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)

Family/Spouse: 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]

1. Count Charibert de Laon, I was born in Nov 690 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France; died on 7 Dec 747 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France.
2. Rolande Merovingian was born in 710 in Aisne, Picardie, France; died in 750 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrénées, France.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Mack Ferrin Smith
• Web Address: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansegisel

Notes:

Birth:
Ancient Austrasia

Died:
He was killed sometime before 679, slain in a feud by his enemy Gundewin

Ansegisal married Saint Begga de LandenMetz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Saint (daughter of Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Saint Pepin de Landen, I and Saint Itta de Metz) was born about 613 in Liege, Belgium; died on 17 Dec 693 in Ardennes, Hainaut, Belgium; was buried in Andenne, Namur, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott, Mack Ferrin Smith, Lawrence Hood, Lawrence Adolph Twomey, and Cecil Lamar Moon
• Occupation: Abbess
• Ordained: St. Begga is commemorated as a saint on her feast days, 6 September and 17 December. Some hold that the Beguine movement which came to light in the 12th century was actually founded by St. Begga
• Religion: On the death of her husband, she took the veil, founded seven churches, and built a convent at Andenne on the Meuse River (Andenne sur Meuse) where she spent the rest of her days as abbess

Notes:

Buried:
(Saint Begga's Collegiate Church)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Lawrence Adolph Twomey, Retha Zulma Gott, and Cecil Lamar Moon
• Name: Arnoul
• Occupation: Bishop of Metz
• Ordained: St. Arnulf of Metz was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand. He is the Patron Saint of Brewers
• Religion: He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in the Vosges, to realize his lifelong resolution to become a monk and a hermit
• _ORDI: St. Arnulf of Metz was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand. He is the Patron Saint of Brewers

Notes:

Birth:
(Heristal, formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Buried:
(Remiremont Abbey)

Saint married Clothilde de Heristal about 596. Clothilde (daughter of King of Kent Saint Aethelbert of Kent, I and Queen of Kent Saint Berthe 'Aldeberge' de Heristal) was born about 585 in Herstal, Liege, Belgium; died on 23 Oct 640 in Tréves, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Dode
• Religion: Nun at Trêves

Notes:

Birth:
(Metz, at Heristal, formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Died:
(Rhenish Prussia)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott, Mack Ferrin Smith, Lawrence Hood, Lawrence Adolph Twomey, and Cecil Lamar Moon
• Name: the Elder
• Ordained: St. Pepin of Landen was never canonized, he is listed as a saint in some old martyrologies. His feast day was 21 February.
• Religion: Pepin earned a reputation for defending the interests of the Church, promoting the spread of Christianity, and working to have only truly worthy bishops appointed to Frankish sees

Saint married Saint Itta de Metz. Saint (daughter of Governor of Aquitaine de Tongres Arnoldus de Metz and Oda von Swabia) was born in 592 in Liege, Belgium; died in 652 in Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott, Mack Ferrin Smith, Lawrence Hood, and Lawrence Adolph Twomey
• Name: Ida Nivelles
• Occupation: Abbess
• Ordained: St. Itta de Metz's memorial is May 8
• Religion: She founded the Benedictine nunnery at Nivelles

Notes:

Died:
Abbey of Nivelles

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Margrave of Schelde
• Religion: Bishop of Metz

Notes:

Died:
Murdered returning from Constantinople/Ancient Carthage

Arnoldus married Oda von SwabiaSaxony, Germany. Oda (daughter of King of Galicia Theodemir de Galicia and Princess of Thuringia. Queen of France Saint Radegonde von Thuringia) was born in 562; died in 640 in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Dode

Notes:

Birth:
Ancient Austrasia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Cecil Lamar Moon
• Name: Ethelbert or Ausbert
• Occupation: The Senator of Moselle
• Ordained: St. Ethelbert of Kent was canonised for his role in establishing Christianity among the Anglo-Saxons, as were his wife and daughter. His feast day was originally 24 February but was changed to 25 February
• Religion: He brought the king of the East Saxons and the king of the East Angles into the Church. Ethelbert ruled for fifty-six years, founding the abbeys of Christ Church, Sts. Peter and Paul in Canterbury, and St. Andrew’s in Rochester

Notes:

At his baptism, he brought a large part of his population into the faith

Saint married Queen of Kent Saint Berthe 'Aldeberge' de Heristal before 565. Saint was born about 539 in Herstal, Liege, Belgium; died in 612 in Canterbury, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Kinfolk of Note: Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott and Cecil Lamar Moon
• Name: Bertha of Kent
• Ordained: No feast day has been given to St. Bertha of Kent (Saint Aldeberge), but she has been venerated since her death
• Religion: She married Ethelbert of Kent, a pagan king, and she brought her chaplain, Luidhard, to the court.

Notes:

Birth:
(formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Carloman married Gertrude de Agilofinges in Ancient Austrasia. Gertrude (daughter of Garibald de Agilofinges and Waldrada de Lombardy) was born in Bavaria, Germany; died in 17 Mar in Brabant Wallon, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Abbey of Nivelles