Hildegard (queen)

Hildegard
Hildegard in an illustration from about 1499
Queen of the Franks
Reignc. 771 – 30 April 783
SuccessorFastrada
Queen of the Lombards
ReignJune 774 – 30 April 783
PredecessorAnsa
SuccessorFastrada
Bornc. 757/758
Died(783-04-30)30 April 783
Thionville
Burial
SpouseCharlemagne (m. c. 771)
IssueCharles the Younger
Pepin of Italy
Adalhaid
Rotrude
Louis the Pious
Lothair
Bertha
Gisela
Hildegard
FatherGerold of Anglachgau
MotherImma of Alemannia

Hildegard (c. 757/758 – 30 April 783) was a Frankish queen and the wife of Charlemagne from c. 771 until her death. Hildegard was a noblewoman of Frankish and Alemannian heritage. Through eleven years of marriage with Charlemagne, Hildegard helped share in his rule as well as having nine children with him, including the kings Charles the Younger and Pepin of Italy and the emperor Louis the Pious.


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