 Charles ""The Hammer" and Mayor of the Plalace of Austras" Martel, King of the Franks, son of Pepin of "Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, Pepin II of Her" Heristal and Alpaide of "Concubine" Aupois.Born 689 at Heristal, Liege, Belgium, died Oct 22, 741 at Quierzy, Aisne, France, 51 or 52 years, buried at Monastery, St. Denis, Seine-St-Denis, France Name: Charles Martel , Mayor of The Palace of Austrasia 1 2 3 4 Sex: M ALIA: The /Hammer/ Name: Charles 'Martel' Mayor Of Austrasia 5 Birth: 689 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium 6 7 8 Death: 22 OCT 741 in Quierzy (Ciersy), Aisne, France 2 Event: Gen Source 30 MAR 1994 ARP 1547:8 2 Burial: Monastery of St Denis, Paris, Seine, France 9 Event: Fact Palace-Mayor of the Franks 2 Event: Fact abt 676 - Oct 22, 741; King & 2 Note: Victor over the Saracens at Tours, Poitiers. Carolingian ruler of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia (in present northeastern France and southwestern Germany). Charles, whose surname means the hammer, was the son of Pepin of Herstal and the grandfather of Charlemagne. Pepin was mayor of the palace under the last kings of the Merovingian dynasty. When he died in 714, Charles, an illegitimate son, was imprisoned by his father's widow, but he escaped in 715 and was proclaimed mayor of the palace by the Austrasians. A war between Austrasia and the Frankish kingdom of Neustria (now part of France) followed, and at the end of it Charles became the undisputed ruler of all the Franks. Although he was engaged in wars against the Alamanni, Bavarians, and Saxons, his greatest achievements were against the Muslims from Spain, who invaded France in 732. Charles defeated them near Poitiers in a great battle in which the Muslim leader, Abd-ar-Rahman, the emir of Spain, was killed. The progress of Islam, which had filled all Christendom with alarm, was thus checked for a time. Charles drove the Muslims out of the Rhone valley in 739, when they had again advanced into France as far as Lyon, leaving them nothing of their possessions north of the Pyrenees beyond the Aude River. Charles died in Quierzy, on the Oise River, leaving the kingdom divided between his two sons, Carloman (circa 715-54) and Pepin the Short. SOURCES: Charles Martel (Andre Roux: Scrolls, 191.) (Paul, Nouveau Larousse Universel.) (Rosamond, Frankish kingdom under Carolingians.) (Stuart, Royalty for Commoners, Page 129, Line 171-43.) (Andre Castelot, Histoire de La France, Tome 1, Pages 271 - 273, 369). Born: in 686 in Chateau de Franchemont, Belgium, son of Pepin II d'Heristal and Aupais=Alpaide N? , The Chateau de Franchemont is near Spa and also Verviers, which may have encompassed Heristal. During World War II, the resistance used the tunnels under the castle to hide people and supplies from the German hordes. Married before 715: Rotrude=Chrotrud, Duchesse d'Austrasie , daughter of Saint Lievin=Leutwinus, Bishop de Treves and N. d'Istrie. Note - between 715 and 741: Toward the end of 715, Charles escaped from the prison his step-grandmother had locked him in, and rallies the Austrasians. In March, 716, however, in his first conflict with the Frisons who were edging their way up the Rhine, Charles is routed. A few weeks later, he is able to beat the Neustrians on the Ambeve River, near Malmedy. on 21 March 717, he is victorious over the Neustrians again, this time at Vincy, near Cambrai and he forces Chilperic II and his Mayor of the Palace, Rainfroi to flee to Paris. In 714, Charles takes the title Mayor of the Palace of Neustria, and gives the Neustrians a new King, Clotaire IV, son of Thierry III [who had died in 691] . The same year, his armies ravage Saxe all the way to the Weser River. In early 719, Clotaire IV died, and Rainfroi and Chilperic II obtain the assistance of Eudes, Duke of Aquitaine in a campaign against Charles. Charles defeats both armies; however, since Clotaire IV is dead, Charles recognizes Chilperic, but he becomes the Major Domus of both Neustria and Austrasia. When Chilperic II died in 721, Charles pulled Thierry IV, young adolescent son of Dagobert III, out of the Monastery of Chelles. from 722 to 724, the arabs mount successful offensives and pillage Autun. Charles, worried about maintaining the Franc authority, Charles Martel mounts a frightfully succesful campaign in Bavaria