Nithard
Sign in to saveNithard (c. 795–844), a Frankish historian, was the son of Charlemagne's daughter Bertha. His father was Angilbert.
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- Born
- 8th cent.
- Died
- 845
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Histoire des dissensions des fils de Louis-le-Débonnaire
- Nithardi historiarum libri quattuor
- Historiarum libri IIII
- Nithardi Historiarum libri IIII
- Histoire des fils de Louis le Pieux
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Carolingian Empire
- Father
- Angilbert
- Mother
- Bertha
- Occupation
- historian
- Position held
- abbot
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Noble title
- count
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- writing language
- Latin
- date of death
- 0845-05-15
- name in native language
- Nithard
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons category
- Nithard
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Nithard (c. 795–844), a Frankish historian, was the son of Charlemagne's daughter Bertha. His father was Angilbert.
==Life== Nithard was born sometime around the year Charlemagne was crowned Imperator Augustus in December 800. He was probably raised either at the imperial palace, where his mother continued to live until the death of the emperor, or at the monastery of Saint-Riquier, where his father was lay abbot. He would have been educated most likely at the imperial schola, which offered the kind of high-quality instruction in both military and literary training he is known to have received.
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