1. Valerius Licinianus of Rome 1 was born in 267 in Italy and died in 324 in Valerius at age 57.
Valerius married someone.
+ 2 M i. Lucinianus of Rome 2 was born in 300 in Italy.
Second Generation 2. Lucinianus of Rome 2 (Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 300 in Italy.
Lucinianus married someone.
+ 3 F i. Justina of Rome
Third Generation 3. Justina of Rome (Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
Justina married Gratianus , of Cibalae.3
The child from this marriage was:
+ 4 M i. Valentinia I Western Emperor of Rome 4 was born in 321 in Pannonia (Hungary) and died on 15 Nov 375 in Brigetio at age 54.
Fourth Generation 4. Valentinia I Western Emperor of Rome 4 (Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 321 in Pannonia (Hungary) and died on 15 Nov 375 in Brigetio at age 54.
Valentinia married someone.
+ 5 F i. Galla Juntina Valentina of Rome 5 was born in 395.
Fifth Generation 5. Galla Juntina Valentina of Rome 5 (Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 395.
Galla married Theodosius , of Cauca.6 Theodosius was born in 346 in Cauca, Spain.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 6 F i. Galla Placidia of Cauca 7 8 was born about 388, died on 27 Nov 450 about age 62, and was buried in Ravenna, Italy.
Sixth Generation 
6. Galla Placidia of Cauca 7 8 (Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 388, died on 27 Nov 450 about age 62, and was buried in Ravenna, Italy.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Galla Placidia :
Aelia Galla Placidia (c. 388 - November 27 , 450 ) was the daughter of Roman Emperor Theodosius I and his second wife Galla , who herself was daughter of the Emperor Valentinian I , Galla Placidia was half sister of emperors Honorius and Arcadius .
She had spent much time in the household of Stilicho the Vandal and his wife Serena . Stilicho was effectively the military steward of the West, and according to himself also of the East. He was executed by Honorius, however, in 408 causing most of the non-Italians in Roman service to go over to Visigoth chieftain Alaric I - who promptly invaded Italy.
In either 409 or 410, during Alaric 's siege of Rome , Galla became the captive of the Visigoths, who kept her with them as they sacked Rome (for three days beginning August 24 , 410 ), then wandered through Italy where Alaric died in the same year, and later Gaul .
She married Athaulf , brother-in-law of Alaric, and king of the Visigoths after Alaric's death, at Narbo in January 414 , although the historian Jordanes states that they married earlier, in 411 at Forum Livii (Forlì ). Jordanes's date may actually be when she and the Gothic king first became more than captor and captive. She had a son, Theodosius, by the Visigothic king, but he died in infancy and was buried in Barcelona . Years later the corpse was exhumed and reburied in the imperial mausoleum in Saint Peter's Basilica , Rome. Athaulf was mortally wounded by a servant of a Gothic chieftain he had slain, and before dying in the late summer of 415 , instructed his brother to return Galla to the Romans. It was the Gothic King Wallia who traded her to the Romans in return for a treaty and supplies early in 416 .
Her brother Honorius forced her into marriage to the Roman Constantius in January of 417 . They had a son who became Valentinian III , and a rather more strong-willed daughter, Justa Grata Honoria . Constantius became emperor in 421 , but died shortly afterwards. Galla herself, the former Augusta, was however forced from the Western empire. Whatever the politics or motivations, the public issue was increasingly scandalous public sexual caresses from her own brother Honorius. She left with her young children to find refuge at Constantinople . After Honorius died in 423 , and after the suppression of Joannes despite his ally Aëtius ' attempt to raise troops to his aid, her son Valentinian was elevated as Emperor in Rome in 425 .
At first she attempted to rule in her son's name, but as the generals loyal to her one by one either died or defected to Aëtius, imperial policy came to rest in his hands by the time he was made patrician. Placidia apparently was the one who made peace with Aetius - he later was pivotal to the defense of the Western Empire against Attila the Hun - who was diverted from his focus on Constantinople towards Italy as his target due to a foolish letter from Placidia's own daughter, Justa Grata Honoria , in spring 450 , asking him to rescue her from an unwanted marriage to a senator that the Imperial family, including Placidia, was trying to force on her. Placidia's last notable public act was to convince her son Valentinian III to exile rather than kill Honoria for this. She died shortly afterwards at Rome in November 450, and did not live to see Attila ravage Italy in 451 -453 in a much more brutal campaign than the Goths had waged, using Justa's letter as their sole "legitimate" excuse.
Throughout her life Galla remained a devout Catholic , and in her later years endowed or enriched several churches in Ravenna . Her Mausoleum in Ravenna was one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites inscribed in 1996 .
Galla married Alaric I , de Thuringia.9
The child from this marriage was:
+ 7 F i. Basina de Thuringia 10 11 was born in 398 in Thuringia, Germany and died about 414 in France about age 16.
Seventh Generation 7. Basina de Thuringia 10 11 (Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 398 in Thuringia, Germany and died about 414 in France about age 16.
Basina married Clodio , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary],12 13 14 son of Pharamond , King of the Franks [Legendary] and Argotta , Princess of the Salian Franks. Clodio was born about 395 in Belgium and died in 447 about age 52.
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Salian Franks: at Dispargum and later Tournai, 426-447.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 8 M i. Merovech King of the Salic Franks [Legendary] 15 16 was born about 411 in Belgium and died about 457 about age 46.
+ 9 M ii. Sigimerus I d'Auverigne 17 was born about 414.
Eighth Generation 8. Merovech King of the Salic Franks [Legendary] 15 16 (Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 411 in Belgium and died about 457 about age 46.
Research Notes: Legendary founder of the Merovingian dynasty of the Salian Franks. May not have been a real person, the father of Childeric I.
Defeated Atilla the Hun with the aid of Aetius in 451.
From Wikipedia - List of Frankish kings :
Merovech , possible son of Chlodio, King at Tournai (447 - 458)
From Wikipedia - Merovech :
Merovech (Latin : Meroveus or Merovius; French : Mérovée) is the legendary founder of the Merovingian dynasty of the Salian Franks , that later became the dominant Frankish tribe. The name is a latinization of a form close to Old High German proper name Marwig, lit. "famed fight"[1] (cf. m "famous" + w "fight").
There is little information about him in the later histories of the Franks. Gregory of Tours only names him once as the father of Childeric I while putting doubt on his descent from Clodio .[2] Many admit today that this formulation finds its explanation in a legend reported by Fredegar.[3] The Chronicle of Fredegar interpolated on this reference by Gregory by adding Merovech was the son of the queen, Clodio's wife; but his father was a sea-god, bistea Neptuni.[4] No other historical evidence exists that Merovech ever lived. Some researchers have noted that Merovech, the Frankish chieftain, may have been the namesake of a certain god or demigod honored by the Franks prior to their conversion to Christianity. It has been suggested Merovech refers to or is reminiscent to the Dutch river Merwede ,[5] nowadays part of the Rhine-Meus-Scheldt delta but historically a main subsidiary of the Rhine, in the neighborhood of which the Salian Franks once dwelled according to Roman historians. Another theory[6] considers this legend to be the creation of a mythological past needed to back up the fast-rising Frankish rule in Western Europe.
According to another legend, Merovech was conceived when Pharamond's wife encountered a Quinotaur , a sea monster which could change shapes while swimming. Though never stated, it is implied that she was impregnated by it. This legend was related by Fredegar in the seventh century, and may have been known earlier. The legend is probably a back-formation or folk etymology used to explain the Salian Franks' origin as a sea coast dwelling people, and based on the name itself. The "Mero-" or "Mer-" element in the name suggests a sea or ocean (see Old English "mere," Latin "mare," or even the Modern English word "mermaid ," etc.). The "Salian" in "Salian Franks " may be a reference to salt , a reminder of their pre-migration home on the shores of the North Sea (alternatively, it may refer to the Isala or IJssel river behind which their homeland, the Salland , may have been located). The legend could also be explained in a much easier way. The sea monster could have been a foreign conqueror, coming from the sea, taking the dead king's(Chlodio or Pharamond ) wife to legitimise his rule.
The first Frankish royal dynasty called themselves Merovingians in his honor.
Merovech may have been the father of Childeric I who may have succeeded him.
Noted events in his life were:
• King of the Salian Franks: at Tournai, 447-458.
Merovech married Verica.18 19 Verica was born about 413.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 10 M i. Childeric I King of the Salian Franks 20 21 22 was born between 436 and 437 in Westphalia, Germany, died on 26 Nov 482 in Tournai, (Hainaut), Frankish Empire (Belgium), and was buried in Tournai, (Hainaut), Frankish Empire (Belgium).
9. Sigimerus I d'Auverigne 17 (Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 414.
Sigimerus married someone.
+ 11 M i. Ferreolus of Moselle 23 was born in 428.
Ninth Generation 10. Childeric I King of the Salian Franks 20 21 22 (Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born between 436 and 437 in Westphalia, Germany, died on 26 Nov 482 in Tournai, (Hainaut), Frankish Empire (Belgium), and was buried in Tournai, (Hainaut), Frankish Empire (Belgium).
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Childeric I :
Childeric I (c. 437 - c. 481 ) was the Merovingian king of the Salian Franks from 457 until his death, and the father of Clovis .
He succeeded his father Merovech (Latinised as Meroveus or Merovius) as king, traditionally in 457 or 458 . With his Frankish warband he was established with his capital at Tournai , on lands which he had received as a foederatus of the Romans , and for some time he kept the peace with his allies.
In about 463 in Orléans , in conjunction with the Roman General Aegidius , who was based in Soissons , he defeated the Visigoths , who hoped to extend their dominion along the banks of the Loire River. After the death of Aegidius, he first assisted Comes ("count") Paul of Angers , together with a mixed band of Gallo-Romans and Franks, in defeating the Goths and taking booty. Odoacer reached Angers but Childeric arrived the next day and a battle ensued. Count Paul was killed and Childeric took the city. Childeric, having delivered Angers, followed a Saxon warband to the islands on the Atlantic mouth of the Loire, and massacred them there. In a change of alliances, he also joined forces with Odoacer , according to Gregory of Tours , to stop a band of the Alamanni who wished to invade Italy .
The stories of his expulsion by the Franks, whose women he was taking; of his eight-year stay in Thuringia with King Basin and his wife Basina; of his return when a faithful servant advised him that he could safely do so by sending to him half of a piece of gold which he had broken with him; and of the arrival in Tournai of Queen Basina , whom he married come from Gregory of Tours' Libri Historiarum (Book ii.12).
He died in 481 and was buried in Tournai , leaving a son Clovis , afterwards king of the Franks.
Noted events in his life were:
• King of the Salian Franks: at Tournai, 458-481.
Childeric married Basina Andovera , of Thuringia,24 25 26 daughter of Banin , of Thuringia and Basina , of Saxony. Basina was born about 438 in Thuringia, Germany and died about 480 about age 42.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 12 M i. Clovis I King of the Franks 27 28 29 was born about 466 in Belgium, died on 27 Nov 511 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France about age 45, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
+ 13 F ii. Audefleda Meroving, Princess of the Franks 30 was born about 452 in Westphalia, Germany and died on 30 Apr 535 in Ravenna, Italy about age 83.
11. Ferreolus of Moselle 23 (Sigimerus I , d'Auverigne9, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 428.
Ferreolus married someone.
+ 14 M i. Tonantius Ferreolus of Moselle 31 was born in Westphalia, Germany and died after 475 in Rome, Latium, (Italy).
Tenth Generation 
12. Clovis I King of the Franks 27 28 29 (Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 466 in Belgium, died on 27 Nov 511 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France about age 45, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
Research Notes: United most of the Franks and Roman Gaul, becoming King of all the Franks in 509.
Not to be confused with Clovis of the Riparian Franks Buried in Church of the Apostles Peter and Paul, Paris, France.
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From Wikipedia - List of Frankish kings :
Clovis I united all the Frankish petty kingdoms as well as most of Roman Gaul under his rule, conquering the Domain of Soissons of the Roman general Syagrius as well as the Visigothic Kingdom of Toulouse . He took his seat at Paris, which along with Soissons , Reims , Metz , and Orléans became the chief residences. Upon his death, the kingdom was split among his four sons:
Soissons - Chlothar I, 511-561
Paris - Childebert I, 511-558 then Chlothar I, 558-561
Orléans - Chlodomer, 511-524 then Childebert I, 524-558 then Chlothar I, 558-561
Reims - Theuderic I, 511-534 then Theudebert I, 534-548 then Theudebald, 548-555 then Chlothar I, 555-561.
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From Wikipedia - Clovis I :
Clovis I (c. 466 - 27 November 511 ) was the first King of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler. He succeeded his father Childeric I in 481[1] as King of the Salian Franks , one of the Frankish tribes who were then occupying the area west of the lower Rhine , with their centre around Tournai and Cambrai along the modern frontier between France and Belgium , in an area known as Toxandria . Clovis conquered the neighbouring Frankish tribes and established himself as sole king before his death.
He converted to Roman Catholicism , as opposed to the Arianism common among Germanic peoples at the time, at the instigation of his wife, the Burgundian Clotilda , a Catholic. He was baptized in the Cathedral of Rheims , as most future French kings would be. This act was of immense importance in the subsequent history of France and Western Europe in general, for Clovis expanded his dominion over almost all of the old Roman province of Gaul (roughly modern France). He is considered the founder both of France (which his state closely resembled geographically at his death) and the Merovingian dynasty which ruled the Franks for the next two centuries.
In primary sources Clovis' name is spelled in a number of variants: The Frankish form Chlodovech was Latinised as Chlodovechus, from which came the Latin name Ludovicus, which evolved into the French name Louis.
The name features prominently in subsequent history: Three other Merovingian Kings have been called Clovis, while nine Carolingian rulers and thirteen other French kings and one Holy Roman Emperor have been called Louis.
Nearly every European language has developed its own spelling of his name. Louis (French), "Chlodwig" and Ludwig (German), Lodewijk (Dutch), and Lewis (English) are just four of the over 100 possible variations.
Scholars differ about the meaning of his name. Chlodovech is composed out of the Germanic roots Chlod- and -vech, which are usually associated with "glow" and "soldier". His name thus might have meant "illustrious in combat" or "glorious warrior".
In 486, with the help of Ragnachar , Clovis defeated Syagrius , the last Roman official in northern Gaul , who ruled the area around Soissons in present-day Picardie .[2] This victory at Soissons extended Frankish rule to most of the area north of the Loire . After this, Clovis secured an alliance with the Ostrogoths , through the marriage of his sister Audofleda to their king, Theodoric the Great . He followed this victory with another in 491 over a small group of Thuringians east of his territories. Later, with the help of the other Frankish sub-kings, he defeated the Alamanni in the Battle of Tolbiac . He had previously married the Burgundian princess Clotilde (493), and, following his victory at Tolbiac , he converted (traditionally in 496) to her Trinitarian Catholic faith. This was a significant change from the other Germanic kings, like the Visigoths and Vandals , who had embraced the rival Arian beliefs.
Clovis I died in 511 and is interred in Saint Denis Basilica , Paris , whereas his father had been buried with the older Merovingian kings in Tournai. Upon his death his realm was divided among his four sons: Theuderic , Chlodomer , Childebert , and Clotaire . This partitioning created the new political units of the Kingdoms of Rheims , Orléans , Paris and Soissons and inaugurated a period of disunity which was to last, with brief interruptions, until the end (751 ) of his Merovingian dynasty.
Noted events in his life were:
• King of the Salian Franks: at Tournai, 481-511.
• King of the Franks: 509-511.
Clovis married Clotilde , Queen of the Franks,32 33 34 35 daughter of Chilperic II , King of the Burgundians and Caretena, in 493. Clotilde was born in 475 in Lyons, (Rhône, France) and died in 545 in Tours, Touraine (Indre-et-Loire, France) at age 70.
Noted events in her life were:
• Retired: after the death of Clovis, 511, Abbey of St. Martin at Tours.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 15 M i. Theuderic I King of Rheims (Metz, Austrasia) 36 was born about 485 and died in 534 about age 49.
+ 16 M ii. Chlodomer King of Orléans 37 was born about 495.
+ 17 M iii. Childebert I King of Paris 38 was born about 496 and died on 13 Dec 558 about age 62.
+ 18 M iv. Clotaire I "le Vieux" King of Soissons and King of the Franks 39 40 41 was born in 497 in Soissons, Picardie, France, died on 23 Nov 561 at age 64, and was buried in St. Medard Abbey, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France.
+ 19 F v. Clotilda Princess of the Franks 42 43 was born in 497 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, Francia (France), died in 531 in Spain at age 34, and was buried in Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
13. Audefleda Meroving, Princess of the Franks 30 (Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 452 in Westphalia, Germany and died on 30 Apr 535 in Ravenna, Italy about age 83.
Audefleda married Theodoric , King of the Ostrogoths,44 45 son of Theodemir , King of the Ostrogoths and Erelieva , Queen of the Ostrogoths, in 493. Theodoric was born about 454 in Pannonia (Hungary) and died on 30 Aug 526 in Ravenna, Italy about age 72.
Noted events in his life were:
• King of the Ostrogoths: 471-526.
• Ruler of Italy: 493-526.
• Regent of the Visigoths: 511-526.
• Viceroy: of the (Eastern) Roman Empire.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 20 F i. Ostrogotha 45 46 was born about 475. (Relationship to Father: Biological, Relationship to Mother: Step)
14. Tonantius Ferreolus of Moselle 31 (Ferreolus , of Moselle11, Sigimerus I , d'Auverigne9, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in Westphalia, Germany and died after 475 in Rome, Latium, (Italy).
Tonantius married Papinilla Avitus , of Rome,47 daughter of Marcus Maecilius Avitus , of Rome and Unknown. Papinilla was born about 415 in Rome, Latium, (Italy).
The child from this marriage was:
+ 21 M i. Tonantius II Ferreolus Duke of Moselle 48 was born about 452 in Moselle, Austrasia (France) and died about 506 about age 54.
11th Generation 15. Theuderic I King of Rheims (Metz, Austrasia) 36 (Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 485 and died in 534 about age 49.
Research Notes: Merovingian king.
From Wikipedia - Theuderic I :
Theuderic I[1] (c.485 - 533/4) was the Merovingian king of Metz , Rheims , or Austrasia -as it is variously called-from 511 to 533 or 534.
He was the son of Clovis I and one of his earlier wives or concubines. He inherited Metz in 511 at his father's death. In accordance with Salian tradition, the kingdom was divided between Clovis' four surviving sons: Childebert I in Paris , Chlodomer in Orléans , and Clotaire I in Soissons . Early in his reign, he sent his son Theudebert to battle the Scandinavian King Chlochilaich (Hygelac of Beowulf fame) who had invaded his realm. Theudebert defeated and killed Chlochilaich.
Theuderic got involved in the war between the Thuringian King Hermanfrid and Hermanfrid's only living brother: Baderic . In exchange for his help, Theuderic would receive half of the kingdom. Baderic was defeated, but the land promised Theuderic was not given up.
The four sons of Clovis then all fought Sigismund of Burgundy and Godomar , kings of the Burgundians . Godomar fled and Sigismund was taken prisoner by Chlodomer . Theuderic married Sigismund's daughter. Godomar rallied the Burgundian army and won back his kingdom. Chlodomer, aided by Theuderic, defeated Godomar, but died in the fighting at Vézeronce .
Theuderic then, with his brother Clotaire and his son, attacked Thuringia to revenge himself on Hermanfrid. Thuringia was conquered, and Clotaire received Radegund , daughter of King Berthar (Hermanfrid's late brother). After making a treaty with his brother Childebert, Theuderic died in 534. Upon his death the throne of Metz, though seemingly up for grabs, passed unhindered to Theudebert. Theuderic also left a daughter, Theodechild, by his wife Suavegotha, daughter of Sigismund of Burgundy .
Theuderic married someone.
+ 22 M i. Theudebert I King of Austrasia 49 50 was born about 500 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France and died in 548 in Austrasia about age 48.
Theuderic married Suavegotha,51 daughter of Sigismund , of Burgundy and Ostrogotha. Suavegotha was born about 495.
16. Chlodomer King of Orléans 37 (Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 495.
Research Notes: Second of the four sons of Clovis I , King of the Franks
From Wikipedia - Chlodomer :
Chlodomer, also spelled Clodomir or Clodomer (born c. 495) was the second of the four sons of Clovis I , King of the Franks . On the death of his father, in 511, he divided the kingdom of the Franks with his three brothers: Theuderic I , Childebert I , and Clotaire I . Although Theuderic, the eldest, had a better claim, Chlodomer divided half of the kingdom with his two other brothers. This was the kingdom of Orléans , taken from the former kingdom of Syagrius . This kingdom included, most notably, the bishoprics of Tours , Poitiers and Orléans . Chlodomer married Guntheuc , with whom he had three sons: Theodebald, Gunthar, and Clodoald .
In 523-24, possibly at the instigation of his mother Clotilde , who was eager to avenge her nephew who had been assassinated by Sigismund of Burgundy , Chlodomer joined with his brothers in an expedition against the Burgundians . After capturing Sigismund, Chlodomer returned to Orléans. However, Sigismund's brother Gondomar returned triumphantly to Burgundy at the head of the troops sent by his ally, the Ostrogothic king Theodoric the Great . There, he massacred the garrison the Franks had left behind.
Although victorious, Chlodomer had Sigismund and his sons Gisald and Gondebaud assassinated on 1 May 524. He then led a second expedition against the Burgundians. He was killed on this expedition, in the spring or summer of the same year, at the Battle of Vézeronce . His three sons were entrusted to his mother until his widow married Clotaire I . Clotaire, however, had Chlodomer's children killed, although Clodoald managed to escape. Better known as Saint Cloud, he later became abbot of Nogent , having given up his hair, the symbol of the Frankish royalty, rather than giving up his life.
17. Childebert I King of Paris 38 (Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 496 and died on 13 Dec 558 about age 62.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - List of Frankish kings :
Upon [the death of Clovis I], the kingdom was split among his four sons:
Soissons - Chlothar I, 511-561
Paris - Childebert I, 511-558 then Chlothar I, 558-561
Orléans - Chlodomer, 511-524 then Childebert I, 524-558 then Chlothar I, 558-561
Reims - Theuderic I, 511-534 then Theudebert I, 534-548 then Theudebald, 548-555 then Chlothar I, 555-561.
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From Wikipedia - Childebert I :
Childebert I (c.496 - 13 December 558) was the Frankish king of Paris , a Merovingian dynast, one of the four sons of Clovis I who shared the kingdom of the Franks upon their father's death in 511. He was one of the sons of Saint Clotilda , born at Reims .
In the partition of the realm, he received as his share the town of Paris , the country to the north as far as the river Somme , to the west as far as the English Channel , and the Armorican peninsula (modern Brittany ). His brothers ruled in different lands: Theuderic I in Metz , Chlodomer in Orléans , and Clotaire I in Soissons .
In 523, Childebert participated in a war against Godomar of Burgundy . Chlodomer died in the Battle of Vézeronce . In 524, after the murder of Chlodomer's children, Childebert annexed the cities of Chartres and Orléans.
He took part in later various expeditions against the kingdom of Burgundy . He besieged Autun in 532 and, in 534, received as his share of the spoils of that kingdom the towns of Mâcon , Geneva , and Lyon . When Witiges , the king of the Ostrogoths , ceded Provence to the Franks in 535, the possession of Arles and Marseilles was guaranteed to Childebert by his brothers. The annexation of that province was completed, with Clotaire's help, in the winter of 536-537.
In 531, he received pleas from his sister Chrotilda , wife of King Amalaric of the Visigoths . The Arian king of Hispania , Chrotilda claimed, was grossly mistreating her, a Catholic . Childebert went down with an army and defeated the Gothic king. Amalaric retreated to Barcelona, where he was assassinated. Chrotilda died on her return journey to Paris of unknown causes.
Childebert made other expeditions against the Visigoths. In 542, he took possession of Pamplona with the help of his brother Clotaire and besieged Zaragoza , but was forced to retreat. From this expedition he brought back to Paris a precious relic, the tunic of Saint Vincent , in honour of which he built at the gates of Paris the famous monastery of St Vincent, known later as St-Germain-des-Prés .
He died without issue on 13 December 558, and was buried in the abbey he had founded, where his tomb has been discovered.[1] He left no sons, only two daughters, Chrodoberge and Chrodesinde, by his wife Ultragotha. Childebert was an acquisitive monarch. He expanded his domains in more foreign wars than any of his brothers: fighting in Burgundy (more than once), Spain (more than once), Provence, and elsewhere in Gaul. Gregory of Tours , a contemporary, speaking as a Neustrian , puts these words into Childebert's mouth: Velim unquam Arvernam Lemanem quae tantae jocunditatis gratia refulgere dicitur, oculis cernere.[2] Childbert was also one of the more religious of the sons of Clovis, cooperating with his brothers, rescuing his sister, and constructing the famous monastery of Saint Vincent to house his relics.
18. Clotaire I "le Vieux" King of Soissons and King of the Franks 39 40 41 (Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 497 in Soissons, Picardie, France, died on 23 Nov 561 at age 64, and was buried in St. Medard Abbey, Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France.
Research Notes: Succeeded Clovis I in Soissons.
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From Wikipedia - List of Frankish kings :
Upon [the death of Clovis I], the kingdom was split among his four sons:
Soissons - Chlothar I, 511-561
Paris - Childebert I, 511-558 then Chlothar I, 558-561
Orléans - Chlodomer, 511-524 then Childebert I, 524-558 then Chlothar I, 558-561
Reims - Theuderic I, 511-534 then Theudebert I, 534-548 then Theudebald, 548-555 then Chlothar I, 555-561.
Chlothar I eventually inherited all of the Frankish kingdoms after the deaths of his brothers or their successors. After his own death, the kingdom was once again split among his four sons:
Soissons (eventually Neustria) - Chilperic I, 561-584 then Chlothar II, 584-629
Paris - Charibert I, 561-567 then Chilperic I, 567-584 then Chlothar II, 584-629
Orléans (eventually Burgundy) - Guntram, 561-592 then Childebert II, 592-595 then Theuderic II, 595-613 then Sigebert II, 613 then Chlothar II, 613-629
Reims and Metz (eventually Austrasia) - Sigebert I, 561-575 then Childebert II, 575-595 then Theudebert II, 595-612 then Theuderic II, 612-613 then Sigebert II, 613 then Chlothar II, 613-623
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From Wikipedia - Chlothar I :
Chlothar I (or Chlothachar, Chlotar, Clothar, Clotaire, Chlotochar, or Hlothar, giving rise to Lothair ; 497 - 561 ), called the Old (le Vieux), King of the Franks , was one of the four sons of Clovis . He was born about 497 in Soissons (now in Aisne département , Picardie , France ).
On the death of his father in 511 , he received, as his share of the kingdom, the town of Soissons , which he made his capital; the cities of Laon , Noyon , Cambrai , and Maastricht ; and the lower course of the Meuse River . But he was very ambitious, and sought to extend his domain.
He was the chief instigator of the murder of his brother Chlodomer 's children in 524 , and his share of the spoils consisted of the cities of Tours and Poitiers . He took part in various expeditions against Burgundy and, after the destruction of that kingdom in 534 , obtained Grenoble , Die , and some of the neighbouring cities.
When the Ostrogoths ceded Provence to the Franks, he received the cities of Orange , Carpentras , and Gap . In 531 , he marched against the Thuringii with his nephew Theudebert I and in 542 , with his brother Childebert I against the Visigoths of Spain . On the death of his great-nephew Theodebald in 555 , Clotaire annexed his territories. On Childebert's death in 558 he became sole king of the Franks.
He also ruled over the greater part of Germany , made expeditions into Saxony , and for some time exacted from the Saxons an annual tribute of 500 cows. The end of his reign was troubled by internal dissensions, his son Chram rising against him on several occasions. Following Chram into Brittany , where the rebel had taken refuge, Clotaire shut him up with his wife and children in a cottage, which he set on fire. Overwhelmed with remorse, he went to Tours to implore forgiveness at the tomb of St Martin , and died shortly afterwards.
Family
Clotaire's first marriage was to Guntheuc , widow of his own brother Chlodomer, sometime around 524. They had no children.
His second marriage, which occurred around 532 , was to Radegund , daughter of Bertachar , King of Thuringia , whom he and his brother Theuderic defeated. She was later canonized . They had no children.
His third and most successful marriage was to Ingund , by whom he had five sons and two daughters:
His next marriage was to a sister of Ingund, Aregund , with whom he had a son:
His last wife was Chunsina (or Chunsine), with whom he had one son:
Clotaire married Guntheuc.
Clotaire next married Radegund.
Clotaire next married Ingonde.52 53 Ingonde was born about 500.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 23 M i. Sigebert I of Austrasia was born in 535 in Metz, Moselle, France and died between 575 and 579 in Vitry, <Moselle>, France.
+ 24 M ii. Charibert I King of Paris 54 55 was born in 520 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France and died in 567 at age 47.