against the Allemanians and the Frisons, and he destroys their temples. Theutbald, Duke of the Allemanians is essentially powerless. In Gaule, toward the end of the decade, Charles turns his attention to Eudes, Duke of Aquitaine, who had maintained too independent an attitude. Aquitaine is ravaged in the process. In 730, Eudes allies himself with an Emir of northern Spain, Othmann ben Abi-Nessa and the arabs agin a foothold in southern France. By 732, a new emir, Adb-el-Rahman invades from Pampelona, cross the Pyrenees near Roncevaux, take and pillage Bordeaux, burning all the churches. In the Summer, they take Poitiers and destroy the basilica of Saint-Hilaire-hors-les-murs. On Saturday 17 October 732, Charles Martel's armies take the great Roman way linking Chatellerault to Poitiers and at 20 km North of Poitiers, at Moussais-la-Bataille, it encounters the arabs. They would observe each other for 7 days before the Battle of Poitiers would take place. The Battle of Poitiers: One Chronicler, Fredegaire described the action as follows: "Duke Eudes, being viewed with derision throughout his lands, called against Prince Charles and the nation of the Francs, that most perfidious race of the Sarrasins [that is not accurate as Eudes had first allied himself with an Emir, but then called upon Charles for aid when events turned on him] . The Sarrasins, led by their King, Abd-el-Rahman cross Gerona [another error as they set out from Pampelona and crossed the pyrenees at Roncevaux] . After having burned the churches, and crushed the population, they arrive in Poitiers. When they burn the Basilica and destroy the residence of Saint Martin, Prince Charles put into action an audacious plan and the order of Battle is given. With the aid of Jesus Christ, our Lord, our valorous Prince destroys their tents and flies into combat to crush them..." A less glorious account is given by a monk of the Abbey of Moissac: "The King of Spain, Abd-el-Rahman, having crossed the Pyrenees with his large army from Pampelona, laid siege to Bordeaux. Then Eudes, Prince of Aquitaine, leading his large assembled army fought against the Sarrasins on the banks of the Garonne. But, from the beginning, the Sarrasins were victorious. Eudes, having to flee, recruited the assistance of Charles, Prince of the Francs. Then Charles led his armies and combat ensued in the suburbs of Poitiers [the actual battle took place 20 km North of Poitiers] . The Sarrasins having been beaten by the Francs, and their King, Abd-el-Rahman killed, fled in a most disorderly manner back to Spain. As to Charles, he returned triumphantly to France with the bounty..." The Moslems have named that field of Battle: Balad-al-Shouhada -- Place of the Martyrs of the Faith. This victory gave Charles Martel extraordinary prestige, and it is there that he is said to have crushed the arabs "like a hammer". He then occupied the Bourgogne (Burgundy) and pacified the Languedoc, and Provence, thus establishing a significant French Monarchy. He exiled the family of Eucharic of Orleans, who controlled the bishopric of Auxerre, to Hesbaye, and installed his own man, Aimar to the Holy See. Married before 726: Sunnichild de Baviere. Buried: in Oct 741 in Saint Denis, Seine, Ile-de-France, France. Died: on 22 Oct 741 in Kiersy=Quierzy, Aisne, France, Upon Charles Martel's death, his two sons divide the Kingdom in accordance with his wishes. Carloman gets Austrasia, Allemania and Thuringia; Pepin gets Neustria, Burgundy and Provence. The rest, very little, went to Grifon, a bastard child of Charles by Swannhilde, grand-daughter of the Duke of the Bavarians. Father: Pepin II Mayor of The Palace of Austrasia b: 635 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium Mother: Alpaide of Aupois Concubine b: 654 in Aipois (Chalpaida), Austrasia Marriage 1 Rotrou of Treves b: ABT 690 in Treves, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France Married: ABT 713 9 Children Hiltrude Carloman b: ABT 715 in Austrasia, Flanders, Belgium Pippin "The Short" b: ABT 714 in Austrasia, France Bernard Duke of the Franks b: ABT 720 in Austrasia, France Jerome b: AFT 725 Remy b: AFT 725 Marriage 2 Swanhilde of Bavaria b: ABT 700 in Bavaria Event: Other-Begin 725 10 Children Laudrade of the Franks b: ABT 718 in Austrasia, France Auda (Aldane) Martel b: BEF 724 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium Grifo b: 726 Miss Martel b: ABT 735 Sources: Title: World Family Tree Vol. 29, Ed. 1 Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Publication: Release date: August 23, 1996 Note: Customer pedigree. Repository: Call Number: Media: Other Page: Tree 0008 Text: Date of Import: Jun 26, 1998 Title: World Family Tree Vol. 10, Ed. 1 Author: Brøderbund Software, Inc. Publication: Release date: May 6, 1997 Note: Customer pedigree. Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Tree 1246 Text: Date of Import: Jun 20, 1999 Title: Ancestry.com Tree 8319 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Jan 15, 2000 Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: Charles Martel Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, 1993 edition Author: Turton, William H. Publication: Genalogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1928 (1993 edition) Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Ed. Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr. Publication: 1999 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 190-11 Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Author: Jim Weber Publication: ancestry.com Note: downloaded periodically 2001-2004. Updated frequently, with many sources. Repository: Note: jim.weber@nwintl.com Call Number: Media: Electronic Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France Author: Jean-Charles Volkman Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris Repository: Note: JHM Library Call Number: Media: Book Married/ Related to:  Swanhilde of Bavaria, Concubine of AustrasiaBorn ± ABT. 700 at Bavaria Name: Swanhilde of Bavaria 1 Sex: F Name: Concubine Austrasia 2 Name: Sunnichild 3 Name: Swanhilde 2 Birth: ABT 700 in Bavaria 4 Birth: ABT 708 in Moselle, Austrasia 2 Marriage 1 Charles Martel , Mayor of The Palace of Austrasia b: 689 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium Event: Other-Begin 725 5 Children Laudrade of the Franks b: ABT 718 in Austrasia, France Auda (Aldane) Martel b: BEF 724 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium Grifo b: 726 Miss Martel b: ABT 735 Sources: Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry, 1993 edition Author: Turton, William H. Publication: Genalogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1928 (1993 edition) Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Title: Ancestry.com Tree 8319 Repository: Call Number: Media: Electronic Text: Date of Import: Jan 15, 2000 Title: Directory of Royal Genealogical Data Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science Publication: Department of Computer Science, Hull University Note: usually reliable but sometimes includes hypothetical lines, mythological figures, etc Repository: Note: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html Call Number: Media: Electronic Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Author: Jim Weber Publication: ancestry.com Note: downloaded periodically 2001-2004. Updated frequently, with many sources. Repository: Note: jim.weber@nwintl.com Call Number: Media: Electronic Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France Author: Jean-Charles Volkman Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris Repository: Note: JHM Library Call Number: Media: Book Children: 1. Laudree of Franks, Prince of FranksBorn ± ABT. 710 at Austrasia, France Name: Landree Given Name: Landree Sex: F Birth: ABT 0710 in of Heristal,,,Belgium Reference Number: 9720649 _UID: 1379B32E4305D34FA953647D3C29A78C4C62 Note: Dau. of Karl Martel and Rotrou of Alemania; m. Sigrand/Sigramus of Hesbaye; gr.mother of Ingram, Count of Hesbaye. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD00] Change Date: 19 Mar 2003 at 17:13:06 Father: Charles Karl the Hammer MARTEL King b: 0675/0689 in Heristal,Liege,Belgium,Austrasia Mother: Rotrude de TREVES Duchess of Austrasia b: ABT 0695 in of Alemania, Austrasia Marriage 1 Sigrand Sigramus of Hesbaye b: ABT 0687 in of Hesbaye Children of Hesbaye b: ABT 0717 in of Hesbaye From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com 2. Bernard of BelgiumBorn ± ABT. 728 at Belgium, died ± ABT. 784, approximately 56 years Name: Bernard of BELGIUM Surname: Belgium Given Name: Bernard of Sex: M Birth: ABT 0728 in Belgium Death: ABT 0784 Reference Number: Foster _UID: 2410B0FE71DCCB4998BCCB36CBD7F55C8BA0 Note: Son of Karl Martel, Mayor of the Palace, and Rotrou of Alemania; father of Gondres/Therres. