothair, King of Aquitaine, King of the Franks/co-emperor in 813, senior Emperor from 814
- Lothair (778–6 February 779/780), twin of Louis, died in infancy
- Bertha (779–826)
- Gisela (781–808)
- Hildegarde (782–783)

Hildegard died on 30 April 783, from the after effects of her last childbirth. She was buried the following day (1 May 783) in the Abbey of Saint-Arnould in Metz. The child, named Hildegarde after her mother, died in 783 also. Even Pope Adrian I expressed condolences to Charlemagne upon hearing of her death.
At Charlemagne's request candles were burned near her grave and prayers said daily for her soul.

Hildegarde was well respected during her lifetime, she was a friend of Saint Leoba, and although never canonized herself was regarded locally as a saint throughout the Middle Ages, often depicted with an aureola.
She traveled often with Charlemagne and the children and was in Rome with them in 780 when Carloman (Pepin) and Louis were made kings. When not traveling with her husband, Hildegard ruled the court in his absence.

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“Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial & Medieval Families,” Douglas Richardson (2013):
“CHARLEMAGNE, King of the Franks, 768-814, King of the Langobards, 773-814, Emperor of the Romans, 800-814, son of Pépin (nicknamed "le Bref”), King of the Franks, by Bertrade, daughter of Charibert, Count of Laon. On the death of his father in 768, he became King of the Franks jointly with his brother, Carloman, and was crowned 9 October 768 at Noyon. He married (1st c.769-770, daughter of Desiderius, king of the Lombards. They had no issue. He married (2nd) before 30 April 771 HILDEGARDE, daughter of Gerold I, Count in Vinzgau, by Imma (or Emma), daughter of Count Nebi (or Hnabi). They had four sons, Charles, Pépin [King of Italy], Louis (I) [King of Aquitaine, Emperor], and Lothair, and five daughters, Adelaide (or Adelheid), Rotrude, Berthe, Gisele, and Hildegarde. On the death of his brother, Carloman, in 771, he reunited his father's possessions. He conquered the kingdom of the Lombards in 773. He used the title "rex Francorum et Langobardorum" from 5 June 774, adding "atque patricius Romanorum" from 16 July 774. His wife, Hildegarde, died at Thionville (Moselle) 30 April 783, and was buried in the church of the abbey of Saint Arnoul at Metz. He married (3rd) at Worms in October 783 FASTRADA, daughter of Radulf, Count in Franconia. They had two daughters, Theodrade [Abbess of Argenteuil] and Hiltrude. His wife, Fastrada, died at Frankfurt 10 August 794, and was buried in the basilica of Saint-Alban in Mainz. He married (4th) c.794-796 LIUTGARDE, an Alamannian. They had no issue. By various mistresses, he had four illegitimate sons, Pépin, Dreux [Bishop of Metz], Hugues, and Thierry (or Theodoric), and three illegitimate daughters, Chrothais, Rothlldis (or Rouhaut) [Abbess at Faremoutiers], and Adaltrude. His wife, Liutgarde, died at Tours 4 June 800, and was buried in the church of Saint-Martin in Tours. He was crowned Emperor of the Romans at St. Peter's, Rome 25 December 800. CHARLEMAGNE, Emperor of the Romans, died at Aachen 28 January 814, and was buried at Aix-la-Chapelle.
Guerard Cartulaire de l’Abbeye de Saint-Berlin (Coll. des Cartulaires de France 3) (1840): 55-56 (Chartulatium Sithiense, Pars Prima, Folquini Lib. I.). Henaux Charlemagne d'après les Traditions liégeoises (1878). Eginhard Life of Charlemagne (1880). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica SS XIII (1881): 219. (Annales Necrologici Prumienses [necrology of Prüm]: "Anno Domini incarn. 814. Karolus imperator 5 Kal. Feb. [28 Jan.] feliciter diem ultimum clausit, anno etatis suae circiter 71."). Cutts Charlemagne (1882). Monumenta Germaniæ Historica (Necrologia Germaniæ 1) (1888): 273 (Necrologium Augiæ Divitis: kat Ianuarius [28 January] - Karolus imperator."). Birch Cat. Seals in the British Museum 5 (1898): 111 (seal of Charlemagne dated A.D. 774- Oval: impression from an oval intaglio engraved stone. A bust, draped, turned to the right in profile. Legend: + XPE PROTEGE CAROLVM REGE FRANC.), 111 (seal of Charlemagne dated A.D. 812 - Oval: impression of an antique oval intaglio gem. Bust of Jupiter Serapis, with the modius on his head, in profile to the left. No legend.). Hodgkin Life of Charlemagne (1902). Halphen Recueil d'Annales Angevines et Vendômoises (1903): 52 (Annales de Vendôme sub A.D. 814: "Inclitus imperator Karolus migravit ad Christum feliciter, amen, v kalendas feburarii [28 January]."). Russell Charlemagne, First of the Moderns (1930). Scholz & Rogers Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals & Nithard's Histories (1970): 61 (Royal Frankish Annals sub A.D. 783: "The worthy Lady Queen Hildegard died on April 30, which fell that year on the eve of the Ascension of the Lord."). Banfield Charlemagne (1986). Winter Descs. of Charlemagne (800-1400) (1987): I, II.1-II.18. Settipani & von Kerrebrouck La Préhistoire des Capetians (1993). Collins Charlemagne (1998). Becher Charlemagne (2003). Bhote Charlemagne: The Life & Times of an Early Medieval Emperor (2005). Story Charlemagne: Empire & Society (2005). Wilson Charlemagne: A Biography (2005). Einhard and Notker the Stammerer Two Lives of Charlemagne (2008). McKitterick Charlemagne: The Formation of a European Identity (2008).
Children of Charlemagne, by Hildegarde:
i. PÉPIN (or PIPPIN), King of Italy [see next].
ii. LOUIS, King of Aquitaine, Emperor, married (1st) ERMENGARDE OF HASPENGAU; (2nd) JUDITH OF ALTORF [see Line B, Gen. 2 below].”