+ 25 M iii. Gunthar died before 561.
+ 26 M iv. Childeric died before 561.
+ 27 M v. Guntram King of Burgundy
+ 28 F vi. Chlothsind
Clotaire next married Arnégonde,56 57 58 daughter of Baderic , King of Thuringia and Unknown. Arnégonde was born about 515, died in 573 about age 58, and was buried in Saint-Denis Basilica, Paris, France.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 29 M i. Chilpéric I King of Soissons and King of Neustria 59 60 was born about 539 in France and died in Sep 584 about age 45.
Clotaire next married Chunsina.61
The child from this marriage was:
+ 30 M i. Chram 62 died before 561.
19. Clotilda Princess of the Franks 42 43 (Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 497 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, Francia (France), died in 531 in Spain at age 34, and was buried in Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Clotilde (died 531) :
Clotilde or Chrodechildis (died 531) was the daughter of King Clovis I of the Franks and Queen Clotilde .
In 511 she was married to the Visigothic King Amalaric . Clotilde was a Catholic , while Amalaric and his fellow-Visigoths were Arians . Clotilde refused to adopt her husband's religious practices and complained to her kin that she was persecuted for her faith.
This led to war in 531 between her brother, King Childebert I , and her husband. Amalaric was defeated and Clotilde returned to Francia with the Frankish army, but died on the journey and was buried at Paris
Clotilda married Amalaric , King of the Visigoths,63 64 son of Alaric II , King of the Visigoths and Theodegotha, in 511. Amalaric was born about 502 in Ravenna, Italy and died in 531 in Barcelona, (Spain) about age 29.
Death Notes: Assassinated by his own troops
Children from this marriage were:
+ 31 M i. Athanagild King of Hispania and Septimania 65 66 67 was born about 508 in (Spain) and died in 567 about age 59.
+ 32 M ii. Liuvigild King of the Visigoths 68 69 was born about 519 in Spain and died in 586 about age 67.
20. Ostrogotha 45 46 (Audefleda Meroving, Princess of the Franks13, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 475.
Birth Notes: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoric_the_great
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Theodoric the Great :
Theodoric was married once.
He had a concubine in Moesia , name unknown, and had two daughters:
Married to Audofleda in 493 and had one daughter:
Ostrogotha married Sigismund , of Burgundy,70 son of Gundobad , King of Burgundy and Unknown, 494 or 496. Sigismund died in 524.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 33 F i. Suavegotha 51 was born about 495.
+ 34 M ii. Sigeric died in 522.
21. Tonantius II Ferreolus Duke of Moselle 48 (Tonantius Ferreolus , of Moselle14, Ferreolus , of Moselle11, Sigimerus I , d'Auverigne9, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 452 in Moselle, Austrasia (France) and died about 506 about age 54.
Tonantius married Deuteria.71 Deuteria was born about 479 in Moselle, Austrasia (France).
The child from this marriage was:
+ 35 M i. Ansbertus of Moselle, Senator of Rome 72 73 was born about 500 in Moselle, Austrasia (France).
12th Generation 22. Theudebert I King of Austrasia 49 50 (Theuderic I , King of Rheims (Metz, Austrasia)15, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 500 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France and died in 548 in Austrasia about age 48.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Theudebert I :
Theudebert I (French : Thibert or Théodebert) (c. 500 - 547 or 548 ) was the Merovingian king of Austrasia from 533 to his death in 548 . He was the son of Theuderic I and the father of Theudebald .
Most of what we know about Theudebert comes from the Histories or History of the Franks written by Gregory of Tours in the second half of the sixth century. In addition, we have diplomatic correspondence composed at the Austrasian court (known as the Austrasian Letters ), the poems of Venantius Fortunatus and a small number of other sources.
During his father's reign, the young Theudebert had shown himself to be an able warrior. In about 516 he defeated a Danish army under King Chlochilaich (Hygelac of Beowulf ) after it had raided northern Gaul. His reputation was further enhanced by a series of military campaigns in the south of Gaul against the Visigoths .
Upon his father's death, Theudebert had to fight both his uncles Childebert and Clotaire to inherit his father's kingdom. In the end, his military prowess persuaded Childebert to abandon the dispute and adopt Theudebert as his heir. Together they campaigned against Clotaire but sued for peace after their armies were hit by storm...
In common with other Frankish rulers at the time, Theudebert took several wives as and when he wanted. As heir to his father's kingdom, he was betrothed to Wisigard , daughter of Wacho , king of the Lombards . This sort of political match was rare for the Merovingian kings. Theudebert abandoned her for Deuteria, a Gallo-Roman he had met while on campaign in southern Gaul. However, his supporters were not best pleased by his treatment of Wisigard, perhaps because of the political dimension, and persuaded Theudebert to take her back. Wisigard, though, soon died, and Theudebert married again.
As well as being renowned for his military prowess, Theudebert was lauded by contemporaries for his patronage of the Gallic Church. Gregory of Tours reserves special praise for him in this regard, but his piety is also mentioned by Fortunatus.
Theudebert died in the 14th year of his reign (at the end of 547 or the beginning of 548) and Theudebald, his son by Deuteria, succeeded him. In contrast to that experienced by many Merovingian kings, Theudebald's accession was peaceful.
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Austrasia: 533-548. Merovingian king.
Theudebert married Deuteria.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 36 M i. Theudebald King of Austrasia 74 75 was born about 535 and died in 555 in Austrasia about age 20.
Theudebert next married Wisigarda, daughter of Wacho , King of the Lombards and Ostrogotha.
23. Sigebert I of Austrasia (Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 535 in Metz, Moselle, France and died between 575 and 579 in Vitry, <Moselle>, France.
Research Notes: FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #99004 (submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer) has b. 535 in Metz, d. between 575 & 579 in Metz.
Per Wikipedia - Chlothar I - he was King of Rheims, succeeding Chlothar I (Clotaire I).
Wikipedia - Brunhilda of Austrasia - has differing information:
In 567 , [Brunhilda] was married to king Sigebert I of Austrasia, a grandson of Clovis I who had sent an embassy to Toledo loaded with gifts. She joined him at Metz . Upon her marriage, she abjured Arianism and converted to orthodox Roman Catholicism .[2]
Sigebert's father, Clotaire I , had reunited the four kingdoms of the Franks, but when he died, Sigebert and his three brothers divided them again. According to Gregory of Tours , Sigebert's marriage to a Visigothic princess was a criticism of his brothers' choices in wives. Instead of marrying low-born and promiscuous women, Sigebert contracted a princess of education and morals.
In response to Sigebert's noble marriage, his brother King Chilperic of Soissons sent to Spain for Brunhilda's sister, Galswintha . Gregory of Tours suggests that he proposed because he envied his brother's marriage to Brunhilda.[3] However, Galswintha ordered him to purge his court of prostitutes and mistresses and he soon grew tired of her. He and his favourite mistress, one Fredegund , conspired to murder her within the year. He then married Fredegund.
Brunhilda so detested Fredegund for the death of her sister-and this hatred was so fiercely reciprocated-that the two queens persuaded their husbands to go to war.[4] Sigebert persuaded their other brother, the elder Guntram of Burgundy , to mediate the dispute between the queens. He decided that Galswintha's dower of Bordeaux , Limoges , Cahors , Béarn , and Bigorre should be turned over to Brunhilda in restitution. However, Chilperic did not easily give up the cities and Brunhilda did not forget the murder. Germanus , Bishop of Paris , negotiated a brief peace between them. Between 567 and 570 , Brunhilda bore Sigebert three children: Ingund, Chlodosind, and Childebert .
The peace was then broken by Chilperic, who invaded the Sigebert's dominions. Sigebert defeated Chilperic, who fled to Tournai . The people of Paris hailed Sigebert as a conqueror when he went there with Brunhilda and their children. Germanus wrote to Brunhilda, asking her to persuade her husband to restore the peace and to spare his brother. Chroniclers of Germanus' life say that she ignored this; certainly Sigebert set out to besiege Tournai. Fredegund responded to this threat to her husband by hiring two assassins, who killed Sigebert at Vitry with poisoned daggers (scramasaxi , according to Gregory). Brunhilda was captured and imprisoned at Rouen .
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: as King of Austrasia, 561.
Sigebert married Brunhilda , of Austrasia,76 77 78 daughter of Athanagild , King of Hispania and Septimania and Goiswintha. Brunhilda was born about 543 in <Toledo>, Spain and died in 613 in Metz, Moselle, France about age 70.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 37 F i. Chlodosind Princess of Austrasia 79 80 was born about 550 in Austrasia (France).
+ 38 M ii. Childebert II King of Austrasia and King of Burgundy 81 was born in 570 and died in 595 at age 25.
+ 39 F iii. Ingunda was born about 558 in France.
24. Charibert I King of Paris 54 55 (Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 520 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France and died in 567 at age 47.
Research Notes: Per Wikipedia - Chlothar I - he was King of Paris, succeeding Chlothar I (Clotaire I).
Charibert married someone.
+ 40 F i. Adelberg Princess of Paris 82 was born in 555 and died in 610 in Metz, Moselle, (Lorraine), France at age 55.
25. Gunthar (Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died before 561.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Chlothar I
26. Childeric (Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died before 561.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Chlothar I
27. Guntram King of Burgundy (Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
28. Chlothsind (Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
29. Chilpéric I King of Soissons and King of Neustria 59 60 (Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 539 in France and died in Sep 584 about age 45.
Death Notes: Stabbed when returning from the chase to his royal villa of Chelles.
Research Notes: King of Neustria 561-584.
King of Soissons, succeeding Chlothar I (Clotaire I).
From Wikipedia - Chilperic I :
Chilperic I (c. 539 - September 584 ) was the king of Neustria (or Soissons ) from 561 to his death. He was one of the sons of Clotaire I , sole king of the Franks , and Aregund.
Immediately after the death of his father in 561 , he endeavoured to take possession of the whole kingdom, seized the treasure amassed in the royal town of Berny and entered Paris . His brothers, however, compelled him to divide the kingdom with them, and Soissons, together with Amiens , Arras , Cambrai , Thérouanne , Tournai , and Boulogne fell to Chilperic's share. His eldest brother Charibert received Paris , the second eldest brother Guntram received Burgundy with its capital at Orléans , and Sigebert received Austrasia . On the death of Charibert in 567 , his estates were augmented when the brothers divided Charibert's kingdom among themselves and agreed to share Paris.
Not long after his accession, however, he was at war with Sigebert, with whom he would long remain in a state of-at the very least-antipathy. Sigebert defeated him and marched to Soissons, where he defeated and imprisoned Chilperic's eldest son, Theudebert . The war flared in 567, at the death of Charibert. Chilperic immediately invaded Sigebert's new lands, but Sigbert defeated him. Chilperic later allied with Guntram against Sigebert (573 ), but Guntram changed sides and Chilperic again lost the war.
When Sigebert married Brunhilda , daughter of the Visigothic sovereign in Spain (Athanagild ), Chilperic also wished to make a brilliant marriage. He had already repudiated his first wife, Audovera , and had taken as his concubine a serving-woman called Fredegund . He accordingly dismissed Fredegund, and married Brunhilda's sister, Galswintha . But he soon tired of his new partner, and one morning Galswintha was found strangled in her bed. A few days afterwards Chilperic married Fredegund.
This murder was the cause of more long and bloody wars, interspersed with truces, between Chilperic and Sigebert. In 575 , Sigebert was assassinated by Fredegund at the very moment when he had Chilperic at his mercy. Chilperic then made war with the protector of Sigebert's wife and son, Guntram. Chilperic retrieved his position, took from Austrasia Tours and Poitiers and some places in Aquitaine , and fostered discord in the kingdom of the east during the minority of Childebert II .
In 578 , Chilperic sent an army to fight the Breton ruler Waroch of the Vannetais along the Vilaine . The Frankish army consisted of units from the Poitou , Touraine , Anjou , Maine , and Bayeux . The Baiocassenses (men from Bayeux) were Saxons and they in particular were routed by the Bretons.[1] The armies fought for three days before Waroch submitted, did homage for Vannes, sent his son as a hostage, and agreed to pay an annual tribute. He subsequently broke his oath, but Chilperic's dominion over the Bretons was relatively secure, as evidence by Venantius Fortunatus celebration of it in a poem.
He was detested by Gregory of Tours , who dubbed him as the Nero and Herod of his time (History of the Franks book vi.46): he had provoked Gregory's wrath by wresting Tours from Austrasia, seizing of ecclesiastical property, and appointing as bishops counts of the palace who were not clerics. His reign in Neustria also saw the introduction of the Byzantine punishment of eye-gouging. Yet, he was also a man of culture: he was a musician of some talent, and his verse (modeled on that of Sedulius ) is well-regarded; he reformed the Germanic alphabet; and he worked to reduce the worst effects of Salic law upon women.
It was one day in September of 584 , while returning from the chase to his royal villa of Chelles , that Chilperic was stabbed to death.
...Family
Chilperic's first marriage was to Audovera. They had four children:
His short second marriage to Galswintha produced no children.
His concubinage and subsequent marriage to Fredegund produced four more legitimate offspring:
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Neustria: 561-584.
• King of Soissons: 561-584.
Chilpéric married Fredegund.83 84 Fredegund was born in 543 and died in 597 at age 54.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 41 M i. Clotaire II King of Neustria, King of the Franks 83 85 86 was born in 584 in France and died in 629 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France at age 45.
Chilpéric next married Audovera.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 42 F i. Basina was born before 573 and died after 590.
30. Chram 62 (Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died before 561.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Chlothar I
From Wikipedia - Chram :
Chram or Chramn (French: Chramn or Chramne, meaning Raven in Old Frankish )[1] (died 561 ) was a son of Chlothar I and his fifth wife, Chunsina .[2].
Chram rose in rebellion against his father Chlothar, a king of the Franks , on several occasions. Following one of these rebellions, he fled with his wife and children to the court of Chanao, the ruler of Brittany , pursued by his father. Chlotar gave battle to the combined forces of Chanao and Chram, and his army was successful; the Breton leader was killed, and Chram, delayed in making his escape by sea because of his concern for his family's safety, was captured. Chlothar gave orders that they should be burned, but Chram was strangled before being placed in a cottage,[3] which was subsequently burned. Chlothar reportedly died of remorse later that year.
Noted events in his life were:
31. Athanagild King of Hispania and Septimania 65 66 67 (Clotilda , Princess of the Franks19, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 508 in (Spain) and died in 567 about age 59.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Athanagild :
Athanagild (died 567) was Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania . With the help of a Roman force, including a fleet to watch the coasts, sent from Gaul in 551 by the emperor of the eastern Roman empire, Justinian , Athanagild defeated and killed his predecessor, King Agila , near Seville in 554. Athanagild then became king.
But the ports and coastal fortifications taken in the name of Athanagild weren't swiftly turned over by his Byzantine allies. Athanagild was able to recover a few cities but was forced to cede a large portion of Hispania Baetica (Andalusia) to a Byzantine governor of high standing but advanced years named Liberius . Liberius set about enlarging the gift.
Athanagild then endeavoured to drive his Roman allies out of Iberia but was unsuccessful. He had invited the establishment of a Byzantine exclave in the south, that would last for a further seventy years. It seems clear that the Roman population of Baetica was solidly behind this orthodox patrician Roman governor.
There are few details about this far western extension of Byzantine power, which is overlooked by Justinian's historians Procopius and Agathius . It straddled the Straits of Gades and included major cities: New Carthage (Cartagena ), Corduba (Córdoba ), and Assionia.
Although throughout his rule he had to fight the Byzantines, the Franks , and the Suevi , and was harassed in the Pyrenees by the Basques , Athanagild strengthened his kingdom internally by conciliating the Catholics , whom his Arian predecessors had oppressed. When the king of the Suevi declared for Catholic Christianity about 560, Athanagild and the Visigothic nobility found themselves isolated in their Arianism .
Athanagild's court at the city he founded, Toledo , was famed for its splendor. His queen was Goiswintha , who gave him two daughters: Brunhilda and the tragically murdered Galswintha , who married the Frankish brother-kings Sigebert I of Austrasia and Chilperic , king of the Neustrian Franks, who set aside his first wife in favor of Galswintha, then had her strangled.
Athanagild died peacefully in his bed, a fact his chronicler didn't overlook, and was succeeded by his brothers Liuva I and the powerful restorer of Visigothic unity, Liuvigild , last of the Arian Visigoths.
Noted events in his life were:
• Visigothic King of Hispania and Septimania: 554-567.
• Acceded: as King of the Visigoths, 555.
Athanagild married Goiswintha.87 88
The child from this marriage was:
+ 43 F i. Brunhilda of Austrasia 76 77 78 was born about 543 in <Toledo>, Spain and died in 613 in Metz, Moselle, France about age 70.
32. Liuvigild King of the Visigoths 68 69 (Clotilda , Princess of the Franks19, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 519 in Spain and died in 586 about age 67.
Liuvigild married Theodosia , of Cartagena, daughter of Severinus , Count of Cartagena and Theodora. Theodosia was born about 525 in Cartagena, Murcia, Spain.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 44 M i. Reccared I Visigothic King of Hispania 89 90 91 was born about 544 in Spain and died in Jun 601 about age 57.
+ 45 M ii. Hermengild was born about 556 in Spain and died in 585 about age 29.
33. Suavegotha 51 (Ostrogotha20, Audefleda Meroving, Princess of the Franks13, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 495.
Suavegotha married Theuderic I , King of Rheims (Metz, Austrasia),36 son of Clovis I , King of the Franks and Clotilde , Queen of the Franks. Theuderic was born about 485 and died in 534 about age 49.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 15)
34. Sigeric (Ostrogotha20, Audefleda Meroving, Princess of the Franks13, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died in 522.
Death Notes: Murdered by his father, Sigismund of Burgundy
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Sigismund of Burgundy
35. Ansbertus of Moselle, Senator of Rome 72 73 (Tonantius II Ferreolus , Duke of Moselle21, Tonantius Ferreolus , of Moselle14, Ferreolus , of Moselle11, Sigimerus I , d'Auverigne9, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 500 in Moselle, Austrasia (France).
Research Notes: Ancestral Roots, line 180-6 (Ansbertus), says "m. perh. Bilichilde, whose ancestry is unproven."
Noted events in his life were:
• Gallo-Roman Senator:
Ansbertus married Blithilda , Princess of Cologne,92 93 daughter of Cloderic "the Parricide" , King of Cologne and Chroma , of the Burgundians. Blithilda was born between 508 and 513 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France and died in 580.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 46 M i. Arnoaldus Bishop of Metz 94 95 was born about 540 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France and died in 601 about age 61.
13th Generation 36. Theudebald King of Austrasia 74 75 (Theudebert I , King of Austrasia22, Theuderic I , King of Rheims (Metz, Austrasia)15, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 535 and died in 555 in Austrasia about age 20.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Theudebald :
Theudebald or Theodebald (in modern English , Theobald; in French , Thibaud or Théodebald; in German , Theudowald) (c. 535 -555 ), son of Theudebert I and Deuteria, was the king of Metz , Rheims , or Austrasia -as it's variously called-from 547 or 548 to 555 .
He was only thirteen years of age when he succeeded and of ill health. However, the loyalty of the nobility to his father's memory preserved the peace during his minority. He married Waldrada , daughter of the Lombard king Wacho and his step-sister (a sister of his father's second wife). This marriage fortified the alliance betweent Austrasia and Lombardy.
Nevertheless, Theudebald could not hold on to the conquests of his father in the north of Italia . The Byzantine Emperor Justinian I sent an army under the command of Narses in 552 and, like his father before him, Theudebald avoided direct confrontation with it.
After a prolonged sickness and prostration, he died in 555. His realm passed finally outside of the family of Theuderic I and was united to the kingdoms of his great-uncle Clotaire I , who would soon become king of all the Franks .
Theudebald married Waldrada , of Lombardy,96 daughter of Wacho , King of the Lombards and Ostrogotha.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 47 M i. Grimoalde Duke of Aquitaine 97 was born about 555 in Aquitaine, France and died in 599 about age 44.
37. Chlodosind Princess of Austrasia 79 80 (Sigebert I , of Austrasia23, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 550 in Austrasia (France).
Chlodosind married Reccared I , Visigothic King of Hispania,89 90 91 son of Liuvigild , King of the Visigoths and Theodosia , of Cartagena. Reccared was born about 544 in Spain and died in Jun 601 about age 57.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 48 M i. Suintila Visigothic King of Hispania was born about 585 in Spain and died in 633 about age 48.
+ 49 M ii. Liuva II King of the Visigoths
38. Childebert II King of Austrasia and King of Burgundy 81 (Sigebert I , of Austrasia23, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 570 and died in 595 at age 25.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Childebert II :
Childebert II (570 -595 ) was the Merovingian king of Austrasia , which included Provence at the time, from 575 until his death in 595 , the eldest and succeeding son of Sigebert I , and the king of Burgundy from 592 to his death, as the adopted and succeeding son of his uncle Guntram .
Childhood
When his father was assassinated in 575, Childebert was taken from Paris by Gundobald, one of his faithful lords, to Metz (the Austrasian capital), where he was recognized as sovereign. He was then only five years old, and during his long minority the power was disputed between his mother Brunhilda and the nobles.
Chilperic II , king at Paris , and the Burgundian king Guntram, sought an alliance with Childebert, who was adopted by both in turn. Because Guntram was lord of half of Marseille , the district of Provence became a centre of a brief dispute between the two.
Guntram allied with Dynamius of Provence , who instigated the canons of the Diocese of Uzès to elect their deacon Marcellus, son of the senator Felix, as bishop in opposition to their already-elected bishop Jovinus , a former governor of Provence. While Jovinus and Theodore, Bishop of Marseille , were travelling to the court of Childebert, Guntram had them arrested. Dynamius, meanwhile, blocked Gundulf, a duke of an important senatorial family and Childebert's former domesticus , from entering Marseille on behalf of Childebert. Eventually he was forced to yield, though he later arrested Theodore again and had him sent to Guntram. Childebert replaced him in Provence by Nicetius (585). Despite his revolt, Childebert formally restored Dynamius to favour on 28 November 587 .
Heir, king and war leader
But with the assassination of Chilperic in 584 and the dangers occasioned to the Frankish monarchy by the expedition of Gundovald in 585, Childebert threw himself unreservedly into the arms of Guntram. By the Treaty of Andelot of 587 , Childebert was recognised as Guntram's heir, and with his uncle's help he quelled the revolts of the nobles and succeeded in seizing the castle of Woëwre . Many attempts were made on his life by Fredegund , wife of Chilperic, who was anxious to secure Guntram's inheritance for her son Clotaire II .
On the death of Guntram in 592, Childebert annexed the kingdom of Burgundy, and even contemplated seizing Clotaire's estates and becoming sole king of the Franks. He died, however, in 595. Childebert II had had relations with the Byzantine Empire , and fought on several occasions in the name of the Emperor Maurice , against the Lombards in Italy , with limited success.
39. Ingunda (Sigebert I , of Austrasia23, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 558 in France.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Brunhilda of Austrasia
Also http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875283
Ingunda married Hermengild, son of Liuvigild , King of the Visigoths and Theodosia , of Cartagena, in 580. Hermengild was born about 556 in Spain and died in 585 about age 29.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 50 M i. Athanagildo was born about 582.
40. Adelberg Princess of Paris 82 (Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 555 and died in 610 in Metz, Moselle, (Lorraine), France at age 55.
Adelberg married Arnoaldus , Bishop of Metz,94 95 son of Ansbertus , of Moselle, Senator of Rome and Blithilda , Princess of Cologne. Arnoaldus was born about 540 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France and died in 601 about age 61.
Noted events in his life were:
• Bishop of Metz: 601-611.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 51 F i. Dode 98 was born about 586 in Saxony, (Germany) and was christened after 615.
41. Clotaire II King of Neustria, King of the Franks 83 85 86 (Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 584 in France and died in 629 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France at age 45.
Research Notes: King of Neustria (584-629) and King of all the Franks (613-629)
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From Wikipedia - List of Frankish kings :
Chlothar I eventually inherited all of the Frankish kingdoms after the deaths of his brothers or their successors. After his own death, the kingdom was once again split among his four sons:
Soissons (eventually Neustria) - Chilperic I, 561-584 then Chlothar II, 584-629
Paris - Charibert I, 561-567 then Chilperic I, 567-584 then Chlothar II, 584-629
Orléans (eventually Burgundy) - Guntram, 561-592 then Childebert II, 592-595 then Theuderic II, 595-613 then Sigebert II, 613 then Chlothar II, 613-629
Reims and Metz (eventually Austrasia) - Sigebert I, 561-575 then Childebert II, 575-595 then Theudebert II, 595-612 then Theuderic II, 612-613 then Sigebert II, 613 then Chlothar II, 613-623
Chlothar II defeated Brunhilda and her grandson, reunifying the kingdom. However, in 623, in order to appease particularistic forces and also to secure the borders, he gave the Austrasians his young son as their own king. His son and successor, Dagobert I , emulated this move by appointing a sub-king for Aquitaine, with a seat at Toulouse , in 629 and Austrasia in 634.
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From Wikipedia - Chlothar II :
Chlothar II (or Chlotar, Clothar, Clotaire, Chlotochar, or Hlothar, giving rise to Lothair ; 584 - 629 ), called the Great (le Grand) or the Young (le Jeune), King of Neustria , and, from 613 to 629 , King of all the Franks , was not yet born when his father, King Chilperic I died in 584. His mother, Fredegund , was regent until her death in 597 , at which time the thirteen-year old Clotaire began to rule for himself. As king, he continued his mother's feud with Brunhilda , queen of Austrasia , with equal viciousness and bloodshed.
In 599 , he made war with his cousins, Theuderic II of Burgundy and Theudebert II of Austrasia, who defeated him at Dormelles (near Montereau ). At this point, however, the two brothers took up arms against each other. In 605 , he invaded Theuderic's kingdom, but did not subdue it. He remained often at war with Theuderic and the latter died in Metz in late 613 while preparing a campaign against him. At that time, Warnachar , mayor of the palace of Austrasia, and Rado , mayor of the palace of Burgundy, abandoned the cause of Brunhilda and her great-grandson, Sigebert II , and the entire realm was delivered into Clotaire's hands. Brunhilda and Sigebert met Clotaire's army on the Aisne , but the Patrician Aletheus, Duke Rocco, and Duke Sigvald deserted the host and the grand old woman and her king had to flee. They got as far as the Orbe , but Clotaire's minions caught up with them by the lake Neuchâtel . Both of them and Sigebert's younger brother Corbo were executed by Clotaire's orders.
In that year, Clotaire II became the first king of all the Franks since his grandfather Clotaire I died in 561 by ordering the murder of the infant Sigebert II (son of Theuderic), whom the aging Brunhilda had attempted to set on the thrones of Austrasia and Burgundy , causing a rebellion among the nobility. This led to the delivery of Brunhilda into Clotaire's hands, his thirst for vengeance leading to his formidable old aunt enduring the agony of the rack for three whole days, before suffering a horrific death, chained between four horses that were goaded in separate directions, eventually tearing her apart.
In 615 , Clotaire II promulgated the Edict of Paris , a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that reserved many rights to the Frankish nobles while it excluded Jews from all civil employment for the Crown. The ban effectively placed all literacy in the Merovingian monarchy squarely under ecclesiastical control and also greatly pleased the nobles, from whose ranks the bishops were ordinarily exclusively drawn. Clotaire was induced by Warnachar and Rado to make the mayoralty of the palace a lifetime appointment at Bonneuil-sur-Marne , near Paris , in 617 . By these actions, Clotaire lost his own legislative abilities and the great number of laws enacted in his reign are probably the result of the nobles' petitions, which the king had no authority not to heed.
In 623 , he gave the kingdom of Austrasia to his young son Dagobert I . This was a political move as repayment for the support of Bishop Arnulf of Metz and Pepin I , mayor of the palace of Austrasia, the two leading Austrasian nobles, who were effectively granted semi-autonomy.
Clotaire II died in 629 after 45 years on the throne, longer than any other Merovingian dynast. He left the crown greatly reduced in power and prepared the way for the rise of the mayors and the rois fainéants.
Marriage and issue
First wife of Chlothar II was Haldertude (575-604). They had the following son:
Second wife of Chlothar II was Bertrade.
Third wife of Chlothar II was Sichilde (Brynhilde). They had the following children:
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Neustria: 584-629.
• King of the Franks: 613-629.
Clotaire married Haldertrude.83 Haldertrude was born in 575 and died in 604 at age 29.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 52 M i. Dagobert I King of Austrasia, King of the Franks 99 100 101 was born about 603 in France, died on 19 Jan 639 about age 36, and was buried in Saint-Denis Basilica, Paris, France.
Clotaire next married Bertrade.102 Bertrade was born in 582 and died in 618 at age 36.
Clotaire next married Sichilde.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 53 M i. Charibert II 103 was born about 608 and died on 8 Apr 632 about age 24.
