Ageltrude

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Ageltrude (also Ageltrude di Benevento , Agiltrude , Ageltruda , Angildruda ; * around 860, † after 923) was the wife of Wido von Spoleto, Margravine of Camerino , Queen of Italy and Roman Empress .

Life

Ageltrude was born around 860 as the daughter of Prince Adelchis of Benevento (853–878) and his wife Adeltrude. Presumably in 875 she married Wido von Spoleto, who in 876 succeeded his brother Lambert as Margrave of Camerino. Their son Lambert von Spoleto was born around 875.

Guido was crowned King of Italy in 889 and on February 21, 891 in Rome by Pope Stephen V as Roman Emperor . As early as May 889, the 14-year-old son Lambert of Spoleto was raised to be co-king . At the request of Guido, the new Pope Formosus crowned him co-emperor on April 30, 892 at a synod in Ravenna . In return, both confirmed the papacy's rights to the Central Italian territories from the Pippin donation .

As one of the most influential kings of Italy, Guido von Spoleto became too powerful for Pope Formosus. Formosus therefore allied with Arnolf of Carinthia , who crossed the Alps in 894 and conquered Brescia , Bergamo , Milan and Pavia . He then proclaimed himself King of Italy. But when difficulties arose, Arnolf soon withdrew. Guido died in November 894 near the Taro River , where he had holed up. Ageltrude tried to secure her son's claims. After Arnolf's retreat, she holed up in Rome and ruled the area as empress.

In the autumn of 895 Arnolf undertook a second campaign and in February 896 stood before the walls of Rome. Ageltrude had holed up in the city, but Arnolf managed to invade Rome. Formosus then solemnly crowned him emperor in February 896. Ageltrude and Lambert were able to retire to Spoleto. The new emperor marched against Spoleto to besiege Lambert and his mother, but suffered a stroke on the way. He broke off the campaign and returned to Bavaria. Formosus died shortly afterwards. His successor was Boniface VI. who also died just fifteen days after taking office. On Boniface VI. followed Pope Stephen VI. , who held a funeral synod on Formosus in 897 at the instigation of Ageltrude and her family . Formosus was exhumed , dressed in papal robes and placed on the papal throne. The synod of bodies found Formosus guilty of breaking the oath. That is why his oath fingers were cut off and his body was later thrown into the Tiber .

Pope John IX canceled Arnolf's anointing in 898, in the same year Lambert, who had meanwhile been the undisputed Roman Emperor, died unexpectedly and Ageltrude withdrew from politics. She entered a monastery first in Camerino and later in Salsomaggiore. Her last recorded message is from the year 923. It is not known when she died.

Modern reception

Judy Chicago dedicated an inscription to Ageltrude on the triangular floor tiles of the Heritage Floor for her installation The Dinner Party . The porcelain tiles labeled with the name Ageltrude Benevento are assigned to the place with the place setting for Trotula .

literature

  • Brigitte Kasten : Empresses in Carolingian times. Irmingard, Judith, Irmingard, Angilberga, Richildis, Richgard, Ageltrude, Oda / Uota, Adelheid and Anna . In: Amalie Fößel (Ed.): The Empresses of the Middle Ages . Regensburg 2011, pp. 11–34

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Benevento museo aperto longobardo ( Memento of the original from December 1, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 27, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / bnmal.it
  2. ↑ Annales Xantenses et Annales Vedastini , ed. by Bernhard von Simson in Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores rerum Germanicarum 12 (1909), pp. 64-65
  3. ↑ History of Italy, since the fall of the Longobard Empire and the government of Carl the Great, up to our times: 8 . Weidmann, 1770, p. 55 ( full text in Google Book Search).
  4. ↑ a b CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Formosus. In: newadvent.org. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
  5. ^ Brooklyn Museum: Ageltrude Benevento. In: brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved November 30, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Ageltrude
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Queen of Italy and Roman Empress
DATE OF BIRTH around 860
DATE OF DEATH after 923