Adalhelm of Autun was a Frankish nobleman of the 8th and 9th centuries from the Wilhelmid family, son of
Thierry IV and the Carolingian
Alda.
He was called as a witness in the charters of the foundation of the abbey of Gellone by his brother
William
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
, 15 December 804. Two other brothers signed these charters:
Theodoen and a Thierry who is not mentioned in any charters.
That is the only ascertainable information about Adalhelm himself. On the basis of onomastics, two children have been assigned to him:
*Waldrada, wife of
Adrian, Count of Orléans, count palatine of the
Agilolfing family, brother of
Hildegard, wife of
Charlemagne
Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first ...
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*Bernard I , count of Poitiers in 815 and in 825.
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Medieval French nobility
8th-century births
Nobility of the Carolingian Empire
Year of death unknown
Year of birth unknown