Background
She was the daughter of Odo, Count of Orléans and his wife Engeltrude.
She was the daughter of Odo, Count of Orléans and his wife Engeltrude.
Their children were:
Judith of Flanders, wife of Æthelwulf of Wessex, Æthelbald of Wessex, and Baldwin I, Count of Flanders
Louis the Stammerer (846–879)
Charles the Child (847–866)
Lothar (848–865), monk in 861, became Abbot of Saint-Germain
Carloman, son of Charles the Bald (849–876)
Rotrud (852–912), a nun
Ermentrud (854–877), a nun
Hildegard (born 856, died ?)
Gisela (857–874)
Godehilde (864-907)
Ermentrude had a gift for embroidery and an interest in religious foundations. Her husband gave her the Abbey of Chelles. Ermentrude was buried in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France.