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD1, CD00 Author: Automated Archives, Inc. Publication: Genealogical Research System, 1994 3. Aude of "Auda Aldane of Heristal" HeristalBorn ± ABT. 730 at Swabia, Bavaria, died before BEF. 805 Name: Aude de HERISTAL Surname: Heristal Given Name: Aude de _AKA: Alda, Hilda, Aldana, Albane, Aube Sex: F Birth: ABT 0730 in Schwaben Reference Number: Waite _UID: E8FF4DBBBB450D459D8F221DC9912DC5F8F4 Note: Dau. of Charles Martel; m. Thierry, Count of Autun; mother of Bertha/Auba. [Ancestral Roots, p. 160] MINOR, NEWLIN, FOSTER, WAITE LINE Dau. of Karl Martel, Mayor of the Palace, and Rotrou of Alemania; m. Thierry, Count of Autun; mother of William, Count of Autun, Thierry, and Berthe. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD1, CD00 Author: Automated Archives, Inc. Publication: Genealogical Research System, 1994 From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com 4. Unknown MartelBorn ± ABT. 735 Name: Miss Martel 1 Sex: F Birth: ABT 735 1 Father: Charles Martel , Mayor of The Palace of Austrasia b: 689 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium Mother: Swanhilde of Bavaria b: ABT 700 in Bavaria Marriage 1 Alfbard Ruler of Middle Friesland b: WFT Est 735 in Belgium Children Nordalah of Middle Friesland b: WFT Est 765 in Belgium Sources: Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Author: Jim Weber Publication: ancestry.com Note: downloaded periodically 2001-2004. Updated frequently, with many sources. Repository: Note: jim.weber@nwintl.com Call Number: Media: Electronic | |||
Adopted child: Bernard of Belgium | |||
| 2nd marriage/ relation Charles ""The Hammer" and Mayor of the Plalace of Austras" Martel, King of the Franks, son of Pepin of "Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, Pepin II of Her" Heristal and Alpaide of "Concubine" Aupois.Married/ Related to: N.N. Child: 1. Bernard of BelgiumBorn ± ABT. 728 at Belgium, died ± ABT. 784, approximately 56 years Name: Bernard of BELGIUM Surname: Belgium Given Name: Bernard of Sex: M Birth: ABT 0728 in Belgium Death: ABT 0784 Reference Number: Foster _UID: 2410B0FE71DCCB4998BCCB36CBD7F55C8BA0 Note: Son of Karl Martel, Mayor of the Palace, and Rotrou of Alemania; father of Gondres/Therres. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD1, CD00 Author: Automated Archives, Inc. Publication: Genealogical Research System, 1994 | |||
| 3rd marriage Charles ""The Hammer" and Mayor of the Plalace of Austras" Martel, King of the Franks, son of Pepin of "Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, Pepin II of Her" Heristal and Alpaide of "Concubine" Aupois.Married ± ABT. 713 at 1st wife (approximately 11 years married) to: Rotrude of Treves, daughter of St. Lievin of Treves, Bishop of Treves and Willigarde of Baviere.Born ± ABT. 690 at Treves, Rhenish Alps, France, died 724 at Treves, Rhineland-Palatinate, Preussen, approximately 34 years Name: Rotrou of Treves 1 Sex: F ALIA: Rotrude /de Austrasia/ Name: Chrodtrude 2 3 Name: Ruodhaid Birth: ABT 690 in Treves, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France 1 Birth: ABT 690 in Moselle, Austrasia, France 4 Death: 724 2 3 Event: Gen Source 30 MAR 1994 ARP 1547:9 5 Event: Fact 1st wife 5 Note: Many of the Family Tree Maker files showing her combine her with Ruodhaid, who may have been another wife. Chrodtrude died in 724. The Directory of Royal Genealogical Data does not show Rhodhaid, but The Family Trees of the Kings of France does. European Nobility has Rotrud? (?-724) as the dau. of Leutwinus, Bischof v. TrierMany of the Family Tree Maker files showing her combine her with Chrodtrude, the first wife. Chrodtrude died in 724. The Directory of Royal Genealogical Data does not show Rhodhaid, but The Family Trees of the Kings of France does. Father: Leutwinus (St Lievrin) b: ABT 665 in Moselle River Valley, Austrasia, France Mother: Willigarde de Agilofinges b: ABT 666 in Bavaria Marriage 1 Charles Martel , Mayor of The Palace of Austrasia b: 689 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium Married: ABT 713 1 Children Hiltrude Carloman b: ABT 715 in Austrasia, Flanders, Belgium Pippin "The Short" b: ABT 714 in Austrasia, France Bernard Duke of the