42. Basina (Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born before 573 and died after 590.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Basina, daughter of Chiperic I :
Basina was the only daughter and youngest child of Chilperic I , king of Soissons (later Neustria ), and his first wife, Audovera .
In 580 , an epidemic of dysentery swept through Gaul and afflicted her father as well as killing all his remaining children, except Basina and her brother Clovis . The jealous third wife of their father, Fredegund , tried to remove the impediment to her children's succession by sending Clovis to Berny , where the epidemic was strong. This failed to kill him and she had him assassinated along with his mother, the repudiated Audovera . Basina was sent to a convent (Holy Cross ) at Poitiers .
In 589 , Basina joined her first cousin, Clotilda , daughter of Charibert I , in rebellion against the abbess of their convent. Clotilda led a secession of nuns to the church of Saint Hilary there and proceeded to garner a following of men, mostly criminals. She ordered them to abduct the abbess. The kidnapped abbess was imprisoned under Basina's watch. Eventually, however, she was freed by one Flavian.
When Clotilda became too arrogant for her cousin's liking, Basina made peace with the freed abbess. Things did not return to normal with this, however. The violence continued and, in Gregory of Tours ' words, scarcely a day passed without a murder, or an hour without a quarrel, or a moment without tears [1] . This caused King Childebert II of Austrasia to propose to his uncle Guntram of Burgundy that they send joint embassies of their bishops to deal with the incindent in accordance with Canon law . Gregory, bishop of Tours , the chronicler, was ordered to go, along with Ebregisel , bishop of Cologne ; Maroveus, bishop of Poitiers ; and Gundegisel , bishop of Bordeaux , to the commotion, but Gregory demanded that Macco , count of Poitou , quell it with the arm of the law first. The secular answer being inadequate, the bishops gathered in Poitiers and pronounced a judgement which reinstated the abbess and declared her innocent of any crimes of which the rebels had accused her. The cousins were excommunicated.
In 590 , both Clotilda and Basina were pardoned by the king, and Basina-but not her cousin-returned to her monastery and lived, until her death, in obedience.
References
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43. Brunhilda of Austrasia 76 77 78 (Athanagild , King of Hispania and Septimania31, Clotilda , Princess of the Franks19, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 543 in <Toledo>, Spain and died in 613 in Metz, Moselle, France about age 70.
Research Notes: The younger of Athanagild's two daughters.
From Wikipedia - Brunhilda of Austrasia :
Brunhilda[1] (c. 543 - 613 ) was a Frankish queen who ruled the eastern kingdoms of Austrasia and Burgundy in the names of her sons and grandsons. Initially known as a liberal ruler of great political acumen, she became notorious for her cruelty and avarice.
Life
She was possibly born about 543 in Toledo , the Visigothic capital, the daughter of the Visigoth king Athanagild and Goiswintha , his queen. She was the younger of his two daughters. She was only eleven years old when her father was elevated to the kingship (554). She was educated in Toledo as an Arian Christian .
First marriage
In 567 , she was married to king Sigebert I of Austrasia, a grandson of Clovis I who had sent an embassy to Toledo loaded with gifts. She joined him at Metz . Upon her marriage, she abjured Arianism and converted to orthodox Roman Catholicism .[2]
Sigebert's father, Clotaire I , had reunited the four kingdoms of the Franks, but when he died, Sigebert and his three brothers divided them again. According to Gregory of Tours , Sigebert's marriage to a Visigothic princess was a criticism of his brothers' choices in wives. Instead of marrying low-born and promiscuous women, Sigebert contracted a princess of education and morals.
In response to Sigebert's noble marriage, his brother King Chilperic of Soissons sent to Spain for Brunhilda's sister, Galswintha . Gregory of Tours suggests that he proposed because he envied his brother's marriage to Brunhilda.[3] However, Galswintha ordered him to purge his court of prostitutes and mistresses and he soon grew tired of her. He and his favourite mistress, one Fredegund , conspired to murder her within the year. He then married Fredegund.
Brunhilda so detested Fredegund for the death of her sister-and this hatred was so fiercely reciprocated-that the two queens persuaded their husbands to go to war.[4] Sigebert persuaded their other brother, the elder Guntram of Burgundy , to mediate the dispute between the queens. He decided that Galswintha's dower of Bordeaux , Limoges , Cahors , Béarn , and Bigorre should be turned over to Brunhilda in restitution. However, Chilperic did not easily give up the cities and Brunhilda did not forget the murder. Germanus , Bishop of Paris , negotiated a brief peace between them. Between 567 and 570 , Brunhilda bore Sigebert three children: Ingund, Chlodosind, and Childebert .
The peace was then broken by Chilperic, who invaded the Sigebert's dominions. Sigebert defeated Chilperic, who fled to Tournai . The people of Paris hailed Sigebert as a conqueror when he went there with Brunhilda and their children. Germanus wrote to Brunhilda, asking her to persuade her husband to restore the peace and to spare his brother. Chroniclers of Germanus' life say that she ignored this; certainly Sigebert set out to besiege Tournai. Fredegund responded to this threat to her husband by hiring two assassins, who killed Sigebert at Vitry with poisoned daggers (scramasaxi , according to Gregory). Brunhilda was captured and imprisoned at Rouen .
Second marriage
When, after disobeying his father's direct orders, Merovech , son of Chilperic and Audovera , went to Rouen on pretext of visiting his mother, he fell in love with the widowed Brunhilda. Thus he strengthened his chances of becoming a king. His stepmother was determined that only her sons should succeed as kings, and she eliminated her husband's sons by other women. They were married by the bishop Praetextatus to prevent a scandal, though the marriage was contrary to canon law, as Gregory is quick to note,[5] Brunhilda being Merovech's aunt. Quickly, Chilperic besieged them in the church of St Martin on the walls. Eventually he made peace with them, but he took Merovech away with him to Soissons.
In an effort to nullify the marriage, Chilperic had Merovech tonsured and sent to the monastery of Le Mans to become a priest. Merovech fled to the sanctuary of St Martin at Tours, the church of Gregory (who is thus an eyewitness to these events),[6] and later Champagne . He finally returned to Tours in 578 , and when his bid for power failed, he asked his servant to kill him.[7]
First regency
Brunhilda now tried to seize the regency of Austrasia in the name of her son Childebert II , but she was resisted fiercely by her nobles and had to retire briefly to the court of Guntram of Burgundy before obtaining her goal. At that time, she ruled Austrasia as queen. Not being a fighter, she was primarily an administrative reformer, with a Visigothic education. She repaired the old Roman roads, built many churches and abbeys, constructed the necessary fortresses, reorganised the royal finances, and restructured the royal army. However, she antagonised the nobles by her continued imposition of royal authority wherever it was lax. To reinforce her positions and the crown's prestige and power, she convinced Guntram, newly heirless, to adopt Childebert as his own son and heir. This he did in 577 .[8] In 579 , she married her daughter Ingunda, then only thirteen, to the Visigothic prince Hermenegild , allying her house to that of the king of her native land. However, Hermenegild converted to Catholicism and he and his wife both died in the ensuing religious wars which tore apart the Visigothic kingdom in Spain.
Brunhilda ruled Austrasia until Childebert came of age in 583 , at the traditional Merovingian majority of thirteen.
Relations with King Guntram
The conflict with Fredegund flared up once more upon the death of Chilperic. Now in the regency in Neustria, Fredegund was in a position to renew the war with her old enemy. Firstly, however, Brunhilda had to deal with her own internal enemies.
Many of the dukes opposed strongly her influence over her son, the king. Three of them-Rauching, Ursio, and Berthefrid-conspired to assassinate Childebert; however, their plot was found out. Rauching was killed and Ursio and Berthefrid fled to a fortress. Upon this, Guntram immediately begged for Childebert, Brunhilda, and Childebert's new sons to take refuge at his court. This they did and soon Ursio and Berthefrid were killed. In 587 , Guntram, Childebert, and Brunhild settled the Pact of Andelot [9] securing for Childebert the Burgundian succession and a continuing alliance of the two realms for the rest of Guntram's life.
In that same year, King Reccared I of the Visigoths sent embassies to both Childebert and Guntram, the former accepting them and consolidating an alliance and the latter refusing to see them for some reason or another. Thus, when Brunhilda and Childebert negotiated a marriage for the king's sister Chlodosind with the king of Spain, it was rejected by Guntram and abandoned. In 592 , Guntram died and Childebert, as per the treaty, succeeded to his kingdom, immediately making war on Clotaire of Neustria.
Second regency
Upon Childebert's death in September or October 595 , Brunhilda attempted to govern Austrasia and Burgundy in the name of her grandsons Theudebert II and Theuderic II , respectively. Though she attributed the death of Childebert to Fredegund, the latter died in 597 and the direct conflict between her and Brunhilda ended. Peace would elude the Franks, however, for many years more as the conflict raged between the two queens' descendants.
In 599 , Brunhilda's eldest grandson, Theudebert, at whose court she was staying, exiled her. She was found wandering near Arcis in Champagne by a peasant, who brought her to Theuderic. The peasant was rewarded with the bishopric of Auxerre , as the legend goes. Theuderic welcomed her and readily fell under her influence, which was inclined to vengeful war with Theudebert at the time. Soon the brothers were at war.
It is at this point that Brunhilda begins to display that ruthlessness which led to her especially violent demise. Brunhilda first took to herself Protadius as lover and, desiring to promote him to high office, conspired to have Berthoald , the mayor of the palace , killed. In 604 , she convinced Theuderic to send Berthoald to inspect the royal villae along the Seine . Clotaire, probably alerted by men of Brunhilda's bidding, sent his own mayor Landric (ironically, a former paramour of Fredegund) to meet Berthoald, who had only a small contingent of men with him. Realising that he had been the victim of courtly plotting, Berthoald, in the ensuing confrontation, overchased the enemy until he was surrounded and killed. Protadius was promptly put in his place.
Brunhilda and Protadius soon persuaded Theuderic to return to war with Theudebert, but the mayor was murdered by his warriors, who did not wish to fight to assuage to ego of queen. The man who ordered Protadius' execution, Duke Uncelen , was soon arrested by Brunhilda and tortured and executed. He was not the first ducal victim of the queen's revenges.
It was also during these later regencies that Desiderius , Bishop of Vienne (later Saint Didier) publicly accused her of incest and cruelty. Desiderius finally enraged her with a pointed sermon on chastity preached in 612 before her and Theuderic, with whom she hired three assassins to murder the bishop at the village now called Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne .
In that year, at the battle of Tolbiac , Theuderic defeated and captured Theudebert, whom the queen was now claiming was in fact the son of a gardener, and brought him and his royal paraphernalia to his Brunhilda, who had him put up in a monastery. She probably had him murdered (along with his son Merovech) to allow Theuderic to succeed to both thrones unhindered. This he did and died of dysentery in his Austrasian capital of Metz in late 613 .
Third regency
The successor of Theuderic II was his bastard son Sigebert , a child. The mayor of the palace of Austrasia, Warnachar , fearing that at his young age he would fall under the influence of his great-grandmother, brought him before a national assemby, where he was proclaimed by the nobles, who did homage to him over both his father's kingdoms. Nonetheless, he could not be kept out of the hands of Brunhilda. Thus, for the last time in a long life, she was regent of the Franks, this time for her own great-grandson.
But Warnachar and Rado , mayor of the palace of Burgundy, along with Pepin of Landen and Saint Arnulf , bishop of Metz , abandoned the cause of Brunhilda and the young king and joined with Clotaire, promising not to rise in defence of the queen-regent and recognising Clotaire as rightful regent and guardian of Sigebert. Brunhilda, with Sigebert, met Clotaire's army on the Aisne , but the dukes yet again betrayed her: the Patrician Aletheus, Duke Rocco, and Duke Sigvald deserted her and she and her king had to flee. As far as the Orbe they got, hoping to enlist the aid of certain German tribes, but Clotaire's minions caught up with them by the lake Neuchâtel . The young king and his brother Corbo were killed. Thus ended the long and bloody feud between Austrasia and Neustria, and reuniting the two kingdoms, Clotaire then had the entire realm of the Franks. Clotaire accused Brunhilda of the death of ten kings of the Franks[10]and many churchmen, including Desiderius. According to the Liber Historiae Francorum :
"Then the army of the Franks and Burgundians joined into one, all shouted together that death would be most fitting for the very wicked Brunhilda. Then King Clotaire ordered that she be lifted on to a camel and led through the entire army. Then she was tied to the feet of wild horses and torn apart limb from limb. Finally she died. Her final grave was the fire. Her bones were burnt."
One legend has her being dragged by a wild mare down the Roman road La Chaussée Brunehaut at Abbeville .
Religion
Brunhilda was raised as an Arian Christian , but upon her marriage to Sigebert, converted to Roman Catholicism. In general, she protected the church and treated Pope Gregory the Great with great respect. He wrote a series of positive letters to her; in 597 he wrote to her about interdicting pagan rites such as tree worship . Gregory of Tours was another favoured cleric; he was a trusted courtier to her and her son from 587 until his death. She also took a keen personal interest in the bishoprics and monasteries within her dominion. This brought her into conflict with Columbanus , abbot of Luxeuil , whom she eventually exiled to Italy, where he founded Bobbio . Brunhilda also played a role in perpetuating the diocese of Maurienne as a suffragan bishopric of the archdiocese of Vienne . In 576, Brunhilda's protector, Sigebert's brother Guntram, had founded the new bishopric at Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne , separating the Maurienne Valley and the neighboring Susa Valley from the Diocese of Turin . The Bishop of Turin protested this to Brunhilda for more than twenty years, but even when Pope Gregory the Great supported his complaint in 599, Brunhilda dismissed it.
Brunhilda was buried in the Abbaye de St. Martin at Autun that she founded in 602 on the spot where the bishop of Tours had cut down a beech-tree that served as an object of pagan worship. The abbey was destroyed in 1793 and Brunhilda's sarcophagus is now in the Musée Lapidaire in Avignon .
Brunhilda commissioned the building of several churches and the abbey of St. Vincent at Laon (founded in 580 ). She is also credited with founding the castle of Bruniquel and having a Roman road resurfaced near Alligny-en-Morvan (where the name of a nearby hill Terreau Bruneau is believed to be derived from hers). The part of Mauves-sur-Loire known as la Fontaine Bruneau is named after Brunhilda who may have cooled herself with the fountain's water when she suffered heat exhaustion .
In legend
Many scholars have seen Brunhilda as inspiration for both Brunnhild and Kriemhild , two rival characters from the Nibelungenlied . Kriemhild married Siegfried , who in many respects resembles Sigebert, Brunhilda's husband. There is resemblance between a multitude of characters and events in the Nibelungenlied and those of the latter half of the sixth century in Merovingian Gaul. As Thomas Hodgkin remarks:
" Treasures buried in long departed days by kings of old, mysterious caves, reptile guides or reptile guardians - are we not transported by this strange legend into the very atmosphere of the Niebelungen Lied? And if the good king Gunthram passed for the fortunate finder of the Dragon-hoard, his brothers and their queens, by their wars, their reconciliations and their terrible avengings, must surely have suggested the main argument of that most tragical epic, the very name of one of whose heroines, Brunichildis, is identical with the name of the queen of Austrasia.[11] "
Notes
^ Her name has many forms, Brunhilda is the German form, it also happens to be the most common in English . In French , she is Brunehaut, in Spanish Brunegilda or Brunequilda. She is also called Brunilda, Brunichildis, Brunechildis, Brunichild, Brunechilde, Brunichilda, Brunhild, Brunhilde, Brünnhilde, Brünhild, Brynhild, or Brynhildr. (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2004).
^ Gregory of Tours, IV.27.
^ Gregory, IV.28.
^ Gregory IV.47
^ Gregory V.2
^ Gregory V.14
^ Gregory V.18
^ Gregory VI.1
^ Gregory IX.20
^ The identity of the ten kings comes from the Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar . It is usually said to include Sigebert I, Chilperic I, Theudebert II, Theuderic II, Sigebert II, Merovech (Chilperic's son), Merovech (Theuderic's son), Corbo (Theuderic's son), and Childebert (Theuderic's son) and the sons of Theudebert.
^ Hodgkin, V, p 202. Retrieved from Northvegr .
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Brunhilda married Sigebert I , of Austrasia, son of Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks and Ingonde. Sigebert was born in 535 in Metz, Moselle, France and died between 575 and 579 in Vitry, <Moselle>, France.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: as King of Austrasia, 561.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 23)
44. Reccared I Visigothic King of Hispania 89 90 91 (Liuvigild , King of the Visigoths32, Clotilda , Princess of the Franks19, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 544 in Spain and died in Jun 601 about age 57.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Reccared I :
Reccared (or Recared) I (586-601) was Visigothic King of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula ). His reign marked a climactic shift in history, with the king's renunciation of traditional Arianism in favor of Catholic Christianity in 587.
Reccared was the younger son of King Liuvigild by his first wife. Like his father, Reccared had his capital at Toledo . The Visigothic kings and nobles were traditionally Arian Christians , while the Hispano-Roman population were Trinitarian Catholics . The Catholic bishop Leander of Seville was instrumental in converting the elder son and heir of Liuvigild, Hermenegild , to Trinitarian Christianity. Leander supported him in a war of rebellion and was exiled for his role.
When King Liuvigild died, within a few weeks of April 21, 586, St. Leander was swift to return to Toledo. The new king had been associated with his father in ruling the kingdom and was acclaimed king by the Visigothic nobles without opposition. Guided by his Merovingian kinship connections and by his Arian stepmother Goiswinth , he sent ambassadors to greet her grandson Childebert II and to his uncle Guntram , the Frankish king of Burgundy , proposing peace and a defensive alliance. Guntram refused to see them.
In January 587 , Reccared renounced Arianism for Catholicism , the single great event of his reign and the turning point for Visigothic Hispania . Most Arian nobles and ecclesiastics followed his example, certainly those around him at Toledo, but there were Arian uprisings, notably in Septimania , his northernmost province, beyond the Pyrenees , where the leader of opposition was the Arian bishop Athaloc , who had the reputation among his Catholic enemies of being virtually a second Arius . Among the secular leaders of the Septimanian insurrection, the counts Granista and Wildigern appealed to Guntram of Burgundy, who saw his opportunity and sent his dux Desiderius. Reccared's army defeated the Arian insurgents and their Catholic allies with great slaughter, Desiderius himself being slain...
The information for the rest of Reccared's reign is scanty. St. Isidore of Seville , bishop Leander's brother, praises his peaceful government, clemency, and generosity: standard encomia. He returned various properties, even some privates ones, that had been confiscated by his father, and founded many churches and monasteries. St. Gregory the Great , writing to Reccared in Aug. 599 (Epp. ix. 61, 121), extols him for embracing the true faith and inducing his people to do so, and notably for refusing the bribes offered by Jews to procure the repeal of a law against them. He sends him a piece of the True Cross , some fragments of the chains of St. Peter , and some hairs of St. John the Baptist .
Reccared was succeeded by his youthful son Liuva II .
Notes
^ St. Isidore, Historia Gothorum.
^ Aloysius Ziegler, Church and State in Visigothic Spain (Washington) 1930: "Ziegler unhesitatingly characterizes the kings. as 'fanatically zealous'" (Bacharach 1973:11.
^ Notably Bernard S. Bachrach , in Early Medieval Jewish Policy in Western Europe (University of Minnesota Press) 1977; see also Bacharach, "A Reassessment of Visigothic Jewish Policy, 589-711", The American Historical Review 78.1 (February 1973), pp. 11-34.
^ Solomon Katz, The Jews in the Visigothic and Frankish Kingdoms of Gaul and Spain (Harvard University Press) 1937 gives the broad background.
^ Bacharach 1973:15.
^ Thompson, The Goths in Spain (Oxford University Press) 1969:112.
Reccared married Chlodosind , Princess of Austrasia,79 80 daughter of Sigebert I , of Austrasia and Brunhilda , of Austrasia. Chlodosind was born about 550 in Austrasia (France).
(Duplicate Line. See Person 37)
45. Hermengild (Liuvigild , King of the Visigoths32, Clotilda , Princess of the Franks19, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 556 in Spain and died in 585 about age 29.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875281
Hermengild married Ingunda, daughter of Sigebert I , of Austrasia and Brunhilda , of Austrasia, in 580. Ingunda was born about 558 in France.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 39)
46. Arnoaldus Bishop of Metz 94 95 (Ansbertus , of Moselle, Senator of Rome35, Tonantius II Ferreolus , Duke of Moselle21, Tonantius Ferreolus , of Moselle14, Ferreolus , of Moselle11, Sigimerus I , d'Auverigne9, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 540 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France and died in 601 about age 61.
Noted events in his life were:
• Bishop of Metz: 601-611.
Arnoaldus married Adelberg , Princess of Paris,82 daughter of Charibert I , King of Paris and Unknown. Adelberg was born in 555 and died in 610 in Metz, Moselle, (Lorraine), France at age 55.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 40)
14th Generation 47. Grimoalde Duke of Aquitaine 97 (Theudebald , King of Austrasia36, Theudebert I , King of Austrasia22, Theuderic I , King of Rheims (Metz, Austrasia)15, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 555 in Aquitaine, France and died in 599 about age 44.
48. Suintila Visigothic King of Hispania (Chlodosind , Princess of Austrasia37, Sigebert I , of Austrasia23, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 585 in Spain and died in 633 about age 48.
Research Notes: FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #105749 (submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer) has name as Swinthila, King of the Visigoths, b. abt 564, d. 633.
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593876475 has name as Suintilo, b. abt 585 in Spain, d. 631.
From Wikipedia - Suintila :
From 621 to 631 , Suintila (or Swinthila, Svinthila, d. 633) was Visigothic King of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula ) . There was a new peace in the Kingdom of the Visigoths. As a direct result, by 624 , the king was able to retake those lands that had been under the control of Byzantium .
On the linguistic front, it was around Suintila's time that a secondary form of the word Hispania was growing in usage: Spania , from which the modern name of Spain originated.[1] According to St. Isidore of Seville , who died in 636 , it was with the Visigothic domination of Hispania that the idea of a peninsular unity was sought, and the phrase mater Spania ("mother Hispania") was first spoken. Up to that date it had been the word Hispania that designated all of the peninsula's lands. In Historia Gothorum, Suintila appears as the first king of totius Spaniae. In De laude Spaniae ("About Hispania's Pride") the country is dealt with as a Gothic nation.
Suintila married Theodora , Princess of the Visigoths, daughter of Sigebut , King of the Visigoths and Unknown. Theodora was born about 601 in Spain.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 54 M i. Chintila Visigothic King of Hispania 104 died in 640.
+ 55 F ii. Liubigotona was born about 631 in Spain.
49. Liuva II King of the Visigoths (Chlodosind , Princess of Austrasia37, Sigebert I , of Austrasia23, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
50. Athanagildo (Ingunda39, Sigebert I , of Austrasia23, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 582.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875279
51. Dode 98 (Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 586 in Saxony, (Germany) and was christened after 615.
Noted events in her life were:
• Became a nun: 612, Trèves (Trier), (Germany).
Dode married Saint Arnulf , Bishop of Metz,105 106 107 son of Baudgise II , d'Aquitaine, Duke of Aquitaine and <Oda> , of Suevia. Arnulf was born on 13 Aug 582 in Herstal, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium), died on 16 Aug 640 in Remiremont, (Vosges, Moselle), Austrasia, (France) at age 58, and was buried in Church of Apostles, Metz, (Moselle, Lorraine, France).
Noted events in his life were:
• Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia:
• Bishop of Metz: 612.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 56 M i. Ansegisel of Metz, Duke Ansgise 108 109 110 was born about 602 in <Metz>, (Lorraine), Austrasia (France) and died between 648 and 669.
+ 57 M ii. Chlodulf of Metz
52. Dagobert I King of Austrasia, King of the Franks 99 100 101 (Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 603 in France, died on 19 Jan 639 about age 36, and was buried in Saint-Denis Basilica, Paris, France.
Research Notes: King of Austrasia (623-634), King of the Franks (629-634), King of Neustria and Burgundy (629-639)
From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593873572 :
King of Austrasia 622-628. The greatest of the Merovingian Kings. In 626 Dagobert founded a Benedictine abbey near the tomb of St. Denis. By the 12th century, the abbey had become the richest and most famous in France. Its church was a burial place for many of the French royal house and from the 12th to 15th centuries the oriflamme, the standard of St. Denis, was the banner of the kings of France.
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From Wikipedia - List of Frankish kings :
Chlothar II defeated Brunhilda and her grandson, reunifying the kingdom. However, in 623, in order to appease particularistic forces and also to secure the borders, he gave the Austrasians his young son as their own king. His son and successor, Dagobert I , emulated this move by appointing a sub-king for Aquitaine, with a seat at Toulouse , in 629 and Austrasia in 634.
Neustria and Burgundy - Dagobert I, 629-639 then Clovis II, 639-658 then Chlothar III, 658-673 then Theuderic III, 673 then Childeric II, 673-675 then Theuderic III, 675-691
Aquitaine - Charibert II, 629-632 then Chilperic, 632 then Dagobert I, 632-639
Austrasia - Dagobert I, 623-634 then Sigebert III, 634-656 then Childebert the Adopted, 656-661 then Chlothar III, 661-662 then Childeric II, 662-675 then Clovis III, 675-676 then Dagobert II, 676-679 then Theuderic III, 679-691
Theuderic III was recognized as king of all the Franks in 679. From then on, the kingdom of the Franks can be treated as a unity again for all but a very brief period of civil war.
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From Wikipedia - Dagobert I :
Dagobert I (c. 603 - 19 January 639 ) was the king of Austrasia (623 -634 ), king of all the Franks (629 -634 ), and king of Neustria and Burgundy (629 -639 ). He was the last Merovingian dynast to wield any real royal power. Dagobert was the first of the French kings to be buried in the royal tombs at Saint Denis Basilica .
Rule in Austrasia
Dagobert was the eldest son of Chlothar II and Haldetrude (575-604). Chlothar II had reigned alone over all the Franks since 613 . In 623, Chlothar was forced to make Dagobert king of Austrasia by the nobility of that region, who wanted a king of their own.
When Chlothar II granted Austrasia to Dagobert, he initially excluded Alsace , the Vosges , and the Ardennes , but shortly thereafter the Austrasian nobility forced him to concede these regions to Dagobert. The rule of a Frank from the Austrasian heartland tied Alsace more closely to the Austrasian court. Dagobert created a new duchy (the later Duchy of Alsace ) in southwest Austrasia to guard the region from Burgundian or Alemannic encroachments and ambitions. The duchy comprised the Vosges, the Burgundian Gate , and the Transjura . Dagobert made his courtier Gundoin the first duke of this new polity that was to last until the end of the Merovingian dynasty.
United rule
On the death of his father in 629 , Dagobert inherited the Neustrian and Burgundian kingdoms. His half-brother Charibert , son of Sichilde , claimed Neustria but Dagobert opposed him. Brodulf , the brother of Sichilde, petitioned Dagobert on behalf of his young nephew, but Dagobert assassinated him and gave his younger sibling Aquitaine.
Charibert died in 632 and his son Chilperic was assassinated on Dagobert's orders. By 632 , Dagobert had Burgundy and Aquitaine firmly under his rule, becoming the most powerful Merovingian king in many years and the most respected ruler in the West.
In 631 , Dagobert led three armies against Samo , the rulers of the Slavs , but his Austrasian forces were defeated at Wogastisburg .
Rule in Neustria, from Paris
Also in 632, the nobles of Austrasia revolted under the mayor of the palace , Pepin of Landen . In 634 , Dagobert appeased the rebellious nobles by putting his three-year-old son, Sigebert III , on the throne, thereby ceding royal power in the easternmost of his realms, just as his father had done for him eleven years earlier.
As king, Dagobert made Paris his capital. During his reign, he built the Altes Schloss in Meersburg (in modern Germany ), which today is the oldest inhabited castle in that country. Devoutly religious, Dagobert was also responsible for the construction of the Saint Denis Basilica , at the site of a Benedictine monastery in Paris.
Dagobert died in the abbey of Saint-Denis and was the first French king to be buried in the Saint Denis Basilica , Paris .
Marriage and issue
Dagobert was a serial monogamist.
He married Nanthild and they had the following:
He also had a mistress named Ragintrudis (Ragnetrude) and they had the following:
His other wives were:
Dagobert had a relationship with Ragintrudis.
+ 58 M i. Siegbert III King of Austrasia 111 112 was born about 615 in France and died on 1 Feb 656 about age 41.
Dagobert married Nanthilde.113 Nanthilde was born in 610 and died in 642 at age 32.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 59 M i. Clovis II 114 was born in 634 and died in 657 at age 23.
53. Charibert II 103 (Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 608 and died on 8 Apr 632 about age 24.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Charibert II :
Charibert II (c.608 -8 April 632 ), a son of Clotaire II and his second wife Sichilde, was briefly king of Aquitaine from 629 to his death, with his capital at Toulouse .