Hildegard (wife of Charlemagne)

Hildegard (* approx. 758; † April 30, 783 in Diedenhofen an der Mosel) was the third wife of Charlemagne and mother of Ludwig the Pious. Little information can be found about her life, because like all of Karl's wives she was in the political background and was only mentioned in relation to her wedding, her death and as a mother

She was the daughter of the Frankish Count Gerold from the Geroldon family and Imma, daughter of the Alemannic Count Hnabi and Hereswintha from Lake Constance. Her father owned extensive possessions in the territory of Karl's younger brother Karlmann, which makes this marriage one of Karl's most important long-term relationships, as he was able to strengthen his position in the areas east of the Rhine and bind the Alemannic nobility to himself. Among the Hildegard siblings, the adviser of Charlemagne stands out, the military leader Gerold the Younger, who was also mentioned as Count in der Baar and in Nagoldgau

Since Hildegard's exact dates of birth are not available, it can be assumed that she was between 12 and 14 years old at the time. A marriage at this age was not unusual at the time, as the marriageable age was fixed at sexual maturity. In Roman law, which was widely accepted by the church, the minimum age for marriage for girls was set at 12 years

Hildegard died on April 30th, 783 shortly after the birth of her last daughter and was buried on May 1st in the Abbey of Sankt Arnulf in Metz. It was Karl's wish that candles should always be lit on her grave and that prayers should be said for the deceased every day

Although Karl already had a son by his first wife, in the will of 806 (Divisio Regnorum) the empire was divided among the three sons of Hildegard who reached adulthood. Because her son Ludwig the Pious succeeded Karl as emperor, Hildegard was called the "mother of kings and emperors"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlemagne#Wives,_concubines,_and_children

Hildegard married of the Holy Roman Empire, King Charlemagne in 771. Charlemagne (son of of the Franks, King Peppin III and de Laon, Queen Bertrada II) was born on 2 Apr 742 in Ingelheim am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; was christened on 5 Apr 752 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France; died on 28 Jan 814 in Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; was buried on 9 Feb 814 in Aachen Cathedral, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. of Italy, Pippin was born in Apr 777 in Aachen, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; was christened on 12 Apr 781 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy; died on 8 Jul 810 in Milano, Lombardia, Italy; was buried on 8 Jul 810 in Basilica di San Zeno Maggiore, Verona, Verona, Veneto, Italy.
2. de France, King Louis I was born on 16 Apr 778 in Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; was christened on 10 Oct 778 in Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; died on 20 Jun 840 in Ingelheim am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; was buried on 1 Jul 840 in Abbey of Saint-Arnould, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Count of Anglachgau
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Kraichgau
• Appointments / Titles: Count of Vintzau
• Appointments / Titles: Graf im Kraichgau und Anglachgau
• Appointments / Titles: Margrave of the Avarian March
• Appointments / Titles: Prefect of Bavaria
• FSID: LDSS-MPJ

Notes:

his children-
Gerold der Jüngere
(Gerold II.), Begründer der Geroldonen,
Markgraf der Awarenmark und Präfekt von Bayern

Udalrich I.
(Ulrich, Adalrich, Odalrich), Begründer der Udalrichinger und Graf im Albgau[5]

Hildegard
∞ Karl der Große

Roadbert,
Graf in den Bodenseegrafschaften

Willigard ∞ Graf Egilolf von Bensheim († 4. April 783)

