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Richardis
Sign in to saveSaint Richardis (), also known as Richgard, Richardis of Swabia and Richarde de Souabe in French ( 840 – 18 September, between 894 and 896 AD), was empress of the Carolingian Empire as the wife of Charles the Fat. She was renowned for her piety and was the first abbess of Andlau. Repudiated by her husband, Richardis later became a Christian model of devotion and just rule. She was canonised in 1049.
Person
- Born
- 0840-01-01
- Died
- 0894-01-01
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- CAPSELLA EMBRYOGENESIS: THE EGG, ZYGOTE, AND YOUNG EMBRYO
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- CAPSELLA EMBRYOGENESIS: THE SYNERGIDS BEFORE AND AFTER FERTILIZATION
· 1968 · cited 84x
- Capsella embryogenesis: The early embryo
· 1968 · cited 56x
- EFFECTS OF VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION ON THE GERMINATION OF PHACELIA TANACETIFOLIA
· 1963 · cited 21x
- ON THE MECHANISMS OF LIGHT‐INDUCED GERMINATION INHIBITION OF PHACELIA TANACETIFOLLV
· 1965 · cited 8x
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Richardis
- Saint.image
- Mont Sainte Odile 025.JPG
- Saint.birth_date
- 840
- Saint.death_date
- 18 September c. 895 (aged c. 55)
- Saint.feast_day
- 18 September
- Saint.venerated_in
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic Church
- Saint.caption
- A depiction of St. Richardis and Herrad of Landsberg in Hohenburg Abbey, Alsace, France.
- Saint.death_place
- Andlau, Alsace
- Saint.titles
- Carolingian Empress
- Saint.canonized_date
- 10 November 1049
- Saint.canonized_by
- Pope Leo IX
- Saint.attributes
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 840
- Died
- 1 January 894
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Richardis
- Gender
- female
- Place of birth
- Alsace
- Place of death
- Andlau
- Spouse
- Charles the Fat
- Occupation
- donor
- Position held
- abbess
- Languages spoken
- French
- Family
- Ahalolfings
Article
6 sectionsContents
- Life
- The Legend of Richardis
- Veneration
- See also
- Notes
- Sources
Saint Richardis (), also known as Richgard, Richardis of Swabia and Richarde de Souabe in French ( 840 – 18 September, between 894 and 896 AD), was empress of the Carolingian Empire as the wife of Charles the Fat. She was renowned for her piety and was the first abbess of Andlau. Repudiated by her husband, Richardis later became a Christian model of devotion and just rule. She was canonised in 1049.
==Life== She was born in Alsace, the daughter of Erchanger, count of the Nordgau, of the family of the Ahalolfinger. She married Charles in 862 and was crowned with him in Rome by Pope John VIII in 881. The marriage was childless.