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Theodrada (ca. 784 – 844/853) was a daughter of Charlemagne (742–814) from his marriage to Fastrada. She became Abbess of the monastery of Argenteuil. Life. Theodrada was born the elder of the two daughters of Charlemagne's fourth wife Fastrada. Theodrada was the twelfth child of the Frankish king.
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Theodrada is named as the sister of Adalhard, Wala, Gundrada and Bernhar, and by implication the daughter of Count Bernard, and his second wife (name unknown). Her birth date is unknown, but as her parents married about 772, it must be after that date. She is also often listed as the youngest of four children of this marriageso circa 778 might be a...
Theodrada was married to an unnamed man (see below for possible name that is disputed)There is 1 daughter known from this relationship 1. Imma, succeeded her mother as Abbess of Soissons in 845, which was confirmed by the Council of Soissons in 846
In about 814,she possibly was forced to enter a convent during the time of Louis I the PIous exerting his control of the Empire after the death of his father Charlemagne. She is definitely mentioned as Abbess of Notre Dame de Soissons in several early documents. Theodrada namque quasi innocens sub sancta professione Suessionis and ad venerabilem Th...
Hansmartin Decker-Hauff, in 'Die Ottonen und Schwaben' 1955 states that Theodrada was the wife of Isanbard (Isembard), Graf von Thurgau, the son of Warin. He appears in a number of charters from August 774 to 29 May 806 and it appears doubtful based on chronological grounds that he would be her husband.Settipani, p. 358, note 1139, believes that th...
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Apr 12, 2024 · Theodrada was the elder of two daughters of Charlemagne and his third wife, Fastrada, another Frankish noblewoman. By the time of her father’s death, Theodrada had become...
Theodrada (b. between 783 and 794) Abbess of Argenteuil. Name variations: Theodrada of Argenteuil. Born between 783 and 794; daughter of Fastrada (d. 794) and Charles I also known as Charlemagne (742–814), king of the Franks (r. 768–814), and Holy Roman emperor (r. 800–814).
Only Theodrada, the widow of Theodoric, Duke of the Riparuarii was left undisturbed. Sabine Baring-Gould says Bernard was the grandfather of saint Ida of Herzfeld through his daughter Theodrada. Ancestry
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Jun 27, 2024 · Radbert was tonsured, however, before the altar of Notre Dame and “in the presence of the nuns,” and he later told the abbess of Soissons, Theodrada, that he considered himself as a puero uester alumnus. He would not remain at Soissons, but instead entered briefly into secular life.
