Metz, Arnoul

Birth Name Metz, Arnoul
Gender male
Age at Death 58 years, 3 days

Narrative

# Note:

Saint Arnulf [son of Bodegeisel], b. ca. 13 Aug 582, Mayor of the Palace and tutor of Dagobert, Bishop of Metz 612, d. 16 Aug 640; m. abt. 596, Dode (Clothilde), who became a nun at Treves 612. (They were the parents of St. Clodulf, Bishop of Metz ca. 650, d. 690). [Ancestral Roots]

Arnoul was the 29th. Bishop of Metz, in 612. He was canonized by the Church, Saint Arnoul. He became the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, and tutor of Dagobert. In the year 614, when Clotaire II had had Brunehaut killed, he remained the only descendant of the sons of Clovis alive. But he is only a toy in the hands of the Franc aristocracy both lay and ecclesiastic. At the head of each of the three ancient kingdoms, Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy, the Major Domus [Mayor of the Palace] gains progressively greater importance. On 18 October 614, Clotaire II signed the Edict of Paris which in 27 articles, essentially formed the basic power structure for the Council of Bishops and the Assembly of the Greats [nobles].

# Note: In 623, Clotaire II was pushed by the Bishop of Metz and also Pepin [Le Vieux de Landen] , the Mayor of the Palace to give Austrasia its own King. Thus, Clotaire II's son Dagobert became King of Austrasia and under the tutelage of Arnoul.

# Note: Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
# Note: Page: Arnulf of Metz
# Note: Text: c 580 near Nancy, France

# Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
# Note: Page: 190-8

 

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth 582-08-13 Heristal, Liege, Belgium   1
Death 640-08-16 Remiremont, Church of the Apostles, Metz, Austrasia   1
Event Note

D: 16 Aug 640/641

Age: 58y 0m 3d

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Aquitaine, Bodegeisel II565610
Mother Suevia, Oda567636
    Brother     of Neustria, Aldegisel 579
         Metz, Arnoul 582-08-13 640-08-16

Families

Family of Metz, Arnoul and de Heristal, Dode Clothilde

Married Wife de Heristal, Dode Clothilde ( * 586 + 615 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 606   Religious Marriage  
Event Note

M: Abt. 606

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Austrasia, Ansigisen602685
Metz, St. Clodulf604690
de Verdun, Walchigise614