Rotrude is a feminine given name of Germanic origin.
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Spellings
It has many spelling variants in the primary sources of the early Middle Ages, including:
Theophanes the Confessor records the name in Greek as Erythro, meaning 'red', possibly an attempted translation.
Notable people
Rotrude of Hesbaye (died 724), wife of Charles Martel
Rotrude (died 810), daughter of Charlemagne
Rotrude (born c. 770), daughter of Tassilo III of Bavaria
Rotrude (born 800), daughter of Louis the Pious
Rotruda (fl. 865), daughter of Lothair I
Rotrude, daughter of Charles the Bald
Rotrude (born c. 910), daughter of Charles the Simple
Rotruda of Pavia (fl. 945), mistress of King Hugh of Italy