Irmina of Oeren

Who is Irmina of Oeren?

Irmina of Oeren or Irmina of Trier was the wife of Hugobert, seneschal and Count palatine, a leading person of the Hugobertine noble family. While during the High Middle Ages she was believed to be a daughter of King Dagobert II, her parents are actually unknown. Today it is assumed that she came from a powerful Austrasian noble family, strongly connected to the Carolingian dynasty.

Irmina and Hugobert had several children, including:

⁕Plectrude, 691/717 witnessed, the first wife of Pippin of Herstal and founder of the Abbey St. Maria im Kapitol in Cologne

⁕Adela of Pfalzel founder of the convent Pfalzel

⁕Reginlind, whose second marriage after the death of her husband was to the duke Theudebert of Bavaria

⁕Chrodelind

⁕Bertrada of Prüm, the founder of the Prüm Abbey and mother of count Heribert of Laon, who was father of Bertrada of Laon, who in turn was mother of Charlemagne.

After Hugobert's dead the now widowed Irmina founded with support from the bishop of Trier the Abbey of Echternach by donating lands to Willibrord. She also committed herself to a religious life for the remaining years and became second abbess of St. Mary's convent in Oeren which was later renamed after her: St. Irmina. Irmina died at an uncertain date between 704 and 710.