Agricola, Consul

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• History: birth to death

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History:
Agricola was living between 418 and 421.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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History:
Omnatius of Auvergne was living in 468.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Tonantius Ferreolus II "Vis Clarisimus". [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: say 500, Narbonne, Aude, Occitanie, France

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Name:
He was a Gallo-Roman Senator of Narbonne.

His name was also spelt Tonantius.

Family/Spouse: Dode, Abbess of St.Pierre de Rheims. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
He was a Gallo-Roman Senator of Narbonne.

Family/Spouse: Blithilde, Princess of Cologne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
Her name was also spelt Modencus in Latin.

He accepted holy orders in 578. He was also Bishop of Arisltuns.

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• General Information: Arnwald's name was also spelt Arnoldus.
• Last Full Review: 5 Jun 2020

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 20 Aug 2020

Leutharus married Gerberge on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
Itta's name was also spelt Iduberga.

Family/Spouse: Pépin "the Old", Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia. Pépin was born about 585 in Landen, Flemish Region, Belgium; died in 640. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 612

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Religion:
She became a nun at Trèves.

Clothilde married Saint Arnulf, Mayor of the Palace and Bishop of Metz about 596. Arnulf (son of Duke Bodegisel II, Governor of Aquitaine and Oda) was born about 13 Aug 582 in Austrasia; died on 16 Aug 641 in Remiremont, Grand Est, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ansaud. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
In 644, he became the Mayor of the Palace.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Moriarty (1944) and Sewell give her death date as 694.

Name:
She was also known as Saint Bègue.

Begga married Duke Ansgise, Mayor of the Palace before 639. Ansgise (son of Saint Arnulf, Mayor of the Palace and Bishop of Metz and Clothilde "Dode") was born in 602 in Austrasia; died in 685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): 632

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Title(s):
He became the Mayor of the Palace to King Siegbert, son of King Dagobert.

Died:
He was murdered.

Ansgise married Saint Begga of Landen before 639. Begga (daughter of Pépin "the Old", Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia and Saint Itta) was born about 613 in Landen, Flemish Region, Belgium; died about 698 in Andenne, Walloonia, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: After 648

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Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth date as 650.

Death: Moriarty (1944) gives his death date as 8 June 696.

Name:
He was the Mayor of the Palace.

Religion:
He entered holy orders, and became the Bishop of Metz, his father's See.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: St. Sigrada was the mother of St. Leger, Bishop of Autun, and St. Guarin. She was shut up in the monastery of Notre Dame de Soissons by King Ebroin, who persecuted her family for their faith in Christ. Her goods were confiscated, and her son, Guarin, was stoned to death. Her other son, St. Leger, was thrown into prison, where he was subjected to cruel conditions. Sigrée's name was also spelt Sigrée.
• Religion: say 650, Abbey of Saint-Médard de Soissons, Soissons, Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France; She became a nun at the Abbey of Saint-Médard de Soissons.
• Last Full Review: 13 Aug 2020

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Name:

Sigrade married Bodilon de Trèves, Count of Tréves on Yes, date unknown. Bodilon was born about 600 in Louresse-Rochemenier, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France; died about 643 in Mas d'Albon, Beaucaire, Gard, Languedoc, France . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pépin married Plactruda before 673. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Aupais. Aupais was born about 654. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Princess Bertrada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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Name:
Her name is also spelt Kunza.

History:
Her name is also spelt Kunza.

She was the sister of Bazin, the Bishop of Trèves.

Gunza married Guérin, Count of the Palace of PoitiersAustrasia. Guérin (son of Bodilon de Trèves, Count of Tréves and Saint Sigrade de Verdun) died in 677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was also known as Warinus or Warin.

He was the brother of St. Léger, the Bishop of Autun.

Guérin married GunzaAustrasia. Gunza (daughter of Saint Clodulf, Bishop of Metz) was born in 596; died in 690. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Her name was also spelt Addula.
• Last Full Review: 12 Aug 2020

Adèle married Albéric d'Austrasie on Yes, date unknown. Albéric was born about 620 in Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany; died in 690 in Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Her name is also spelt Emnechilde des Bourguignons.
• Last Full Review: 13 Aug 2020

Chimnechild married Saint Sigebert III, King of the Austrasian Franks on Yes, date unknown. Sigebert was born on 9 Oct 630 in Metz, Moselle, Grand Est, France; was christened in say 631 in Orléans, Loiret, Centre-Val de Loire, France; died on 1 Feb 656 in Metz, Moselle, Grand Est, France; was buried in Abbey of Saint Martin, Metz, Grand Est, France (demolished in 1552, not found). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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History:
Saint Léger's name was also spelt Leadegarius in Latin.

