Thuringbert, Count of Hesbaye

{{Short description|Frankish count (c. 735–770)}} '''Thuringbert''' (c. 735–770), Count in Wormsgau, was a brother of [[Cancor]], a count who was associated with the [[Abbey of Lorsch]]. He was therefore possibly a son of Cancor's mother Williswinda and perhaps her only known husband, who was named Robert, and may therefore have been the [[Robert I, Count of Hesbaye|Robert, who was Count or Duke in the Hesbaye]].{{sfn|Bouchard|2015|p=186}}

Thuringbert and his wife (name unknown) had one child: * [[Robert of Hesbaye|Robert]]{{sfn|Bouchard|2015|p=186}}

Thuringbert was succeeded as Count of Hesbaye{{cn|date=May 2020}} by his son Robert.

==Primary records defining Thurincbert==

The only primary records mentioning Thurincbert describe him as a brother of Count Cancor, and father of a man named Robert. Cancor was a son of a woman named Williswinda.

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== Sources ==

*{{cite book |title=Rewriting Saints and Ancestors: Memory and Forgetting in France, 500-1200 |first=Constance Brittain |last=Bouchard |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |year=2015 |isbn=9780812290080 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsNKBAAAQBAJ}}

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[[Category:730s births]] [[Category:770 deaths]] [[Category:Counts of Hesbaye]]