Ageltrude
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Ageltrude or Agiltrude (around 860 – 27 August 923) was the Empress and Queen of Italy as the wife of Guy (reigned 891–894). She was the regent for her son Lambert (reigned 894–898) and actively encouraged him in opposing the Carolingians, and in influencing papal elections in their favour.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Ageltrude
- Royalty.succession
- Queen consort of Italy
- Royalty.reign
- 889 – 12 December 894
- Royalty.birth_date
- c. 860
- Royalty.death_date
- 27 August 923
- Royalty.consort
- yes
- Royalty.spouse
- Guy III of Spoleto
- Royalty.issue
- Lambert of Italy
- Royalty.father
- Adelchis of Benevento
- Royalty.mother
- Adeltrude
- Royalty.succession1
- Holy Roman Empress
- Royalty.reign1
- 891 – 12 December 894
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Spouse
- Guy III of Spoleto
- Father
- Adelchis of Benevento
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- regent
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- date of death
- 0923-08-27
- date of birth
- 0850-00-00
- canonization status
- saint
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Encyclopedic overview
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Ageltrude or Agiltrude (around 860 – 27 August 923) was the Empress and Queen of Italy as the wife of Guy (reigned 891–894). She was the regent for her son Lambert (reigned 894–898) and actively encouraged him in opposing the Carolingians, and in influencing papal elections in their favour.
==Life== Ageltrude was the daughter of Prince Adelchis of Benevento and Adeltrude. She married Guy of Spoleto circa 875, when he was the duke and margrave of Spoleto and Camerino. Guy of Spoleto defeated Berengar to became King of Italy in 889, and then, in 891, he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor, making Ageltrude empress. Guy's reign was short, and in 894, Guy died, leaving Ageltrude a widow. As their son, Lambert, was a minor, she became regent.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ageltrude” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.