When his father, Clotaire II , King of the Franks , died in 629, Charibert made a bid for the kingdom of Neustria against his elder half-brother Dagobert I , who had already been king of Austrasia since 623 . In the ensuing negotiations, Charibert, a minor, was represented by his uncle Brodulf , the brother of Queen Sichilde. Dagobert had Brodulf killed and ceded the near-independent realm of Aquitaine to Charibert. This agreement was confirmed in 631 , when Charibert stood godfather to Dagobert's son Sigebert .
Charibert's realm included Toulouse, Cahors , Agen , Perigueux , and Saintes , to which he added his possessions in Gascony . Charibert was married to Gisela, the heiress of Amand of Gascony. His fighting force subdued the resistance of the Basques , until the whole of the Basque Country was under his control.
In 632 , Charibert died at Blaye , Gironde -possibly assassinated on Dagobert's orders-and soon after that Charibert's infant son Chilperic was also killed. Aquitaine passed again to Dagobert. Both Charibert and his son are buried in the early Romanesque Basilica of Saint-Romain at Blaye.
Noted events in his life were:
15th Generation 54. Chintila Visigothic King of Hispania 104 (Suintila , Visigothic King of Hispania48, Chlodosind , Princess of Austrasia37, Sigebert I , of Austrasia23, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died in 640.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Chintila :
Chintila was Visigothic King of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula ) (636 -639 /640 ). He succeeded Sisenand in a time of weakness and reigned until his death.
He was elected and confirmed by a convention of bishops and nobles in accordance with the 75th canon of the IV Council of Toledo . With his election, nothing changed and instability reigned. He never solved the many problems which plagued his time in office and, as the chroniclers of the age tell us, this included rebellions in Septimania and Gallaecia . In the three years of his reign, he permitted the bishops wide authority and they were the monarchs de facto, if not de jure.
He dedicated his time to councils, the V Council of Toledo in June 636 and the VI Council of Toledo in June 638 . They coverred many topics and legistaled many new regulations. The king had to be chosen from among the nobility; never a tonsurado (cleric), member of the servil classes (peasants), or foreigners. They dictated the penalties for insurrection and determined that property acquired justly by the king could not be confiscated by his successor. Finally, they outlawed noncatholics within the frontiers of the kingdom, which resulted in many forced conversions.
Chintila died in 639 or 640 of natural causes and was followed by Tulga .
Chintila married someone.
+ 60 M i. Tulga King of the Visigoths was born before 620 in Spain and died in 642 in France.
55. Liubigotona (Suintila , Visigothic King of Hispania48, Chlodosind , Princess of Austrasia37, Sigebert I , of Austrasia23, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 631 in Spain.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875276
56. Ansegisel of Metz, Duke Ansgise 108 109 110 (Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 602 in <Metz>, (Lorraine), Austrasia (France) and died between 648 and 669.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Ansegisel :
Ansegisel (also Ansgise) (ca 602 or 610 - murdered before 679 or 662 ) was the son of Saint Arnulf , bishop of Metz and his wife Saint Doda. He served King Sigbert III of Austrasia (634 -656 ) as a duke (Latin dux, a military leader) and domesticus. He was killed sometime before 679, slain in a feud by his enemy Gundewin.
Marriage and issue
He married sometime after 639 to Saint Begga , the daughter of Pepin of Landen . They had the following children:
Ansegisel married Saint Begga , of Landen,115 116 117 daughter of Pippin I , of Landen, Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia and Itta , of Landen, before 639. Begga was born about 613 in Landen, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium) and died on 17 Dec 693 in Andenne, (Belgium) about age 80.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 61 M i. Pepin II of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia 118 119 was born about 645 in Herstal, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium) and died on 16 Dec 714 in Junille, (Meuse, Lorraine), France about age 69.
57. Chlodulf of Metz (Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
58. Siegbert III King of Austrasia 111 112 (Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 615 in France and died on 1 Feb 656 about age 41.
Birth Notes: May have been born later (e.g. c. 630)
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Sigebert III :
Sigebert III (c. 630-656/660) was the king of Austrasia from 634 to his death probably on 1 February 656 , or maybe as late as 660. He was the eldest son of Dagobert I .
To satisfy the Austrasian aristocracy, who exercised a certain autonomy, Sigebert's father gave him the kingdom of Austrasia although it remained part of the larger Frankish realm. On the death of Dagobert, Sigebert ruled Austrasia independently, and free from any subjection to Neustria . Under the tutelage of Blessed Pepin of Landen and other saints of the time, the young king grew into pious adulthood.
He tried in vain to add Thuringia to his kingdom, but was defeated by Duke Radulph in 640. Though only ten years of age, he was the leader of his army. The Chronicle of Fredegar records that the rout left him weeping in his saddle. From this, we can surmise that, at least in part, the downfall of the Merovingian dynasty was a result of child rule, for both Sigebert and his younger brother Clovis II , who ruled in Neustria , were prepubescent children who could not fight on the field and whose regents had their own interests at heart.
It was under his reign that the mayor of the palace began to play the most important role in the political life of Austrasia. That mayor, Grimoald , the son of Pepin I , managed to convince the king to adopt his son Childebert . When Sigebert finally had a son of his own, the future Dagobert II , the mayor of the palace felt threatened, and on the death of Sigebert (at the age of 25) he exiled the young Dagobert to Ireland . Sigebert's remains, defiled during the French Revolution , are preserved in the cathedral at Nancy .
Though not a success as a king, he was revered as the founder of numerous monasteries, hospitals, and churches. He is regarded as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church and is the patron saint of Nancy.
He has been described as the first roi fainéant -do-nothing king-of the Merovingian dynasty .
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Austrasia: 634-656.
Siegbert married someone.
+ 62 F i. Berswinde 120 was born about 647 in France.
59. Clovis II 114 (Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 634 and died in 657 at age 23.
Clovis married Bathilde.121 Bathilde was born in 626 and died between 680 and 685.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 63 M i. Thierry III 122 was born in 654 and died in 691 at age 37.
16th Generation 60. Tulga King of the Visigoths (Chintila , Visigothic King of Hispania54, Suintila , Visigothic King of Hispania48, Chlodosind , Princess of Austrasia37, Sigebert I , of Austrasia23, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born before 620 in Spain and died in 642 in France.
Research Notes: FamilySearch.org Compact Disc #94 Pin #105831
(submitted by Samuel Taylor "Sam" Geer) has b. bef 620 in Spain, d. 642 in France.
From Wikipedia - Tulga :
Tulga (or Tulca) was Visigothic King of Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula ) from 640 to 642 , if his father died in December 640, as some sources state. Although some sources have his rule beginning as early as 639 or ending as early as 641 . He came after his father Chintila in another vain attempt to establish dynastic kingship.
In 642, Chindasuinth, a Gothic warlord, commenced a rebellion. He was already 79 years old. He had command of the frontier with the Basques . He saw the crown's weakness and a convention of nobles (landholding Goths) and the people (other Gothic inhabitants) at Pampalica (probably modern Pampliega ) proclaimed him king without the support of the church.
According to Sigibert of Gembloux , the rebel deposed Tulga in Toledo and tonsured him, sending him to a monastery to live out his days as a monk (since monks were ineligible for the elective throne). However, Saint Ildephonsus of Toledo says that the rebellion failed without the church's support and Chindasuinth succeeded only on the death of Tulga. From our vantage point, so far in the future, it is impossible to decipher the truth.
Tulga married someone.
+ 64 F i. Gislica Princess of the Visigoths 123 was born before 638.
61. Pepin II of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia 118 119 (Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 645 in Herstal, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium) and died on 16 Dec 714 in Junille, (Meuse, Lorraine), France about age 69.
Birth Notes: May have been b. abt. 635. Ancestral Roots line 190-10 has b. abt. 645.
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: as Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia & Neustria, 687.
Pepin had a relationship with Alpaida.124 125
+ 65 M i. Charles Martel King of the Franks 119 126 127 128 129 was born about 676 in Herstal, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium), died on 22 Oct 741 in Ciersy Sur Oise, Austrasia (France) about age 65, and was buried in Monastery of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
62. Berswinde 120 (Siegbert III , King of Austrasia58, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 647 in France.
Berswinde married Adalrich , Duke of Alsace,130 131 son of Adalrich and Unknown. Adalrich was born about 645 and died on 20 Feb 690 about age 45.
Noted events in his life were:
• Obtained: Duchy of Alsace, 662.
• Duke of Alsace: 662-690.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 66 M i. Adelbert Duke of Alsace 132 133 was born about 688 in Alsace, France and died in 722 about age 34.
63. Thierry III 122 (Clovis II59, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 654 and died in 691 at age 37.
Thierry married Clotilde.122 Clotilde was born in 650 and died in 699 at age 49.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 67 F i. Berthe 134 died after 720.
17th Generation 64. Gislica Princess of the Visigoths 123 (Tulga , King of the Visigoths60, Chintila , Visigothic King of Hispania54, Suintila , Visigothic King of Hispania48, Chlodosind , Princess of Austrasia37, Sigebert I , of Austrasia23, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born before 638.
Gislica married Bera II , Count de Es.135 Bera was born about 630.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 68 F i. Giselle Adele Princesse de Razes 136 was born about 653 in Razes, Haute Vienne, Limousin, France and died in 676 about age 23.
65. Charles Martel King of the Franks 119 126 127 128 129 (Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 676 in Herstal, Liège, Austrasia (Belgium), died on 22 Oct 741 in Ciersy Sur Oise, Austrasia (France) about age 65, and was buried in Monastery of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
Birth Notes: Ancestral Roots has b. 676; Wikipedia has abt. 688
Research Notes: From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871722:
"Charles is particularly remembered in history for winning the battle of Tours in 732. The battle, near Poitiers on 11 October, ended the invasion of a 90,000 man Moorish [Saracen] army led by the Yemenite Abd ar-Rahman. The Moors had crossed the Pyrenees by 720 when they captured Narbonne. After sacking and burning Bordeaux, they defeated an army under Eudes, Duke of Aquitaine (RIN # 4056). Attracted by its riches, the Moors marched on Tours, but were defeated by Charles (afterwards called Charles the Hammer) then 44 years of age. Abd ar-Rahman is killed and the invaders retreated across the Pyrenees to Spain where they will not be driven from until 1492. In 735, Charles conquered Burgundy, adding its lands to the Kingdom of the Franks.
"!The People's Chronology; 65"
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From Wikipedia - Charles Martel :
Charles Martel (Latin : Carolus Martellus) (ca. 688 - 22 October 741),[1][2][3][4][5] called Charles the Hammer, was a Frankish military and political leader, who served as Mayor of the Palace under the Merovingian kings and ruled de facto during an interregnum (737-43) at the end of his life, using the title Duke and Prince of the Franks . In 739 he was offered the title of Consul by the Pope , but he refused.[6] He is perhaps best remembered for winning the Battle of Tours in 732, in which he defeated an invading Muslim army and halted northward Islamic expansion in western Europe.[7]
A brilliant general-he lost only one battle in his career (the Battle of Cologne )-he is a founding figure of the Middle Ages , often credited with a seminal role in the development of feudalism and knighthood , and laying the groundwork for the Carolingian Empire .[8] [9]
Birth and youth
Martel was born in Herstal , in present-day Belgium , the illegitimate son of the mayor and duke Pippin II and his concubine Alpaida .[10]
The following tale is told of Charles and of the origins of his name:[citation needed ] in 676, Pepin of Herstal and his wife Plectrude were talking together in a room when they were intruded upon by a messenger, bringing news that the Mayor's mistress, Alpaida , had given birth to a son at Herstal. The messenger, fearful of arousing the wrath of Plectrude, decided not to announce the news directly. Instead, he said: "Long live the king, it is a carl" ('man'). Pepin, equally cautious of his wife, dismissed the messenger as follows: "A carl, is it? Then let him be called that." This was done, and, so legend claims, the child was named "Carl". In Germany he's still called "Karl Martell". Alpaida also bore Pepin another son, Childebrand.
<<b>>Contesting for power<</b>>
In December 714, Pepin of Heristal died. Prior to his death, he had, at his wife Plectrude's urging, designated Theudoald , his grandson by their son Grimoald , his heir in the entire realm. This was immediately opposed by the nobles because Theudoald was a child of only eight years of age. To prevent Charles using this unrest to his own advantage, Plectrude had him gaoled in Cologne , the city which was destined to be her capital. This prevented an uprising on his behalf in Austrasia , but not in Neustria .
Death
Charles Martel died on October 22, 741, at Quierzy-sur-Oise in what is today the Aisne département in the Picardy region of France. He was buried at Saint Denis Basilica in Paris . His territories were divided among his adult sons a year earlier: to Carloman he gave Austrasia and Alemannia (with Bavaria as a vassal), to Pippin the Younger Neustria and Burgundy (with Aquitaine as a vassal), and to Grifo nothing, though some sources indicate he intended to give him a strip of land between Neustria and Austrasia.
Gibbon called him "the hero of the age" and declared "Christendom ... delivered ... by the genius and good fortune of one man, Charles Martel."
Family and children
Charles Martel married twice:
His first wife was Rotrude of Treves , (690-724) (daughter of St. Leutwinus, Bishop of Treves ). They had the following children:
His second wife was Swanhild . They had the following child:
Charles Martel also had a mistress, Ruodhaid . They had the following children:
Noted events in his life were:
• Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia:
• Victory: over the Saracens, 732, Tours near Poitiers, (France).
Charles married Swanachild, daughter of Tassilo II , of Bavaria and Imma. Swanachild was born about 691 in Bavaria (Germany).
Charles next married Rotrude , of Treves,137 daughter of Saint Leutwinus , Bishop of Treves and Unknown. Rotrude was born in 690 and died in 724 at age 34.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 69 M i. Pepin III "the Short" King of the Franks 119 138 139 140 was born in 714 in Austrasia, died on 24 Sep 768 in Saint-Denis, (Paris, Île-de-France, France) at age 54, and was buried in Basilica of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
+ 70 F ii. Hiltrud died in 754.
+ 71 M iii. Carloman Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia 141 was born about 0711 and died in 754 about age 43.
+ 72 F iv. Landrade was born about 713.
+ 73 F v. Auda
+ 74 M vi. DukeBernard
66. Adelbert Duke of Alsace 132 133 (Berswinde62, Siegbert III , King of Austrasia58, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 688 in Alsace, France and died in 722 about age 34.
Adelbert married someone.
+ 75 M i. Luitfride I Duke of Alsace 142 143 was born about 718 in Alsace, France and died in 731 about age 13.
67. Berthe 134 (Thierry III63, Clovis II59, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died after 720.
Noted events in her life were:
• Living: 720.
Berthe married Martin , of Laon.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 76 M i. Charibert Count of Laon 144 died after 747.
18th Generation 68. Giselle Adele Princesse de Razes 136 (Gislica , Princess of the Visigoths64, Tulga , King of the Visigoths60, Chintila , Visigothic King of Hispania54, Suintila , Visigothic King of Hispania48, Chlodosind , Princess of Austrasia37, Sigebert I , of Austrasia23, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 653 in Razes, Haute Vienne, Limousin, France and died in 676 about age 23.
69. Pepin III "the Short" King of the Franks 119 138 139 140 (Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 714 in Austrasia, died on 24 Sep 768 in Saint-Denis, (Paris, Île-de-France, France) at age 54, and was buried in Basilica of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
Research Notes: From Ancestral Roots, Line 190-12, "deposed the last of the Faineant (Merovingian) kings and became himself the first king of the Franks of the second race, 751-768, d. 768."
From Wikipedia - Pepin the Short :
Pepin or Pippin (714 - 24 September 768 ), called the Short, and often known as Pepin the Younger or Pepin III,[1] was the Mayor of the Palace and Duke of the Franks from 741 and King of the Franks from 751 to 768. He was the father of Charlemagne .
He was the son of Charles Martel , mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks, and of Rotrude of Trier (690 -724 ).
Assumption of power
Pepin's father, Charles Martel, died in 741 . He divided the rule of the Frankish kingdom between Pepin and his elder brother, Carloman , his surviving sons by his first wife: Carloman became Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, Pepin became Mayor of the Palace of Neustria. Grifo , Charles' son by his second wife, Swanahild (aka Swanhilde), may also have been intended to receive an inheritance, but he was imprisoned in a monastery by his two half-brothers. Carloman, who by all evidence was a deeply pious man, retired to a monastery in 747 . This left Francia in the hands of Pepin as sole mayor of the palace and dux et princeps Francorum, a title originated by his grandfather and namesake Pepin of Heristal ...
Legacy
Pepin died during a campaign and was brought to Saint Denis to be buried near the saint in 768 and is interred there in the basilica with his wife Bertrada . Pepin was buried "outside that entrance [of Saint Denis Basilica ] according to his wishes, face down, for the sins of his father Charles Martel".[1] Historical opinion often seems to regard him as the lesser son and lesser father of two greater men, though a great man in his own right. He continued to build up the heavy cavalry which his father had begun. He maintained the standing army that his father had found necessary to protect the realm and form the core of its full army in wartime. He not only maintained his father's policy of containing the Moors , he drove them over and across the Pyrenees with the capture of Narbonne. He continued his father's expansion of the Frankish church (missionary work in Germany and Scandinavia ) and the infrastructure (feudalism ) that would prove the backbone of medieval Europe. His rule, while not as great as either his father's or son's, was historically important and of great benefit to the Franks as a people. It can certainly be argued that Pepin's assumption of the crown, and the title of Patrician of Rome , were harbingers of his son's imperial coronation which is usually seen as the founding of the Holy Roman Empire . He certainly made the Carolingians de jure what his father had made them de facto-the ruling dynasty of the Franks and the foremost power of Europe. While not known as a great general, he was undefeated during his lifetime.
Family
In 740 , Pepin married Bertrada of Laon , his second cousin. Her father, Charibert , was the son of Pepin II's brother, Martin of Laon . They are known to have had four children:
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: as Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia & Neustria, 714.
• King of the Franks: of the second race, 751-768.
Pepin married Berthe , of Laon,145 daughter of Charibert , Count of Laon and Gisele. Berthe died in 783.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 77 M i. Charlemagne King of France, Holy Roman Emperor 146 147 148 149 was born on 2 Apr 747 in Ingelheim, Rheinhessen (Rhineland-Palatinate), Hesse-Darmstadt, Austrasia (Germany), died on 28 Jan 814 in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), Rhineland, Prussia (Germany) at age 66, and was buried in Notre-Dame d'Aix-la-Chapelle, Rhineland, Prussia (Germany).
+ 78 M ii. Carloman was born in 751 and died on 4 Dec 771 at age 20.
+ 79 F iii. Gisela was born in 757 and died in 810 at age 53.
70. Hiltrud (Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died in 754.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Charles Martel
Hiltrud married Odilo I , Duke of Bavaria.
71. Carloman Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia 141 (Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 0711 and died in 754 about age 43.
Research Notes: From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593872691:
Mayor of the palace of Austrasia, it is probable that his wife was a
daughter of Alard. Upon the death of his father in 741, Carloman
succeeded to Austrasia, Alemannia, Thuringia and Bavaria. His brother Pepin (RIN # 570) recieves the other half of the realm and the title of King of Franks, when Carloman suddenly abdicated his lands and became a monk in 747.
72. Landrade (Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 713.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875391
Landrade married Sigrand , Count of Hesbania about 709. Sigrand was born about 709.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 80 M i. Gunderland Count of Hasbania 150 was born about 732 and died in 773 about age 41.
73. Auda (Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
Auda married Thierry IV , Count of Autun and Toulouse.
74. DukeBernard (Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
Bernard married someone.
+ 81 F i. < > [Daughter of Duke Bernard]
75. Luitfride I Duke of Alsace 142 143 (Adelbert , Duke of Alsace66, Berswinde62, Siegbert III , King of Austrasia58, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 718 in Alsace, France and died in 731 about age 13.
Death Notes: Death date may have been later.
Luitfride married someone.
+ 82 M i. Luitfride II Count of Alsace 151 152 was born about 752 in Alsace, France and died in 800 about age 48.
76. Charibert Count of Laon 144 (Berthe67, Thierry III63, Clovis II59, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died after 747.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-12 (Pepin III the Short)
Noted events in his life were:
• Living: 720-747.
Charibert married Gisele.153
The child from this marriage was:
+ 83 F i. Berthe of Laon 145 died in 783.
19th Generation 
77. Charlemagne King of France, Holy Roman Emperor 146 147 148 149 (Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born on 2 Apr 747 in Ingelheim, Rheinhessen (Rhineland-Palatinate), Hesse-Darmstadt, Austrasia (Germany), died on 28 Jan 814 in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), Rhineland, Prussia (Germany) at age 66, and was buried in Notre-Dame d'Aix-la-Chapelle, Rhineland, Prussia (Germany).
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-13 has b. 2 Apr 747, d. Aix la Chapelle, 28 Jan 813/4, King of France 768-814, crowned Holy Roman Emperor 25 Dec. 800.
From Wikipedia - Charlemagne :
Charlemagne (Latin : Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus, meaning Charles the Great) (742 /747 - 28 January 814 ) was King of the Franks from 768 to his death. He expanded the Frankish kingdoms into a Frankish Empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign, he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800 as a rival of the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople . His rule is also associated with the Carolingian Renaissance , a revival of art, religion, and culture through the medium of the Catholic Church . Through his foreign conquests and internal reforms, Charlemagne helped define both Western Europe and the Middle Ages . He is numbered as Charles I in the regnal lists of France , Germany , and the Holy Roman Empire .
The son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon , he succeeded his father and co-ruled with his brother Carloman I . The latter got on badly with Charlemagne, but war was prevented by the sudden death of Carloman in 771. Charlemagne continued the policy of his father towards the papacy and became its protector, removing the Lombards from power in Italy, and waging war on the Saracens , who menaced his realm from Spain . It was during one of these campaigns that Charlemagne experienced the worst defeat of his life, at Roncesvalles (778). He also campaigned against the peoples to his east, especially the Saxons , and after a protracted war subjected them to his rule. By forcibly converting them to Christianity, he integrated them into his realm and thus paved the way for the later Ottonian dynasty .
Today he is not only regarded as the founding father of both French and German monarchies, but as the father of Europe: his empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Romans, and the Carolingian renaissance encouraged the formation of a common European identity..,
Date and place of birth
Charlemagne is traditionally believed to have been born on April 2 , 742; however, several factors have led to a reconsideration of this date. First, the year 742 was calculated from his age given at death, rather than from attestation in primary sources. Another date is given in the Annales Petarienses , April 1 , 747. In that year, April 1 was at Easter . The birth of an emperor at eastertime is a coincidence likely to provoke comment, but there was no such comment documented in 747, leading some to suspect that the Easter birthday was a pious fiction concocted as a way of honoring the Emperor. Other commentators weighing the primary records have suggested that his birth was one year later, in 748. At present, it is impossible to be certain of the date of the birth of Charlemagne. The best guesses include April 1 , 747, after April 15 , 747, or April 1 , 748, in Herstal (where his father was born, a city close to Liège in modern day Belgium ), the region from where both the Merovingian and Carolingian families originate. He went to live in his father's villa in Jupille when he was around seven, which caused Jupille to be listed as a possible place of birth in almost every history book. Other cities have been suggested, including, Prüm , Düren , Gauting and Aachen ...
Early life
Charlemagne was the eldest child of Pippin the Short (714 - 24 September 768, reigned from 751) and his wife Bertrada of Laon (720 - 12 July 783 ), daughter of Caribert of Laon and Bertrada of Cologne . Records name only Carloman , Gisela , and a short-lived child named Pippin as his younger siblings. The semi-mythical Redburga , wife of King Egbert of Wessex , is sometimes claimed to be his sister (or sister-in-law or niece), and the legendary material makes him Roland 's maternal uncle through a lady Bertha.
Much of what is known of Charlemagne's life comes from his biographer, Einhard , who wrote a Vita Caroli Magni (or Vita Karoli Magni), the Life of Charlemagne...
Charles and his children
During the first peace of any substantial length (780-782), Charles began to appoint his sons to positions of authority within the realm, in the tradition of the kings and mayors of the past. In 781 he made his two younger sons kings, having them crowned by the Pope. The elder of these two, Carloman , was made king of Italy , taking the Iron Crown which his father had first worn in 774, and in the same ceremony was renamed "Pippin". The younger of the two, Louis , became king of Aquitaine . He ordered Pippin and Louis to be raised in the customs of their kingdoms, and he gave their regents some control of their subkingdoms, but real power was always in his hands, though he intended each to inherit their realm some day. Nor did he tolerate insubordination in his sons: in 792, he banished his eldest, though illegitimate, son, Pippin the Hunchback , to the monastery of Prüm, because the young man had joined a rebellion against him.
The sons fought many wars on behalf of their father when they came of age. Charles was mostly preoccupied with the Bretons, whose border he shared and who insurrected on at least two occasions and were easily put down, but he was also sent against the Saxons on multiple occasions. In 805 and 806, he was sent into the Böhmerwald (modern Bohemia ) to deal with the Slavs living there (Czechs ). He subjected them to Frankish authority and devastated the valley of the Elbe, forcing a tribute on them. Pippin had to hold the Avar and Beneventan borders, but also fought the Slavs to his north. He was uniquely poised to fight the Byzantine Empire when finally that conflict arose after Charlemagne's imperial coronation and a Venetian rebellion. Finally, Louis was in charge of the Spanish March and also went to southern Italy to fight the duke of Benevento on at least one occasion. He took Barcelona in a great siege in the year 797 (see below).
Charlemagne's attitude toward his daughters has been the subject of much discussion. He kept them at home with him, and refused to allow them to contract sacramental marriages - possibly to prevent the creation of cadet branches of the family to challenge the main line, as had been the case with Tassilo of Bavaria - yet he tolerated their extramarital relationships, even rewarding their common-law husbands, and treasured the bastard grandchildren they produced for him. He also, apparently, refused to believe stories of their wild behaviour. After his death the surviving daughters were banished from the court by their brother, the pious Louis, to take up residence in the convents they had been bequeathed by their father. At least one of them, Bertha, had a recognised relationship, if not a marriage, with Angilbert , a member of Charlemagne's court circle...
Death
In 813, Charlemagne called Louis the Pious , king of Aquitaine , his only surviving legitimate son, to his court. There he crowned him with his own hands as co-emperor and sent him back to Aquitaine. He then spent the autumn hunting before returning to Aachen on 1 November . In January, he fell ill with pleurisy (Einhard 59). He took to his bed on 21 January and as Einhard tells it:
He died January twenty-eighth, the seventh day from the time that he took to his bed, at nine o'clock in the morning, after partaking of the Holy Communion , in the seventy-second year of his age and the forty-seventh of his reign.
He was buried on the day of his death, in Aachen Cathedral , although the cold weather and the nature of his illness made such a hurried burial unnecessary. A later story, told by Otho of Lomello, Count of the Palace at Aachen in the time of Otto III , would claim that he and Emperor Otto had discovered Charlemagne's tomb: the emperor, they claimed, was seated upon a throne, wearing a crown and holding a sceptre, his flesh almost entirely incorrupt. The story was proved false by Frederick I , who discovered the remains of the emperor in a sarcophagus beneath the floor of the chapel.[7]
Charlemagne's death greatly affected many of his subjects, particularly those of the literary clique who had surrounded him at Aachen...
Marriages and heirs
Charlemagne had seventeen children over the course of his life with eight of his ten known wives or concubinues.
Concubinages and illegitimate children
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: as Emperor of the West & King of Franks, 768.
• Acceded: as King of the Lombards, 774.
• Crowned: Holy Roman Emperor, 25 Dec 800.
Charlemagne married Hildegard , of Vinzgouw,119 154 155 156 daughter of Gerold , of Swabia, Count in Linzgau, Prefect in Bavaria and Emma , of Allemania, before 30 Apr 771 in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), Rhineland, Prussia (Germany). Hildegard was born about 758 in Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen), Rhineland, Prussia (Germany), died on 30 Apr 783 in Thionville, (Moselle, Lorraine), Austrasia (France) about age 25, and was buried in Abbaye de St. Arnoul, Metz, (Moselle, Lorraine), Austrasia (France).
Children from this marriage were:
+ 84 M i. Pepin King of Italy and Lombardy 157 158 was born in Apr 773, was christened on 12 Apr 781 in Rome, (Italy), and died on 8 Jul 810 in Milan, Italy at age 37.
+ 85 M ii. Charles "Karl" von Ingelheim Duke of Ingelheim 159 was born in 772 and died in 811 at age 39.
+ 86 M iii. Louis I Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks 160 161 162 163 was born on 16 Apr 778 in <Villa Cassinogilum (Chasseneuil-du-Poitou), (Poitou-Charentes)>, Aquitaine (France) and died on 20 Jun 840 in Ingelheim Kaiserpfalz, (Ingelheim am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) at age 62.
Charlemagne had a relationship with Himiltrude.
Charlemagne next married Desiderata.
