Hugues, duke of Locate

Count of Tours

Duke of Locate

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 18 September or 20 October 837.

Place of Death: unknown.

The dates are given by Baldwin. Wilsdorf gives the latter.

Place of Burial: Monza.

The place is given by Wilsdorf.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Baldwin discusses conjectures. Hugues is known to be a descendant of Aldalric (Eticho), a 7th century duke of Alsace, and his wife, Berswinda.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Ève (died 4 or 5 September 839).

This relationship is given by Baldwin, who notes that Matfrid, count of Orléans, has been conjectured to be her brother. Wilsdorf (p. 9) calls her Ava.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Baldwin.)

Ermengarde (died 20 March 851), married Lothair I, emperor, in Tours in October 821.

Liutfrid (died 865 or 866).

Adélaïde married Conrad, count in Argenau.

Berthe married Gérard II “de Roussillon”, count of Paris, count of Vienne.

Hugues.

References

Baldwin, Stewart. “Hugues” in The Henry Project.

Schieffer, Theodor. “Lothar I”, in Neue Deutsche Biographie 15 (1987), S. 210-216 [Onlinefassung].

Wilsdorf, Christian “Les Étichonides aux Temp Carolingiens et Ottoniens” in Bulletin Philologique et Historique (Jusqu’à 1610) du Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques 1964 (pp. 1-33).