Auda, Aida, Alda, Aldana or Adalne (722 – before 755?) was wife of Frankish nobleman
Thierry IV
Thierry IV, or Theoderic IV ( 770–793Bouchard, ''Those of My Blood'', p. 184), was a Frankish noble and royal '' missus''.
Thierry's parentage is not directly attested. Speculation about how his grandson Bernard of Septimania came to be descri ...
, count of
Autun
Autun () is a subprefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region of central-eastern France. It was founded during the Principate era of the early Roman Empire by Emperor Augustus as Augustodunum to give a Ro ...
and mother of Saint
William of Gellone
William of Gellone ( 755 – 28 May 812 or 814), the medieval William of Orange, was the second Duke of Toulouse from 790 until 811. In 804, he founded the abbey of Gellone. He was canonized a saint in 1066 by Pope Alexander II. .
Marriage and children
She was married to Thierry IV, perhaps a nephew, grandson or grand-nephew of
Bertrada of Prüm Bertrade or Bertrada may refer to:
* Bertrada of Prüm, Frankish princess, co-founder and benefactor of the Prüm Abbey
* Bertrada of Laon, queen of the Franks, wife of Pippin III, granddaughter of the above
* Bertrade de Montfort
Bertrade de Mon ...
, in 742 and in 750. From this marriage were born:
*
Theodoen (died before 826), count of Autun, mentioned in 804, whose son Thierry was active in the 810s.
*
Adalhelm
*
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 ...
, count of Toulouse and founder of the Abbey of Gellone.
* Abba and Berta, mentioned as nuns in 804. One of them was probably married to a
Nibelungid, Childebrand II or Nibelung II.
722 births
8th-century deaths
Year of death uncertain
8th-century Frankish women
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