Ermengarde of Hesbaye
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Ermengarde, or Irmengarde de Hesbaye (c. 778 – 818) was the daughter of Ingerman, Count of Hesbania (Hesbaye, now in Liège, Belgium) and Hedwig of Bavaria.
Her paternal grandfather Gunderland, Count of Hesbania was himself a son of Sigrand, Count of Hesbania and Landrade of Austrasia. Landrade was reportedly daughter of Charles Martel by either Chrotrud or Swanachild.
Ermengarde married in 794/795 Louis the Pious, king of Aquitania, king of Franks, king of Italy, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire.
She had six children :
- Lothair I, born 795 in Altdorf, Bavaria
- Pepin of Aquitaine, born 797
- Adelaide, born. ca. 799. Possible wife of Robert the Strong, possible mother of Odo, Count of Paris and Robert I of France.
- Rotrude, born 800.
- Hildegard / Matilda, born ca. 802. Wife of Gerard, Count of Auvergne, possible mother of Ranulf I of Poitiers.
- Louis the German, born ca. 805.
She died at Angers, France on 3 October 818. Louis was married to Judith a few years later and became father of Charles the Bald.
