Rotrude

Rotrude is a feminine given name of Germanic origin.

Spellings

It has many spelling variants in the primary sources of the early Middle Ages, including:^[1]

Chrotrud (Annales Mosellani)
Chrotrudis (Annales Petaviani)
Hroddrud
Hrothrud (Annales Laureshamenses)
Hrottrudis
Hroderudis
Hruoddrud (Annales Fuldenses)
Hruodtrud (Annales Regni Francorum)
Hurodrud (Vita Karoli Magni)
Hruothruda (Annales Laurissenses minores)
Rhodrud
Rodruda
Rotrud (Annales Bertiniani)
Rotrudis
Ruadruda
Ruatrudis (Gesta abbatum Fontanellensium)
Ruodthrud
Ruodrud (Annales Quedlinburgenses)
Ruotdrud (Annales Altahenses)
Ruotrud (Chronicon Moissiacense)
Rutruda

Theophanes the Confessor records the name in Greek as Erythro, meaning 'red', possibly an attempted translation.^[2]

Notable people

Rotrude of Hesbaye (died 724), wife of Charles Martel
Rotrude (died 810), daughter of Charlemagne
Rotrude (born c. 770), daughter of Tassilo III of Bavaria
Rotrude (born 800), daughter of Louis the Pious
Rotrude [fr] (fl. 865), daughter of Lothair I
Rotrude, daughter of Charles the Bald
Rotrude (born c. 910), daughter of Charles the Simple

References

^ Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1 (1900), cols. 896–897.
^ Turtledove, Harry, ed. (1982). The Chronicle of Theophanes: Anni mundi 6095-6305 (A.D. 602-813). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-1128-3. s.a. 6274.

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[1] Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1 (1900), cols. 896–897.

[2] Turtledove, Harry, ed. (1982). The Chronicle of Theophanes: Anni mundi 6095-6305 (A.D. 602-813). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-1128-3. s.a. 6274.

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