Ermengarde Carolingian, Queen Of Provence

Abt 852 - 896  (44 years)

• Name	Ermengarde Carolingian
  Title	Queen Of Provence
  Birth	Abt 852
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Jun 896	Vienne, Poitou-Charente, France
  Person ID	I7162	footsteps
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Louis Carolingian, King Of Italy Holy Roman Emperor ,   b. 825, Lorraine, Alsace, France d. 12 Aug 875, Italy (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Engelberge Alsace, Holy Roman Empress ,   b. Abt 830   d. Bef 901 (Age < 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Oct 852
  Family ID	F4380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Boso Bosonid, King Of Provence ,   b. Abt 845   d. Abt 11 Jan 887, Vienne, Poitou-Charente, France (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	876
  Children	+ 1. Ermengarde Provence,   b. Abt 875, Rhône-Alpes, France d. 921, Boulogne, Pays de la Loire, France (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Ingelberge Provence,   b. 877, Provence-Alpes-Cote D'Azur, France d. 917 (Age 40 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3862	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  In May 878, she and her husband sheltered Pope John VIII, who was takin g r e f u g e from the Saracens, in Arles. After her husband's coup d'etat in October 879, she helped defend his c i t i e s f rom her Carolingian relatives. In 880, she successfully defended V i e n n e i tself, the capital, from the combined forces of Charles the Fat a n d t h e c o -ruling kings of France, Louis III and Carloman. In August 881 , t h e n e w ly crowned Emperor Charles the Fat pillaged and burned Vienne, f o r c i n g Ermengard and her children to take refuge in Autun with her brot h e r - i n-law Richard, Duke of Burgundy. Meanwhile, Boso fled into Provenc e .