Engelberga of Provence, Duchess of Aquitaine (c. 877–917) was a 8th-9th century Bosonid noblewoman.[1]
| Engelberga of Provence | |
|---|---|
| Duchess consort of Aquitaine | |
| Tenure | c. 893 - c. 917 |
| Born | c. 877 |
| Died | 917 |
| Spouse | William I, Duke of Aquitaine |
| House | Bosonids |
| Father | Boso of Provence |
| Mother | Ermengard of Italy |
Engelberga was the daughter of Ermengard of Italy and Boso of Provence (r. 879–887). She was engaged to Carloman II, the son of Louis the Stammerer, but Carloman died aged about eighteen in 884. She then married William I, Duke of Aquitaine.[2] William and Engelberga's foundation of Cluny Abbey in 910 can be seen as exemplifying tenth-century efforts "to perpetuate the union of two kinship groups by means of a religious institution".[3]
References
edit- ^ Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (2006). "Engelberga of Aquitaine (877–917)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages.
- ^ Riché, Pierre (1993). "Table 7. The Bosonids". The Carolingians: A Family Who Forged Europe. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 374. ISBN 9780812213423.
- ^ Rose, Isabelle (9 January 2020). "Interactions between Monks and the Lay Nobility (from the Carolingian Era through the Eleventh Century)". In Beach, Alison I.; Cochelin, Isabelle (eds.). The Cambridge History of Medieval Monasticism in the Latin West. p. 580. ISBN 9781108770637.
