Back Рихилда Прованска Bulgarian Rišilda Provansalska BS Riquilda de Provença Catalan Richilda z Provence Czech Richildis von der Provence German Ριχίλδη των Αρδεννών Greek Riquilda de Provenza Spanish Richilde d'Ardennes French Richilde Provansalska Croatian Provence-i Richilde Hungarian
| Richilde of Provence | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Richilde of Provence in an illumination from a manuscript of the Grandes Chroniques de France. 14th–15th century National Library of France, Department of Manuscripts, French 73, folio 163 | |
| Empress of the Carolingian Empire | |
| Tenure | 29 December 875 – 6 October 877 |
| Predecessor | Engelberga |
| Successor | Richardis of Swabia |
| Queen of West Francia | |
| Tenure | c. 870 – 6 October 877 |
| Predecessor | Ermentrude of Orleans |
| Successor | Adelaide of Paris |
| Born | c. 845 |
| Died | 2 June 910 (aged 64–65) |
| Spouse | Charles the Bald |
| Issue | Rothilde |
| House | Bivinids |
| Father | Bivin of Gorze |
Richilde of Provence (c. 845 – 2 June 910, Kingdom of Lower Burgundy) (also Richildis)[1] was the second wife of the Frankish emperor Charles the Bald.[2] By her marriage, she became queen and later empress. She ruled as regent in 877.
- ^ Carroll, JaneL (5 July 2017). "Saints, Sinners, and Sisters ": Gender and Northern Art in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-55027-7.
- ^ Pierre Riche, The Carolingians: The Family who forged Europe, transl. Michael Idomir Allen (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983), 198.