Ermentrude, daughter of Louis II

Events

Date of Birth: probably about 870 to 877.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Baldwin. Settipani (p. 318) gives about 875.

Date of Death: unknown.

Place of Death: unknown.

Relationships

Father: Louis II “le Bègue”, king of France.

This relationship is given by Sirjean, by Settipani (p. 318), by Bouchard (p. 102), and by Baldwin.

Mother: Adélaïde (died after 9 November 901).

This relationship is given by Sirjean, by Bouchard (p. 102), and by Baldwin. Baldwin discusses her possible parentage. Settipani (p. 318) makes Ermentrude the daughter of Louis's first wife.

Spouse: unknown.

Children:

Kunigund married (1) Wigeric; married (2) Ricuin.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Adélaïde” in The Henry Project. (2007).

Baldwin, Stewart. “Ermentrude” in The Henry Project. (2007).

Bouchard, Constance Brittain. “Those of My Blood”: Constructing Noble Families in Medieval Francia (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001).

Cawley, Charles. “ERMENTRUD” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Settipani, Christian (with Patrick Van Kerrebrouck). La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987. Première Partie (Volume 1 of Nouvelle Histoire Généalogique de l’Auguste Maison de France, 1993).

Sirjean, Gaston. Encyclopédie généalogique des maisons souveraines du monde: Première Partie No. 2 Les Carolingiens (1959).