CAROLINGIAN Rothilde

0871 - 0929  (~ 57 years)

• Name	CAROLINGIAN Rothilde
  Birth	0871
  Gender	Female
  Death	22 Mar 0929	France
  Notes	Name Rothilde Birth Baldwin states that Rothilde's date of birth -- and place of birth -- is unknown. [1] Cawley states that Rothildis was born about 871 and died 22 Mar 929. [2] Parents Rothilde's father was Charles II "the Bald", king of the Western Franks and Emperor, who died in 877. [3] Baldwin states that Rothilde's mother, living in 910, was Richilde, daughter of count Bivin. [4] [5] 890 Marriage to Roger Rothilde married Roger, count of Maine, who died before 31 October 900.[1] Cawley dates the marriage of Rothilde and Rotger, comte du Maine, at about 890. [1][2] Cawley states that Roger was the nephew of Hughes, Comte de Bourges, who died before I Nov 900), and was Comte du Maine in 897. [6] Some accounts show Rothilde also married to a Hughes, count of Bourges. Baldwin reports that this is false, and in fact the existence a Hughes, count of Bourges is questionable. [1] Abbess Rothildis served as an Abbess. [7] She acquired the monasteries of Chelles, and Notre-Dame and Saint-Jean at Laon. [2] Cawley reports that she retreated to Chelles in 922 but was deprived of the monastery by her nephew Charles III "le Simple" King of the West Franks in favour of his favourite Haganon, an event which led to the rebellion of Robert Marquis en Neustrie who was the father of Rothildis's son-in-law (Hugues, later "le Grand" Duc des Francs) [2] In 922, the abbey of Chelles was taken from her and given to Hagano, favorite of her nephew Charles the Simple [8] Baldwin notes, "The standard outline of her family depends on the identification of the Rodhildis of 900, mother of a consanguineus of Charles the Simple, with the Rothildis of 922, amita of Charles. Although this identity is not directly documented, it is highly probable. [1] 929 Death Rothilde died not long before 929, since Flodoard in the first entry of his annals for 929 refers to her as recently deceased. [9] She died in late 928 or early 929. [10] Issue Children of Rothilde Hughes, born 890. [11] Hugh I, Comte du Maine. Hughes, Count of Maine. [12] Hugues I, d. after 26 March 931, count of Maine. [13] A daughter, name unknown, married Hugues le Grand, duke of France. [14] Questionable or Unsourced Children Richilde. Many secondary sources over time have shown a daughter, Richildis, born 887 for these parents. Efforts to document such a connection, however, have been unsuccessful. This conjectured Richilde is Richilde, wife of Thibaud, viscount of Tours, who became parents of Thibaud le Tricheur, count of Blois). [15] Though it now appears established that Rothilde's husband was Roger, count of Maine, and not a possibly mythical Hughes, count of Bourges, the theory that the younger Richilde was a possible relative -- granddaughter -- of the empress Richilde can't be ruled out. Baldwin notes that this connection has recently been accepted by Keats-Rohan. [16]. Judith, born 900. Married Robertian[11] No documentation has been shown for Judith. Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Stewart Baldwin. The Henry Project. Uploaded 10 January 2008. http://home.earthlink.net/~henryproject/hproject/prov/rothi000.htm Accessed January 13, 2017 ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Charles Cawley and Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#_ftnref276. Accessed January 10, 2017 ↑ Baldwin notes that Rothilde is called an amita of Charles the Simple by Flodoard. Since the name Rothilde is known among the Carolingians, the usual interpretation of the word amita as "paternal aunt" is probably correct. ↑ Baldwin notes that while Rothilde's mother is not explicitly identified, the chronology would seem to make her more likely as a daughter of Richilde. ↑ See also the Wikipedia article for Rothilde's mother. Wikipedia. Richilde of Provence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richilde_of_Provence ↑ Cawley reports that Charles III "le Simple" King of the West Franks confirmed donations of property "in comitatu quoque Cœnomannico" made by "Hugo comes et mater sua Rothildis", at the request of "genitrix nostra Adeleidis et…comes Hugo consanguineus, necnon et…comes Ecfridus" by charter dated 1 Nov 900. Cited by Charles Cawley and Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#_ftnref276. Accessed January 10, 2017 ↑ Charles Cawley and Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#_ftnref282. Accessed January 10, 2017 ↑ "... Quo cum eisdem super Axonam in pagum Laudunensem profecto propter praedictum Haganonem, cui rex abbatiam Rothildis, amitae suae, socrus autem Hugonis, dederat, nomine Calam, Karolus cum Heriberto et Haganone clam Laudunum egressus, ob Haganonis amorem, hujus causa timoris trans Mosam profectus est." Flodoard, Annales, s.a. 922, 8, cited by Stewart Baldwin. The Henry Project. Uploaded 10 January 2008. http://home.earthlink.net/~henryproject/hproject/prov/rothi000.htm Accessed January 13, 2017 ↑ "Heribertus