Before becoming the Bishop of Autun, he was the Abbot of St. Maixent and the Archdeacon of the Church at Poitiers.

In 663, he was appointed Bishop of Autun.

He was the leader of the Burgundian-Gallo-Roman nobility in their opposition to Ebrion, Mayor of the Palace in Neustria.

Died:
He was murdered by Ebrion.

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• Last Full Review: 13 Aug 2020

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• Last Full Review: 13 Aug 2020

Adelheid married Chugus van Oostenrijk on Yes, date unknown. Chugus was born between 587 and 645. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
From 737 to 738, he held Bugy and Perrecy.

He was living in 751.

Family/Spouse: Rolande. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Miscellaneous: 714
• Military: 732
• Miscellaneous: say 735

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Miscellaneous:
When Pépin of Heristal died in 714, Charles Martel had to overcome opposition from the family of Pépin's first wife Pletrude. By 718, Charles had triumphed, gaining not only his father's office of Mayor of the Palace, but also his father's fortune. He then vanquished other Frankish leaders to greatly extend his realm. The Merovingian kings Childperic II (reigned 715-721) and Theuderic IV (reigned 721-737) were mere figureheads, and the Mayor of the Palace possessed supreme authority. Following the death of King Theuderic IV in 737, Charles Martel ruled alone as Mayor of the Palace. Although the throne was vacant, Charles did not attempt to claim it.

Military:
Charles' most spectacular victory came in 732 when he triumphed over an invading Islamic army from Spain at the Battle of Poitiers, also called the Battle of Tours, and is regarded as one of the most decisive battles in the history of the world. The fighting began near Tours, France, and ended near Poitiers. Charles was later called Martel, meaning "the Hammer", because of his victory over the Muslims.

Miscellaneous:
In order to maintain his power, Charles had to engage in continual struggles with various princes, both secular and ecclesiastical. Following his victory at Poitiers in 732, he attacked some unruly bishops including Eucherius of Orléans. Because of this, his memory suffered. During the ninth century, his tomb at the abbey of St. Denis is said to had been opened by the abbot, and a hideous dragon supposedly emerged from a blackened, charred and otherwise barren coffin; thus demonstrating Charles Martel's damnation for despoiling the Church of its property. Later historians at St. Denis said he had taken Church lands only temporarily and had intended eventually to reimburse and further enrich the Church.

Charles married Rotrou of Allemania on Yes, date unknown. Rotrou (daughter of Saint Liévin, Count and Bishop of Trèves and daughter of Rutpert) died in 724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Chrotrude. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Living: Between 720 and 747

Family/Spouse: Bertrada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Living: From 706 to 723, Hesbaye, Belgium

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was also known as Saint Leutwinus.

In 685, he was consecrated as the Bishop of Trèves. He served until 704.

Family/Spouse: daughter of Rutpert. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Living: From 706 to 723, Hesbaye, Belgium

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was also known as Saint Leutwinus.

In 685, he was consecrated as the Bishop of Trèves. He served until 704.

Family/Spouse: daughter of Rutpert. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
Nivelon I's name was also spelt Nibelung.

He held Bugy, Perrecy, and Marolles. He passed them to Autbert by 786 illegally.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): 741
• Crowned: 751
• Reign: From 751 to 768; King of the Franks (Carolingian dynasty)
• Military: 753

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Name:


Pépin served as Mayor of the Palace.

Title(s):
Following the death of their father Charles Martel in 741, Pépin the Short along with his older brother Carloman imprisoned their half brother Grifo and took control of the Frankish Empire as joint Mayors of the Palace. Pépin ruled in Neustria, Burgundy and Provence and Carloman ruled in Austrasia. In order to legitimize their rule, the brothers revived the kingship by raising Childeric III to the throne in 743. Pépin and Carloman continued to hold the real power. That same year, Pépin and Carloman conquered their brother-in-law Duke Odilo of Bavaria. However, discord in Bavaria continued; and it was not until 757 that Odilo's son (Pépin's nephew) Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria and the magnates of Bavaria were finally forced to acknowledge themselves as vassals of Pépin the Short.

