Rotrude is a feminine given name of Germanic origin.
Spellings It has many spelling variants in the primary sources of the early Middle Ages, including:Ernst Wilhelm Förstemann, Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1 (1900), cols. 896–897.
Chrotrud (Annales Mosellani) Chrotrudis (Annales Petaviani) Hroddrud Hrothrud (Annales Laureshamenses) Hrottrudis Hroderudis Hruoddrud (Annales Fuldenses) Hruodtrud (Annales Regni Francorum) Hurodrud (Vita Karoli Magni) Hruothruda (Annales Laurissenses minores) Rhodrud Rodruda Rotrud (Annales Bertiniani) Rotrudis Ruadruda Ruatrudis (Gesta abbatum Fontanellensium) Ruodthrud Ruodrud (Annales Quedlinburgenses) Ruotdrud (Annales Altahenses) Ruotrud (Chronicon Moissiacense) Rutruda
Theophanes the Confessor records the name in Greek as Erythro, meaning 'red', possibly an attempted translation. s.a. 6274.
Notable people Rotrude of Hesbaye (died 724), wife of Charles Martel Rotrude (died 810), daughter of Charlemagne Rotrude (born ), daughter of Tassilo III of Bavaria Rotrude (born 800), daughter of Louis the Pious Rotruda (), daughter of Lothair I Rotrude, daughter of Charles the Bald Rotrude (born ), daughter of Charles the Simple Rotruda of Pavia (), mistress of King Hugh of Italy
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