Matfrid av Eifelgau

**Matfrid av Eifelgau**
född 785, död 836
Matfrid av Eifelgau f. 785 Eifel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Tyskland d. 836 Italien Greve av Orléans 818-82 [ Biografi ] [ Barn ]

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Matfrid av Eifelgau, född 785 i Eifel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Tyskland, död 836 i Italien. Greve av Orléans 818-82.

Children:
F Engeltrude av EIFELGAU 808-858
M Matfried II av EIFELGAU 815-882

Sibling:
F Ava av EIFELGAU 780-839

Matfrid was Count of Orléans and accompanied the Emperor on his expedition to Brittany in 824, and served at Louis's court. However, in 825, he supported Lothar, eldest son of Emperor Louis, in his revolt against the Emperor.

Restored to favour, he led a Frankish army on the Marca Hispanica, the Spanish frontier, in 827, jointly with his sister's husband Hugh, Count of Tours and Louis's son Pippin, King of Aquitaine.

Matfrid, Hugh, and Pippin failed to meet the invasion by Abu Marwan, and the following year at Aachen an Imperial assembly stripped Matfrid and Hugh of their titles. Thereafter, although Matfrid supported the rebellions of Emperor Louis's sons on every occasion, he was repeatedly restored to his lands, title, and imperial favour.

Matfrid, once more serving Lothar, died in Italy in 836 during a plague.

Barn:
Engeltrude av Eifelgau, född 808, död 858
Matfried II av Eifelgau, född 815, död 882