Crowned:
In 747, Carloman withdrew from politics. With the support of the church and the Pope, Pépin had himself declared King of the Franks in 751. The former king, Childeric III, retired to a monastery.

Military:
In the winter of 753-754 after the Lombards forced Pope Stephen to leave Rome, the Pope visited Pépin the Short. The next summer, Pope Stephen anointed Pépin and his two sons Charlemagne and Carloman, and declared that the Franks were never to elect a king who was not of the sacred lineage of Pépin the Short. In return for Pope Stephen's support, Pépin the Short took his army to Italy and defeated the Lombards. Pépin's gift of a wide strip of land in central Italy to the Pope became known as the "Donation of Pépin". This land, called the Papal States, remained under the control of the popes until the unification of Italy in the 19th century.

Pépin married Bertha "Broadfoot" about 740. Bertha (daughter of Caribert, Count of Laon and Bertrada) was born about 720 in Laon, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 12 Jul 783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bernard married daughter of Caribert on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 764, Lorsch Abbey, Lorsch, Hesse, Germany; In 764 , she founded with her nephew Cancor, Lorsch Abbey, Lorsch, Hesse, Germany.
• Last Full Review: 10 Nov 2021

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Name:

Landrée married Sigrand, Count of Hesbaye on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Offices Held: Between 741 and 747
• Retired: 747, Abbey of Monte Cassino, Lazio, Italy

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Offices Held:
Carloman served between 741 and 747 as Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia.

Retired:
In 747, he retired from political life and became a monk at the Monastery, now Abbey of Monte Casino.

Family/Spouse: daughter of Alard. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
He was endowed with a portion of his father's land, but was displaced and imprisoned by his half brothers Carloman and Pépin the Short.

Chiltrud married Odilo, Duke of Bavaria in 749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:
Bertha was known as Queen Goose-Foot or Goose-Footed Bertha, and is the original Mother Goose.

Bertha married Pépin "the Short", King of the Franks about 740. Pépin (son of Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace and Rotrou of Allemania) was born in 714/15 in Austrasia; died on 24 Sep 768; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Parents: Father: Caribert, Count of Laon Mother: Bertada

daughter married Duke Bernard on Yes, date unknown. Bernard (son of Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace and Rotrou of Allemania) died about 784. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Living: 750

Family/Spouse: Williswinda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Sigramnus is known to have been an early supporter of Charles Martel, even before the Battle of Amblève.
• Last Full Review: 10 Nov 2021

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Name:

Sigrand married Landrée of Hesbaye on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was also known as Chrotrude of Allemania.

Rotrou married Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace on Yes, date unknown. Charles (son of Pépin II of Heristal, Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia and Aupais) was born in 688 in Heristal, Wallonia, Belgium; died on 22 Oct 741 in Quierzy, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
Count Gui was living between 706 and 722.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Living: 750

Family/Spouse: Williswinda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Sigramnus is known to have been an early supporter of Charles Martel, even before the Battle of Amblève.
• Last Full Review: 10 Nov 2021

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Name:

Sigrand married Landrée of Hesbaye on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was also known as Chrotrude of Allemania.

Rotrou married Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace on Yes, date unknown. Charles (son of Pépin II of Heristal, Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia and Aupais) was born in 688 in Heristal, Wallonia, Belgium; died on 22 Oct 741 in Quierzy, Hauts-de-France, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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History:
Count Gui was living between 706 and 722.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dunne of Autun. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reign: From 767 to 814; King of the Franks (Carolingian dynasty)
• Land/House: 768
• Reign: From 800 to 814; Holy Roman Emperor

Notes:

Death: Weis (1982) gives his death place as Aix la Chapelle.

Name:


More is known about Charlemagne than most medieval rulers because of a biography written by Einhard, a friend of his son Louis the Pious. This biography describes Charlemagne as more than six feet tall, with piercing eyes, fair hair, a thick neck, and a potbelly. He was strong, fond of exercise, and had an alert mind and a forceful personality. Charlemagne could read and speak Latin, the language of educated people of the time. However, he never learned to write it.

