Source: Hardrad - Conspiracy against Charlemagne
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| Hardrad (d. after 786) was a Frankish count and a leading figure in the conspiracy of Thuringian noblemen against Charlemagne. The results of this conspiracy resulted in many nobles being killed and their property confiscated, leading to the laws concerning the subdued Saxons established in the Diet of Aix of 802-803. Hardrad was a member of the Eastern Frankish aristocracy with extensive land assets and good relations with the Monastery of Fulda, and was likely related to the abbot, de:Baugulf von Fulda.Little is known about the life of Count Hardrad, even from contemporary Frankish sources. In 771, the Cartulary of Lorraine, Abbey Gorze, identified a deceased Hardrad, father of Ratard (Rothard of the Argengau, father of Welf I of Bavaria), could have been the father or grandfather of the younger Hardrad. It is the same with two other occurrences, one of which is 746 in Echternach and the other 721 in Prüm, in which Bertrada of Laon and her father Charibert, the maternal ....... |
KARL I (CHARLEMAGNE) Fränkisches Reich Charles the Great CG02 CG04