Itta of Schelde
F, b. between 560 and 590, d. 8 May 652
| Relationship | 42nd great-grandmother of Pamela Joyce Wood |
Itta of Schelde was born between 560 and 590 at
Landen, Austrasia, France. She was the daughter of
Arnoldus Margrave of Schelde and
Oda. Itta of Schelde married
Pepin I of Landen, son of
Carolomannus. Itta of Schelde died on 8 May 652 at
Abbey Nivelles, Brabant, Belgium.
On the advice of the missionary bishop Saint Amand, bishop of Maastricht, after Pepin's death, she founded the Benedictine nunnery at Nivelles, with a monastery under the abbess. She herself entered it and installed as abbess her daughter Gertrude, perhaps after resigning the post herself.
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