Queen Of Provence Ermengarde Carolingian

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	I7311	footsteps | Ancestors
  Last Modified	21 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	King Of Italy Holy Roman Emperor Louis Carolingian,   b. 825, Lorraine, Alsace, France d. 12 Aug 875, Italy (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Holy Roman Empress Engelberge Alsace,   b. Abt 830   d. Bef 901 (Age < 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Oct 852
  Family ID	F4472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	King Of Provence Boso Bosonid,   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	F3908	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Apr 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 .