Ermengarde, Countess of Auvergne
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Ermengarde of Provençe, (c. 984-1042)[a] was Countess of Blois via her marriage to Odo II, Count Blois. She influenced her husband to endow and repair monasteries and churches.
Ermengarde was the daughter of Robert I of Auvergne and Ermengarde of Provence.[2] By 1005 she married Odo II, Count Blois, and was his second wife.[3] After Ermengarde's marriage to Odo, she interceded for the monks at Marmoutier abbey, resulting in her husband building a bridge at Tours.[4] At her insistence, he made its usage toll free.[5] Ermengarde also persuaded Odo into repairing the church at the abbey of Epernay.[5]
Marriage and issue
Ermengard and Odo had:
- Bertha of Blois,[6] Duchess of Brittany
- Theobald III, Count of Blois [6]
- Stephen, Count of Troyes & Meaux.[7]