Reginlint of Swabia

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: As a widow, she was an abbess in Zurich.

Family/Spouse: Burkhard II, Duke of Swabia. Burkhard (son of Burkhard, Count in the Baar, Marquis in Rhaetia, Count in the Berthold-Bar) was born about 885; died on 29 Apr 926 in Ivrea, Piedmont, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bertha of Swabia died on 2 Jan 966.
2. Biletrud

Family/Spouse: Herman I, Duke of Swabia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Ita of Swabia died on 17 May 896.

Eberhard married Gisela, Princess of France in 836. Gisela (daughter of Louis I "the Pious", Holy Roman Emperor and Judith of Bavaria) was born in 820; died on 1 Jul 874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hunroch married Engeltrude. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Her name was also spelt Engletron.

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• Reign: From 814 to 840; Holy Roman Emperor

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Death: Sewell gives his death date as 30 April 840.

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He was also known as Lois the Fair.

Louis married Judith of Bavaria in Feb 819. Judith (daughter of Welf I, Duke of Bavaria, Count in the Entgau and Egilwich, Abbess of Challes) was born about 800 in Bavaria, Germany; died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours, Centre-Val de Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was an East Frank.

Berenger married Engeltron. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Offices Held: 776

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Offices Held:
Bègue served as the Chamberlain of Louis of Aquitaine.

Bègue married Alpais, Abbess of St. Peter's, Rheims. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Her name was also spelt Aupals.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reign: From 767 to 814; King of the Franks (Carolingian dynasty)
• Land/House: 768
• Reign: From 800 to 814; Holy Roman Emperor

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Death: Weis (1982) gives his death place as Aix la Chapelle.

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More is known about Charlemagne than most medieval rulers because of a biography written by Einhard, a friend of his son Louis the Pious. This biography describes Charlemagne as more than six feet tall, with piercing eyes, fair hair, a thick neck, and a potbelly. He was strong, fond of exercise, and had an alert mind and a forceful personality. Charlemagne could read and speak Latin, the language of educated people of the time. However, he never learned to write it.

Land/House:
When Pépin the Short died in 768, the Frankish lands were divided according to ancient Frankinsh law and tradition between Pépin's sons Carloman and Charles. During the next three years until Carloman's death in 771, relations between the two brothers were sometimes strained. In 774, Charles "the Great" or Karolus Magnus, more widely known as Charlemagne, conquered Lombardy and confirmed his father's donation of the Papal States. Charlemagne added Bavaria to his realm, and eventually defeated the Saxons and forced them to convert to Christianity. Charlemagne also waged war in Spain. He was returning from an expedition there in 778 when a mountain people called the Basques ambushed and wiped out his rear guard. This incident became the subject of the famous epic poem The Song of Roland, however, the ambushers were the Moors.

Reign:
On 25 December 800, he was crowed Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III in Rome.

Charlemagne married Hildegarde, Countess in Linzgau in 771 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hildegarde (daughter of Gerold, Count in the Vinzgau and Emma of Allemania) was born in 758; died on 30 Apr 783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was also known as Hildegarde of Vinzgau.

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He was also known as Guelph I.

Welf married Egilwich, Abbess of Challes. Egilwich died after 833. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: lifespan

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History:
Egilwich's name was also spelt Heilwig. She was a Saxon.

In later life she became the Abbess of Challes near Paris.