jaylahve: "I don't need an empire; just a roof and man I can call home." Forgotten Royalty

jaylahve:"I don't need an empire; just a roof and man I can call home." Forgotten Royalty: Queen Hemma Hemma of Altdorf, the wife of Louis the German and queen consort of Germany, was born somewhere between the year 803 and 808, however the exact date is unknown and the latter is an estimate. Her mother was Heilwig of Saxony, daughter of Count Isanbart, and her father was Welf, Count of Altorf. She also had a sister named Judith who would be, by marriage, Queen and Empress of the Franks as the second and eventual ex-wife of Emperor Louis the Pious.Sometime during 827, in Regensburg, Hemma married Louis, her sister’s new stepson. At the time of the marriage she was at least two years older than her groom. After the wedding and until 843, she was crowned queen consort of Bavaria. A few years later, Hemma was given Obermünster Abbey in Regensburg as a gift from Louis, her husband. During their marriage the couple had seven children and Louis did not father any illegitimate children and was not known to have had any mistresses. With the Treaty of Verdun in 843, she became Queen Consort of Eastern Francia – or Germany, as we now know it today. She died on 31 January 876, and was buried in St. Emmeram’s Abbey, Regensburg.She is described as having had great qualities: an uncommon courage and talent, deployed on more than one occasion. In particular, she led an army against Adelchis of Benevento, when he revolted against Louis the German; it is said that, frightened by the arrival of the Queen, the traitor fled by boat to seek safety in Corsica. The Annals of Saint-Bertin however reproache Hemma for a pride which displeased the people of Italy. (…) -- source link

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