et Hugo comites contra Bosonem, Rodulfi regis fratrem, profiscuntur, propter quisdam Rothildis alodes nuper defunctae, quos a Bosone pervasos repetebat Hugo, gener ipsius Rothildis." Flodoard, Annales, s.a. 929, 44, cited by Baldwin. ↑ Cawley reports that Flodoard names "Rothildis…nuper defunctæ" when recording that "Heribertus et Hugo comites" (specifying that "Hugo" was "gener ipsius Rothildis") attacked "Bosonem Rodulfi regis frater" in 929 over the property of Rothildis. This is also the only source so far identified from which her marriage is deduced. She is also named in the necrology of the abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés and the necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis. Cited by Charles Cawley and Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CAROLINGIANS.htm#_ftnref276. Accessed January 10, 2017 ↑ 11.0 11.1 WikiTree datafield entry, no source. ↑ Baldwin reports that Rothilde appears in a document of king Charles the Simple dated 31 October 900, in which she is called the mother of count Hughes (evidently of of Maine), consanguineus of Charles ["... adeuntes nostrae dignitatis excellentiam dulcissima genitrix nostra Adeleidis et dilectus comes Hugo consanguineus ... in comitatu quoque Coenomannico Nunniagum villam, quam dedit Hugo comes et mater sua Rodhildis sancto Ebrulfo, in vicaria Gaviacense cum omnibus apendiciis." Stewart Baldwin. The Henry Project. Uploaded 10 January 2008. http://home.earthlink.net/~henryproject/hproject/prov/rothi000.htm Accessed January 13, 2017, citing Werner (1958), 281-2, n. 128, which in turn cites Lauer, Recueil des actes de Charles le Simple, 75ff. (#35), ↑ Baldwin cites these sources: Robert Latouche, Histoire du comté du Maine (Paris, 1910). p. 16, n. 1 Karl Ferdinand Werner, "Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen bis um das Jahr 1000 (1.-8. Generation)", Karl der Große 4 (1967): 403-483; pp. 422-8 (Excurs I). For the documentation of Rothilde's son Hugues as a son of count Roger of Maine, see the page of Hugues I. ↑ Flodoard refers to Rothilde as socrus of Hugues, and to Hugues as gener of Rothilde. Flodoard, Annales = Ph. Lauer, ed., Les Annales de Flodoard (Paris, 1905), cited by Baldwin ↑ This conjecture is based on the fact that Thibaud le Tricheur, count of Blois, had a mother named Richilde and a brother named Richard. Baldwin notes that Depoin assumed that Richilde was of the same family as Charles the Bald's second wife, the empress Richilde, who had a brother named Richard (Depoin (1908), 587-592). "Depoin conjectured that the younger Richilde was a granddaughter of the empress Richilde, and that the intervening generation was the present Rothilde. At that time, Depoin was unaware that the Hugues of the 900 document was a count of Maine, son of Roger, and he conjectured that Hugues was son of another Hugues, count of Bourges." Stewart Baldwin. The Henry Project. Uploaded 10 January 2008. http://home.earthlink.net/~henryproject/hproject/prov/rothi000.htm Accessed January 13, 2017; citing Depoin (1908) = Joseph Depoin, "Études préparatoires à l'histoire des familles palatines. III Thibaud le Tricheur - fut-il bâtard et mourut-il presque centenaire?" Revue des études historiques 74 (1908), 553-602. ↑ K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, "'Un vassal sans histoire'?: Count Hugh II (c.940/955-992) and the origins of Angevin overlordship in Maine", in K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, ed., Family Trees and the Roots of Politics (Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1997): 189-210' page 194; and Keats-Rohan (2000) = K. S. B. Keats-Rohan, " 'Bilichildis' Problèmes et possibilités d'une étude de l'onomastique et de la parenté de la France du nord-ouest", in Keats-Rohan & Settipani, eds., Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval (Oxford, 2000), 57-68, page 65. Cited by Baldwin Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.
  Person ID	I59605	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	CAROLINGIAN Charles,   b. 13 Jun 0823, Frankfurt d. 06 Oct 0877, Brides Les Bains, Bourgogne (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	BOSONID Richildis,   b. Abt 0845, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France d. Abt 30 Jan 0910, Chalons sur Saone, Saone et Loire, Bourgogne, France (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Jan 0870	Aix-la-Chapelle
  Family ID	F26464	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	MAINE Rotger,   b. Abt 0860, Maine, France d. Bef 01 Nov 0900, Maine, France (Age < 40 years)
  Marriage	0890
  Children	1. UNKNOWN Richildis,   b. Abt 0887, Bourges, Cher, Centre, France d. 0913, France (Age 26 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. MAINE Hughes,   b. 0890, Le Mans, Sarthe, Maine, Pays-de-la-Loire, France d. Bef Sep 0960, Maine, Charente, Poitou-Charentes, France (Age ~ 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F26461	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026