Franks b: ABT 720 in Austrasia, France Jerome b: AFT 725 Remy b: AFT 725 Sources: Title: The Phillips, Weber, Kirk, & Staggs families of the Pacific Northwest Author: Jim Weber Publication: ancestry.com Note: downloaded periodically 2001-2004. Updated frequently, with many sources. Repository: Note: jim.weber@nwintl.com Call Number: Media: Electronic Title: Directory of Royal Genealogical Data Author: Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science Publication: Department of Computer Science, Hull University Note: usually reliable but sometimes includes hypothetical lines, mythological figures, etc Repository: Note: http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/public/genealogy/royal/catalog.html Call Number: Media: Electronic Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France Author: Jean-Charles Volkman Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris Repository: Note: JHM Library Call Number: Media: Book Title: Ancestry.com Tree 0008 Text: Date of Import: Jun 26, 1998 Children: 1. Laudree of Franks, Prince of FranksBorn ± ABT. 710 at Austrasia, France Name: Landree Given Name: Landree Sex: F Birth: ABT 0710 in of Heristal,,,Belgium Reference Number: 9720649 _UID: 1379B32E4305D34FA953647D3C29A78C4C62 Note: Dau. of Karl Martel and Rotrou of Alemania; m. Sigrand/Sigramus of Hesbaye; gr.mother of Ingram, Count of Hesbaye. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD00] Change Date: 19 Mar 2003 at 17:13:06 Father: Charles Karl the Hammer MARTEL King b: 0675/0689 in Heristal,Liege,Belgium,Austrasia Mother: Rotrude de TREVES Duchess of Austrasia b: ABT 0695 in of Alemania, Austrasia Marriage 1 Sigrand Sigramus of Hesbaye b: ABT 0687 in of Hesbaye Children of Hesbaye b: ABT 0717 in of Hesbaye From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com 2. Carloman of Franks, Mayor of the PalanceBorn between 712 BET., - and at Austrasia, Flanders, Belgium, died between 4 BET., Dec and at Monte Cassini Monastery, Frosinone, Latium, Italy; 3 Name: Carloman Mayor of the Palace of the FRANKS Surname: Franks Given Name: Carloman Mayor of the Palace of the Sex: M Birth: ABT 0712/0715 in Austrasia Death: 4 Dec 0754/0755 in Cassini Monastery,Austrasia Reference Number: Foster _UID: 143DF860B47B0B48AF831642B1319FF32955 Note: NEWLIN, FOSTER LINE !Instigated church councils held in the early 740s which called for the restoration of correct rules of clerical life, regular synods, and the elimination of pagan practices from every diocese. Went to live in a monastery in Rome after he retired from political life. [The Oxford History of Medieval Europe] !Sternest spirit of the three sons of Charles Martel. Surprised the world when he gave up his Austrasian rule to Pepin, retiring by his own choice to a monastic life, which he spent in the odour of sanctity. [Leaders & Landmarks] m. a dau. of Alard; father of Rotrou who m. Girard, Count of Paris. [GRS 3.03, Automated Archives, CD1, CD00 Author: Automated Archives, Inc. Publication: Genealogical Research System, 1994 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Seventh Edition Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1995 Page: p. 164 From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com 3. Pepin of the "'the short'" Franks, King of the FranksBorn 715 at Jupille, Austrasia, France, died Sep 24, 768 at St. Denis, Seine-St-Denis, France, 52 or 53 years, buried at Church of St. Denis Name: Pepin III the Short, King of FRANKS Surname: Franks Given Name: Pepin III the Short, King of Sex: M Birth: 0715 in Jupille, Austrasia Death: 24 Sep 0768 in St. Denis, Pends, France Burial: Church of St. Denis Reference Number: Foster _UID: F5F728457695CD438EE4F0CF182A2B0B1D5C Note: !Mayor of the palace of Austrasia and king of the Franks (751-68), son of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel and grandson of Pepin of Herstal. Was mayor of the palace during the reign of Childeric III (r. 741-51). In 751 Pepin deposed Childeric and thus became the first king of the Carolingian dynasty. He was crowned king by Pope Stephen II (III) in 754. He ceded territory to the pope the land which laid the foundation for the Papal States. Pepin enlarged his own kingdom by capturing Aquitaine in SW France. [Funk & Wagnalls] MINOR, FOSTER, NEWLIN LINES !732 - Battle of Poitiers 737 - Battle on the River Berre 