Alda the elder

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Alda ("the elder", also "Hilda" because of her Frankish descent; * around 910, † before 932) came from Franconia and was Queen of Italy.

Alda married Hugo of Arles , King of Italy , before 926 . It was called ex Francorum genere Teutonicorum and came to Italy from Franconia. She brought the chaplain Gerlannus with her to the south and made sure that he got his own diocese.

Her children with Hugo were:

literature

  • Adelheid Empress and Saints 931 to 999 , Info Verlag Karlsruhe 1999, p. 99
  • Erich Brandenburg: The Descendants of Charlemagne , Verlag Degener & Co Neustadt an der Aisch 1998, p. 2
  • Eduard Hlawitschka: Franconia, Alemanni, Bavaria and Burgundy in Northern Italy (774-962) , in research on the history of the Upper Rhine, Volume VIII , Eberhard Albert Verlag Freiburg im Breisgau 1960, pp. 85 and 201
  • Bernd Schneidmüller : The Guelphs. Reign and memory , Kohlhammer Stuttgart 2000, p. 89
  • Karl Schnith: Women of the Middle Ages in Life Pictures , Verlag Styria Graz Vienna Cologne 1997, p. 29 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Alda the elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alda the Elder; Hilda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Queen of Italy
DATE OF BIRTH at 910
DATE OF DEATH before 932