Uto (Voto)[6]

Megingoz[7]

Hadrian (Adrianus) 793 bezeugt, † vor 821
Erbio

Gerold of Vinzgau (also Vintzgouw or Anglachgau) was a count in Kraichgau and Anglachgau. Born about 725, he married Emma of Alamannia, the daughter of Hnabi, Duke of Alamannia, before 754. Together they had 5 children:
- Eric of Friuli, the Duke of Friuli
- Gerold, Margrave of the Avarian March and Prefect of Bavaria
- Udalrich, founded the Udalriching dynasty (counts of Bregenz)
- Hildegard, born in 754, married King Charlemagne in 771
- Adrian, Count of Orléans, father of Odo I, Count of Orléans

In 784 Gerold and Emma are recorded as making generous donations to the monastery of Lorsch.
Gerold died in 799.

Gérold married of Alemannia, Imma. Imma (daughter of of Alemannia, Hnabi and of Sachsen, Herswinde) was born in 736 in Kingdom of the Franks; died on 23 Apr 783 in Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany; was buried after 23 Apr 783 in Lorsch Abbey, Lörsch, Bergstrasse, Hessen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Countess of Kraichgau
• FSID: LDVY-CZT

Notes:

Emma of Alamannia (also Imma) was the daughter of Hnabi, Duke of Alamannia and Hereswintha vom Bodensee (of Lake Constance)
Emma was born sometime before 741 and by 754 had married Gerold of Vinzgau, a count in Kraichgau and Anglachgau. Together they had 5 children:
- Eric of Friuli, the Duke of Friuli
- Gerold, Margrave of the Avarian March and Prefect of Bavaria
- Udalrich, founded the Udalriching dynasty (counts of Bregenz)
- Hildegard, born in 754, married King Charlemagne in 771
- Adrian, Count of Orléans, father of Odo I, Count of Orléans

In 784 Gerold and Emma are recorded as making generous donations to the monastery of Lorsch.
Emma died between 785 and 798 and was survived by her husband Gerold who died in 799.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Egilolf Graf
• FSID: G8QX-RYG

Notes:

Codex Laureshamensis (CL
Egilolf/Agilolf, verheiratet mit Herswinda.

He gave two acres of land in Freimersheim (Alzey) and a vineyard in Bodenheim or Erbes-Büdesheim (CL 1766),
He sold ten yokes of farmland in Erbes-Büdesheim, received a horse in return (CL 1895),
He donated a vineyard in Eimsheim (CL 1940).

Egilolf married Herswinda. Herswinda was born in 720 in France; died in UNKNOWN in France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: G8QX-2NQ

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duke of Alemannia
• House: Agilolfing
• FSID: LBJF-MKS

Notes:

Hnabi
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Hnabi or Nebi (c. 710 – c. 789) was an Alemannian duke. He was a son of Huoching and perhaps a grandson of the duke Gotfrid, which would make him a scion of the Agilolfing dynasty of Bavaria. He was the founder of the "old" line of the Ahalolfings. Around 724 he was one of the joint founders of the monastery of Reichenau.

By his wife Hereswind, Hnabi left at least two children, Ruadbert (Rodbert, Robert), who was count in the Hegau, and Imma or Emma (died c. 785), who married Gerold of Vintzgau and was the mother of Eric of Friuli and Hildegard, wife of Charlemagne. Rodbert son of Hnabi is mentioned in a St. Gall document dated 770. Imma is mentioned in documents of Lorsch, Fulda and St. Gall between 779 and 804.

The genealogy of Hildegard is recorded in the ninth-century Vita Hiudowici by Thegan of Trier: "the duke Gotfrid begat Huoching, Huoching begat Hnabi, Hnabi begat Emma, Emma herself the most blessed queen Hildegard" (Gotfridus dux genuit Huochingum, Huochingus genuit Nebi, Nebi genuit Immam, Imma vero Hiltigardem beatissimam reginam). Scholars have cast doubt on Huoching being the son of Gotfrid, comparing the father-and-son pair of Huoching and Hnabi to that of Hoc and Hnaef in Anglo-Saxon tradition.[1]

Hnabi married of Sachsen, Herswinde. Herswinde (daughter of of Bavaria, Theodo and de Neustria, Réginotrude) was born in Apr 710 in Sachsen, Germany; died in 740 in Bad Cannstatt, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Baden-Württemberg, Germany; Duchess of Alemannia; Duchesse d'Alémans; Hertiginna von Alamannen
• FSID: LDSQ-1B7

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Duke of Bavaria
• House: Agliofinges
• FSID: LDSC-X4Z
• Appointments / Titles: Between 680 and 716, Regensburg, Regensburg, Bayern, Germany; Duke of Bavaria

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Theodo of Bavaria
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Baptism of Duke Theodo by Bishop Rupert of Salzburg, St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg
Theodo (about 625 – 11 December c. 716) also known as Theodo V and Theodo II, was the Duke of Bavaria from 670 or, more probably, 680 to his death. It is with Theodo that the well-sourced history of Bavaria begins. He strengthened his duchy internally and externally and, according to the medieval chronicler Arbeo of Freising, he was a prince of great power whose fame extended beyond his borders.

