This conspiracy resulted in many nobles being killed and their property confiscated, leading to the laws concerning the subdued Saxons established in the Diet of Aix of 802-803.
It is the same with two other occurrences, one of which is in 746 in Echternach and the other in 721 in Prüm, in which Bertrada of Laon and her father Charibert, the maternal grandfather of Charlemagne, are mentioned.
Accordingly, Hardrad conspired with numerous other Thuringian nobles against the emperor, as suggested by the Annales Nazariani, an East Frankish source.
The emperor had the conspirators expelled and the goods and lands confiscated, with the blinding of rebel lords used as further punishment, suggesting a powerful response from Charlemagne.
Meginhare's son Reginar, following in his grandfather's tradition, conspired against Louis the Pious, resulting in his blinding and death.