Land/House:
When Pépin the Short died in 768, the Frankish lands were divided according to ancient Frankinsh law and tradition between Pépin's sons Carloman and Charles. During the next three years until Carloman's death in 771, relations between the two brothers were sometimes strained. In 774, Charles "the Great" or Karolus Magnus, more widely known as Charlemagne, conquered Lombardy and confirmed his father's donation of the Papal States. Charlemagne added Bavaria to his realm, and eventually defeated the Saxons and forced them to convert to Christianity. Charlemagne also waged war in Spain. He was returning from an expedition there in 778 when a mountain people called the Basques ambushed and wiped out his rear guard. This incident became the subject of the famous epic poem The Song of Roland, however, the ambushers were the Moors.

Reign:
On 25 December 800, he was crowed Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III in Rome.

Charlemagne married Himiltrude in 798 (Not married). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charlemagne married Desiderata of the Lombards in 770. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charlemagne married Hildegarde, Countess in Linzgau in 771 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hildegarde (daughter of Gerold, Count in the Vinzgau and Emma of Allemania) was born in 758; died on 30 Apr 783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charlemagne married Fastrada in 783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charlemagne married Luitgard in 794. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: unknown partner. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was also known as Therese.

Gondres married Pépin, King of Italy and Lombardy on Yes, date unknown. Pépin (son of Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor and Hildegarde, Countess in Linzgau) was born in Apr 773 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; was christened on 12 Apr 781 in Rome, Lazio, Italy; died on 8 Jul 810 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Name:

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• History: lifespan

Notes:

Warning There is much question of this identification.

History:
Gunderland was living in 778.

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Girard, Count of Paris. Girard died in 775. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): 754; He became the Count in the Thurgovie in 754.

Guérin married Adelindis on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): 741
• Crowned: 751
• Reign: From 751 to 768; King of the Franks (Carolingian dynasty)
• Military: 753

Notes:

Name:


Pépin served as Mayor of the Palace.

Title(s):
Following the death of their father Charles Martel in 741, Pépin the Short along with his older brother Carloman imprisoned their half brother Grifo and took control of the Frankish Empire as joint Mayors of the Palace. Pépin ruled in Neustria, Burgundy and Provence and Carloman ruled in Austrasia. In order to legitimize their rule, the brothers revived the kingship by raising Childeric III to the throne in 743. Pépin and Carloman continued to hold the real power. That same year, Pépin and Carloman conquered their brother-in-law Duke Odilo of Bavaria. However, discord in Bavaria continued; and it was not until 757 that Odilo's son (Pépin's nephew) Duke Tassilo III of Bavaria and the magnates of Bavaria were finally forced to acknowledge themselves as vassals of Pépin the Short.

Crowned:
In 747, Carloman withdrew from politics. With the support of the church and the Pope, Pépin had himself declared King of the Franks in 751. The former king, Childeric III, retired to a monastery.

Military:
In the winter of 753-754 after the Lombards forced Pope Stephen to leave Rome, the Pope visited Pépin the Short. The next summer, Pope Stephen anointed Pépin and his two sons Charlemagne and Carloman, and declared that the Franks were never to elect a king who was not of the sacred lineage of Pépin the Short. In return for Pope Stephen's support, Pépin the Short took his army to Italy and defeated the Lombards. Pépin's gift of a wide strip of land in central Italy to the Pope became known as the "Donation of Pépin". This land, called the Papal States, remained under the control of the popes until the unification of Italy in the 19th century.

Pépin married Bertha "Broadfoot" about 740. Bertha (daughter of Caribert, Count of Laon and Bertrada) was born about 720 in Laon, Hauts-de-France, France; died on 12 Jul 783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Bernard married daughter of Caribert on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: 764, Lorsch Abbey, Lorsch, Hesse, Germany; In 764 , she founded with her nephew Cancor, Lorsch Abbey, Lorsch, Hesse, Germany.
• Last Full Review: 10 Nov 2021

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Name:

Landrée married Sigrand, Count of Hesbaye on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: 760 - 783

Notes:

History:
Lambert was living between 760 and 783.

Family/Spouse: Teutberga. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]