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Nithard, -844?

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Personal name headingNithard, -844?
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Variant(s)Nithard, d. 844?
Nithardus, -844?
See alsoOfficer of: Saint-Riquier (Monastery : Saint-Riquier, France)
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Biography/History noteNithard (died 844) was a Frankish historian and member of the Carolingian court.
LocatedSaint-Riquier (France)
Death date0844-06-14?
AffiliationSaint-Riquier (Monastery : Saint-Riquier, France)
Profession or occupationHistorians Abbots
Found inNithardi Historiarum libri IIII, 1956
RLIN, 9/8/95 (hdg.: Nithard, d. 844?)
Wikipedia, 1 February 2017 (Nithard; ca. 795-844; Frankish historian, son of Bertha (daughter of Charlemagne) and Angilbert); probably raised in the imperial palace or the monastery of St. Riquier; later became lay abbot of St. Riquier; continued as a courtier; current consensus for his death date is June 14, 844; wrote a historical work in four books called Historiae, or De dissensionibus filiorum Ludovici pii; the first three books were written before 842; the fourth in spring 843; the work was written at the request of Charles the Bold)
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