Charlemagne next married Fastrade in 784. Fastrade died in 794.
Charlemagne next married Luitgard. They had no children.
78. Carloman (Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 751 and died on 4 Dec 771 at age 20.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Pepin the Short
79. Gisela (Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 757 and died in 810 at age 53.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Pepin the Short
80. Gunderland Count of Hasbania 150 (Landrade72, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 732 and died in 773 about age 41.
Research Notes: Possibly not the father of Ingram.
Gunderland married someone.
+ 87 M i. Ingram Count of Hesbaye 164 165 was born about 752 and died in <Hesbaye (Belgium)>.
81. < > [Daughter of Duke Bernard] (Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
< had a relationship with Pepin , King of Italy and Lombardy,157 158 son of Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor and Hildegard , of Vinzgouw. Pepin was born in Apr 773, was christened on 12 Apr 781 in Rome, (Italy), and died on 8 Jul 810 in Milan, Italy at age 37.
Christening Notes: Baptized at Rome, 12 Apr. 781, by Pope Adrian I
Noted events in his life were:
• Baptized: by Pope Adrian I, 12 Apr 781, Rome, (Italy).
• King of Italy: 781-810.
• Consecrated: King of Lombardy, 15 Apr 781.
+ 88 M i. Bernard King of Italy 166 167 was born in 797 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died on 17 Apr 818 in Milan, Italy at age 21.
82. Luitfride II Count of Alsace 151 152 (Luitfride I , Duke of Alsace75, Adelbert , Duke of Alsace66, Berswinde62, Siegbert III , King of Austrasia58, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 752 in Alsace, France and died in 800 about age 48.
Luitfride married Hiltrude.168
The child from this marriage was:
+ 89 M i. Hugh III Count of Alsace and Tours 151 169 170 was born about 788 in France and died on 20 Oct 837 in Alsace, France about age 49.
83. Berthe of Laon 145 (Charibert , Count of Laon76, Berthe67, Thierry III63, Clovis II59, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died in 783.
Research Notes: Probably the daughter of Charibert, Count of Laon. Possibly the daughter of Count Herbert.
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-12 (Pepin III the Short).
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
Berthe married Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks,119 138 139 140 son of Charles Martel , King of the Franks and Rotrude , of Treves. Pepin was born in 714 in Austrasia, died on 24 Sep 768 in Saint-Denis, (Paris, Île-de-France, France) at age 54, and was buried in Basilica of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
Noted events in his life were:
• Acceded: as Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia & Neustria, 714.
• King of the Franks: of the second race, 751-768.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 69)
20th Generation 84. Pepin King of Italy and Lombardy 157 158 (Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in Apr 773, was christened on 12 Apr 781 in Rome, (Italy), and died on 8 Jul 810 in Milan, Italy at age 37.
Christening Notes: Baptized at Rome, 12 Apr. 781, by Pope Adrian I
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-14
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford) has b. Apr 777.
Wikipedia has b. April 773.
From Wikipedia - Pepin of Italy :
Pepin (April 773 - 8 July 810 ) was the son of Charlemagne and king of Italy (781 -810) under the authority of his father.
Pepin was the third son of Charlemagne , and the second with his wife Hildegard . He was born Carloman, but when his brother Pepin the Hunchback betrayed their father, the royal name Pepin passed to him. He was made king of Italy after his father's conquest of the Lombards , in 781, and crowned by Pope Hadrian I with the Iron Crown of Lombardy .
He was active as ruler of Italy and worked to expand the Frankish empire. In 791 , he marched a Lombard army into the Drava valley and ravaged Pannonia , while his father marched along the Danube into Avar territory. Charlemagne left the campaigning to deal with a Saxon revolt in 792 . Pepin and Duke Eric of Friuli continued, however, to assault the Avars' ring-shaped strongholds. The great Ring of the Avars, their capital fortress, was taken twice. The booty was sent to Charlemagne in Aachen and redistributed to all his followers and even to foreign rulers, including King Offa of Mercia .
His activities included a long, but unsuccessful siege of Venice in 810. The siege lasted six months and Pepin's army was ravaged by the diseases of the local swamps and was forced to withdraw. A few months later Pepin died.
He married Bertha, daughter of William of Gellone , count of Toulouse , and had five daughters with her (Adelaide , married Lambert I of Nantes ; Atala; Gundrada; Bertha; and Tetrada), all of whom but the eldest were born between 800 and Pepin's death and died before their grandfather's death in 814 . Pepin also had an illegitimate son Bernard . Pepin was expected to inherit a third of his father's empire, but he predeceased him. The Italian crown passed on to his son Bernard, but the empire went to Pepin's younger brother Louis the Pious .
Noted events in his life were:
• Baptized: by Pope Adrian I, 12 Apr 781, Rome, (Italy).
• King of Italy: 781-810.
• Consecrated: King of Lombardy, 15 Apr 781.
Pepin had a relationship with < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard],171 daughter of Duke Bernard and Unknown.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 81)
85. Charles "Karl" von Ingelheim Duke of Ingelheim 159 (Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 772 and died in 811 at age 39.
Charles married someone.
+ 90 M i. Rowland de Burgh
86. Louis I Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks 160 161 162 163 (Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born on 16 Apr 778 in <Villa Cassinogilum (Chasseneuil-du-Poitou), (Poitou-Charentes)>, Aquitaine (France) and died on 20 Jun 840 in Ingelheim Kaiserpfalz, (Ingelheim am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) at age 62.
Death Notes: Near Mainz
Research Notes: Holy Roman Emperor 814-840
King of the Franks, Crowned Holy Roman Emperor at Rheims 816-840. Louis began the partitioning of his father's empire.
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From Wikipedia - Louis the Pious :
Louis the Pious (also known as Louis I, Louis the Fair, and Louis the Debonaire, German : Ludwig der Fromme, French : Louis le Pieux or Louis le Débonnaire, Italian : Luigi il Pio or Ludovico il Pio, Spanish : Luis el Piadoso or Ludovico Pío) (778 - 20 June 840 ) was Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks from 814 to his death in 840 .
Birth and Rule in Aquitaine
Louis was born while his father Charlemagne was on campaign in Spain, at the Carolingian villa of Cassinogilum, according to Einhard and the anonymous chronicler called Astronomus ; the place is usually identified with Chasseneuil , near Poitiers.[1] He was the third son of Charlemagne by his wife Hildegard .
Louis was crowned king of Aquitaine as a child in 781 and sent there with regents and a court. Charlemagne constituted the sub-kingdom in order to secure the border of his kingdom after his devastating defeat at the hands of Basques in Roncesvalles in (778).
In 794, Charlemagne settled four former Gallo-Roman villas on Louis, in the thought that he would take in each in turn as winter residence: Doué-la-Fontaine in today's Anjou , Ebreuil in Allier , Angeac-Charente , and the disputed Cassinogilum. Charlemagne's intention was to see all his sons brought up as natives of their given territories, wearing the national costume of the region and ruling by the local customs. Thus were the children sent to their respective realms at so young an age. Each kingdom had its importance in keeping some frontier, Louis's was the Spanish March . In 797 , Barcelona , the greatest city of the Marca, fell to the Franks when Zeid, its governor, rebelled against Córdoba and, failing, handed it to them. The Umayyad authority recaptured it in 799 . However, Louis marched the entire army of his kingdom, including Gascons with their duke Sancho I of Gascony , Provençals under Leibulf , and Goths under Bera , over the Pyrenees and besieged it for two years, wintering there from 800 to 801 , when it capitulated. The sons were not given independence from central authority, however, and Charlemagne ingrained in them the concepts of empire and unity by sending them on military expeditions far from their home bases. Louis campaigned in the Mezzogiorno against the Beneventans at least once.
Louis was one of Charlemagne's three legitimate sons to survive infancy, and, according to Frankish custom, Louis had expected to share his inheritance with his brothers, Charles the Younger , King of Neustria , and Pepin , King of Italy . In the Divisio Regnorum of 806 , Charlemagne had slated Charles the Younger as his successor as emperor and chief king, ruling over the Frankish heartland of Neustria and Austrasia , while giving Pepin the Iron Crown of Lombardy , which Charlemagne possessed by conquest. To Louis's kingdom of Aquitaine, he added Septimania , Provence , and part of Burgundy .
But in the event, Charlemagne's other legitimate sons died - Pepin in 810 and Charles in 811 - and Louis alone remained to be crowned co-emperor with Charlemagne in 813 . On his father's death in 814 , he inherited the entire Frankish kingdom and all its possessions (with the sole exception of Italy, which remained within Louis's empire, but under the direct rule of Bernard , Pepin's son).
Emperor
He was in his villa of Doué-la-Fontaine , Anjou , when he received news of his father's passing. Hurrying to Aachen , he crowned himself and was proclaimed by the nobles with shouts of Vivat Imperator Ludovicus.
In his first coinage type, minted from the start of his reign, he imitated his father Charlemagne's portrait coinage, giving an image of imperial power and prestige in an echo of Roman glory [2]. He quickly enacted a "moral purge", in which he sent all of his unmarried sisters to nunneries, forgoing their diplomatic use as hostage brides in favour of the security of avoiding the entanglements that powerful brothers-in-law might bring. He spared his illegitimate half-brothers and tonsured his father's cousins, Adalard and Wala, son of Bernard , shutting them up in Noirmoutier and Corbie , respectively, despite the latter's initial loyalty.
His chief councillors were Bernat, margrave of Septimania , and Ebbo , whom, born a serf, Louis would raise to the archbishopric of Rheims but who would ungratefully betray him later. He retained some of his father's ministers, such as Elisachar , abbot of St Maximin near Trier , and Hildebold, Archbishop of Cologne . Later he replaced Elisachar with Hildwin, abbot of many monasteries.
He also used Benedict of Aniane (the Second Benedict), a Septimanian Visigoth and monastic founder, to help him reform the Frankish church. One of Benedict's primary reforms was to ensure that all religious houses in Louis' realm adhered to the Rule of St Benedict , named for its creator, the First Benedict, Benedict of Nursia (480 -550 ).
In 816 , Pope Stephen V , who had succeeded Leo III , visited Rheims and again crowned Louis. The Emperor thereby strengthened the papacy by recognising the importance of the pope in imperial coronations.
Ordinatio imperii
On Maundy Thursday 817 , Louis and his court were crossing a wooden gallery from the cathedral to the palace in Aachen when the gallery collapsed, killing many. Louis, having barely survived and feeling the imminent danger of death, began planning for his succession; three months later he issued an Ordinatio Imperii, an imperial decree that laid out plans for an orderly succession. In 815 , he had already given his two eldest sons a share in the government, when he had sent his elder sons Lothair and Pepin to govern Bavaria and Aquitaine respectively, though without the royal titles. Now, he proceeded to divide the empire among his three sons and his nephew Bernard of Italy :
If one of the subordinate kings died, he was to be succeeded by his sons. If he died childless, Lothar would inherit his kingdom. In the event of Lothar dying without sons, one of Louis the Pious' younger sons would be chosen to replace him by "the people". Above all, the Empire would not be divided: the Emperor would rule supreme over the subordinate kings, whose obedience to him was mandatory.
With this settlement, Louis tried to combine his sense for the Empire's unity, supported by the clergy, while at the same time providing positions for all of his sons. Instead of treating his sons equally in status and land, he elevated his first-born son Lothair above his younger brothers and gave him the largest part of the Empire as his share.
Bernard's rebellion and Louis's penance
The ordinatio imperii of Aachen left Bernard of Italy in an uncertain and subordinate position as king of Italy, and he began plotting to declare independence upon hearing of it. Louis immediately directed his army towards Italy, and betook himself to Chalon-sur-Saône . Intimidated by the emperor's swift action, Bernard met his uncle at Chalon, under invitation, and surrendered. He was taken to Aix-la-Chapelle by Louis, who there had him tried and condemned to death for treason. Louis had the sentence commuted to blinding, which was duly carried out; Bernard did not survive the ordeal, however, dying after two days of agony. Others also suffered: Theodulf of Orleans , in eclipse since the death of Charlemagne, was accused of having supported the rebellion, and was thrown into a monastic prison, where he died soon after - poisoned, it was rumoured.[3] The fate of his nephew deeply marked Louis's conscience for the rest of his life.
In 822, as a deeply religious man, Louis performed penance for causing Bernard's death, at his palace of Attigny near Vouziers in the Ardennes , before Pope Paschal I , and a council of ecclesiastics and nobles of the realm that had been convened for the reconciliation of Louis with his three younger half-brothers, Hugo whom he soon made abbot of St-Quentin, Drogo whom he soon made Bishop of Metz , and Theodoric. This act of contrition, partly in emulation of Theodosius I , had the effect of greatly reducing his prestige as a Frankish ruler, for he also recited a list of minor offences about which no secular ruler of the time would have taken any notice. He also made the egregious error of releasing Wala and Adalard from their monastic confinements, placing the former in a position of power in the court of Lothair and the latter in a position in his own house.
Frontier wars
At the start of Louis's reign, the many tribes - Danes , Obotrites , Slovenes , Bretons , Basques - which inhabited his frontierlands were still in awe of the Frankish emperor's power and dared not stir up any trouble. In 816, however, the Sorbs rebelled and were quickly followed by Slavomir, chief of the Obotrites, who was captured and abandoned by his own people, being replaced by Ceadrag in 818. Soon, Ceadrag too had turned against the Franks and allied with the Danes, who were to become the greatest menace of the Franks in a short time.
A greater Slavic menace was gathering on the southeast. There, Ljudevit Posavski , duke of Pannonia , was harassing the border at the Drava and Sava rivers. The margrave of Friuli , Cadolah , was sent out against him, but he died on campaign and, in 820, his margarvate was invaded by Slovenes. In 821, an alliance was made with Borna , duke of the Dalmatia , and Ljudevit was brought to heel. Peace continued until 827, when the younger Louis had to deal with a Bulgar horde descending on Pannonia.
On the far southern edge of his great realm, Louis had to control the Lombard princes of Benevento whom Charlemagne had never subjugated. He extracted promises from Princes Grimoald IV and Sico , but to no effect.
On the southwestern frontier, problems commenced early when, in 815, Séguin , duke of Gascony , revolted. He was defeated and replaced by Lupus III , who was dispossessed in 818 by the emperor. In 820 an assembly at Quierzy-sur-Oise decided to send an expedition against the Cordoban caliphate. The counts in charge of the army, Hugh , count of Tours , and Matfrid , count of Orléans , were slow in acting and the expedition came to naught.
First civil war
In 818, as Louis was returning from a campaign to Brittany , he was greeted by news of the death of his wife, Ermengarde . Ermengarde was the daughter of Ingerman , the duke of Hesbaye. Louis had been close to his wife, who had been involved in policymaking. It was rumoured that she had played a part in her nephew's death and Louis himself believed her own death was divine retribution for that event. It took many months for his courtiers and advisors to convince him to remarry, but eventually he did, in 820, to Judith , daughter of Welf , count of Altdorf . In 823 Judith gave birth to a son, who was named Charles .
The birth of this son damaged the Partition of Aachen, as Louis's attempts to provide for his fourth son met with stiff resistance from his older sons, and the last two decades of his reign were marked by civil war.
At Worms in 829, Louis gave Charles Alemannia with the title of king or duke (historians differ on this), thus enraging his son and co-emperor Lothair,[4] whose promised share was thereby diminished. An insurrection was soon at hand. With the urging of the vengeful Wala and the cooperation of his brothers, Lothair accused Judith of having committed adultery with Bernard of Septimania, even suggesting Bernard to be the true father of Charles. Ebbo and Hildwin abandoned the emperor at that point, Bernard having risen to greater heights than either of them. Agobard , Archbishop of Lyon , and Jesse , bishop of Amiens , too, opposed the redivision of the empire and lent their episcopal prestige to the rebels.
In 830, at Wala's insistence that Bernard of Septimania was plotting against him, Pepin of Aquitaine led an army of Gascons , with the support of the Neustrian magnates, all the way to Paris . At Verberie , Louis the German joined him. At that time, the emperor returned from another campaign in Brittany to find his empire at war with itself. He marched as far as Compiègne , an ancient royal town, before being surrounded by Pepin's forces and captured. Judith was incarcerated at Poitiers and Bernard fled to Barcelona.
Then Lothair finally set out with a large Lombard army, but Louis had promised his sons Louis the German and Pepin of Aquitaine greater shares of the inheritance, prompting them to shift loyalties in favour of their father. When Lothair tried to call a general council of the realm in Nijmegen , in the heart of Austrasia , the Austrasians and Rhinelanders came with a following of armed retainers, and the disloyal sons were forced to free their father and bow at his feet (831). Lothair was pardoned, but disgraced and banished to Italy. Pepin returned to Aquitaine and Judith - after being forced to humiliate herself with a solemn oath of innocence - to Louis's court. Only Wala was severely dealt with, making his way to a secluded monastery on the shores of Lake Geneva . Though Hilduin , abbot of Saint Denis , was exiled to Paderborn and Elisachar and Matfrid were deprived of their honours north of the Alps; they did not lose their freedom.
Second civil war
The next revolt occurred a mere two years later (832). The disaffected Pepin was summoned to his father's court, where he was so poorly received he left against his father's orders. Immediately, fearing that Pepin would be stirred up to revolt by his nobles and desiring to reform his morals, Louis the Pious summoned all his forces to meet in Aquitaine in preparation of an uprising, but Louis the German garnered an army of Slav allies and conquered Swabia before the emperor could react. Once again the elder Louis divided his vast realm. At Jonac , he declared Charles king of Aquitaine and deprived Pepin (he was less harsh with the younger Louis), restoring the whole rest of the empire to Lothair, not yet involved in the civil war. Lothair was, however, interested in usurping his father's authority. His ministers had been in contact with Pepin and may have convinced him and Louis the German to rebel, promising him Alemannia, the kingdom of Charles.
Soon Lothair, with the support of Pope Gregory IV , whom he had confirmed in office without his father's support, joined the revolt in 833. While Louis was at Worms gathering a new force, Lothair marched north. Louis marched south. The armies met on the plains of the Rothfeld. There, Gregory met the emperor and may have tried to sow dissension amongst his ranks. Soon much of Louis's army had evaporated before his eyes, and he ordered his few remaining followers to go, because "it would be a pity if any man lost his life or limb on my account." The resigned emperor was taken to Saint Médard at Soissons , his son Charles to Prüm , and the queen to Tortona . The despicable show of disloyalty and disingenuousness earned the site the name Field of Lies, or Lügenfeld, or Campus Mendacii, ubi plurimorum fidelitas exstincta est[5]
On November 13 , 833 , Ebbo of Rheims presided over a synod in the Church of Saint Mary in Soissons which deposed Louis and forced him to publicly confess many crimes, none of which he had, in fact, committed. In return, Lothair gave Ebbo the Abbey of Saint Vaast. Men like Rabanus Maurus , Louis' younger half-brothers Drogo and Hugh, and Emma, Judith's sister and Louis the German's new wife, worked on the younger Louis to make peace with his father, for the sake of unity of the empire. The humiliation to which Louis was then subjected at Notre Dame in Compiègne turned the loyal barons of Austrasia and Saxony against Lothair, and the usurper fled to Burgundy , skirmishing with loyalists near Châlons-sur-Saône . Louis was restored the next year, on 1 March 834 .
On Lothair's return to Italy, Wala, Jesse, and Matfrid, formerly count of Orléans, died of a pestilence and, on 2 February 835 , the Synod of Thionville deposed Ebbo, Agobard, Bernard , Bishop of Vienne , and Bartholomew , Archbishop of Narbonne . Lothair himself fell ill; events had turned completely in Louis favour once again.
In 836, however, the family made peace and Louis restored Pepin and Louis, deprived Lothair of all save Italy, and gave it to Charles in a new division, given at the diet of Crémieux . At about that time, the Vikings terrorised and sacked Utrecht and Antwerp . In 837, they went up the Rhine as far as Nijmegen, and their king, Rorik , demanded the wergild of some of his followers killed on previous expeditions before Louis the Pious mustered a massive force and marched against them. They fled, but it would not be the last time they harried the northern coasts. In 838, they even claimed sovereignty over Frisia , but a treaty was confirmed between them and the Franks in 839. Louis the Pious ordered the construction of a North Sea fleet and the sending of missi dominici into Frisia to establish Frankish sovereignty there.
Third civil war
In 837, Louis crowned Charles king over all of Alemannia and Burgundy and gave him a portion of his brother Louis's land. Louis the German promptly rose in revolt, and the emperor redivided his realm again at Quierzy-sur-Oise , giving all of the young king of Bavaria's lands, save Bavaria itself, to Charles. Emperor Louis did not stop there, however. His devotion to Charles knew no bounds. When Pepin died in 838, Louis declared Charles the new king of Aquitaine. The nobles, however, elected Pepin's son Pepin II . When Louis threatened invasion, the third great civil war of his reign broke out. In the spring of 839, Louis the German invaded Swabia, Pepin II and his Gascon subjects fought all the way to the Loire , and the Danes returned to ravage the Frisian coast (sacking Dorstad for a second time).
Lothair, for the first time in a long time, allied with his father and pledged support at Worms in exchange for a redivision of the inheritance. By a final placitum issued there, Louis gave Bavaria to Louis the German and disinherited Pepin II, leaving the entire remainder of the empire to be divided roughly into an eastern part and a western. Lothair was given the choice of which partition he would inherit and he chose the eastern, including Italy, leaving the western for Charles. The emperor quickly subjugated Aquitaine and had Charles recognised by the nobles and clergy at Clermont-en-Auvergne in 840. Louis then, in a final flash of glory, rushed into Bavaria and forced the younger Louis into the Ostmark . The empire now settled as he had declared it at Worms, he returned in July to Frankfurt am Main , where he disbanded the army. The final civil war of his reign was over.
Death
Louis fell ill soon after his final victorious campaigns and went to his summer hunting lodge on an island in the Rhine, by his palace at Ingelheim . On 20 June 840 , he died, in the presence of many bishops and clerics and in the arms of his half-brother Drogo, though Charles and Judith were absent in Poitiers. Soon dispute plunged the surviving brothers into a civil war that was only settled in 843 by the Treaty of Verdun , which split the Frankish realm into three parts, to become the kernels of France and Germany , with Burgundy and the Low Countries between them. The dispute over the kingship of Aquitaine was not fully settled until 860.
Louis the Pious, along with his half-brother Drogo, were buried in Saint Pierre aux Nonnains Basilica in Metz .
Marriage and issue
By his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye (married ca 794-98), he had three sons and three daughters:
By his second wife, Judith of Bavaria , he had a daughter and a son:
By Theodelinde of Sens[citation needed ], he had two illegitimate children:
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From Wikipedia - Chasseneuil-du-Poitou :
The town, then simply the villa Cassinogilum, was a royal residence of first the Merovingian , and then Carolingian dynasties in France.[8] Louis the Pious , later King of Aquitaine and King of the Franks was born in the villa on 16 April 778 , when his mother, Hildegard of Vinzgouw was staying in the villa whilst his father Charlemagne was on campaign in Spain .
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Aquitaine: 781-817.
• King of the Franks: 814-840.
• Holy Roman Emperor: 814-840.
Louis married Ermengarde , of Hesbaye,164 172 173 daughter of Ingram , Count of Hesbaye and Hedwig , of Bavaria, between 794 and 795 in Garonne, France. Ermengarde was born about 778 in <Hesbaye (Belgium)> and died on 3 Oct 818 in Angers, Anjou, (Maine-et-Loire, France) about age 40.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 91 M i. Lothair I Holy Roman Emperor 174 175 176 177 was born in 795 in Altdorf, Bavaria, (Germany), died on 29 Sep 855 in Prüm, Westeifel, Prussia (Germany) at age 60, and was buried in St. Sauveur, France.
+ 92 M ii. Louis II King of Germany was born about 805 and died on 8 Sep 876 in Frankfurt, Germany about age 71.
+ 93 M iii. Pepin I of Aquitaine 178 was born in 797 and died on 13 Dec 838 at age 41.
+ 94 F iv. Adelaide was born about 799.
+ 95 F v. Rotrude 179 was born about 800 in <(France)>.
+ 96 F vi. Hildegard was born about 802.
Louis next married Judith , of Bavaria,180 181 182 daughter of Welf I , of Metz and Hedwig , Duchess of Bavaria, in Feb 819. Judith was born about 798 in Bavaria, Germany and died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours, Touraine (Indre-et-Loire), France about age 45.
Marriage Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 148-14 (Louis I) has m. 819
Birth Notes: Ancestral Roots has b. abt 805. Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871879 has b. abt 798.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 97 M i. Charles II "the Bald" of France and Holy Roman Emperor 183 184 was born on 13 Jun 823 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia (Germany), died on 5 Oct 877 in Mont Cenis, Brides-les-Bains, Bourgogne, (France) at age 54, and was buried in Basilica of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
+ 98 F ii. Gisèle 161 185 186 was born in 820 in France and died on 1 Jul 874 at age 54.
87. Ingram Count of Hesbaye 164 165 (Gunderland , Count of Hasbania80, Landrade72, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 752 and died in <Hesbaye (Belgium)>.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Ingerman of Hesbaye :
Ingerman, or Ingram was a Frank and count of Hesbaye . His family is known as Robertians . His family line is not entirely sure, but he was probably the son of a Frank named Rodbert. Robert of Hesbaye and Cancor , founder of the Lorsch Abbey were probably his brothers. Landrada, mother of Chrodegang , Archbishop of Metz and first abbot of the Lorsch Abbey, was probably his sister.
Ingerman's daughter is certainly Ermengarde . She married into the Frankish royal family, the Carolingians and was the first wife of King Louis the Pious .
Ingram married Hedwig , of Bavaria.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 99 F i. Ermengarde of Hesbaye 164 172 173 was born about 778 in <Hesbaye (Belgium)> and died on 3 Oct 818 in Angers, Anjou, (Maine-et-Loire, France) about age 40.
88. Bernard King of Italy 166 167 (< > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 797 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died on 17 Apr 818 in Milan, Italy at age 21.
Research Notes: Natural son of Pepin, probably by a daughter of Duke Bernard.
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-15
Also Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
From Wikipedia - Bernard of Italy :
Bernard (b. 797 , Vermandois , Normandy ; d. 17 April 818 , Milan , Lombardy ) was the King of Italy from 810 to 818. He plotted against his uncle, Emperor Louis the Pious , when the latter's Ordinatio Imperii made Bernard a vassal of his cousin Lothair . When his plot was discovered, Louis had him blinded, a procedure which killed him.
Life
Bernard was the illegitimate son of King Pepin of Italy , the second legitimate son of the Emperor Charlemagne . In 810, Pepin died from an illness contracted at a siege of Venice; although Bernard was illegitimate, Charlemagne allowed him to inherit Italy. Bernard married Cunigunda of Laon in 813. They had one son, Pepin, Count of Vermandois .
Prior to 817, Bernard was a trusted agent of his grandfather, and of his uncle. His rights in Italy were respected, and he was used as an intermediary to manage events in his sphere of influence - for example, when in 815 Louis the Pious received reports that some Roman nobles had conspired to murder Pope Leo III, and that he had responded by butchering the ringleaders, Bernard was sent to investigate the matter.
A change came in 817, when Louis the Pious drew up an Ordinatio Imperii, detailing the future of the Frankish Empire. Under this, the bulk of the Frankish territory went to Louis' eldest son, Lothair; Bernard received no further territory, and although his Kingship of Italy was confirmed, he would be a vassal of Lothair. This was, it was later alleged, the work of the Empress, Ermengarde , who wished Bernard to be displaced in favour of her own sons. Resenting Louis' actions, Bernard began plotting with a group of magnates: Eggideo, Reginhard, and Reginhar, the last being the grandson of a Thuringian rebel against Charlemagne, Hardrad. Anshelm, Bishop of Milan and Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans , were also accused of being involved: there is no evidence either to support or contradict this in the case of Theodulf, whilst the case for Anshelm is murkier.[1][2]
Bernard's main complaint was the notion of his being a vassal of Lothair. In practical terms, his actual position had not been altered at all by the terms of the decree, and he could safely have continued to rule under such a system. Nonetheless, "partly true" reports came to Louis the Pious that his nephew was planning to set up an 'unlawful' - i.e. independent - regime in Italy.[3]
Louis the Pious reacted swiftly to the plot, marching south to Chalon. Bernard and his associates were taken by surprise; Bernard travelled to Chalon in an attempt to negotiate terms, but he and the ringleaders were forced to surrender to him. Louis had them taken to Aix-la-Chapelle, where they were tried and condemned to death. Louis 'mercifully' commuted their sentences to blinding, which would neutralise Bernard as a threat without actually killing him; however, the process of blinding (carried out by means of pressing a red-hot stiletto to the eyeballs) proved so traumatic that Bernard died in agony two days after the procedure was carried out. At the same time, Louis also had his half-brothers Drogo, Hugh and Theoderic tonsured and confined to monasteries, to prevent other Carolingian off-shoots challenging the main line. He also treated those guilty or suspected of conspiring with Bernard treated harshly: Theodulf of Orleans was gaoled, and died soon afterwards; the lay conspirators were blinded, the clerics deposed and imprisoned; all lost lands and honours. [4][5][6]
Legacy
His Kingdom of Italy was reabsorbed into the Frankish empire, and soon after bestowed upon Louis' eldest son Lothair. In 822, Louis made a display of public penance at Attigny , where he confessed before all the court to having sinfully slain his nephew; he also welcomed his half-brothers back into his favour. These actions possibly stemmed from guilt over his part in Bernard's death. It has been argued by some historians that his behaviour left him open to clerical domination, and reduced his prestige and respect amongst the Frankish nobility.[7] Others, however, point out that Bernard's plot had been a serious threat to the stability of the kingdom, and the reaction no less a threat; Louis' display of penance, then, "was a well-judged gesture to restore harmony and re-establish his authority."[8]
References
^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians
^ Riche, Pierre, The Carolingians, p. 148
^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians
^ Riche, Pierre, The Carolingians, p. 148
^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians
^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The New Cambridge History, 700-900
^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians
^ McKitterick, Rosamond, The New Cambridge History, 700-900
Sources
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Italy: 813-Dec 817.
