Adrian, Count of Orléans
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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 |
| 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] He was the ancestor of Juliana and Willem Alexander.
Family[edit]
He 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]
- Odo (d after 15 Feb 824)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Le Jan 2003, p. 213.
Sources[edit]
- Le Jan, Régine (2003). Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe-Xe siècle) (in French). Publications de la Sorbonne.
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