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10th-century French noblewoman
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Luitgarde of Vermandois was a noblewoman from the Herbertian dynasty who lived in West Francia. She was a countess consort of Rouen and Normandy by her first marriage, and a countess consort of Blois and Chartres by her second. She was a daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois, and Adele, daughter of Robert I of France. She first married William I of Normandy before 940. As a widow, following his death in 942, she married Theobald I of Blois in 943 or 944.
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Luitgarde of Vermandois (c. 914 – 9 February 978) was a noblewoman from the Herbertian dynasty who lived in West Francia. She was a countess consort of Rouen and Normandy by her first marriage, and a countess consort of Blois and Chartres by her second. She was a daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois, and Adele, daughter of Robert I of France. She first married William I of Normandy before 940. As a widow, following his death in 942, she married Theobald I of Blois in 943 or 944.
She had at least three children from her second marriage:
Hugh, Archbishop of Bourges (d. 985)
Odo (d. 996), count of Blois
Emma (d. 1003), married William IV of Aquitaine