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Ermengarde of Tours (c. 810 - 20 Mar 851) was daughter of Hugh of Tours[1] and Ava of Morvois.
| Ermengarde of Tours | |
|---|---|
| Empress of the Carolingian Empire | |
| Tenure | October 821 – 20 Mar 851 |
| Queen consort of Italy | |
| Tenure | October 821 – 20 Mar 851 |
| Queen consort of Middle Francia | |
| Tenure | August 843 – 20 Mar 851 |
| |
| Born | c. 810 |
| Died | 20 March 851 (aged 40- 41) Erstein, France |
| Spouse | Lothair I |
| Issue | Louis II of Italy Helletrud Bertha Ermengarde Gisla Lothair II Rotrud Charles of Provence |
| House | Etichonids |
| Father | Hugh of Tours |
| Mother | Ava |
In October 821 in Thionville, Ermengarde married the Carolingian Emperor Lothair I of the Franks (795–855).[1]
Ermengarde used her bridal gift to found the abbey Erstein in the Elsass,[2] in which she is buried. Ermengarde died in 851.[3]
Lothair and Ermengarde had:
The contemporary poet Sedulius Scottus wrote "Men despise the zither's harmonious music whenever they hear your angelic and golden voice... Your face shines like ivory and blushes like a rose, and excels the beauty of Venus and the nymphs. A dazzling crown of golden hair adorns you, and splendid topaz, as a glittering diadem... Your milk-white neck glistens with beauty, ahining with the lustre of lilies or ivory. Your soft white hands dispense myriad gifts, whence they sow on earth to reap in heaven.[5]
| Royal titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Queen consort of Italy 821–851 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Queen of Middle Francia 843–851 | |
| Carolingian empress 821–851 | ||