Rothilde

Rothilde

Rothilde

French countess

Rothilde (Latin: Rothildis; 871 – 928/929) was a lady born into the royal family of Western Francia.[1]

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Biography

Rothilde was a daughter of the King of the Franks, Charles the Bald, son of Louis the Pious. Her mother was Charles’ second spouse, Queen Richilde of Provence, sister of King Boso of Provence.[2]

Around 890, Rothilde married Roger, Count of Maine. Their eldest child was Hugh I, Count of Maine.[3] Their second child was a daughter, Judith, who married Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks and count of Paris.

Rothilde went to the monastery.

References

  1. [1]
    Christian Settipani. La Préhistoire des Capétiens.
  2. [2]
    Pierre Riche, The Carolingians: The Family who forged Europe, transl. Michael Idomir Allen (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1983), 198.
  3. [3]
    K.S.B. Keats-Rohan, 'Two Studies in North French Prosopography', Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 20 (1994), p. 10
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