Notes:

Died:
Villa of Samoussy. The death, sudden and convenient though it was, was set down to natural causes (a severe nosebleed is sometimes claimed as being at fault)

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

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Short
• _ELEC: Mayor of the Palace
• _MILT: 759; He contained the Iberian Muslims and drove them out of the country

Notes:

Birth:
Ancient Austrasia

Buried:
Church of Saint Denis

Pepin married Bertrade de Laon, II in 740 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France. Bertrade (daughter of Count Charibert de Laon, I and Contessa Bertrada Laon) was born in 717 in Léon, Landes, Aquitaine, France; died on 12 Jul 783 in Choisy, Haute-Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Broadfoot
• _ORDI: 86th great granddaughter of Adam and Eve

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: Gibbon called him "the hero of the age" and declared "Christendom ... delivered ... by the genius and good fortune of one man, Charles Martel."
• Name: the Hammer
• Occupation: Duke and Prince of the Franks
• Occupation: Mayor of the Palace
• Religion: 732; Martel took church land to pay for a professional army. Charles, who in 732 was on the verge of excommunication, instead was recognized by the Church as its paramount defender. Pope Gregory II wrote to him more than once, asking his protection and aid
• _MILT: 732; Charles Martel is primarily famous for his victory at the Battle of Tours, his stopping the Umayyad invasions of Europe during the Muslim Expansion Era, and his laying the foundation for the Carolingian Empire.

Notes:

Birth:
(Heristal, formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Charles married Duchess of Austrasia Rotrude DeTrêves de Thurgovie in 713 in Moselle, Lorraine, France. Rotrude (daughter of Bishop of Trèves Saint Leutwinus Treves and Willigar of Agilofinges) was born on 5 Jul 690 in Tréves, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France; died on 12 Jul 734 in Aisne, Picardie, France; was buried in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Chrotude
• Occupation: Nun at the Abbess of Chelles

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Caribert

Charibert married Contessa Bertrada LaonLaon, Aisne, Picardie, France. Bertrada (daughter of King of France Dagobert Merovingia, III and Irmine de Oeren) was born in 694 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 12 Jul 783 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _ORDI: 85th great granddaughter of Adam and Eve

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Cecil Lamar Moon and Lawrence Adolph Twomey
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_of_Herstal
• _MILT: Pepin subdued the Alemanni, Frisians, and Franconians, bringing them within the Frankish sphere of influence

Notes:

Birth:
( formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Pepin married Chalpaida Alpaida. Chalpaida was born about 654 in Herstal, Liege, Belgium; died about 691 in Vosges, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
now Belgium/(Heristal, formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Cecil Lamar Moon
• Ordained: St. Liutwin's feast day is September 23
• Religion: When Leudwinus became a widower, he joined the monastery he founded at Mettlach as a simple monk

Notes:

Buried:
Abbey

Saint married Willigar of Agilofinges. Willigar was born about 666 in Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_De_Leon

Notes:

Birth:
(Heristal, formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Martin married Bertha de Prüm. Bertha (daughter of King of Neustria Theodoric de Neustria, III and Regent Clotilde de Metz) was born on 2 Apr 660 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; died on 12 Jul 721 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _ORDI: 84th great grandson of Adam and Eve

Notes:

Died:
Frankish Kingdom

Dagobert married Irmine de Oeren. Irmine (daughter of Theodo Bavaria and Regintrude de Austrasia) died in 24 Dec in Somme, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]