Judith, daughter of count Welf

Events

Date of Birth: about 800 - 805

Place of Birth: unknown.

This estimate is given by Baldwin.

Date of Death: 19 April 843.

Place of Death: Tours.

The date is given by Baldwin. Schieffer gives 13 April 843.

Place of Burial: Tours Saint-Martin.

The place is given by Fleckenstein.

Relationships

Father: Welf.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Fleckenstein, by Bouchard (p. 18), by Bretscher-Gisiger, and by Baldwin.

Mother: Heilwig.

This relationship is given by Schieffer, by Fleckenstein, by Bretscher-Gisiger, and by Baldwin.

Spouse: Louis the Pious (died 20 June 840), emperor.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:32), by Schieffer, by Fleckenstein, by Bouchard (p. 18), by Bretscher-Gisiger, and by Baldwin.

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.)

Gisela (born about 819 - 822, died after 1 July 874) married Eberhard, duke of Friuli.

Charles the Bald (13 June 823 - 6 October 877), king of the Western Franks, emperor, married (1) Ermentrude, daughter of Eudes, count of Orléans, on 13 December 842; married (2) Richilde, daughter of count Buwin, on 22 January 870.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

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

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

Bretscher-Gisiger, Ch. Welfen genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Fleckenstein, J. "Judith" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 5 (Stuttgart: 1991).

Schieffer, Theodor. “Judith” in Neue Deutsche Biographie 10 (1974), S. 639 f. [Onlinefassung].