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Isembard, also spelled Isembart, Isembert or Isambard, may refer to: *
Isembard (vassal of Charlemagne) Isembard (also spelled Isembart or Isembert) was a vassal (''vassus'') of Charlemagne. According to the ''Vita Hludovici'', in 805 he took part in Louis the Pious's campaign against the Emirate of Córdoba. He, along with Adhemar, Bera and Burrellu ...
, a leader of the ''Reconquista'' campaign of 805 * Isembard, Count of Autun (floruit 850–59), Burgundian nobleman and count of Autun * Isembart de Broyes, bishop of Orléarns (1033–63) * Isembert I, bishop of Poitiers (1021–47) * Isembert II, bishop of Poitiers (1047–87)


See also

* '' Gormond et Isembart'', a medieval epic poem *
Isambard Isambard is a given name. It is Norman, of Germanic origin, meaning either "iron-bright" or "iron-axe". The first element comes from ''isarn'' meaning iron (or steel). The second element comes from either ''biart-r'' (bright, glorious) or from ''b ...
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Isambart Isambart (died after 806), Count in Thurgau, also known as Isambard the Saxon was an 8th-century count (''comes'') in the Frankish lands of Saxony and Master of the Palace at Altdorf in Alamannia. Life He was born about 750 AD in Narbonne, Fr ...
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