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Fastrada (d. 794) Queen of the Franks. Name variations: Fastrade. Died on August 10, 794; daughter of Count Rudolph and Luitgarde; became fourth wife of Charles I also known as Charlemagne (742–814), king of the Franks (r. 768–814), Holy Roman emperor (r. 800–814), in 783; children: Theodrada, abbess of Argenteuil; Hiltrude.
Fastrada (c. 765 – 10 August 794) was queen consort of East Francia by marriage to Charlemagne, as his third (or, in some sources, fourth) wife. Quick Facts Queen consort of the Franks, Tenure ... Close. Life. Fastrada was born circa 765 at Ingelheim, the daughter of the powerful East Frankish Count Rudolph (also called Eadolf), and his wife, Aeda.
Queenship in Dispute: Fastrada, History and Law; By Matthew Innes; Edited by Elina Screen, University of Oxford, Charles West, University of Sheffield; Book: Writing the Early Medieval West; Online publication: 25 May 2018; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108182386.016
Fastrada, redeemed? July 4, 2023 by bentonian. Recently a coin came to light that throws new light on Fastrada, Charlemagne’s third wife from 783 – 794. To unpack this discovery let’s first look at the coin itself. Then a quick refresher on Fastrada, before we move onto why this discovery is significant.
It is the first known example of a queen being named on a Carolingian coin, and because the coin type was only introduced in 793 and Fastrada died in August 794, it can be very precisely dated. Charles was almost certainly prompted to strike it by learning of pennies of Cynethryth minted by Offa in the late 780s.
May 8, 2023 · 08 May 2023. by Archaeology Newsroom. A Carolingian coin has recently been acquired by the Centre Charlemagne in Aachen which represents an entirely unexpected and truly historic addition to our knowledge of the reign of Charlemagne, as it bears the name of his wife Fastrada.
May 3, 2023 · Abstract. A Carolingian coin has recently been acquired by the Centre Charlemagne in Aachen which represents an entirely unexpected and truly historic addition to our knowledge of the reign of Charlemagne, as it bears the name of his wife Fastrada. It is the first known example of a queen being named on a Carolingian coin, and because the coin ...
