EGINHARD
\ˈɛd͡ʒɪnhəd], \ˈɛdʒɪnhəd], \ˈɛ_dʒ_ɪ_n_h_ə_d]\
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A German historian; born in Maingau, about 770; died in Seligenstadt, March 14, 840. He was educated by Alcuin, and afterwards became Charlemagne's private secretary and superintendent of public buildings. He married Imma,- a noble lady, legendarily confounded with Emma, Charlemagne's daughter. His chief work, a "Life of Charlemagne", is one of the most important of mediaeval histories. He also wrote: "Annals of the Franks", 741-829; "Epistles"; and "An Account of the Transfer of the Relics of St. Marcellinus and St. Peter".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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