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Saint Gondoule, Bishop of Tongres

Male 524 - 607  (83 years)


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  1. 1.  Saint Gondoule, Bishop of Tongres was born in 524; died on 6 Jul 607.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 2. Duke Bodegisel II, Governor of Aquitaine  Descendancy chart to this point died in 588 in Carthage.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Duke Bodegisel II, Governor of Aquitaine Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gondoule1) died in 588 in Carthage.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 3. Saint Arnulf, Mayor of the Palace and Bishop of Metz  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 13 Aug 582 in Austrasia; died on 16 Aug 641 in Remiremont, Grand Est, France.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Saint Arnulf, Mayor of the Palace and Bishop of Metz Descendancy chart to this point (2.Bodegisel2, 1.Gondoule1) was born about 13 Aug 582 in Austrasia; died on 16 Aug 641 in Remiremont, Grand Est, France.

    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]

    Children:
    1. 4. Duke Ansgise, Mayor of the Palace  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 602 in Austrasia; died in 685.
    2. 5. Saint Clodulf, Bishop of Metz  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 596; died in 690.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Duke Ansgise, Mayor of the Palace Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arnulf3, 2.Bodegisel2, 1.Gondoule1) was born in 602 in Austrasia; died in 685.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Title(s): 632

    Notes:

    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]

    Children:
    1. 6. Pépin II of Heristal, Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 635 in Heristal, Wallonia, Belgium; died on 16 Dec 714 in Jupille-sur-Meuse, Wallonia,Belgian.
    2. 7. Martin of Laon  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 5.  Saint Clodulf, Bishop of Metz Descendancy chart to this point (3.Arnulf3, 2.Bodegisel2, 1.Gondoule1) was born in 596; died in 690.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Religion: After 648

    Notes:

    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]

    Children:
    1. 8. Gunza  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 596; died in 690.
    2. 9. Bazin, Bishop of Trèves  Descendancy chart to this point


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