Bernard married Cunigunde.187 Cunigunde died about 835.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 100 M i. Pepin Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin 188 189 was born between 817 and 818 and died after 0840.
89. Hugh III Count of Alsace and Tours 151 169 170 (Luitfride II , Count of Alsace82, Luitfride I , Duke of Alsace75, Adelbert , Duke of Alsace66, Berswinde62, Siegbert III , King of Austrasia58, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 788 in France and died on 20 Oct 837 in Alsace, France about age 49.
Hugh married Bava.190 Bava died on 4 Nov 839.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 101 F i. Adelaide of Tours and Alsace 191 192 193 was born about 819 in Tours, Touraine (Indre-et-Loire, France) and died after 866.
21st Generation 90. Rowland de Burgh (Charles "Karl" von Ingelheim , Duke of Ingelheim85, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
Rowland married someone.
+ 102 M i. Godfrey de Burgh
91. Lothair I Holy Roman Emperor 174 175 176 177 (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 795 in Altdorf, Bavaria, (Germany), died on 29 Sep 855 in Prüm, Westeifel, Prussia (Germany) at age 60, and was buried in St. Sauveur, France.
Research Notes: From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871901 :
King of the Franks, Holy Roman Emperor 840-855. Lothair received most of Burgundy and many German and French port cities upon the breakup of his grandfather's empire by his father, Louis. Upon his father's death, Lothair attepted to sieze the entire empire, but was defeated by his brothers Louis and Charles at the battle of Fontenoy in 841. He remained Emperor until his death in 855.
From Wikipedia - Lothair I :
Lothair I (German : Lothar, French : Lothaire, Italian : Lotario) (795 - 29 September 855 ), king of Italy (818 - 855) and crowned Carolingian King of (Northern) Italy, Emperor of the Romans and (nominally) was Emperor of the Franks (840 - 855).
Lothair was the eldest son of the Carolingian emperor Louis the Pious and his wife Ermengarde of Hesbaye , daughter of Ingerman , duke of Hesbaye . He led his full-brothers Pippin I of Aquitaine and Louis the German in revolt against their father on several occasions, in protest against his attempts to make their half-brother Charles the Bald a co-heir to the Frankish domains. Upon the death of the father, Charles and Louis joined forces against Lothair in a three year civil war (840-843), the struggles between the brothers leading directly to the break up of the great Frankish Empire assembled by their grandfather Charlemagne , and would lay the foundation for the development of modern France and Germany.
Little is known of his early life, which was probably passed at the court of his grandfather Charlemagne . Shortly after the accession of his father, he was sent to govern Bavaria. He first comes to historical attention in 817, when Louis the Pious drew up his Ordinatio Imperii. In this, Louis designated Lothair as his principal heir, to whom his younger brothers Pippin of Aquitaine and Louis the German, as well as his cousin Bernard of Italy , would be subject after the death of their father; he would also inherit their lands if they were to die childless. Lothair was then crowned joint emperor by his father at Aix-la-Chapelle . At the same time, Aquitaine and Bavaria were granted to his brothers Pippin and Louis respectively as subsidiary kingdoms. Following the murder of Bernard, King of Italy, by Louis the Pious, Lothair also received the Kingdom of Italy. In 821, he married Ermengarde (d. 851), daughter of Hugh , count of Tours . In 822, he assumed the government of Italy , and at Easter, 5 April 823 , he was crowned emperor again by Pope Paschal I , this time at Rome .
In November 824, he promulgated a statute concerning the relations of pope and emperor which reserved the supreme power to the secular potentate, and he afterwards issued various ordinances for the good government of Italy.
On his return to his father's court his stepmother Judith won his consent to her plan for securing a kingdom for her son Charles , a scheme which was carried out in 829, when the young prince was given Alemannia as king. Lothair, however, soon changed his attitude and spent the succeeding decade in constant strife over the division of the Empire with his father. He was alternately master of the Empire, and banished and confined to Italy, at one time taking up arms in alliance with his brothers and at another fighting against them, whilst the bounds of his appointed kingdom were in turn extended and reduced.
The first rebellion began in 830. All three brothers fought their father, whom they deposed. In 831, he was reinstated and he deprived Lothair of his imperial title and gave Italy to the young Charles. The second rebellion was instigated by Angilbert II, Archbishop of Milan , in 833, and again Louis was deposed and reinstated the next year (834). Lothair, through the loyalty of the Lombards and later reconciliations, retained Italy and the imperial position through all remaining divisions of the Empire by his father.
When Louis the Pious was dying in 840, he sent the imperial insignia to Lothair, who, disregarding the various partitions, claimed the whole of the Empire. Negotiations with his brother Louis the German and his half-brother Charles, both of whom armed to resist this claim, were followed by an alliance of the younger brothers against Lothair. A decisive battle was fought at Fontenay-en-Puisaye on 25 June 841 , when, in spite of his and his allied nephew Pepin II of Aquitaine 's personal gallantry, Lothair was defeated and fled to Aachen. With fresh troops he began a war of plunder, but the forces of his brothers were too strong for him, and taking with him such treasure as he could collect, he abandoned to them his capital. He met with the leaders of the Stellinga in Speyer and promised them his support in return for theirs, but Louis and then the native Saxon nobility put down the Stellinga in the next years.
Peace negotiations began, and in June 842 the brothers met on an island in the Saône , and agreed to an arrangement which developed, after much difficulty and delay, into the Treaty of Verdun signed in August 843. By this, Lothair received the imperial title as well as northern Italy and a long stretch of territory from the North Sea to the Mediterranean , essentially along the valleys of the Rhine and the Rhone . He soon left Italy to his eldest son, Louis , and remained in his new kingdom, engaging in alternate quarrels and reconciliations with his brothers and in futile efforts to defend his lands from the attacks of the Northmen (as Vikings were known in Frankish writings) and the Saracens .
In 855, he became seriously ill and, despairing of recovery, renounced the throne, divided his lands between his three sons, and on September 23 , entered the monastery of Prüm , where he died six days later. He was buried at Prüm, where his remains were found in 1860.
His kingdom was divided among his three sons - the eldest, Louis II , received Italy and the title of Emperor; the second, Lothair II , received Lotharingia ; while the youngest, Charles , received Provence .
Family
He married Ermengarde of Tours , who died in 851. The last of his nine children are illegitimate.
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Italy: 817-855.
• Holy Roman Emperor: 840-855.
Lothair married Ermengarde , of Tours,177 194 daughter of Hugues II , Count of Alsace, Count of Tours and Ava , Countess of Alsace, on 15 Oct 821 in Diedenhofen (Thionville, Moselle, France). Ermengarde was born about 805 in Orléans, Orléanais, (Loiret), France, died on 20 Mar 851 about age 46, and was buried in Abbaye d'Erstein, Strasbourg, Alsace, (France).
Children from this marriage were:
+ 103 F i. Helletrude of Lorraine 195 was born about 830 in Lorraine, France.
+ 104 M ii. Lothair II King of Lorraine 177 196 was born in 827 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 8 Aug 869 in Plaisance, Italy at age 42.
92. Louis II King of Germany (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 805 and died on 8 Sep 876 in Frankfurt, Germany about age 71.
Research Notes: From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875189 :
King of Germany. Louis received Bavaria and the eastern lands of the empire of his grandfather Charlemange when the empire was divided among Louis' brothers.
Louis married Emma , de Andech, daughter of Guelph I , Count of Altdorf, Duke of Bavaria and Edith von Sachsen. Emma was born about 805 in Germany.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 105 M i. Carloman King of Bavaria was born about 821 in Germany and died in 880 in Bavaria, Germany about age 59.
+ 106 M ii. Charles III Holy Roman Emperor was born about 823.
93. Pepin I of Aquitaine 178 (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 797 and died on 13 Dec 838 at age 41.
Research Notes: Died childless.
From Wikipedia - Pepin I of Aquitaine :
Pepin I (797 - December 13 , 838 ) was King of Aquitaine . He was the second son of Emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife, Ermengarde of Hesbaye .
When his father assigned to each of his sons a kingdom (within the Empire ) in August 817, he received Aquitaine, which had been Louis's own subkingdom during his father Charlemagne's reign. Ermoldus Nigellus was his court poet and accompanied him on a campaign into Brittany in 824.
Pepin rebelled in 830 at the insistence of his brother Lothair 's advisor Wala . He took an army of Gascons with him and marched all the way to Paris , with the support of the Neustrians . His father marched back from a campaign in Brittany all the way to Compiègne , where Pepin surrounded and captured him. The rebellion, however, broke up.
In 832, Pepin rebelled again and his brother Louis the German soon followed. Louis the Pious was in Aquitaine to subdue any revolt, but the younger Louis' Bavarian insurrection drew him off. Pepin took Limoges and other Imperial territories. The next year, Lothair joined the rebellion and, with the assistance of Ebbo , archbishop of Rheims , they deposed their father in 833. Lothair's later behaviour alienated him and he was on his father's side when Louis the Pious was reinstated on 1 March 834 . Pepin was restored to his former status.
Pepin died scarcely four years later and was buried in Sainte-Croix in Poitiers . Louis the Pious named Charles, his son by a second wife, king. The Aquitainians, however, elected Pepin's son, Pepin II .
In 822, he married Ingeltrude,[1] daughter of Theodobert, count of Madrie , with whom he had two sons: Pepin (823-after 864), his successor in Aquitaine, and Charles (b.825-830, d.4 June 863), who became archbishop of Mainz and briefly claimed the kingdom. Both died childless.
94. Adelaide (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 799.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Ermengarde of Hesbaye :
Adelaide, born. ca. 799 . Possible wife of Robert the Strong , possible mother of Odo, Count of Paris and Robert I of France .
95. Rotrude 179 (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 800 in <(France)>.
Research Notes: Probably the mother of Ranulf I, Duke of Aquitaine.
From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871967 :
(Hildegarde) Hidegarde born 802-4 is unlikely mother. Most records state that Rotrude of Hildegarde are the mother. As Rotrude is the earlier issue of Louis, she seems the likelier choice.
Rotrude married Count Gerard , of Auvergne 197 about 814. Gerard died on 25 Jun 841.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 107 M i. Rorick Count of Maine
96. Hildegard (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 802.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Ermengarde of Hesbaye
97. Charles II "the Bald" of France and Holy Roman Emperor 183 184 (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born on 13 Jun 823 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen-Nassau, Prussia (Germany), died on 5 Oct 877 in Mont Cenis, Brides-les-Bains, Bourgogne, (France) at age 54, and was buried in Basilica of St. Denis, Saint-Denis, [Île-de-France, France].
Death Notes: Died near Mont Cenis in the Alps on 5 or 6 October 877.
Research Notes: Name Suffix: Holy Roman Emperor
Also Known As: King of Lorraine
REFN: 831
King of France 843-877, King of Lorraine 869-877, crowned Holy Roman Emperor at Rome 25 December 875. In 840, Charles joined with his half-brother Louis in opposing their brother Lothair who attempted to secure the empire for himself upon the death of their father Louis.
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From Wikipedia - Charles the Bald :
Charles the Bald[1] (numbered Charles II of France and the Holy Roman Empire ) (French : Charles le Chauve; 13 June 823 - 6 October 877 ), Holy Roman Emperor (875 -877 ) and King of West Francia (840 -877 ), was the youngest son of Emperor Louis the Pious , by his second wife Judith .
Struggle against his brothers
He was born on 13 June 823 in Frankfurt , when his elder brothers were already adults and had been assigned their own regna, or subkingdoms, by their father. The attempts made by Louis the Pious to assign Charles a subkingdom, first Alemannia and then the country between the Meuse and the Pyrenees (in 832, after the rising of Pepin I of Aquitaine ) were unsuccessful. The numerous reconciliations with the rebellious Lothair and Pepin, as well as their brother Louis the German , King of Bavaria , made Charles's share in Aquitaine and Italy only temporary, but his father did not give up and made Charles the heir of the entire land which was once Gaul and would eventually be France. At a diet near Crémieux in 837, Louis the Pious bade the nobles do homage to Charles as his heir. This led to the final rising of his sons against him and Pepin of Aquitaine died in 838, whereupon Charles received that kingdom, finally once and for all. Pepin's son Pepin II would be a perpetual thorn in his side.
The death of the emperor in 840 led to the outbreak of war between his sons. Charles allied himself with his brother Louis the German to resist the pretensions of the new emperor Lothair I, and the two allies defeated Lothair at the Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye on June 25 , 841 . In the following year, the two brothers confirmed their alliance by the celebrated Oaths of Strasbourg . The war was brought to an end by the Treaty of Verdun in August 843. The settlement gave Charles the Bald the kingdom of the West Franks, which he had been up till then governing and which practically corresponded with what is now France, as far as the Meuse , the Saône , and the Rhône , with the addition of the Spanish March as far as the Ebro . Louis received the eastern part of the Carolingian Empire , known as the East Francia and later Germany . Lothair retained the imperial title and the Iron Crown of Lombardy . He also received the central regions from Flanders through the Rhineland and Burgundy as king of Middle Francia .
Reign in the West
The first years of Charles's reign, up to the death of Lothair I in 855 , were comparatively peaceful. During these years the three brothers continued the system of "confraternal government", meeting repeatedly with one another, at Koblenz (848 ), at Meerssen (851 ), and at Attigny (854 ). In 858 , Louis the German, invited by disaffected nobles eager to oust Charles, invaded the West Frankish kingdom. Charles was so unpopular that he was unable to summon an army, and he fled to Burgundy . He was saved only by the support of the bishops, who refused to crown Louis king, and by the fidelity of the Welfs , who were related to his mother, Judith. In 860 , he in his turn tried to seize the kingdom of his nephew, Charles of Provence , but was repulsed. On the death of his nephew Lothair II in 869 , Charles tried to seize Lothair's dominions, but by the Treaty of Mersen (870 ) was compelled to share them with Louis the German.
Besides these family disputes, Charles had to struggle against repeated rebellions in Aquitaine and against the Bretons . Led by their chiefs Nomenoë and Erispoë , who defeated the king at Ballon (845 ) and Juvardeil (851 ), the Bretons were successful in obtaining a de facto independence. Charles also fought against the Vikings , who devastated the country of the north, the valleys of the Seine and Loire , and even up to the borders of Aquitaine. Several times Charles was forced to purchase their retreat at a heavy price. Charles led various expeditions against the invaders and, by the Edict of Pistres of 864 , made the army more mobile by providing for a cavalry element, the predecessor of the French chivalry so famous during the next 600 years. By the same edict, he ordered fortified bridges to be put up at all rivers to block the Viking incursions. Two of these bridges at Paris saved the city during its siege of 885-886 .
Emperor
In 875 , after the death of the Emperor Louis II (son of his half-brother Lothair), Charles the Bald, supported by Pope John VIII , traveled to Italy, receiving the royal crown at Pavia and the imperial insignia in Rome on December 29 . Louis the German, also a candidate for the succession of Louis II, revenged himself by invading and devastating Charles' dominions, and Charles had to return hastily to Francia . After the death of Louis the German (28 August 876 ), Charles in his turn attempted to seize Louis's kingdom, but was decisively beaten at Andernach on October 8 , 876 . In the meantime, John VIII, menaced by the Saracens , was urging Charles to come to his defence in Italy. Charles again crossed the Alps , but this expedition was received with little enthusiasm by the nobles, and even by his regent in Lombardy , Boso , and they refused to join his army. At the same time Carloman , son of Louis the German, entered northern Italy. Charles, ill and in great distress, started on his way back to Gaul, but died while crossing the pass of Mont Cenis at Brides-les-Bain , on 6 October 877 .
According to the Annals of St-Bertin, Charles was hastily buried at the abbey of Nantua, Burgundy because the bearers were unable to withstand the stench of his decaying body. He was to have been buried in the Basilique Saint-Denis and may have been transferred there later. It was recorded that there was a memorial brass there that was melted down at the Revolution.
Legacy
Charles was succeeded by his son, Louis . Charles seems to have been a prince of education and letters, a friend of the church, and conscious of the support he could find in the episcopate against his unruly nobles, for he chose his councillors from among the higher clergy, as in the case of Guenelon of Sens , who betrayed him, and of Hincmar of Reims .
It has been suggested that Charles was not in fact bald, but that his epithet was applied ironically - that, in fact, he was extremely hairy. In support of this idea is the fact that none of his enemies commented on what would be an easy target. However, none of the voluble members of his court comments on his being hairy; and the Genealogy of Frankish Kings, a text from Fontanell dating from possibly as early as 869, and a text without a trace of irony, names him as Karolus Caluus ("Charles the Bald"). Certainly, by the end of the 10th century, Richier of Reims and Adhemar of Chabannes refer to him in all seriousness as "Charles the Bald".[2]
Family
Charles married Ermentrude , daughter of Odo I, Count of Orléans , in 842 . She died in 869 . In 870 , Charles married Richilde of Provence , who was descended from a noble family of Lorraine , but none of the children he had with her played a part of any importance.
With Ermentrude :
With Richilde:
Noted events in his life were:
• King of the Franks: 840-877.
• King of Western Francia: 843-877.
• Holy Roman Emperor: 25 Dec 875-5 Oct 877.
Charles married Ermentrude , of Orléans,198 199 200 daughter of Eudes , Count of Orléans and Engeltrude, on 14 Dec 842 in Crécy, France. Ermentrude was born on 27 Sep 830 in Orléans, Orléanais, (Loiret), Neustria (France), died on 6 Oct 869 at age 39, and was buried in St. Denis.
Birth Notes: Ancestral Roots has b. 830. Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871986 has b. abt 825. FamilySearch has b. 27 Sep 830.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 108 F i. Judith Princess of France 201 202 203 was born in Oct 844 in France and died after 870.
+ 109 M ii. Louis II "the Stammerer" King of Western Francia 198 204 205 was born on 1 Nov 846 in Western Francia (France) and died on 10 Apr 879 in Compeigne, Western Francia (France) at age 32.
+ 110 M iii. Hersent was born about 862 in France.
Charles next married Richildis.
98. Gisèle 161 185 186 (Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 820 in France and died on 1 Jul 874 at age 54.
Gisèle married Eberhard , Margrave of Friuli before 840. Eberhard was born about 818 in Friuli, Italy and died on 16 Dec 866 about age 48.
99. Ermengarde of Hesbaye 164 172 173 (Ingram , Count of Hesbaye87, Gunderland , Count of Hasbania80, Landrade72, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 778 in <Hesbaye (Belgium)> and died on 3 Oct 818 in Angers, Anjou, (Maine-et-Loire, France) about age 40.
Research Notes: First wife of Louis I.
Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871904 has b. abt 774
From Wikipedia - Ermengarde of Hesbaye :
Ermengarde, or Irmengarde of Hesbaye (c. 778 - 818 ) was the daughter of Ingram , count of Hesbaye and Hedwig of Bavaria. She was a Frank . Her family is known as the Robertians
Ermengarde married in 794 /795 Louis the Pious , king of Aquitania , king of Franks , king of Italy, ruler of the Holy Roman Empire .
She had six children :
She died at Angers , France on 3 October 818 . Louis was married to Judith a few years later and became father of Charles the Bald .
Ermengarde married Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks,160 161 162 163 son of Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor and Hildegard , of Vinzgouw, between 794 and 795 in Garonne, France. Louis was born on 16 Apr 778 in <Villa Cassinogilum (Chasseneuil-du-Poitou), (Poitou-Charentes)>, Aquitaine (France) and died on 20 Jun 840 in Ingelheim Kaiserpfalz, (Ingelheim am Rhein, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) at age 62.
Death Notes: Near Mainz
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Aquitaine: 781-817.
• King of the Franks: 814-840.
• Holy Roman Emperor: 814-840.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 86)
100. Pepin Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin 188 189 (Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born between 817 and 818 and died after 0840.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-16
Also Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford) has b. abt 815.
From Wikipedia - Pepin, Count of Vermandois :
Pepin (born c. 815 ) was the first count of Vermandois , lord of Senlis , Peronne , and Saint Quentin . He was the son of King Bernard of Italy and Cunigunda.
Pepin first appears in 834 as a count to the north of the Seine and then appears as same again in 840. In that year, he supported Lothair I against Louis the Pious .
Pepin's wife is unknown, but his heir inherited much Nibelungid territory and so historian K. F. Werner hypothesised a marriage to a daughter of Theodoric Nibelung . Their children were:
Pepin married someone.
+ 111 M i. Herbert I Count of Vermandois 206 207 208 was born about 850 and died from 6 Nov 900 to 907 about age 50.
+ 112 M ii. Bernard Count of Laon was born about 844 and died after 893.
+ 113 M iii. Pepin Count of Senlis and Lord of Valois was born about 846 and died in 893 about age 47.
+ 114 F iv. Cunigunda
+ 115 F v. Gunhilde de Vermandois
101. Adelaide of Tours and Alsace 191 192 193 (Hugh III , Count of Alsace and Tours89, Luitfride II , Count of Alsace82, Luitfride I , Duke of Alsace75, Adelbert , Duke of Alsace66, Berswinde62, Siegbert III , King of Austrasia58, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 819 in Tours, Touraine (Indre-et-Loire, France) and died after 866.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch has b. abt 824
Death Notes: FamilySearch has d. 866.
Research Notes: Widow of Conrad I, Count of Aargau and Auxerre, d. 863.
From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593872395:
Father Hugh III, Count of Alsace and Tours.
Has b. abt 819 in Tours, d. 866.
Ancestral Roots, line 181-6 has her as daughter of Hugh III and Bava (Ava):
ADELAIDE (or AELIS), d. aft. 866, wid. of Contrad I, Count of Auxerre, m. as his second wife, ROBERT THE STRONG (48:17), Count of Wormgau, Paris, Anjou, and Blois.
Adelaide married Rutpert IV , Count of Wormgau, Paris, Anjou & Blois,169 209 son of Rutpert III , Count of Wormgau and Wiltrud , of Orléans, about 864. Rutpert was born about 817 in Germany, died on 15 Sep 866 in <Anjou, France> about age 49, and was buried in St. Martin de Châteauneuf, France.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch has b. abt 820 in France.
Death Notes: FamilySearch has d. 25 Aug 866 in Anjou, France, the same as his burial date.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 116 M i. Robert I Duke of France 210 was born in 866 in <Bourgogne, Champagne, France> and died on 15 Jun 923 in Soissons, Picardie, France at age 57.
+ 117 M ii. Odo Count of Paris
22nd Generation 102. Godfrey de Burgh (Rowland , de Burgh90, Charles "Karl" von Ingelheim , Duke of Ingelheim85, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
Godfrey married someone.
+ 118 M i. Baldwin I de Burgh
103. Helletrude of Lorraine 195 (Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 830 in Lorraine, France.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871900
Helletrude married Giselbert , Count of Darnau,211 212 son of Giselbert , Count in the Maasgau and Unknown, in 846. Giselbert was born about 830 and died about 892 about age 62.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Darnau: 846-863.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 119 M i. Reginar I "Longneck" Duke of Lorraine 213 214 215 was born about 850 in <France> and died before 19 Jan 916.
104. Lothair II King of Lorraine 177 196 (Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 827 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 8 Aug 869 in Plaisance, Italy at age 42.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch has b. abt 835 in Alsace-Lorraine.
Death Notes: FamilySearch has d. 7 Aug 869
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593872024
KING OF LORRAINE. WALDRADE WAS HIS SECOND WIFE.
Lothair married Waldrade 177 216 in 862. Waldrade was born about 837 in <Lorraine, France> and died about 868 in Remiremont, Vosges, France about age 31.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 120 F i. Bertha Princess of Lorraine 177 was born about 871 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 8 Mar 925 about age 54.
105. Carloman King of Bavaria (Louis II , King of Germany92, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 821 in Germany and died in 880 in Bavaria, Germany about age 59.
Research Notes: From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875188 :
Carloman was named as successor to the Holy Roman Empire by his cousin Louis II. But his uncle Charles (RIN # 831) convinced him to go to Germany first, then rushed to Rome and was crowned Emperor as Charles II. Carloman became King of Bavaria and reigned until 880.
106. Charles III Holy Roman Emperor (Louis II , King of Germany92, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 823.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593879140
Holy Roman Emperor 881-887.
107. Rorick Count of Maine (Rotrude95, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
Rorick married someone.
+ 121 F i. Blichilde of Maine
108. Judith Princess of France 201 202 203 (Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in Oct 844 in France and died after 870.
Research Notes: Baldwin I was her third husband.
From Wikipedia - Judith of Flanders :
Judith of Flanders (844 - 870 ) was a daughter of the Frankish king Charles the Bald . Through her marriage to two kings of Wessex she was first a queen, then later through her third marriage to Baldwin, she became Countess of Flanders .
Judith was born in October of 844, the daughter of Charles the Bald , King of the Franks , and Ermentrude .
Her father gave her in marriage to Ethelwulf , King of Wessex on October 1 , 856 at Verberie sur Oise , France. Soon after, Ethelwulf's son Ethelbald forced his father to abdicate. Following Ethelwulf's death on January 13 , 858 , Ethelbald married his widowed stepmother. However, the marriage was annulled in 860 on the grounds of consanguinity .
Elopement
Judith eloped with Baldwin in January 862 . They were likely married at the monastery of Senlis before they eloped. The couple was in hiding from Judith's father, King Charles the Bald, until October after which they went to her uncle Lothair II for protection. From there they fled to Pope Nicholas I . The pope took diplomatic action and asked Judith's father to accept the union as legally binding and welcome the young couple into his circle - which ultimately he did. The couple then returned to France and were officially married at Auxerre .
Baldwin was accepted as son-in-law and was given the land directly south of the Scheldt to ward off Viking attacks. Although it is disputed among historians as to whether King Charles did this in the hope that Baldwin would be killed in the ensuing battles with the Vikings, Baldwin managed the situation remarkably well. Baldwin succeeded in quelling the Viking threat, expanded both his army and his territory quickly, and became one of the most faithful supporters of King Charles. The March of Baldwin came to be known as the County of Flanders and was for a long time the most powerful principality of France.
Succession
Judith and Baldwin had a son, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders, born in 864 . Judith died in 870.
Judith married Æthelwulf , King of Wessex and King of Kent,217 218 son of Egbert , King of Wessex and Rædburga, on 1 Oct 856 in Verberie-sur-Oise, (Oise), France. Æthelwulf was born between 795 and 800 and died on 13 Jan 858.
Marriage Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871945
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Wessex: 839-855.
Judith next married Æthelbald , King of Wessex,219 son of Æthelwulf , King of Wessex and King of Kent and Osburga, after 13 Jan 858. Æthelbald died in 860.
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Annulment: of marriage to Aethelbald, 860. on grounds of consanguinity
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Wessex: 858-860.
Judith next married Baldwin I , Count of Flanders,220 221 222 223 son of Odoacre , Count of Harlebec and Unknown, in Jan 862 in <Flanders (Belgium)>. Baldwin was born about 836 in <Flanders (Belgium)> and died in 879 in Flanders (Belgium) about age 43.
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Eloped: Jan 862.
• Marriage: with acceptance of Charles, 13 Dec 863, Auxerre, France.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 122 M i. Baldwin II Count of Flanders and Artois 222 224 225 226 was born about 864 in Flanders, Belgium and died on 10 Sep 918 about age 54.
+ 123 M ii. Raoul Count of Cambrai was born about 869 and died in 896 about age 27.
+ 124 F iii. Widnille Countess of Flanders 227 was born about 865 in Flanders (Belgium).
109. Louis II "the Stammerer" King of Western Francia 198 204 205 (Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born on 1 Nov 846 in Western Francia (France) and died on 10 Apr 879 in Compeigne, Western Francia (France) at age 32.
