Adalard (Adalhard) of Paris (c. 830 – 10 October 890) was the eighth Count of Paris and a Count palatine.[1] He was the son of Wulfhard of Flavigny and Suzanne of Paris, a daughter of Beggo, Count of Toulouse.[2] His brother Hilduin the Young was the abbot of Saint-Denis. His brother Wulgrin I of Angoulême was appointed Count of Angoulême and Périgord. Adalard followed his uncle Leuthard II.
Adalardʻs child Adelaide of Paris
Adalard had at least two children:
- Wulfhard
- Adelaide of Paris (850 – 10 November 901). She married Frankish king Louis the Stammerer.[3]
References
edit- ^ Le Jan 1995, p. 215.
- ^ Le Jan 1995, p. 442.
- ^ McDougall 2017, p. 88.
Sources
edit- Le Jan, R. (1995). Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe-Xe siècle): essai d'anthropologie sociale. Histoire ancienne et médiévale (in French). Publications de la Sorbonne. p. 215. ISBN 978-2-85944-268-2.
Le descendant de Gérard de Paris qui obtint le comté de Paris vers 882 se nommait Adalhard. Il était le seul des quatre fils du comte Wulfhard et de son épouse Suzanne, elle-même fille du comte de Paris Bégon, à avoir reçu un nom ...
- McDougall, Sara (2017). Royal Bastards: The Birth of Illegitimacy, 800-1230. Oxford University Press.