Judith of West Francia, Carolingian princess and first countess of Flanders  -  Steven Vanderputten (ed)

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KORTE INHOUD

Judith of West Francia is one of the most enigmatic of Charlemagne’s early descendants. The daughter of the king of West Francia and future emperor Charles the Bald and his wife Ermentrude, she was one of only a handful of Carolingian princesses who were destined for marriage. Over the course of her teenage years she married two successive kings of Wessex, became the first consecrated queen of England, was widowed twice, returned to Francia with an immense dowry, and sparked a major diplomatic incid...
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2024 Uitgever: Brepols Publishers 254 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 2503604617 ISBN-13: 9782503604619