Contents
1 Life
2 Marriage and issue
3 Ordinals
4 References

Life
Theodo's descendance has not been conclusively established. A member of the Agilolfing dynasty, his father possibly was Duke Theodo IV of Bavaria (d. 680) and his mother was probably Fara of Bavaria (b. 600), daughter of one of the Kings of the Lombards and by her mother a granddaughter of Gisulf I of Friuli (b. 577).

Theodo established his capital at Ratisbona (modern Regensburg). He married Folchaid, of the Frankish (possibly Robertian as the daughter of Robert II) aristocracy in Austrasia, to build diplomatic ties there. He intervened in Lombard affairs by harbouring the refugees Ansprand and Liutprand, whom he assisted militarily on his return to claim the Iron Crown. Liutprand later married his daughter Guntrude. Theodo also defended his duchy ably from the Avars (with some failure in the east).

Theodo is the patron to the four great missionaries of Bavaria: Saint Rupert, Saint Erhard, Saint Emmeram, and probably Saint Corbinian. He was the first to draw up plans for the Bavarian church, aiming both at a deeper cultivation of the countryside as well as greater independence from the Frankish Kingdom by a closer association with the Pope. He was the first Bavarian duke to travel to Rome, where he conferred with Pope Gregory II. The diocesan seats were placed in the few urban centres, which served as the Duke's seats: Regensburg, Salzburg, Freising and Passau.

Two of his children are involved with the death of Saint Emmeram. Theodo's daughter Uta had become pregnant by her lover. Fearing her father's wrath, she confided to Emmeram and the saint promised to bear the blame, as he was about to travel to Rome. Soon after his departure, Uta's predicament became known and in keeping with the agreement she named Emmeram as the father. Her brother Lantpert went after Emmeram and greeted him as "bishop and brother-in-law," i.e., episcope et gener noster! Then he had Emmeram cut and torn into pieces. Theodo had the remains of the saint moved to Regensburg. Nothing more is known of Lantpert and Uta.

Marriage and issue
According to the Renaissance historians Ladislaus Sunthaym (c.1440–1512/13) and Johannes Aventinus (1477–1534), Theodo married Regintrud, possibly a daughter of King Dagobert I of Austrasia. However, the Verbrüderungsbuch codex of St Peter's Abbey, Salzburg only mentions one Folchaid, probably a daughter of the Robertian count Theutacar in Wormsgau. They had the following children:

Theodbert, Duke of Bavaria in Salzburg 711/12–c.719
Theobald, Duke of Bavaria in Regensburg c.711/12–717/19
Tassilo II, Duke of Bavaria in Passau (?) 717–719
Grimoald, Duke of Bavaria in Freising c.716–724
a daughter who married her Agilolfing cousin Duke Gotfrid of Alamannia

Theodo was eventually succeeded by his four other sons, between whom he divided his duchy sometime before 715. As early as 702, his eldest son Theodbert had been reigning from Salzburg and from 711 or 712 was the co-ruler of his father. It is impossible to see if this division was territorial (as with the Merovingians) or purely a co-regency (as with the later princes of Benevento and Capua). If so, Theodbert's capital was probably Salzburg and the Vita Corbiniani informs that Grimoald had his seat there. References to Theobald and the Thuringii implies perhaps a capital at Regensburg and this leaves Tassilo at Passau. All of this is educated conjecture.

Ordinals
Some historians have distinguished between a Duke Theodo I, ruling around 680, and a Duke Theodo II, reigning in the early eighth century. Theodo I is associated with events involving Saint Emmeram, Uta and Lantpert, while Theodo II is associated with Saints Corbinian and Rupert, the ecclesiastical organization and the division of the Duchy. However, no contemporary source indicates a distinction between different Dukes of that name.

To complicate matters even further, Bavarian tradition has referred to Theodo I and Theodo II as Theodo IV and Theodo V respectively to differentiate them from legendary Agilolfing ancestors Theodo I to III, all who would have reigned before 550.

Christened:
St Peter's Abbey by Bishop Rupert

Theodo married de Neustria, Réginotrude. Réginotrude was born in Apr 639 in Metz, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France; died in UNKNOWN in Alia, Palermo, Sicilia, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: GQW7-6C7