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Gersuinda was the mother of
Charlemagne's daughter, Adaltrude. Charlemagne was known to be fond of his daughters and reluctant for them to marry and/or leave his court, and Adaltrude's fate, like that of many of Charlemagne's children, is unknown, although many are known to have gone into the church.
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and the women of the court. Einhard claims that
Charlemagne intended to revise his will in order to ensure that his children by his concubines (such as Adaltrude) would be provided for, but that he never did so subsequently. However, an anonymous ex-courtier of Louis, known as the Astronomer
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Charlemagne left a detailed will in which he provided for his legitimate offspring and his sons' children, and which offers an important source 'for
Charlemagne's own attempts to order his family and his Empire in the last years of his life' and studying the interaction between his successor
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As such, Gersuinda was part of a considerable female nexus that existed in close and intimate proximity to the emperor, which also included sisters, daughters and granddaughters, and which played important roles in the life of the court.
75:(who supposedly had a vision of Charlemagne being tormented in the afterlife for his sexual activities) were disturbed by Charlemagne's 'undiminished and extramarital sexual energy' at this period.
106:), implies that Charlemagne's illegitimate children were also beneficiaries. Einhard makes no mention of any provision for his concubines.
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Nelson, Janet L. (1998). "Women at the Court of
Charlemagne: A Case of Monstrous Regiment?". In Parsons, John Carmi (ed.).
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Carolingians in Central Europe, Their History, Arts, and Architecture: A Cultural History of Central Europe, 750-900
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Gersuinda was one of four concubines of
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Innes, Matthew (September 1997). "Charlemagne's Will: Piety, Politics and the
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