Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Abbot of Saint-Quentin
• _MILT: 14 Jun 844; Hugh was part of the small army which, on its way south to join Charles at Toulouse, was ambushed by Pippin II in the Angoumois

Other Events and Attributes:

• Notable Quote: 'Let my armies be the rocks and the trees and the birds in the sky'."
• Name: the Great
• Occupation: founder of the Carolingian Empire
• Occupation: Mayor of the Palace
• Religion: Catholic - Imposed Christianity throughout most of Europe
• _MILT: Charlemagne was engaged in almost constant battle throughout his reign. Charlemagne's empire united most of Western Europe for the first time since the Roman Empire. In Hispania, the struggle against the Moors continued unabated
• _ORDI: 87th great grandson of Adam and Eve

Notes:

Birth:
(Heristal, formerly Neustria or Austrasia)

Buried:
Aachen Cathedral, He was laid to rest in his imperial capital of Aachen

Died:
pleurisy

Emperor married Regina. [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