Ingerman, Count Of Hesbaye
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Ingerman (Ingram, Enguerrand) (c. 750-818), was a Frankish noble and Count of Hesbaye, son of a brother of
Saint Chrodegang Chrodegang (; ;Spellings of his name in (Latin) primary sources are extremely varied: Chrodegangus, Grodegandus, Grodegangus, Grodogangus, Chrodogandus, Krodegandus, Chrodegrangus, Chrotgangus, Ruotgangus, Droctegangus, Chrodegand, and Sirigangus ...
, the
Bishop of Metz This is a list of bishops of the Roman Catholic diocese of Metz, which now lies in eastern France. To 500 * Clement of Metz (c. 280–300) * Celestius * Felix I * Patient * Victor I 344–346 * Victor II * Simeon * Sambace * Rufus of Metz * Ad ...
and therefore grandson of Sigramnus of Hesbaye.


Life

Ingram came from a high noble family from Haspengouw near Liège. He was a nephew of
Chrodegang Chrodegang (; ;Spellings of his name in (Latin) primary sources are extremely varied: Chrodegangus, Grodegandus, Grodegangus, Grodogangus, Chrodogandus, Krodegandus, Chrodegrangus, Chrotgangus, Ruotgangus, Droctegangus, Chrodegand, and Sirigangus ...
, Bishop of Metz. Ingerman married Rotrude, of unknown parentage. Ingerman and Rotrude had one daughter: *
Ermengarde Ermengarde or Ermengard or Ermingarde or Irmingard or Irmgard is a feminine given name of Germanic origin derived from the Germanic words "ermen/irmin," meaning "whole, universal" and "gard" meaning "enclosure, protection". Armgarð is a Faroese ver ...
. She married into the Frankish royal family, the
Carolingians The Carolingian dynasty ( ; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid ...
and was the first wife of King
Louis the Pious Louis the Pious (; ; ; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only ...
, Son of Charlemagne.


Primary sources mentioning Ingoram

There seems to be only one primary source directly mentioning Ingoram. In a medieval life story of Emperor
Louis the Pious Louis the Pious (; ; ; 16 April 778 – 20 June 840), also called the Fair and the Debonaire, was King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor, co-emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813. He was also King of Aquitaine from 781. As the only ...
, by Thegan of Trier, Louis's wife Ermengarde is said to be a daughter of the noble duke Ingorammus, who was son of a brother of Hruotgangi "sancti pontificis", or in other words Saint Chrodegang. Chrodegang in turn was named in one medieval record as having parents who were nobles from Hasbania (Hesbaye).''Gesta Episcoporum Mettensis'' MGH SS II
p.267
Paul the Deacon Paul the Deacon ( 720s 13 April in 796, 797, 798, or 799 AD), also known as ''Paulus Diaconus'', ''Warnefridus'', ''Barnefridus'', or ''Winfridus'', and sometimes suffixed ''Cassinensis'' (''i.e.'' "of Monte Cassino"), was a Benedictine monk, sc ...
identified the parents of Chrodegang as Sigram and Landrada.


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*{{cite book , last=Riché , first=Pierre , title=The Carolingians: a Family who Forged Europe , translator-first=Michael Idomir , translator-last=Allen , publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press , year=1993 *The Henry Project - Sigram https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/sigra000.htm *Stewart Baldwin, FASG, Todd A. Farmerie, Peter Stewart (2001), The Henry Project The Ancestors of King Henry II of England: An experiment in a cooperative online database for scholarly medieval genealogy https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/ Counts of Hesbaye 8th-century Frankish nobility 750s births 818 deaths Year of birth uncertain