Rottecar 1 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | L VIII/E IX |
| Dates | 800 (taq) / 800 (tpq) |
| Variant Names | Rottecarius;
Rothegarius |
| Ethnicity | Frank |
| Locations | Francia (residence);
Francia;
Rome |
| Titles | Comes , unknown (both);
Councillor of Karoulos 1 (office) |
| Textual Sources | Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle) |
Rottecar 1 was a Frankish comes; he was one of three comites sent by Charlemagne (Karoulos 1) in 800 with other envoys (missi) to escort pope Leo III (Leo 11) back from Francia to Rome; the other comites were Germar 1 and Helmgoth 1 ("Helmgoth, Rottecario et Germario gloriosissimis comitibus"); in Rome the envoys investigated allegations against the pope and, finding them baseless, arrested the accusers and sent them to Francia: Lib. Pont. 98. 20, cf. 98. 18 (Charlemagne sent high ranking clergy, his own royal council and leaders of the Franks to escort the pope). They were presumably all present in Rome when Karoulos 1 arrived shortly afterwards and there received the imperial crown from the hands of the pope: Lib. Pont. 98. 21-23. Possibly the three comites were members of Karoulos 1's royal council. For the other envoys, see Arn 1.
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