Beggo (died 28 October 816) was the son of
Gerard I of Paris Gerard I of Paris (died 779) was a count of Paris. He was the founder of the House of Girardids.
Biography
According to various sources, he married a certain Rotrude who may have been a daughter of Carloman, son of Charles Martel. From this un ...
. He was appointed
Count of Toulouse
The count of Toulouse ( oc, comte de Tolosa, french: comte de Toulouse) was the ruler of county of Toulouse, Toulouse during the 8th to 13th centuries. Originating as vassals of the kingdom of the Franks, Frankish kings,
the hereditary counts ru ...
,
Duke of Septimania {{One source, date=December 2021
The title Prince of Gothia (''princeps Gothiæ'') or Prince of the Goths (''princeps Gothorum'') was a title of nobility, sometimes assumed by its holder as a sign of supremacy in the region of Gothia and sometimes ...
,
Duke of Aquitaine
The Duke of Aquitaine ( oc, Duc d'Aquitània, french: Duc d'Aquitaine, ) was the ruler of the medieval region of Aquitaine (not to be confused with modern-day Aquitaine) under the supremacy of Frankish, English, and later French kings.
As succe ...
, and
Margrave of the Hispanic March in 806 and followed his father as
Count of Paris
Count of Paris () was a title for the local magnate of the district around Paris in Carolingian times. After Hugh Capet was elected King of France in 987, the title merged into the crown and fell into disuse. However, it was later revived by the ...
in 815.
In 806,
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. abdicated and
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 Holy ...
appointed Beggo to take his place in Toulouse and the
March of Gothia
The Hispanic March or Spanish March ( es, Marca Hispánica, ca, Marca Hispànica, Aragonese and oc, Marca Hispanica, eu, Hispaniako Marka, french: Marche d'Espagne), was a military buffer zone beyond the former province of Septimania, est ...
. He did not succeed his father in Paris, but was later placed in the comital office there, but did not live long after that.
He married Alpais, granddaughter of Charlemagne. Their children were:
*
Leuthard II, who later ruled Paris
*Eberhard.
He may also have been the father of the following children, by one or more other women.
[Hlawitchka, E. (1969) ''Die Anfänge des Hauses Habsburg-Lothringen. Genealogische Studien zur Geschichte Lothringens und des Reiches im 9.,10. und 11. Jahrhundert'', pp. 166-168.]
*Landrade
*Susanna, whose son was
Adalhard, eighth Count of Paris
*Engeltrude, whose son was
Eberhard of Friuli
Eberhard (c. 815 – 16 December 867) was the Frankish Duke of Friuli from 846. His name is alternatively spelled Everard, Evrard, Erhard, or Eberard; in Latinized fashion, ''Everardus'', ''Eberardus'', or ''Eberhardus''. He wrote his own name ...
.
References
816 deaths
Counts of Toulouse
Dukes of Septimania
Dukes of Aquitaine
Counts of Paris
Margrave of the Hispanic March
Year of birth unknown
House of Girard
Nobility of the Carolingian Empire
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