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NNThegan states that Ingram, father-in-law of Louis the Pious, was the son of a brother of St. Chrodegang (Hruotgangus) ["Supradictus vero Hludowicus postquam ad aetatem perbenit, desponavit sibi filiam nobilissimi ducis Ingoramni, qui erat filius fratris Hruotgangi, sancti pontificis." Thegan, Vita Hludowici, c. 4, MGH SS 2: 591]. The name of this brother (called here "NN") is unknown. Wertner identified Ingram's father as Gundeland, abbot of Lorsch, the known brother of Chrodegang, but it is far more likely that Ingram's father was an unknown third brother not connected with the church [Wertner (1884), 55].
Date of birth: Unknown.
Place of birth: Unknown.
Date of
death: Unknown.
Place of
death: Unknown.
All that is known of the
chronology of this unnamed individual is that which can be
approximated or guessed from the fact that he was a brother of
bishop Chrodegang, who appears in records from 741 and died in
766, and a grandfather of Ermengarde, whose son Lothair was born
about 795.
Father: Sigram.
Mother: Landrada.
This parentage assumes that the subject of
this page was a full brother of bishop Chrodegang, whose is known
to have been a son of Sigram and Landrada ["Iam hinc vir
egregius et omnibus praeconiis efferendur, Chrodegangus antistes
eilgitur, ex pago Hasbaniensi oriundus, patre Sigramno, matre
Landrada, Francorum ex genere primae nobilitatis progenitus."
Paul the Deacon, Gesta Episc. Mettensium, MGH SS 2:
267]. Although this is likely, the possibility remains that
Ingram's father and Chrodegang were only half-siblings, in which
case only one of the above would be a parent of "NN".
Spouse: Unknown.
Child:
Ingram,
count.
Possible child:
Angilram, d. 26 October 791, archbishop of
Metz, 768-791
Angilram succeeded Chrodegang as archbishop
of Metz after a two year vacancy ["Angelramnus
archiepiscopus et palatii capellanus, qui sedit annos 23. et dies
28. Requiescit in monasterio cuius vocabulum Nova-Cella. Obiit 7.
Kal. Novemb. in loco qui dicitur Asnagahunc Chunis-berch, et
cessavit episcopatus annos 27. et menses 4." Catalogus
episcoporum Mettensium, in Paul the Deacon, Gesta
episcop. Mettensium, MGH SS 2: 269]. According to Gallia
Christiana, he was a son of a brother of Chrodegang ["Sanguine
illustri satus Angelramnus seu Ingelramnus, quem Chrodegangi
antecessoris fratre natum fuisse diximus t. VII, col. 224, ..."
GC 13: col. 708; ibid., 7: col. 224]. Fleckenstein points out
that the name Angilram has the same ending as the names Sigram
and Ingram, giving indirect support to the claim of a
relationship. Note that Angilram could be the son of a different
brother of Chrodegang than Ingram's father.
Fleckenstein (1966) = Josef Fleckenstein, Die Hofkapelle der deutschen Könige (Schriften der Monumenta Germaniae Historica 16, Hiersemann, 1966).
MGH SS = Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores series.
Wertner (1884) = Moriz Wertner, "Zur Genealogie der Karolinger", Jahrbuch der k.k.heraldischen Gesellschaft Adler zu Wien 14/11 (1884): 53-60.
Compiled by Stewart Baldwin
First uploaded 16 August 2012.