Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: the Pious
• _ORDI: 88th great grandson of Adam and Eve
• _MILT: 801; He conquered Barcelona from the Muslims

Notes:

Birth:
Twin of Lothair - they were born while their father Charlemagne was on campaign in Spain

Buried:
Church of Saint-Pierre-aux-Nonnains

Louis married Holy Roman Empress Ermengarde de Hesbaye in 794 in La Chapelle, Dordogne, Aquitaine, France. Ermengarde (daughter of Comte de Hesbaye Ingramm de Hesbaye, I and Landree d'Herbauges) was born in 778 in Liege, Belgium; died on 3 Oct 818 in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Adbelahide de Tours was born in 824 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; died in 866 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France.
2. Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Lothair Carolingian, I was born on 19 May 795; died on 29 Sep 855 in Prüm, Bitburg-Prum, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Louis married Empress Judith of Bavaria in 819 in Germany. Empress was born in 805; died in 843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Holy Roman Emperor Charles de Coursey, II was born on 15 May 823 in Bavaria, Germany; died on 6 Oct 877 in France; was buried in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France.

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 Queen of the Franks Hildegarde de Vinzgau Swabia in 771 in Germany. Hildegarde (daughter of Duke of Vinzgau Gerold von Swabia, I and Duchess of Swabia Emma von Bayern) was born in 758 in Germany; died on 30 Apr 783 in Thionville, Moselle, Lorraine, France; was buried in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Patron of several religious organizations, including monasteries of St. Denis and St. Martin in Tours, and Kempten Abbey
• Title: Mother of kings and emperors

Notes:

Buried:
Saint Arnoul Royal Abbey

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:

• Title: Count of Allemania

Notes:

Died:
Battle against the Avars

Gerold married Duchess of Swabia Emma von Bayern in 756 in Germany. Emma (daughter of Nebi in the Linzgan von Almania and Herswinde von Sachsen) was born in 736 in Germany; died in 798 in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Imma

Notes:

Birth:
now part of Germany

Notes:

Married:
now part of Germany

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

Bishop married Gerniud Austrasia. Gerniud was born in 680 in Bavaria, Germany; died after 725 in Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nebi married Herswinde von Sachsen. Herswinde was born in 705 in Bavaria, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]