Family/Spouse: Ruthard av Franken. Ruthard (son of Hartrad av Franken) was born about 0715; died about 0756. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bef 0819, Bayern, Tyskland; Greve av Entgau.

Notes:

Occupation:
Welf styrte flere land i det sødre Rhinland og i Bayern, og hans familie ble politisk sterke når hans datter Judith giftet seg med Louis 1. Han er nevnt kun en gang, og det er nettopp ved dette bryllupet i 819.

Welfhard married Heilwig (Eigilwich) av Franken about 0800. Heilwig (daughter of Isanbart av Franken and Thietrade av Franken) was born about 0780; died about 0826. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bef 0866; Greve av Ponthieu.

Notes:

Occupation:
Through Judith's influence her brother Rudolph acquired and became Lay Abbot of the Abbey's of Saint Riquier and Jumieges.

In April 830 Frankish nobility revolted against Emperor Louis in order to - liberate - him from the influence of his wife Judith. Louis was placed under house arrest while Judith and her brothers Rudolph and Count Conrad 1 of Auxerre were imprisoned in Aquitanian monasteries.

The two brothers were later freed when their nephew Charles the Bald assumed the throne.

Rudolf married Hruodun before 0866. Hruodun died about 0867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Altdorf.

No surviving sources provide a record of Judith's exact date and year of birth. Yet, we can deduce that Judith was born in or before 795 or 805 given that girls in the Carolingian world would be eligible for marriage at around the age of 12, and her marriage to King Louis occurred in 819.

Judith was the daughter of the noble Saxon Heilwig and Count Welf 1, and belonged to the ancestor of the kin-group known to historians as the Welfs.
Though the The Welf clan was noble, they were not part of the - Imperial Aristocracy - (Reichsaristokratie) that dominated high office throughout the Carolingian empire.

The Welf clan's leaders, having lost influence in their home region of Alemannia (present-day southwestern Germany and northern Switzerland) eventually rose to power though cementing familial ties with the Carolingian Imperial Aristocracy in the 770's.
Nonetheless, they remained a part of the upper aristocracy (Hochadel) of their region, given the numerous appearance of the noble titles of ducal (duke) and comital (counts) in primary sources.

This noble status made Judith a suitable marriage prospect for the imperial family, and the Welf clan as a whole saw its prestige and power increase after Judith's marriage to the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious in 819.

Died:
Her son Charles married Ermentrude in 842 and fathered a daughter in 844, which he named - Judith - after his mother.

This marriage, however, proved futile for Judith's career, power and influence. With the introduction of a new queen Judith became of ex officio importance, resulting in her forced retirement as well as withdrawal of the lands and wealth under her control.

She would eventually die on the 19th of April 843 in Tours, outliving her husband by 3 years. It is believed that she was around 40 years of age when she passed, compared to her husband who at the time of his death, was closer to 62.

She was buried at the Basilica of St-Martins.

Judith married Louis (Ludvig) av Franken, "Louis 1" about Feb 0819 in Austrasia. Louis (son of Karl (Charlemagne) av Franken and Hildegard av Schwaben og Vinzgau) was born about Aug 0778 in Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, Frankrike; died on 20 Jun 0840 in Ingelheim am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Tyskland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Bef 0862, Paris, Ile-de-France, Frankrike; Greve av Paris og Auxerre.

Conrad married Adelheid av Tours about 0840. Adelheid (daughter of Hugo (Hugh) av Tours, "Hugo 3") was born about 0819 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Frankrike. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Atdorf.

Died:
Careme.

Emma married Louis (Ludvig) av Øst-Franken, "Louis 2" about 0830. Louis (son of Louis (Ludvig) av Franken, "Louis 1" and Irmengard (Ermengarde / Augusta) av Haspengau) was born about 0805 in Roches, Frankrike; died on 12 Aug 0875 in Frankfurt, Darmstadt, Hessen, Tyskland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]