Research Notes: King of the Franks 877-879
From Wikipedia - Louis the Stammerer :
Louis the Stammerer (November 1 , 846 - April 10 , 879 ; French : Louis le Bègue), was the King of Aquitaine and later King of West Francia . He was the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Ermentrude of Orléans . He succeeded his younger brother in Aquitaine in 866 and his father in West Francia in 877, though he was never crowned Emperor .
Twice married, he and his first wife, Ansgarde of Burgundy , had two sons: Louis (born in 863) and Carloman (born in 866), both of whom became kings of France , and two daughters: Hildegarde (born in 864) and Gisela (865-884), who married Robert, Count of Troyes .
With his second wife, Adelaide of Paris , he had one daughter, Ermentrude (875-914) - who was the mother of Cunigunde, wife of the Count Palatine Wigerich of Bidgau ; they were the ancestors of the House of Luxemburg -, and a posthumous son, Charles the Simple , who would become, long after his elder brothers' deaths, king of France.
He was crowned on 8 December 877 by Hincmar , archbishop of Rheims , and was crowned a second time in September 878 by Pope John VIII at Troyes while the pope was attending a council there. The pope may even have offered the imperial crown, but it was declined. Louis the Stammerer was said to be physically weak and outlived his father by only two years. He had relatively little impact on politics. He was described "a simple and sweet man, a lover of peace, justice, and religion". In 878, he gave the counties of Barcelona , Gerona , and Besalú to Wilfred the Hairy . His final act was to march against the Vikings who were then the scourge of Europe . He fell ill and died on 10 April or 9 April 879 not long after beginning his final campaign. On his death, his realms were divided between his two sons, Carloman and Louis.
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Aquitaine: 866-879.
• King of Western Francia: 877-879.
Louis married Adelaide , of Paris,198 228 daughter of Adelhard , of Paris and Unknown, between 868 and 870. Adelaide was born about 855 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France and died after 9 Nov 901.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 125 M i. Charles III "the Simple" King of Western Francia 198 229 230 was born on 17 Sep 879 in <Western Francia (France)>, died on 7 Oct 929 in Péronne, Somme, Western Francia (France) at age 50, and was buried in St. Fursi, Péronne, Somme, Western Francia (France).
+ 126 F ii. Ermentrude of France 231 was born in 870.
110. Hersent (Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 862 in France.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871898
111. Herbert I Count of Vermandois 206 207 208 (Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 850 and died from 6 Nov 900 to 907 about age 50.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-17 has b. abt. 850, d. 6 Nov bet. 900/907. Count of Soissons, Count of Méaux, Count of Vermandois 877/900
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford) has b. abt 840, d. abt 902. Has name as Hubert I.
From Wikipedia - Herbert I, Count of Vermandois :
Herbert I of Vermandois (c. 848 /850 - 907 ), Count of Vermandois , lord of Senlis , of Peronne and of Saint Quentin , was the son of Pepin of Vermandois .
Marriage and issue
He married Bertha de Morvois . They had the following:
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Soissons:
• Count of Méaux:
• Count of Vermandois: 877-900.
Herbert married Bertha , de Morvois,232 daughter of Guerri I , Count of Morvois and Eve , of Roussillon. Bertha was born about 844 in Namur, Namur, Belgium.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 127 M i. Herbert II Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes 119 233 234 235 was born between 880 and 890 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died on 23 Feb 943 in St. Quentin, Picardy, France.
+ 128 F ii. Beatrice de Vermandois 192 236 was born in 880 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)> and died after Mar 931.
+ 129 F iii. Cunigunde de Vermandois died in 943.
+ 130 F iv. Adele of Vermandois
+ 131 M v. Berenger de Vermandois, Count of Bayeaux
112. Bernard Count of Laon (Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 844 and died after 893.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Pepin, Count of Vermandois
113. Pepin Count of Senlis and Lord of Valois (Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 846 and died in 893 about age 47.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Pepin, Count of Vermandois
114. Cunigunda (Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
115. Gunhilde de Vermandois (Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
116. Robert I Duke of France 210 (Adelaide , of Tours and Alsace101, Hugh III , Count of Alsace and Tours89, Luitfride II , Count of Alsace82, Luitfride I , Duke of Alsace75, Adelbert , Duke of Alsace66, Berswinde62, Siegbert III , King of Austrasia58, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 866 in <Bourgogne, Champagne, France> and died on 15 Jun 923 in Soissons, Picardie, France at age 57.
Research Notes: Count of Poitiers, Count of Paris, Marquis of Neustria and Orleans, King of the West Franks (France)
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford) has title King of France.
From http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871957 :
Duke of France, Marquis of Neustria, Count of Paris and Poitiers. Robert was killed at the battle of Soissons. He had been named King of the West Franks in 922 to succeed his brother.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Paris: 888.
• King of the Franks: 922-923.
Robert married Aelis.209 237 238 Aelis was born about 864 in <France>.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 132 F i. Liegarde of France 209 239 was born about 886 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)> and died after 931.
Robert next married Beatrice de Vermandois,192 236 daughter of Herbert I , Count of Vermandois and Bertha , de Morvois, after 893. Beatrice was born in 880 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)> and died after Mar 931.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 133 M i. Hugh Magnus Count of Paris 240 was born about 895 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France, died on 16 Jun 956 in Deurdan, France about age 61, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
117. Odo Count of Paris (Adelaide , of Tours and Alsace101, Hugh III , Count of Alsace and Tours89, Luitfride II , Count of Alsace82, Luitfride I , Duke of Alsace75, Adelbert , Duke of Alsace66, Berswinde62, Siegbert III , King of Austrasia58, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
23rd Generation 118. Baldwin I de Burgh (Godfrey , de Burgh102, Rowland , de Burgh90, Charles "Karl" von Ingelheim , Duke of Ingelheim85, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
119. Reginar I "Longneck" Duke of Lorraine 213 214 215 (Helletrude , of Lorraine103, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 850 in <France> and died before 19 Jan 916.
Death Notes: Ancestral Roots, Line 140-17 has d. aft. 25 Oct. 915, bef. 19 Jan. 916
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Reginar, Duke of Lorraine :
Reginar I Longneck[1] (c. 850 - 915)[2] was the Duke of Lorraine from 910 until his death. He stands at the head of the clan of Reginarids , an important Lotharingian noble family.
He was the son of Gilbert , Count of the Maas gau , and a daughter of Lothair I of whom the name is not known (Hiltrude, Bertha, Irmgard, and Gisela are good candidates).
He succeeded his father in the Maasgau and was the lay abbot of Echternach between 897 and 915, of Maastricht from before May 898, and of Stablo and Malmedy between 900 and 902.
He was the Count of Mons when in 870 he and Franco , Bishop of Liège , led an army against the Vikings in Walacria . He, as Duke of Hesbaye and Hainault , and Radbold led a Frisian army with against the forces of Rollo a little later, but were forced back to his fortresses.
In an 877 capitulary from Quierzy , he appears alongside his father as one of the regents of the kingdom during Charles the Bald 's absence on campaign in Italy. A Reginar appears at the Siege of Paris in 886, but this may be an uncle or nephew. The name "Reginar" or "Reginhar" (French : Régnier or Rainier) was commonplace in his family.
Reginar was originally a supporter of Zwentibold in 895, but he broke with the king in 898. He and some other magnates who had been key to Zwentibold's election three years earlier then took the opportunity provided by the death of Odo of West Francia to invite Charles the Simple to become king in Lotharingia. His lands were confiscated, but he refused to give them up and entrenched himself at Durfost , downstream from Maastricht. Representatives of Charles, Zwentibold, and the Emperor Arnulf met at Saint Goar and determined that the succession should go to Louis the Child . Zwentibold was killed by the rebels in battle in August 900.
At first, Louis appeared to be opposed to Reginar when he appointed Gebhard as his deputy in Lotharingia, but the two were never at war. In 908, Reginar recuperated the Hainault after the death of Sigard . Then, after the death of Gebhard in 910, in battle with the Magyars , Reginar appears as his successor. He led the magnates in opposing Conrad I of Germany and electing Charles the Simple their king. He was given the title marchio by Charles in 915. He never appears as the Duke of Lorraine, but he was definitely the military commander of the region under Charles. He himself was succeeded by his son Gilbert ; however, the Reginarids did not succeed in establishing their supremacy in Lotharingia like the Liudolfings or Liutpoldings did in the duchies of Saxony and Bavaria .
Family
By his wife Hersinda (or Alberada), who predeceased him, Reginar left the following children:
Noted events in his life were:
• Lay Abbot of Echternach: (Luxembourg), 897-915.
• Duke of Lorraine: 910-916.
Reginar married Alberade.241 Alberade died in 916.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 134 M i. Giselbert Duke of Lorraine 177 242 243 was born about 880 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 2 Oct 939 in Andernach, Rhineland, Prussia about age 59.
+ 135 M ii. Reginar II Count of Hainaut 244 was born about 890 in <Lorraine, France> and died in 932 about age 42.
+ 136 M iii. Balderic Bishop of Utrecht
+ 137 M iv. Frederick Archbishop of Mainz 245 died in Oct 954.
+ 138 F v. Symphoria
120. Bertha Princess of Lorraine 177 (Lothair II , King of Lorraine104, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 871 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 8 Mar 925 about age 54.
Bertha married Adalbert , Marquis of Tuscany 177 in 898. Adalbert was born about 855 in <Tuscany, Italy> and died about 915 about age 60.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 139 M i. Boso Marquis of Tuscany 177 was born about 899 in <Tuscany, Italy> and died about 938 about age 39.
121. Blichilde of Maine (Rorick , Count of Maine107, Rotrude95, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
Blichilde married Ranulf I , Duke of Aquitaine.246 Ranulf died in 866.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 140 M i. Ranulf II Count of Poitou was born about 855 and died on 5 Aug 890 about age 35.
122. Baldwin II Count of Flanders and Artois 222 224 225 226 (Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 864 in Flanders, Belgium and died on 10 Sep 918 about age 54.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Baldwin II, Count of Flanders
Baldwin II (c. 865 - September 10 , 918 ), nicknamed Calvus (the Bald) was the second count of Flanders . He was also hereditary abbot of St. Bertin from 892 till his death. He was the son of Baldwin I of Flanders and Judith , a daughter of Charles the Bald .
The early years of Baldwin's rule were marked by a series of devastating Viking raids. Little north of the Somme was untouched. Baldwin recovered, building new fortresses and improving city walls, and taking over abandoned property, so that in the end he held far more territory, and held it more strongly, than had his father. He also took advantage of the conflicts between Charles the Simple and Odo, Count of Paris to take over the Ternois and the Boulonnias .
In 884 Baldwin married Ælfthryth (Ælfthryth, Elftrude, Elfrida), a daughter of King Alfred the Great of England . The marriage was motivated by the common Flemish-English opposition to the Vikings, and was the start of an alliance that was a mainstay of Flemish policy for centuries to come.
In 900 , he tried to curb the power of Archbishop Fulk of Rheims by assassinating him, but he was excommunicated by Pope Benedict IV .
He died at Blandimberg and was succeeded by his eldest son Arnulf I of Flanders . His younger son Adalulf was (the first) count of Boulogne .
Family
He married Ælfthryth, a daughter of Alfred the Great , King of England. They had the following:
His fifth child however, was illegitimate.
Baldwin married Ælfthryth , of Wessex,247 248 249 250 daughter of Alfred the Great , King of Wessex, King of England and Ealhswith , of the Gaini, Queen of the Anglo-Saxons, in 884. Ælfthryth was born about 869 in England and died on 9 Jun 929 about age 60.
Death Notes: Ancestral Roots has d. 7 June 929 and d. 9 June 929
Children from this marriage were:
+ 141 M i. Arnulf I Count of Flanders and Artois 251 252 253 254 was born about 890 in Flanders (Belgium) and died 27 Mar 964 or 965 in Flanders (Belgium) about age 74.
+ 142 M ii. Adalulf Count of Boulogne 255 was born about 890 and died in 933 about age 43.
+ 143 F iii. Ealswid
+ 144 F iv. Ermentrud
123. Raoul Count of Cambrai (Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 869 and died in 896 about age 27.
Death Notes: Murdered after capture by Count Heribert.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Baldwin I, Count of Flanders
124. Widnille Countess of Flanders 227 (Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 865 in Flanders (Belgium).
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593875288
Widnille married Wilfred I "El Velloso" , Count of Urgel,227 son of Sunifred , Count of Urgel and Barcelona and Ermesende, in 877. Wilfred was born about 840 in <Urgel, Lerida>, Spain and died after 21 Aug 897.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 145 M i. Sunifred Count of Besalu and Urgel 227 was born about 878 in <Urgel, Lerida>, Spain and died in 948 about age 70.
125. Charles III "the Simple" King of Western Francia 198 229 230 (Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia109, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born on 17 Sep 879 in <Western Francia (France)>, died on 7 Oct 929 in Péronne, Somme, Western Francia (France) at age 50, and was buried in St. Fursi, Péronne, Somme, Western Francia (France).
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Charles the Simple :
Charles III (17 September 879 - 7 October 929), called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the Latin Karolus Simplex), was the undisputed King of France from 898 until 922 and the King of Lotharingia from 911 until 919/23. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty , the third and posthumous son of Louis the Stammerer by his second wife, Adelaide of Paris .
As a child, Charles was prevented from succeeding to the throne at the time of the death in 884 of his half-brother Carloman . The nobles of the realm instead asked his uncle, Charles the Fat , to rule them. He was also prevented from succeeded the unpopular Charles, who was deposed in November 887 and died in January 888, although it is unknown if his deposition was accepted or even made known in West Francia before his death. The nobility elected Odo , the hero of the Siege of Paris , king, though there was a faction that supported Guy III of Spoleto . Charles was put under the protection of Ranulf II , the Duke of Aquitaine , who may have tried to claim the throne for him and in the end used the royal title himself until making peace with Odo. Finally, in 893 Charles was crowned by a faction opposed to Odo at Reims Cathedral . He only became the effectual monarch with the death of Odo in 898.[1]
In 911 Charles signed the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte with the Viking leader Rollo , thus enfeoffing him with the lower Seine basin, the heart of what would become Normandy , in hopes that Rollo would fend off future Viking raids in the Seine area. He also gave the Viking his daughter Gisela in marriage. In the same year as the treaty with the Vikings, Louis the Child , the King of Germany , died and the nobles of Lotharingia , who had been loyal to him, under the leadership of Regina Longneck , declared Charles their new king, breaking from Germans who had elected Conrad of Franconia king.[1] Charles tried to win their support by marrying a Lotharingian woman named Frederuna , who died in 917.
On 7 October 919 Charles re-married to Eadgifu , the daughter of Edward the Elder , King of England . By this time Charles' excessive favouritism towards a certain Hagano had turned the aristocracy against him. He endowed Hagano with monasteries which were already the benefices of other barons, alienating these barons. In Lotharingia he earned the enmity of the new duke, Gilbert , who declared for the German king Henry the Fowler in 919.[1] Opposition to Charles in Lotharingia was not universal, however, and he retained the support of Wigeric . In 922 some of the West Frankish barons, led by Robert of Neustria and Rudolph of Burgundy , revolted. Robert, who was Odo's brother, was elected by the rebels and crowned in opposition to Charles, who had to flee to Lotharingia. He returned the next year (923) with a Norman army but was defeated on 15 June near Soissons by Robert, who died in the battle.[1] Charles was captured and imprisoned in a castle at Péronne under the guard of Herbert II of Vermandois .[2] Rudolph was elected to succeed him. In 925 the Lotharingians accepted Rudolph as their king. Charles died in prison on 7 October 929 and was buried at the nearby abbey of Saint-Fursy . Though he had had many children by Frederuna, it his son by Eadgifu who would eventually be crowned in 936 as Louis IV of France . In the initial aftermath of Charles defeat, Eadgifu and Louis fled to England.
Charles married Ogiva , of England, daughter of Edward I "the Elder" , King of England and Elfreda, on 7 Oct 919. Ogiva was born in 902 in Wessex, England and died after 955.
Marriage Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 148-17 (Charles III) has m. 918.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 146 M i. Louis IV d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks 198 256 was born on 10 Sep 920 in <Laon, Champagne>, France, died on 10 Sep 954 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France at age 34, and was buried in Abbaye de St. Rémy, Reims, Marne, Champagne, (France).
126. Ermentrude of France 231 (Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia109, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 870.
Research Notes: Husband unknown, according to Ancestral Roots (line 143-17)
Ermentrude married someone.
+ 147 F i. Cunigonde 198 257 258 was born about 890 in <Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia> and died after 923.
127. Herbert II Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes 119 233 234 235 (Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born between 880 and 890 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died on 23 Feb 943 in St. Quentin, Picardy, France.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Herbert II, Count of Vermandois :
Herbert II (884 - 23 February 943 ), Count of Vermandois and Count of Troyes , was the son of Herbert I of Vermandois .
Life
He inherited the domain of his father and in 907 , added to it the Saint de Soissons abbey . His marriage with Adela of France (also known as Liégarde) brought him the County of Meaux . In 918 , he was also named Count of Mézerais and of the Véxin . With his cousin Bernard , Count of Beauvais and Senlis , he constituted a powerful group in the west of France, to the north and east of Paris . In 923 , he imprisoned King Charles III in Chateau-Thierry , then in Péronne .
In 922 , the Archbishop of Rheims , Seulf , called on Herbert II to reduce some of his vassals who were in rebellion against him. On the death of Seulf, in 925 , with the help of King Rudolph , he acquired for his second son Hugh (then five years old) the archbishopric of Rheims, which had a large inheritance in France and Germany. In 926 , on the death of Count Roger of Laon , Herbert demanded this County for Eudes , his eldest son. He settled there, initially against the will of King Rudolph and constructed a fortress there. Rudolph yielded to pressure to free king Charles III, whom Herbert still held in prison. In 930 , Herbert took the castle of Vitry in Perthois at the expense of Boso, the brother of King Rudolph. Rudolph united his army with the army of Hugh, marquis of Neustria , and in 931 , they entered Rheims and defeated Hugh, the son of Herbert. Artaud became the new archbishop of Reims. Herbert II then lost, in three years, Vitry, Laon , Chateau-Thierry, and Soissons . The intervention of his ally, Henry the Fowler , allowed him to restore his domains (except Rheims and Laon) in exchange for his submission to King Rudolph.
Later Herbert allied with Hugh the Great and William Longsword , duke of Normandy against King Louis IV , who allocated the County of Laon to Roger II, the son of Roger I, in 941 . Herbert and Hugh the Great took back Rheims and captured Artaud. Hugh, the son of Herbert, was restored as archbishop. Again the mediation of the German King Otto I in Visé , near Liège , in 942 allowed for the normalization of the situation.
Death and legacy
Herbert II died on 23 February 943 without having succeeded in building the principality of which he dreamed. His succession was reconciled by Hugh the Great, maternal uncle of his children. It took place in 946 and led to an equitable distribution between the sons of Herbert II: Herbert III, Robert, Albert, and Hugh (his other son Eudes died before 946). As for his girls, Adela was married to Arnulf I , count of Flanders , Luitgarde (widow of William Longsword) was married to Theobald I , count of Blois , the first lieutenant of Hugh. She brought to Theobald Provins and domains in the Mézerais.
Family
...With Adela [daughter of Robert I of France], he had 7 children:
Herbert married Liegarde , of France,209 239 daughter of Robert I , Duke of France and Aelis, by 907. Liegarde was born about 886 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)> and died after 931.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch has b. abt 897 in Vermandois, Neustria.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 148 M i. Robert of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux 119 259 260 261 was born about 920 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died Aug 967 or 968 in Troyes, Champagne, (Aube), France about age 47.
+ 149 F ii. Adele of Vermandois 252 262 263 264 was born between 910 and 915 in Vermand, Picardy, Neustria (France), died on 10 Oct 960 in Bruges, Aquitaine (West Flanders, Belgium), and was buried in Abbaye de St Pierre, Gand, Flandres.
+ 150 M iii. Eudes of Vermandois, Count of Amiens and Vienne was born in 910 and died in 946 at age 36.
+ 151 M iv. Herbert "the Elder" Count of Meaux and of Troyes died in 993.
+ 152 M v. Albert I "the Pious" Count of Vermandois 265 266 was born about 920 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)>, died on 8 Sep 988 in <St. Quentin, Flandres> about age 68, and was buried in St. Quentin, Flanders (Picardy, France).
+ 153 F vi. Luitgarde of Vermandois was born about 920 and died after 978.
+ 154 M vii. Hugh of Vermandois, Archbishop of Reims died in 962.
128. Beatrice de Vermandois 192 236 (Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 880 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)> and died after Mar 931.
Research Notes: Second wife of Robert I.
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
Beatrice married Robert I , Duke of France,210 son of Rutpert IV , Count of Wormgau, Paris, Anjou & Blois and Adelaide , of Tours and Alsace, after 893. Robert was born in 866 in <Bourgogne, Champagne, France> and died on 15 Jun 923 in Soissons, Picardie, France at age 57.
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Paris: 888.
• King of the Franks: 922-923.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 116)
129. Cunigunde de Vermandois (Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died in 943.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Herbert I, Count of Vermandois
130. Adele of Vermandois (Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
131. Berenger de Vermandois, Count of Bayeaux (Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
132. Liegarde of France 209 239 (Robert I , Duke of France116, Adelaide , of Tours and Alsace101, Hugh III , Count of Alsace and Tours89, Luitfride II , Count of Alsace82, Luitfride I , Duke of Alsace75, Adelbert , Duke of Alsace66, Berswinde62, Siegbert III , King of Austrasia58, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 886 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)> and died after 931.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch has b. abt 897 in Vermandois, Neustria.
Research Notes: Source: Also familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
and
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871885
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 49-18 (Herbert II) has "m. bef. 907, LIEGARDE (Hildebrante) (Adela) (48-19), of France, dau. of ROBERT I (48-18), King of the West Franks, by his first wife, Aelis."
Liegarde married Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes,119 233 234 235 son of Herbert I , Count of Vermandois and Bertha , de Morvois, by 907. Herbert was born between 880 and 890 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died on 23 Feb 943 in St. Quentin, Picardy, France.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 127)
133. Hugh Magnus Count of Paris 240 (Robert I , Duke of France116, Adelaide , of Tours and Alsace101, Hugh III , Count of Alsace and Tours89, Luitfride II , Count of Alsace82, Luitfride I , Duke of Alsace75, Adelbert , Duke of Alsace66, Berswinde62, Siegbert III , King of Austrasia58, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 895 in Paris, (Île-de-France), France, died on 16 Jun 956 in Deurdan, France about age 61, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
Research Notes: Count of Paris, Orléans, Vexin and Le Mans, Duke of France.
Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
Hugh married Edhilda in 926. Edhilda died about 26 Jan 945.
Hugh next married Hedwig , of Saxony,267 daughter of Henry I "the Fowler" , Duke of Saxony, King of the Saxons and Mechtilde , of Ringelheim, in 938 in Mainz oder Ingelheim. Hedwig died 10 May aft 965.
Death Notes: Ancestral Roots gives various death dates - aft. 958 or 10 May aft. 965
The child from this marriage was:
+ 155 M i. Hugh Capet, King of France 268 269 was born Winter 941 in France, died on 24 Oct 996 in Les Juifs, Chartres, France at age 55, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
24th Generation 134. Giselbert Duke of Lorraine 177 242 243 (Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine119, Helletrude , of Lorraine103, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 880 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 2 Oct 939 in Andernach, Rhineland, Prussia about age 59.
Birth Notes: Ancestral Roots has b. abt 880 or b. abt 890. The most recent research give abt 880.
Research Notes: First husband of Gerberga of Saxony.
From Ancestral Roots, Line 240-18, p. 217, "From these two brothers [Reginar II and Giselbert] are descended the later kings of England, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, many of the German emperors, the Dukes of Brabant, Burgundy, Warwick, Northumberland, and Lorraine, the Earls of Chester, Clare, and Pembroke, the Counts of Roucy, Vermandois, Barcelona, Provence, Nevers, Poitou, Burgundy, and Savoy, and the families of Cantelou, Courtenay, Zouche, and many others."
Noted events in his life were:
• Lay Abbot of Echternach: 915-939.
Giselbert married Gerberga , of Saxony,198 270 271 daughter of Henry I "the Fowler" , Duke of Saxony, King of the Saxons and Mechtilde , of Ringelheim, in 929. Gerberga was born about 914 in <Nordhausen, Saxony, Prussia>, died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France about age 70, and was buried in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 156 F i. Gerberga of Lorraine 272 was born about 935 and died in 978 about age 43.
+ 157 F ii. Alberade of Lorraine 273 274 was born about 930 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 15 Mar 973 about age 43.
135. Reginar II Count of Hainaut 244 (Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine119, Helletrude , of Lorraine103, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 890 in <Lorraine, France> and died in 932 about age 42.
Research Notes: From Ancestral Roots, Line 240-18, p. 217, "From these two brothers [Reginar II and Giselbert] are descended the later kings of England, Scotland, France, Spain, Portugal, many of the German emperors, the Dukes of Brabant, Burgundy, Warwick, Northumberland, and Lorraine, the Earls of Chester, Clare, and Pembroke, the Counts of Roucy, Vermandois, Barcelona, Provence, Nevers, Poitou, Burgundy, and Savoy, and the families of Cantelou, Courtenay, Zouche, and many others."
Reginar married < >.275
The child from this marriage was:
+ 158 M i. Reginar III Count of Hainaut 198 276 was born in 920 in <Hainaut, Belgium> and died in 973 at age 53.
136. Balderic Bishop of Utrecht (Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine119, Helletrude , of Lorraine103, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
137. Frederick Archbishop of Mainz 245 (Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine119, Helletrude , of Lorraine103, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died in Oct 954.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Frederick (Archbishop of Mainz) :
Frederick (died October 954) was the Archbishop of Mainz from 937, following the late Hildebert , until his death. He was a son of Reginar, Duke of Lorraine .
Immediately, Frederick acted as an opponent of Otto the Great , one of the most consistent opponents he faced. In 939, he joined the rebellion of Eberhard III of Franconia , Gilbert of Lorraine , and Henry I of Bavaria . He was imprisoned in Hammelburg for a while. He plotted with Henry to assassinate Otto in Easter 941 in Quedlinburg , but they were discovered and put in captivity in Ingelheim , being released and pardoned only after doing penance at Christmas of that year.
Frederick refused to accompany Otto to Italy in 951. He participated in another rebellion with Liudolf, Duke of Swabia , and Conrad, Duke of Lorraine , luring the king to Mainz in 953. Abandoned by the Lorrainers and without Henry's support this time, the rebels were easily crushed and punished. Frederick tried to distance himself from the fighting, but died before anything could come to him.
Noted events in his life were:
• Archbishop of Mainz: 937-954.
138. Symphoria (Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine119, Helletrude , of Lorraine103, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
139. Boso Marquis of Tuscany 177 (Bertha , Princess of Lorraine120, Lothair II , King of Lorraine104, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 899 in <Tuscany, Italy> and died about 938 about age 39.
Boso married Willa , Princess of Burgundy.177 Willa was born about 906 in <Bourgogne, Champagne, France>.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 159 F i. Willa Princess of Tuscany 177 was born about 924 in <Tuscany, Italy>.
140. Ranulf II Count of Poitou (Blichilde , of Maine121, Rorick , Count of Maine107, Rotrude95, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 855 and died on 5 Aug 890 about age 35.
Research Notes: According to Ancestral Roots, Line 144A-17, Ada was not the mother of Ebles Mancer.
Ranulf married someone.
+ 160 M i. Ebles Mancer Count of Poitou was born in 868 and died in 932 at age 64.
141. Arnulf I Count of Flanders and Artois 251 252 253 254 (Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois122, Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 890 in Flanders (Belgium) and died 27 Mar 964 or 965 in Flanders (Belgium) about age 74.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Arnulf I, Count of Flanders
Arnulf I of Flanders (c. 890 - March 28 , 965 ), called the Great, was the third count of Flanders .
Arnulf was the son of count Baldwin II of Flanders and Ælfthryth , daughter of Alfred the Great . He was named after his distant ancestor, Saint Arnulf of Metz ; this was intended to emphasize his family's descent from the Carolingian dynasty.
History
Arnulf greatly expanded Flemish rule to the south, taking all or part of Artois , Ponthieu , Amiens , and Ostravent . He exploited the conflicts between Charles the Simple and Robert I of France , and later those between Louis IV and his barons .
In his southern expansion Arnulf inevitably had conflict with the Normans , who were trying to secure their northern frontier. This led to the 943 murder of the Duke of Normandy , William Longsword , at the hands of Arnulf's men.
The Viking threat was receding during the later years of Arnulf's life, and he turned his attentions to the reform of the Flemish government.
Family
In 934 he married Adele of Vermandois , daughter of Herbert II of Vermandois . Their children were:
He also had a previous daughter, Hildegard.
Arnulf made his eldest son and heir Baldwin III of Flanders co-ruler in 958, but Baldwin died untimely in 962, so Arnulf was succeeded by Baldwin's infant son, Arnulf II of Flanders .
