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Hildegard (c. 757/758 – 30 April 783) was a Frankish queen and the wife of Charlemagne from c. 771 until her death. Hildegard was a noblewoman of Frankish and Alemannian heritage.
Legend has it that Hildegarde of Swabia, third wife of Charlemagne, king of the Franks, was falsely accused of infidelity by a servant named Taland and was subsequently divorced by Charlemagne. She retired to Rome, where she led a life of great piety, devoting herself to tending the sick.
Hildegard (c. 757/758 – 30 April 783) was a Frankish queen and the wife of Charlemagne from c. 771 until her death. Hildegard was a noblewoman of Frankish and Alemannian heritage.
Jan 26, 2012 · Queen Hildegard of Vinzgouw. She was the daughter of Gerold I Duke of Swabia, Count of Vinzgouw and Count in the Anglachau and Imma Duchess of Swabia. Granddaughter of Gerold Bishop of Mayence and Hnabi, Duke of Alamannia. Born about 757 and died in 783. Hildegard was the second wife of Charlemagne.
Aug 8, 2024 · Queen Hildegard of Vinzgouw. She was the daughter of Gerold I Duke of Swabia, Count of Vinzgouw and Count in the Anglachau and Imma Duchess of Swabia. Granddaughter of Gerold Bishop of Mayence and Hnabi, Duke of Alamannia. Born about 757 and died in 783. Hildegard was the second wife of Charlemagne.
- Charlemagne
- circa 758
- "Hildegarde Schwaben"
- Swabia (present Baden-Württemberg), Germany
Aug 6, 2024 · St. Hildegard was a German abbess, visionary mystic, and composer. She was canonized in 2012, when Pope Benedict XVI declared her to be a saint through ‘equivalent canonization,’ a papal proclamation of canonization based on a standing tradition of popular veneration.
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Hildegard was a cloistered nun in rural medieval Germany, and she would have had no access to translations of Asian scriptures, had they even been available in her time. Hildegard’s insights came through her own observations and inner experience.