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Bertha "Broadfoot"

Female Abt 720 - 783  (63 years)


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  • Name Bertha  
    • Bertha was known as Queen Goose-Foot or Goose-Footed Bertha, and is the original Mother Goose. [3]
    Relationshipwith Robert Alan Roy
    Birth Abt 720  Laon, Hauts-de-France, France Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 12 Jul 783  [1, 4, 5
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    Person ID I3023  | Roy Line, Boudreau Line
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2020 

    Father Caribert, Count of Laon 
    Mother Bertrada 
    Family ID F2417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Pépin "the Short", King of the Franks,   b. 714/15, Austrasia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Sep 768 (Age 53 years)  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Marriage Abt 740  [3, 4
    Age at Marriage She : ~ 20 years - He : ~ 25 years. 
    Children 
    +1. Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor,   b. 2 Apr 747, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jan 814, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
     2. Carloman "the Younger", King of Burgundy,   b. 751   d. 4 Dec 771 (Age 20 years)
     3. Gisela, Abbess of Chelles
     4. Pépin   d. young
    Family ID F23  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 720 - Laon, Hauts-de-France, France Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsChild - Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor - 2 Apr 747 - Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Sources 
    1. [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982).

    2. [S2000] ------------- Sources Below not Reviewed -------------.

    3. [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008).

    4. [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002).

    5. [S61] Moriarty, G. Andrews. The Origin of the Carolingians, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Registervolume XCVIII, October 1944 ).

    6. [S62] Kelley, David H. Genealogical Research in England: A New Consideration of the Carolingians, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume CI, April 1947).