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Bego of Paris

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Bego (died 28 October 816) was the son of Gerard I of Paris and Rotrude.[1] He was appointed Count of Toulouse, Duke of Septimania, Duke of Aquitaine, and Margrave of the Hispanic March in 806 and followed his brother as Count of Paris in 813.

In 806, William of Gellone abdicated and Charlemagne appointed Bego to take his place in Toulouse and the March of Gothia. He did not succeed his father in Paris, but was later placed in the comital office there, but did not live long after that.

Bego married Alpais,[1] granddaughter of Charlemagne. Their children were:

He may also have been the father of the following children, by one or more other women.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Le Jan 2003, p. 442.
  2. ^ Hlawitchka, E. (1969) Die Anfänge des Hauses Habsburg-Lothringen. Genealogische Studien zur Geschichte Lothringens und des Reiches im 9.,10. und 11. Jahrhundert, pp. 166-168.

Sources

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  • Le Jan, Régine (2003). Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc (VIIe-Xe siècle): essai d'anthropologie sociale (in French). Publications de la Sorbonne.
Preceded by Count of Toulouse
806–816
Succeeded by
Preceded by Count of Paris
815–816
Succeeded by