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Ageltrude

Ageltrude
Queen consort of Italy
Tenure889 - 12 December 894
Holy Roman Empress
Tenure891 - 12 December 894
Bornc. 860
Died27 August 923
SpouseGuy III of Spoleto
IssueLambert of Italy
FatherAdelchis of Benevento
MotherAdeltrude

Ageltrude or Agiltrude (around 860 – 27 August 923) was the Empress and Queen of Italy as the wife of Guy (reigned 891–894).[1][2] 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.[3][4]

  1. ^ Bury, John Bagnell (1922). The Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 3. Macmillan.
  2. ^ Mann, Horace (1925). The Lives of Popes in the Early Middle Ages, Vol. IV: The Popes in the Days of Feudal Anarchy, 891-999. London, K. Paul, Trench, Trübner.
  3. ^ Kleinhenz, Christopher (2017-07-05). Routledge Revivals: Medieval Italy (2004): An Encyclopedia - Volume II. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-66443-1.
  4. ^ Manarini, Edoardo (2021-12-22). "Sex, Denigration and Violence: A Representation of Political Competition between Two Aristocratic Families in Ninth Century Italy". Conflict and Violence in Medieval Italy 568-1154: 205–242. doi:10.1017/9789048536207.008. ISBN 978-90-485-3620-7.

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