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Birth:          ABT  806 
Death:          31 Jan  876 
Burial:         St Emmeram's Abbey, Regensburg, Germany

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemma
Emma of Altdorf, also known as Hemma (c.? 803 – 31 January 876), a member of the 
Elder House of Welf, was Queen consort of East Francia by marriage to King Louis the 
German, from 843 until her death.

Life[edit]

Her father was Welf I (d. 825), Count of Altorf in Alamannia; her mother was Hedwig 
(Heilwig; c. 775 – after 833), a daughter of the Saxon count Isambart. Emma's elder 
sister was Judith (sometimes called of Bavaria), who in February 819 married the 
Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious, and thereby became Queen consort of the 
Franks and Holy Roman Empress. The marriage marked a crucial step forward in the 
rise of the Welf dynasty.

In 827, probably at the instigation of Judith, Emma married Louis the German, the 
youngest son of Emperor Louis the Pious from his first marriage with Ermengarde of 
Hesbaye, and stepson of Emma's sister Judith. The wedding cereminy possibly took 
place in Regensburg, Bavaria, where since 817 Louis the German was to rule as a 
King of Bavaria subordinate to his father; Emma was thus Queen consort of Bavaria. 
She was given in 833, by her husband Louis, Obermünster Abbey in Regensburg.

Emperor Louis died in 840. After severe innerdynastic struggles, the Carolingian 
Empire eventually was divided according to the Treaty of Verdun in 843. The Kingdom 
of Bavaria was merged in Louis the German's Kingdom of East Francia (the 
predecessor of the Kingdom of Germany), and his wife Emma became first East 
Frankish queen.

Emma is rarely mentioned in contemporary sources; she does not seem to have had 
much influence on her husband's rule. The Annales Bertiniani written by Archbishop 
Hincmar of Reims however reproach Emma for a pride which displeased the people of 
Italy. She is also said to have inordinately favoured her son Carloman, designated heir 
of his father in Bavaria, which led to a revolt by his brothers.

Emma suffered a stroke in 874 and subsequently became paralyzed and speechless; 
King Louis visited her the last time in 875. She died on 31 January 876, a few months 
before her husband, and was buried in St. Emmeram's Abbey, Regensburg. Her tomb, 
erected around 1300, is considered a masterpiece of medieval sculpture.

Family[edit]

By Louis, she had seven children:
Hildegard (828–856)
Carloman (829–880)
Ermengard ( c. 830/833-866)
Gisela of East Francia, married to Berctolf, Graf of Swabia. Grandmother of Cunigunde 
of Swabia, wife of Conrad I.
Emma of East Francia
Louis the Younger (830–882)
Bertha (died 877)
Charles the Fat (839–888)

Her sons became Kings; three of her daughters became nuns.

Parents
OF ALEMANNIA Welf (Guelph) (ABT  776 - ABT  825)
OF SAXONY Hedwig (Edith) (Eigilwich) (Heilwig) (ABT  780 - 19 Apr  843)

Siblings
____ Conrad I (ABT  800 - 16 Feb  863)
OF BAVARIA Judith (ABT  800 - 19 Apr  843)
____ Rudolph (ABT  805 - 6 Jan  866)
OF BAVARIA Emma (ABT  806 - 31 Jan  876)

Marriage To ____ Louis II "the German" ( 806 - 28 Aug  876)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Louis I "the Pious" "the Fair" (Aug  778 - 20 Jun  840)
DE HAYSBE Ermengarde (ABT  778 - 3 Oct  818)

Children by ____ Louis II "the German"  806 - 28 Aug  876
____ Gisela ()

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