元僧保(?—?),河南郡洛阳县(今河南省洛阳市东)人,魏太武帝拓跋焘曾孙,太保司徒、都督九州诸军事、司州牧、广阳懿烈王元嘉的儿子,元渊的哥哥。

元僧保不见于史书记载,仅见于1990年出土的拓跋虎墓志中,据墓志中“抽簪国嗣,脱屣王家,改碣石为香城,变睢阳为奈苑,叶捐冠冕。来被鹿野之衣,寂绝哥钟独响,口山之梵”的内容,牟发松认为元僧保是出家了,所以广阳王爵才由元渊继承。牟发松还认为元僧保曾立有“匡诩之功”,而匡辅的可能是魏孝武帝西入关中,因为元僧保出家,西魏朝廷就封赏元僧保的儿子元仲显,但元仲显年仅二十二岁即去世,所以封元仲显的儿子拓跋虎为琅邪郡王[1]

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