Arnulf married Adele , of Vermandois,252 262 263 264 daughter of Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes and Liegarde , of France, in 934. Adele was born between 910 and 915 in Vermand, Picardy, Neustria (France), died on 10 Oct 960 in Bruges, Aquitaine (West Flanders, Belgium), and was buried in Abbaye de St Pierre, Gand, Flandres.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 161 F i. Elftrude 253 277 278 was born about 912 in Flanders, Belgium.
+ 162 F ii. Hildegarde was born about 914 in Flanders, Belgium.
+ 163 M iii. Egbert died in 953.
+ 164 M iv. Baldwin III Count of Flanders 253 279 280 281 was born about 915 in Flanders (Belgium) and died on 1 Nov 962 in Flanders (Belgium) about age 47.
+ 165 F v. Luitgarde of Flanders 252 253 was born about 941 in Flanders and died on 29 Sep 964 about age 23.
142. Adalulf Count of Boulogne 255 (Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois122, Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 890 and died in 933 about age 43.
143. Ealswid (Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois122, Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
144. Ermentrud (Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois122, Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
145. Sunifred Count of Besalu and Urgel 227 (Widnille , Countess of Flanders124, Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 878 in <Urgel, Lerida>, Spain and died in 948 about age 70.
Sunifred married Richilde , de Rouergue,227 daughter of Armengol , Count of Toulouse and Adelaide , Countess of Toulouse, Betw 920 and 925. Richilde was born about 882 in <Rouergue, Aveyron>, France, died after 12 Nov 954, and was buried before 26 Dec 954.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 166 M i. Borrell II Count of Barcelona 227 was born about 946 in <Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain and died on 30 Sep 992 about age 46.
146. Louis IV d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks 198 256 (Charles III "the Simple" , King of Western Francia125, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia109, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born on 10 Sep 920 in <Laon, Champagne>, France, died on 10 Sep 954 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France at age 34, and was buried in Abbaye de St. Rémy, Reims, Marne, Champagne, (France).
Research Notes: King of the West Franks 936-954
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 148-18
Louis married Gerberga , of Saxony,198 270 271 daughter of Henry I "the Fowler" , Duke of Saxony, King of the Saxons and Mechtilde , of Ringelheim, 939 or 940. Gerberga was born about 914 in <Nordhausen, Saxony, Prussia>, died on 5 May 984 in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France about age 70, and was buried in Reims, Marne, Champagne, France.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 167 M i. Charles Duke of Lower Lorraine 198 was born about 953 in <Laon, Champagne>, France, died on 21 May 992 in Kerker, Orléans, France about age 39, and was buried in St. Servatius, Maastricht.
147. Cunigonde 198 257 258 (Ermentrude , of France126, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia109, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 890 in <Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia> and died after 923.
Research Notes: Granddaughter of Louis II "the Stammerer" of France.
Cunigonde married Wigeric , Count of Bidgau 198 282 283 Betw 907 and 909. Wigeric was born about 882 in <Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia> and died before 923.
Death Notes: May have died by 919.
Noted events in his life were:
• Living: 899-916.
• Count Palatine: of Lotharingia, 916-923.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 168 M i. Gozlin Count of Bidgau and Methingau 198 284 was born about 911 in <Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia> and died on 18 Dec 943 about age 32.
+ 169 M ii. Siegfried of Luxembourg 285 was born about 922 and died on 28 Oct 988 about age 66.
148. Robert of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux 119 259 260 261 (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes127, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 920 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died Aug 967 or 968 in Troyes, Champagne, (Aube), France about age 47.
Birth Notes: Another source has b. abt 916
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Robert of Vermandois :
Robert of Vermandois (died 968 ) was Count of Meaux after his father Herbert II of Vermandois .
He was married to Adelaide of Burgundy, daughter of Giselbert, Duke of Burgundy . They had three children:
Robert married Adelaide , of Burgundy,119 286 daughter of Giselbert , Count of Burgundy and Chalons and Ermengarde , of Burgundy, by 950. Adelaide was born about 918 in Burgundy, France and died on 19 Aug 967 about age 49.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 170 F i. Adelaide of Vermandois 287 was born about 934 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died 12 Mar 975 or 978 in Châlons-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France about age 41.
149. Adele of Vermandois 252 262 263 264 (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes127, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born between 910 and 915 in Vermand, Picardy, Neustria (France), died on 10 Oct 960 in Bruges, Aquitaine (West Flanders, Belgium), and was buried in Abbaye de St Pierre, Gand, Flandres.
Adele married Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois,251 252 253 254 son of Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois and Ælfthryth , of Wessex, in 934. Arnulf was born about 890 in Flanders (Belgium) and died 27 Mar 964 or 965 in Flanders (Belgium) about age 74.
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150. Eudes of Vermandois, Count of Amiens and Vienne (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes127, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 910 and died in 946 at age 36.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Herbert II, Count of Vermandois
151. Herbert "the Elder" Count of Meaux and of Troyes (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes127, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died in 993.
Research Notes: Not the same person as Herbert III
Source: Wikipedia - Herbert II, Count of Vermandois
152. Albert I "the Pious" Count of Vermandois 265 266 (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes127, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 920 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)>, died on 8 Sep 988 in <St. Quentin, Flandres> about age 68, and was buried in St. Quentin, Flanders (Picardy, France).
Death Notes: FamilySearch has d. 7 Sep 978 in St. Quentin, Flanders. May have reversed digits in 978, and it should be 987.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois :
Adalbert I of Vermandois (French : Albert I le Pieux, the Pious) (c. 915 /917 - 9 September 988 ), Count of Vermandois , was the son of Herbert II of Vermandois and Adela.
Family
In 954 he married Gerberge of Lorraine (c. 935 -978 ), daughter of Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine , and Gerberga of Saxony .
Their children were:
Albert married Gerberga , of Lorraine,272 daughter of Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine and Gerberga , of Saxony, before 954. Gerberga was born about 935 and died in 978 about age 43.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 171 M i. Herbert III Count of Vermandois 192 288 was born between 942 and 953 and died in 993.
+ 172 M ii. Eudes of Vermandois was born about 956 and died in 983 about age 27.
+ 173 M iii. Liudolfe de Noyon was born about 957 and died in 986 about age 29.
+ 174 M iv. Guy I of Vermandois, Count of Soissons
153. Luitgarde of Vermandois (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes127, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 920 and died after 978.
Research Notes: Second wife of William I "Longsword"
Source: Wikipedia - Herbert II, Count of Vermandois
Luitgarde married William I "Longsword" , Duke of Normandy,289 290 291 son of Rollo , Duke of Normandy and Poppa , de Bayeux. William was born about 892 in <Rouen, (France)> and died on 17 Dec 942 in France about age 50.
Birth Notes: May have been born in Bayeux.
Death Notes: Killed in treacherous ambush by servants of Theobald of Blois and Arnulf of Flanders
Noted events in his life were:
• Succeeded: to County of Normandy, Abt 927.
154. Hugh of Vermandois, Archbishop of Reims (Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes127, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died in 962.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Herbert II, Count of Vermandois
155. Hugh Capet, King of France 268 269 (Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris133, Robert I , Duke of France116, Adelaide , of Tours and Alsace101, Hugh III , Count of Alsace and Tours89, Luitfride II , Count of Alsace82, Luitfride I , Duke of Alsace75, Adelbert , Duke of Alsace66, Berswinde62, Siegbert III , King of Austrasia58, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born Winter 941 in France, died on 24 Oct 996 in Les Juifs, Chartres, France at age 55, and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, (Île-de-France), France.
Birth Notes: Birth date variously given as Aft. 939, winter 941
Death Notes: Another source says d. in Paris.
Research Notes: King of France 987-996. First of the Capetian kings of France. Count of Poitou, Count of Orleans.
Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), Line 141-20.
Also Source: familysearch.org (Kevin Bradford)
From Wikipedia - Hugh Capet :
Hugh Capet[1] (c. 940 - 24 October 996 ) was the first King of France of the eponymous Capetian dynasty from his election to succeed the Carolingian Louis V in 987 until his death.
Descent and inheritance
The son of Hugh the Great , Duke of France , and Hedwige of Saxony , daughter of the German king Henry the Fowler , Hugh was born about 940. His paternal family, the Robertians , were powerful landowners in the Île-de-France . His grandfather had been King Robert I and his grandmother Beatrice was a Carolingian, a daughter of Herbert I of Vermandois . King Odo was his great uncle and King Rudolph Odo's son-in-law. Hugh was born into a well-connected and powerful family with many ties to the reigning nobility of Europe.[2] But for all this, Hugh's father was never king. When Rudolph died in 936, Hugh the Great organized the return of Louis d'Outremer , son of Charles the Simple , from his exile at the court of Athelstan of England . Hugh's motives are unknown, but it is presumed that he acted to forestall Rudolph's brother and successor as Duke of Burgundy, Hugh the Black from taking the French throne, or to prevent it from falling into the grasping hands of Herbert II of Vermandois or William Longsword , Count of Rouen .[3]
In 956, Hugh inherited his father's estates and became one of the most powerful nobles in the much-reduced West Frankish kingdom . However, as he was not yet an adult, his uncle Bruno , Archbishop of Cologne , acted as regent . Young Hugh's neighbours made the most of the opportunity. Theobald I of Blois , a former vassal of Hugh the Great, took the counties of Chartres and Châteaudun . Further south, on the border of the kingdom, Fulk II of Anjou , another former client of Hugh the Great, carved out a principality at Hugh's expense and that of the Bretons .[4]...
Election and extent of power
From 978 to 986, Hugh Capet allied himself with the German emperors Otto II and Otto III and with Archbishop Adalberon of Reims to dominate the Carolingian king, Lothair . By 986, he was king in all but name. After Lothair and his son died in early 987, the archbishop of Reims and Gerbert of Aurillac convened an assembly of nobles to elect Hugh Capet as their king....
Dispute with the papacy
Hugh made Arnulf Archbishop of Reims in 988, even though Arnulf was the nephew of the his bitter rival, Charles of Lorraine . Charles thereupon succeeded in capturing Reims and took the archbishop prisoner. Hugh, however, considered Arnulf a turncoat and demanded his deposition by Pope John XV . The turn of events outran the messages, when Hugh captured both Charles and Arnulf and convoked a synod at Reims in June 991, which obediently deposed Arnulf and chose as his successor Gerbert of Aurillac. These proceedings were repudiated by Rome, although a second synod had ratified the decrees issued at Reims. John XV summoned the French bishops to hold an independent synod outside the King's realm, at Aachen , to reconsider the case. When they refused, he called them to Rome, but they protested that the unsettled conditions en route and in Rome made that impossible. The Pope then sent a legate with instructions to call a council of French and German bishops at Mousson , where only the German bishops appeared, the French being stopped on the way by Hugh and Robert.
Through the exertions of the legate, the deposition of Arnulf was finally pronounced illegal. After Hugh's death, Arnulf was released from his imprisonment and soon restored to all his dignities.
Legacy
Hugh Capet died on 24 October 996 in Paris and was interred in the Saint Denis Basilica . His son Robert continued to reign.
Most historians regard the beginnings of modern France with the coronation of Hugh Capet. This is because, as Count of Paris , he made the city his power center. The monarch began a long process of exerting control of the rest of the country from there.
He is regarded as the founder of the Capetian dynasty . The direct Capetians, or the House of Capet , ruled France from 987 to 1328; thereafter, the Kingdom was ruled by collateral branches of the dynasty. All French Kings down to Louis Philippe , and royal pretenders since then, have been members of the dynasty (the Bonapartes styled themselves emperors rather than kings). As of 2007 , the Capetian dynasty is still the head of state in the kingdom of Spain (in the person of the Bourbon Juan Carlos ) and the duchy of Luxembourg , being the oldest continuously reigning dynasty in Europe. Queen Elizabeth II is a direct descendent of Hugh Capet.
Marriage and issue
Hugh Capet married Adelaide , daughter of William Towhead , Count of Poitou . Their children are as follows:
A number of other daughters are less reliably attested.[10]
References
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Paris: 956-996.
• King of France: 987-996.
Hugh married Adelaide , de Poitou,119 292 daughter of William I , Count of Poitou and Adele , de Normandie, Summer 968. Adelaide was born about 945 and died on 15 Jun 1006 about age 61.
Marriage Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 144A-20
Children from this marriage were:
+ 175 M i. Robert II "the Pious" King of France 293 294 was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orléans, Orléanais, (Loiret), France and died on 20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Normandy, France at age 59.
+ 176 F ii. Hedwig of France 295 was born about 969 and died after 1013.
Hugh next married someone.
+ 177 F i. Emma of Paris died about 968.
25th Generation 156. Gerberga of Lorraine 272 (Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine134, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine119, Helletrude , of Lorraine103, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 935 and died in 978 about age 43.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-20 (Herbert III)
Gerberga married Albert I "the Pious" , Count of Vermandois,265 266 son of Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes and Liegarde , of France, before 954. Albert was born about 920 in <Vermandois, Neustria (France)>, died on 8 Sep 988 in <St. Quentin, Flandres> about age 68, and was buried in St. Quentin, Flanders (Picardy, France).
Death Notes: FamilySearch has d. 7 Sep 978 in St. Quentin, Flanders. May have reversed digits in 978, and it should be 987.
(Duplicate Line. See Person 152)
157. Alberade of Lorraine 273 274 (Giselbert , Duke of Lorraine134, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine119, Helletrude , of Lorraine103, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 930 in <Lorraine, France> and died on 15 Mar 973 about age 43.
Alberade married Reinald , Comes de Roucy 296 on 5 Nov 945 in <France>. Reinald was born about 920 in <Bourgogne, France> and died on 10 May 967 about age 47.
Death Notes: Ancestral Roots has d. 10 May 967; http://www.smokykin.com/ged/f001/f90/a0019042.htm has d. 15 Mar 973.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 178 M i. Giselbert Count of Roucy 297 298 was born before 956 in <Reims, Marne, France>, died from 19 Apr 991 to 1000, and was buried in Rheims, Marne, France.
Alberade next married Renaud de Roucy 177 about 945 in France. Renaud was born about 931 in <Reims, Marne, Champagne, France> and died on 15 Mar 973 about age 42.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 179 F i. Ermentrude Countess of Rheims 177 was born about 963 in <Rheims, Marne>, France and died before 5 Mar 1005.
158. Reginar III Count of Hainaut 198 276 (Reginar II , Count of Hainaut135, Reginar I "Longneck" , Duke of Lorraine119, Helletrude , of Lorraine103, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 920 in <Hainaut, Belgium> and died in 973 at age 53.
Reginar married Adela,198 299 daughter of Hugh , Count of Equisheim and Unknown. Adela was born about 929 in <Hainaut, Belgium> and died in 961 about age 32.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 180 M i. Lambert I "the Bearded" Count of Louvain 198 300 was born about 950 in <Louvain, Brabant>, Belgium and died on 12 Sep 1015 about age 65.
159. Willa Princess of Tuscany 177 (Boso , Marquis of Tuscany139, Bertha , Princess of Lorraine120, Lothair II , King of Lorraine104, Lothair I , Holy Roman Emperor91, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 924 in <Tuscany, Italy>.
Willa married Berenger II , King of Italy.177 Berenger was born about 919 in <Italy>.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 181 M i. Adalbert Marquis of Ivrea 177 was born about 947 in <Italy> and died in 968 about age 21.
160. Ebles Mancer Count of Poitou (Ranulf II , Count of Poitou140, Blichilde , of Maine121, Rorick , Count of Maine107, Rotrude95, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born in 868 and died in 932 at age 64.
Research Notes: Per Ancestral Roots, line 144A-18, "bastard of Ranulf II by Ermengarde, prob. a concubine"
Noted events in his life were:
• Count of Poitou: 890-892, 903.
Ebles married Aremburge.301
The child from this marriage was:
+ 182 M i. William I Count of Poitou 302 was born in 900 in <Poitiers, France> and died on 3 Apr 963 in <Saint-Cyrien de Poitiers, France> at age 63.
Ebles next married Emiliane.301
161. Elftrude 253 277 278 (Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois141, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois122, Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 912 in Flanders, Belgium.
Elftrude married Sigfred "The Dane" , First Count of Guînes.303 304 Sigfred was born about 910 in Denmark and died in 965 about age 55.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 183 M i. Adolfus Count of Guînes 305 was born about 937 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, France and died in 996 about age 59.
+ 184 F ii. Haloise de Guines was born about 940 in Guînes, Pas-de-Calais, France.
162. Hildegarde (Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois141, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois122, Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 914 in Flanders, Belgium.
Research Notes: Source: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:3174654&id=I593871977
163. Egbert (Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois141, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois122, Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) died in 953.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Arnulf I, Count of Flanders
164. Baldwin III Count of Flanders 253 279 280 281 (Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois141, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois122, Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 915 in Flanders (Belgium) and died on 1 Nov 962 in Flanders (Belgium) about age 47.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch has b. abt. 933
Research Notes: Co-regent with his father 958-962
Noted events in his life were:
• Co-regent with his father: 958-962.
Baldwin married Mathilde , of Saxony,222 daughter of Hermann Billung, Duke of Saxony and Hildegarde , of Westerbourg, about 960. Mathilde was born about 921 in Saxony, (Germany) and died on 28 May 1008 about age 87.
Birth Notes: FamilySearch has b. abt 958. This would make her incredibly young when she was married to Baldwin III.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 185 M i. Jean de Conteville 306 307 was born about 960 in <Conteville>, Normandy, France.
+ 186 M ii. Arnulf II Count of Flanders was born from about 961 to 962 in Flanders, died on 30 Mar 987 about age 25, and was buried in Ghent, (East Flanders, Belgium).
+ 187 F iii. Bertha Countess of Flanders 222 was born about 987 in <Flanders (Belgium)>.
165. Luitgarde of Flanders 252 253 (Arnulf I , Count of Flanders and Artois141, Baldwin II , Count of Flanders and Artois122, Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 941 in Flanders and died on 29 Sep 964 about age 23.
Luitgarde married Wieman I , Count of Gand 252 about 955 in Flanders. Wieman was born about 920 in Gand, Flanders (Belgium).
The child from this marriage was:
+ 188 M i. Theodoric de Gand 252 was born about 956 in Gand, Flanders (Belgium).
166. Borrell II Count of Barcelona 227 (Sunifred , Count of Besalu and Urgel145, Widnille , Countess of Flanders124, Judith , Princess of France108, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 946 in <Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain and died on 30 Sep 992 about age 46.
Borrell married Luitgarde , de Toulouse.227 Luitgarde was born about 952 in Toulouse, France and died after 977.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 189 M i. Raimund Borrel I Count of Barcelona 227 was born about 972 in <Barcelona, Barcelona, Aragon>, Spain and died on 25 Feb 1018 about age 46.
167. Charles Duke of Lower Lorraine 198 (Louis IV , d'Outre-Mer, King of the West Franks146, Charles III "the Simple" , King of Western Francia125, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia109, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 953 in <Laon, Champagne>, France, died on 21 May 992 in Kerker, Orléans, France about age 39, and was buried in St. Servatius, Maastricht.
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall (Baltimore, 2008), line 148-19
Charles married Adelheid 198 308 about 972. Adelheid was born about 953 in <Ardenne>, France.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 190 F i. Ermengarde of Lorraine 309 310 was born about 975 in <Lower Lorraine>, France and died after 1012.
+ 191 F ii. Gerberga of Lorraine 311 was born about 975 and died 27 jan aft 1018 about age 43.
168. Gozlin Count of Bidgau and Methingau 198 284 (Cunigonde147, Ermentrude , of France126, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia109, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 911 in <Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia> and died on 18 Dec 943 about age 32.
Gozlin married Oda , of Metz.198 284 Oda was born about 915 and died on 7 Apr 963 about age 48.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 192 M i. Godfrey I "the Captive" Count of Verdun 198 284 312 was born about 927 in <Ardenne>, France and died in 1002 about age 75.
+ 193 M ii. Adalberon Archbishop of Reims 313 died in 989.
169. Siegfried of Luxembourg 285 (Cunigonde147, Ermentrude , of France126, Louis II "the Stammerer" , King of Western Francia109, Charles II "the Bald" , of France and Holy Roman Emperor97, Louis I , Holy Roman Emperor and King of the Franks86, Charlemagne , King of France, Holy Roman Emperor77, Pepin III "the Short" , King of the Franks69, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 922 and died on 28 Oct 988 about age 66.
Research Notes: From Wikipedia - Siegfried of Luxembourg :
Siegfried or Sigefroy (c.922-28 Oct 998 ) is considered the first count of Luxembourg . He was actually count in the Moselgau and the Ardennes . He was also the advocate of the abbeys of Saint-Maximin de Trêves and Saint-Willibrod d'Echternach . He was a son of the Count Palatine Wigeric of Lotharingia and Cunigunda. He is the founder of the House of Luxembourg , a cadet branch of the House of Ardennes .
He had possessions from his father in Upper Lorraine . At the centre of his dominions he constructed the fortress of Luxembourg in 963. A town soon grew up around the castle. Though he used the title of count, the title "count of Luxembourg" was only applied to William some 150 years later.
Around 950, he married Hedwig of Nordgau (937-992), daughter of Eberhard IV of Nordgau . They had the following issue:
Noted events in his life were:
• Count in the Moselgau:
• Count in the Ardennes:
Siegfried married Hedwig , of Nordgau,314 daughter of Eberhard IV , Count in Nordgau and Liutgard, about 950. Hedwig was born between 922 and 937 and died in 993.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 194 M i. Frederick I Count of Luxembourg 315 316 was born about 965 and died on 6 Oct 1019 about age 54.
170. Adelaide of Vermandois 287 (Robert , of Vermandois, Count of Trois and Meaux148, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes127, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 934 in Vermand, Picardy, France and died 12 Mar 975 or 978 in Châlons-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France about age 41.
Birth Notes: Kevin Bradford has b. 950
Adelaide married Geoffrey I "Grisgonelle" , Count of Anjou,317 son of Fulk II "the Good" , Count of Anjou and Gerberga , of Maine, on 2 Mar 951 in Anjou, France. Geoffrey died on 21 Jul 987.
Marriage Notes: Kevin Bradford has m. 979. Seems too late.
Children from this marriage were:
+ 195 F i. Ermengarde of Anjou 318 319 was born about 952 in <Anjou, France> and died on 27 Jun 992 about age 40.
+ 196 M ii. Fulk III "the Black" of Maine, Count of Anjou 320 died on 21 Jun 1040.
171. Herbert III Count of Vermandois 192 288 (Albert I "the Pious" , Count of Vermandois152, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes127, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born between 942 and 953 and died in 993.
Birth Notes: Ancestral Roots has b. abt 955, but if he married Ogiva in 951, something is in error.
FamilySearch has b. between 942 and 953
Death Notes: FamilySearch has d. 29 Aug 0997/1015.
Ancestral Roots has d. 993
Research Notes: Source: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr, ed. by William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, Baltimore, 2008, Line 50-20. This source has b. abt 955, but if he married Ogiva in 951, something is in error.
Herbert married Ermengarde,209 321 daughter of Reinald , Count of Bar and Unknown, by 987. Ermengarde was born about 946 in <Bourgogne, Champagne, France> and died after 1042.
Marriage Notes: FamilySearch has m. bef. 974.
Noted events in her life were:
• Living: 1021-1043.
The child from this marriage was:
+ 197 M i. Otto of Vermandois 209 322 was born about 1000 in <Vermandois, France> and died on 25 May 1045 in France about age 45.
Herbert next married Ogiva , of England, daughter of Edward I "the Elder" , King of England and Elfreda, in 951. Ogiva was born in 902 in Wessex, England and died after 955.
172. Eudes of Vermandois (Albert I "the Pious" , Count of Vermandois152, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes127, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 956 and died in 983 about age 27.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois
173. Liudolfe de Noyon (Albert I "the Pious" , Count of Vermandois152, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes127, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born about 957 and died in 986 about age 29.
Research Notes: Source: Wikipedia - Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois
174. Guy I of Vermandois, Count of Soissons (Albert I "the Pious" , Count of Vermandois152, Herbert II , Count of Vermandois, Soissons and Troyes127, Herbert I , Count of Vermandois111, Pepin , Count of Senlis, Peronne, St. Quentin100, Bernard , King of Italy88, < > , [Daughter of Duke Bernard]81, Duke Bernard74, Charles Martel , King of the Franks65, Pepin II , of Heristal, Duke of Austrasia61, Ansegisel , of Metz, Duke Ansgise56, Dode51, Adelberg , Princess of Paris40, Charibert I , King of Paris24, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1)
175. Robert II "the Pious" King of France 293 294 (Hugh Capet, King of France155, Hugh Magnus , Count of Paris133, Robert I , Duke of France116, Adelaide , of Tours and Alsace101, Hugh III , Count of Alsace and Tours89, Luitfride II , Count of Alsace82, Luitfride I , Duke of Alsace75, Adelbert , Duke of Alsace66, Berswinde62, Siegbert III , King of Austrasia58, Dagobert I , King of Austrasia, King of the Franks52, Clotaire II , King of Neustria, King of the Franks41, Chilpéric I , King of Soissons and King of Neustria29, Clotaire I "le Vieux" , King of Soissons and King of the Franks18, Clovis I , King of the Franks12, Childeric I , King of the Salian Franks10, Merovech , King of the Salic Franks [Legendary]8, Basina , de Thuringia7, Galla Placidia , of Cauca6, Galla Juntina Valentina , of Rome5, Valentinia I , Western Emperor of Rome4, Justina , of Rome3, Lucinianus, of Rome2, Valerius Licinianus, of Rome1) was born on 27 Mar 972 in Orléans, Orléanais, (Loiret), France and died on 20 Jul 1031 in Meulan, Normandy, France at age 59.
Death Notes: Melun, France?
Research Notes: Count of Paris, King of France
From Wikipedia - Robert II of France:
Robert II (27 March 972 - 20 July 1031 ), called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 until his death. The second reigning member of the House of Capet , he was born in Orléans to Hugh Capet and Adelaide of Aquitaine .
Co-rule with father
Immediately after his own coronation, Robert's father Hugh began to push for the coronation of Robert. "The essential means by which the early Capetians were seen to have kept the throne in their family was through the association of the eldest surviving son in the royalty during the father's lifetime," Andrew W. Lewis has observed, in tracing the phenomenon in this line of kings who lacked dynastic legitimacy.[1] Hugh's claimed reason was that he was planning an expedition against the Moorish armies harassing Borrel II of Barcelona , an invasion which never occurred, and that the stability of the country necessitated a co-king, should he die while on expedition.[2] Ralph Glaber , however, attributes Hugh's request to his old age and inability to control the nobility.[3] Modern scholarship has largely imputed to Hugh the motive of establishing a dynasty against the claims of electoral power on the part of the aristocracy, but this is not the typical view of contemporaries and even some modern scholars have been less sceptical of Hugh's "plan" to campaign in Spain.[4] Robert was eventually crowned on 30 December 987. A measure of Hugh's success is that when Hugh died in 996, Robert continued to reign without any succession dispute, but during his long reign actual royal power dissipated into the hands of the great territorial magnates.
Robert had begun to take on active royal duties with his father in the early 990s. In 991, he helped his father prevent the French bishops from trekking to Mousson in the Kingdom of Germany for a synod called by Pope John XV , with whom Hugh was then in disagreement.
Marital problems
As early as 989, having been rebuffed in his search for a Byzantine princess,[5]Hugh Capet arranged for Robert to marry the recently-widowed daughter of Berengar II of Italy , Rozala , who took the name of Susannah upon becoming Queen.[6] She was many years his senior. She was the widow of Arnulf II of Flanders , with whom she had children, the oldest of whom was of age to assume the offices of count of Flanders. Robert divorced her within a year of his father's death. He tried instead to marry Bertha , daughter of Conrad of Burgundy , around the time of his father's death. She was a widow of Odo I of Blois , but was also Robert's cousin. For reasons of consanguinity , Pope Gregory V refused to sanction the marriage, and Robert was excommunicated. After long negotiations with Gregory's successor, Sylvester II , the marriage was annulled.
Finally, in 1001, Robert entered into his final and longest-lasting marriage: to Constance of Arles , the daughter of William I of Provence . She was an ambitious and scheming woman, who made life miserable for her husband by encouraging her sons to revolt against their father.
Piety
Robert, however, despite his marital problems, was a very devout Catholic, hence his sobriquet "the Pious." He was musically inclined, being a composer, chorister, and poet, and making his palace a place of religious seclusion, where he conducted the matins and vespers in his royal robes. However, to contemporaries, Robert's "piety", resulted from his lack of toleration for heretics: he harshly punished them.
Children
Robert had no children from his short-lived marriage to Susanna. His illegal marriage to Bertha gave him one stillborn son in 999, but only Constance gave him surviving children:[7]
Robert also left an illegitimate son: Rudolph, Bishop of Bourges
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