Anstrud of Champagne

Anstrud
Other names
  • Anstrude
  • Anstrudis
  • Adaltrud
  • Adaltrudis
Spouses
Children
Parents
FamilyPippinid (married into)

Anstrud (also spelled Adaltrud, Anstrude, Anstrudis or Adaltrude) was a medieval Frankish noblewoman of the late Merovingian/early Carolingian period. Anstrud was the daughter of Waratto, Mayor of the Palace of Neustria and Burgundy, and Ansflede.

Anstrud first married Berchar, the successor to her father Waratto. Unlike her father, her first husband did not keep the peace with Pepin of Heristal. In 687, Pepin defeated him and Theuderic III at Tertry in the Vermandois.[1] Berthar and Theuderic III withdrew themselves to Paris. Pepin followed them and eventually forced a peace treaty with the condition that Berthar leave his office. In the ensuing quarrels, Anstrud's mother killed Berchar.

After Berchar's death in the early 680s, Ansflede negotiated with Pippin and they arranged for the marriage of Pippin's young son, Drogo of Champagne, to Anstrud.[2][3][4] The marriage took place towards the end of the decade or in the early 690s and resulted in the Pippinid family gaining more power in the region.[5] Shortly after their marriage, Pippin made his son the Duke of Champagne.

Drogo and Anstrud had four sons:

References

  1. ^ Fouracre, Paul, ed. (2005). "Francia in the seventh century". The New Cambridge Medieval History I c.500-c.700. Vol. I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 390–394. ISBN 978-0-521-36291-7. OCLC 29184676. OL 7738196M.
  2. ^ Bachrach, Bernard S. (2001). Early Carolingian Warfare: Prelude to Empire. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 111. ISBN 978-0-8122-3533-3. LCCN 99087239. OCLC 43095805. OL 59129M.
  3. ^ a b c Schreiber, Karl Hans (2002). "Anstrud (Adaltrud) Duchess of Champagne". Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  4. ^ Fouracre, Paul; Gerberding, Richard A., eds. (1996). Late Merovingian France: History And Hagiography, 640-720. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 25. ISBN 978-0-7190-4791-6. LCCN 95021908. OCLC 32699266. OL 7839680M. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  5. ^ Gerberding, Richard A. (1987). The Rise of the Carolingians and the Liber Historiae Francorum. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-822940-7. LCCN 87001626. OCLC 15317077. OL 2373528M.