Ida of Nivelles (597–652)

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Ida of Nivelles (597–652)

Cistercian nun and queen of the Franks. Name variations: Blessed Ita, Itta, or Iduberga; Ida of Nijvel; Ida de Nivelles. Born in 597; died in 652; married Pepin I of Landen, mayor of Austrasia (king of the Franks, d.640); aunt of Saint Modesta of Trier (d. about 680); children: Gertrude of Nivelles (626–659); Begga (613–698); Grimoald, mayor of Austrasia (d. 656).

Following the death of her husband Pepin I, Ida of Nivelles, queen of the Franks, became a nun at the abbey of Nivelles (Belgium) where her daughter Gertrude of Nivelles was abbess. Ida's feast day is May 8.