Erminethrudis

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Erminethrudis
Diedc. 600
Paris
Other namesErmintrude
Children‹See Tfd› ≈ 2
FamilyMerovingian dynasty

Erminethrudis (died c. 600), was a

will
which survived as a rare example from the period.

The testament of Erminethrudis serves as a rare example of some conditions of a woman in the aristocracy in this time period, as only nuns or widows left wills in their own capacity, of which few survive.[1] She owned two villas in Lagny-sur-Marne and Bobigny and at least 13 separate vineyards in this area east of Paris, leaving properties to the Basilica of Saint-Denis and other basilicas.[2]

She had been married and had children before joining her religious order. Her son, Deorovaldus, had been buried in St Symphorien of Paris before her death.[3][4]

She also had a surviving son to whom she left clothing and other possessions. She left individual items of gold jewelry to four Parisien basilicas[5] and freed a number of unfree workers from her lands.[6] The religious gifts were designed to ensure prayers being said for her and her son in perpetuity.[7]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-7139-9429-2
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  2. ISBN 9780191622632
  3. ISBN 9780812246360
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  4. ISBN 9780191622632
  5. ISBN 978-0271027852
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  6. ISBN 978-0271027852
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  7. ISBN 9780511596735
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External links

  • Testament in Chartes originales antérieures à 1121 conservées en France
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