741 - becomes mayor of Frankish court on his father's death 745 - fights growing political influence of Boniface 750 - end of Merovingian line in France: Childeric III deposed, Pepin the Short chosen king 754 - Peping the Short crowned by Pope Stephen II at St. Denis; invaded Italy 756 - Invaded Italy [Timetables of History; Two Lives of Charlemagne, p. 181] !Campaigned in Burgundy and Provence and restored those provinces to his rule. It took 10 years of warfare in the 750s to drive the Arabs out of Septimania and to persuade the Goths of Septimania that Frankish rule was preferable to that of the Arabs. But Aguitaine was the severest test of Frankish power. His father campaigned against Eudo, Pippin fought against Eudo's son Hunald, and throught the 760s, with Hunald's son. It was only in the first years of the reign of Pippin's son Charlemagne that the Aquitanians were finally subdued. [The Oxford History of Medieval Europe] !In 751 Pippin III, who still called himself duke or prince, sent an embassy to Pope Zacharias to ask if it was just that he who held power should not have the title of king. Zacharias sent back the correct answer, and Pippin III packed Childeric III, the last Merovingian king, into a monastery and had himself inaugurated king at Soissons. This ceremony was the first in Francia to incorporate anointing with holy oil, and perhaps the first in Europe to emphasize the act of crowning by a bishop. Pippin, now King Pippin I, wanted to take no chances that anyone would object to the legitimacy of his revolutionary move. The role which the Church was thus given in royal inauguration was to have important consequences later in European history:aPippin's grandson was to be deposed by bishops, who felt that if they could make kings, they could unmake them as well. Equally crucial was the visit which Pope Stephen II made to Francia in 753. He came to appeal for Frankish help in Italy to restore those territories taken from the Roman Church by the Lombards. Stephen reanointed Pippin and his sons, and the Carolingians were established as the new protectors of the papacy, replacing the increasingly ineffective Byzantine emperor. Pippin set off for Italy and forced the Lombards to sue for peace and to restore territory to Rome. [Oxford History of Medieval Europe] !Cole Waite !741 - Death of Charles Martel; Frankish kingdom divided between his sons Pepin the Short and Caroloman. 747 - Carloman becomes a monk, leaving Pepin sole master of the Franks. 751 - Pepin the Short, with the consent of Pope Zacharias, was crowned King of the Franks at Soissons, superseding the nominal Merovingian Childeric III: BEGINNING OF THE CAROLINGIAN DYNASTY. 754 - Pepin invaded Italy and repelled the Lombards under Aistulf; he granted the lands of the Exarchate to the Pope; beginning of the temporal power of the Papacy. Pope Stephen II concluded an alliance with Pepin, whom he annointed as King of the Franks and Patrician of the Romans. 756 - Pepin again in Italy to subdue the Lombards. 758 - Pepin fought against the heathern Saxons, between the Rhine and the Elbe. 759 - Pepin took Narbonne from the Saracens. 760 - Pepin began conquest of Aquitaine; completed in 768. 768 - Death of Pepin; Frankish kingdom divided between his sons Charlemagne and Caroloman. [Leaders & Landmarks in European History, Vol. II, p. 203] !Mayor of the Palace, deposed the last of the Merovingian Kings and became the first King of the Franks of the second race, 751-768. [Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came To New England between 1623 and 1650, Sixth Edition; by Frederick Lewis Weis; Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1988; line 50-12, 190-12.] Pepin "The Short", Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia; deposed the last of the Faineant (Merovingian) Kings and became himself the first king of the Franks of of the second race, 751-768; m. Bertha, d. 783, dau. of Count Lambert of Laon. Pepin, King of the Franks md (2) abt 740 Bertrada, Queen of the Franks.