Adrian, Count of Orléans
Frankish count
Adrian of Orléans | |
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Count of Orléans | |
Born | c. 755 |
Died | before November 821 |
Noble family | Udalriching |
Spouse(s) | Waldrada of Autun |
Issue | Odo I Waldrada William |
Father | Gerold of Anglachgau |
Mother | Emma of Alemannia |
Adrian of Orléans (born c. 755–died before November 821) was a Frankish count, son of Gerold of Anglachgau[1] and Emma of Alemannia. His sister Hildegard married Charlemagne; therefore, he was the emperor's brother-in-law and uncle to the next emperor, Louis the Pious.[citation needed]
Family
Adrian married Waldrada,[1] and had issue:
- Odo I, Count of Orleans (d. aft. 15 Feb 834),[1] who married Engeltrude of Fézensac, daughter of Count Leuthard I of Paris.[citation needed]
- Waldrada who married Robert III of Worms (d. 834), count of the Oberrheingau and the Wormsgau, father of Robert the Strong.[1]
- William, Count of Blois[2][3]
References
- ^ a b c d Le Jan 2003, p. 213.
- ^ Keats-Rohan 2000, p. 68.
- ^ Le Jan 2003, p. 294.
Sources
- Keats-Rohan, K.S.B. (2000). Onomastique et parenté dans l'Occident médiéval (in French). Unit for Prosopographical Research.
- Le Jan, Régine (2003). Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe-Xe siècle) (in French). Publications de la Sorbonne.
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