Munderic of Vitry-en-Perthois

Other Events and Attributes:

• Miscellaneous: 509

Notes:

Miscellaneous:
Munderic was quite young when his father was murdered in 509.

Died:
He was murdered by Thierry I, whom he revolted against.

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

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

Notes:

Died:
He was considered an old man when he died.

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

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• History: birth to death

Notes:

History:
Gondoule's name was also spelt Gondolfus.


In 581, he was appointed the Governor of Marseilles. He was later Mayor of the Palace to Thiebert II.

He accepted holy orders in 599, and was made Bishop of Tongres, now Maestricht.

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

Notes:

Name:
She was a Suevian.

Family/Spouse: Duke Bodegisel II, Governor of Aquitaine. Bodegisel (son of Saint Gondoule, Bishop of Tongres and unknown wife) died in 588 in Carthage. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Weis (1976) gives Bodegeisel I, the brother of Gondolfus, as Bodegisel II's father. There is no proof either way, but the preponderance of evidence leads to Gondolfus as the father of Bodegeisel II, which is confirmed by Kelley (2005).

Died:
He was murdered while returning from an embassy to Constantinople.

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Miscellaneous: 611
• Religion: From 612 to 629, Metz, Moselle, Grand Est, France
• Religion: 625, Metz, Moselle, Grand Est, France
• Retired: say 640, Remiremont, Grand Est, France

Notes:

Name:
He was the Mayor of the Palace and tutor to King Dagobert.

Miscellaneous:
He was brought up by his great-uncle, Saint Gondoule, who was Mayor of the Palace of Thiebert II, a Merovingian king. Later he was viceroy of his uncle. Around 611, he was Mayor of the Palace to King Thiebert. However, in the summer of 612, he entered holy orders, though retained many of his secular activities.

Religion:
He was the Bishop of Metz.

Religion:
He was present at the Church Council at Metz.

Retired:
Shortly before he died, he resigned is bishopric, and retired to Remirmont.

Arnulf married Clothilde "Dode" about 596. Clothilde (daughter of Arnwald, Bishop of Metz) was born about 586 in Old Saxony. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]