Leuthard I of Paris (died c. 813) was count of Paris and Fézensac. He was the son of Gerard I of Paris and Rotrude. His brothers were the counts

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and Beggo of Paris. Around 781, Leuthard was sent by

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to the duchy of Aquitaine where he stayed in the circle of

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, king of Aquitaine (781–814) and emperor of the West (814–840). Leuthard married Chrimhilda, with whom he had the following children: * Engeltrude de Fézensac, wife of Odo of Orléans, and mother of

Ermentrude of Orléans Ermentrude of Orléans (27 September 823 – 6 October 869) was the Queen of the Franks by her marriage to Charles II. She was the daughter of Odo, count of Orleans and Engeltrude de Fézensac. Queenship The traditional historiography on ...

who married the future emperor

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. *

Adalard the Seneschal Adalard, also known as Adalhard or Alard, and called ''the Seneschal'', was a Frankish nobleman of the 9th century. He served as warden of the Norman march from 861 to 865, and was Lord Chancellor of France under Louis the Pious. He was a son o ...

(seneschal of the Carolingian empire under the reign of Louis the Pious) *

Girart de Roussillon Girart de Roussillon, also called ''Girard'', ''Gérard II'', ''Gyrart de Vienne,'' and ''Girart de Fraite'', (c. 810–877/879?) was a Frankish Burgundian leader who became Count of Paris in 837, and embraced the cause of Lothair I against Char ...

(or Gerard II of Paris), count of Paris, Roussillon, and Vienne. In 801, Leuthard followed Emperor Louis the Pious in his expedition to

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and participated in the capture of

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, for which he received the county of Fézensac in the duchy of Aquitaine, where he became the first count. In 809, he was probably involved in the siege of Tortosa. According to historian

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, Leuthard ended his days in the county of Paris. His brother

Beggo Bego (died 28 October 816) was the son of Gerard I of Paris and Rotrude. He was appointed Count of Toulouse, Duke of Septimania, Duke of Aquitaine, and Margrave of the Hispanic March in 806 and followed his brother as Count of Paris in 813. In ...

succeeded him as count of Paris.

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*61 * * Counts of Paris Counts of Fézensac 810s deaths Year of birth missing House of Girard Nobility of the Carolingian Empire {{France-noble-stub