[Royal Ancestors Of Some American Families; by Michel L. Call; Salt Lake] b. 714, d. 768; son of Rotrou and Charles Martel; Mayor of the Palace, first king of the Franks of the second race, 751-68; deposed the last of Faineant (Merovingian) kings and became himself the first king of the Franks of the second race; m. Bertha of Laon; father of Charlemagne. [Ancestral Roots, p. 51, 163] b. 715, d. 768; son of Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace, and Rotrou of Treves; m. Leuthergis and was father of Bertbelle Martel who m. Milo, Duc d'Angiers/Comte de Anjou. [Larry Overmire 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Change Date: 26 Jun 2003 at 16:42:25 Father: Charles Karl the Hammer MARTEL King b: 0675/0689 in Heristal,Liege,Belgium,Austrasia Mother: Rotrude de TREVES Duchess of Austrasia b: ABT 0695 in of Alemania, Austrasia Marriage 1 Bertrada Broadfoot of LAON Queen of Franks b: ABT 0720 in Laon,Aisne,Leon,France Married: ABT 0740 Children Charles the Great CHARLEMAGNE b: 2 Apr 0742/0747 in Ingolheim Pepin Prince France b: ABT 0742/0751 in Aachen,Rhineland,Austrasia ROTHAIDE Princess France b: ABT 0744 in ,Aachen,Rhineland,Prussia ADELAIDE Princess France b: ABT 0746 in ,Aachen,Rhineland,Prussia Pepin IV Prince of the Franks b: 0748 in France Carloman II D'AUSTRASIE King b: 0751 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia Gertrude Princess France b: ABT 0753 in Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia GILLES Prince France b: ABT 0755 in ,Aachen,Rhineland,Prussia Gisela von CHELLES Princess France b: 0757 in ,Aachen,Rhineland,Prussia ADE Princess France b: ABT 0759 in ,Aachen,Rhineland,Prussia Berta von FRANKEN b: ABT 0765 Marriage 2 Leuthergis b: ABT 0730 in Austrasia Children Bertbelle MARTEL b: ABT 0760 in Austrasia Sources: Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia Author: Bram, Leon L. V.P. and Ed. Dir.; Dickey, Norma H. Editor-in-Chief Publication: Funk & Wagnalls, Inc., 1986 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: The Timetables of History Author: Grun, Bernard Publication: Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, 1982 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Two Lives of Charlemagne Author: Einhard and Notker the Stammerer; trans. by Lewis Thorpe Publication: Penguin Books, England, 1969 Page: p. 181 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: The Oxford History of Medieval Europe Author: Holmes, George, ed. Publication: Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 1992 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Leaders & Landmarks in European History, Volume II: The Middle Ages Author: Moncrieff, A.R. Hope; Chaytor, The Rev. H.J., M.A.. Publication: The Gresham Publishing Company, London, 1913 Page: p. 203 Repository: Name: Cheryl Varner Library Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Seventh Edition Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1995 Page: Lines 50, 190 Title: Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa Author: Moriarty, George Edward Publication: Pioneer Genealogical Society, Salt Lake City, 1985 Page: p. 5 Title: The Plantagenet Ancestry Author: Turton, William Harry Publication: DSO Genealogical Publishing, Baltimore, 1984, 1993 Page: p. 8 From 'Glick/Foster Ancestry' at Rootsweb.com 5. Bernard of the "Count of Saint-Quentin, Bernard of the Franks" Franks, Duke of the FranksBorn ± ABT. 720 at Austrasia, France, died 787, approximately 67 years Name: Bernard Duke of the Franks 1 Sex: M Title: Count of Saint-Quetin Birth: ABT 720 in Austrasia, France 2 Death: 787 3 Father: Charles Martel , Mayor of The Palace of Austrasia b: 689 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium Mother: Rotrou of Treves b: ABT 690 in Treves, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France Marriage 1 Gundelindis ? b: BET 730 AND 755 Children Ingeltrude (Rothais Chrothais) d' Autun\ b: ABT 775 in Autun, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France Sources: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Ed. Author: Weis, Frederick Lewis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr. Publication: 1999 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Page: 50-14 Title: The Pioneers of Massachusetts Author: Charles Henry Pope Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1981 Repository: Call Number: Media: Book Title: The Family Trees of the Kings of France Author: Jean-Charles Volkman Publication: Editions Jean-Paul Gisserot, Paris Repository: Note: JHM Library Call Number: Media: Book 6. Grippo CarolingiansBorn ± ABT. 722 | |||
Adopted child: Laudree of Franks, Prince of Franks | |||