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]

1. Landrade Martel was born about 700 in Moselle, Lorraine, France; died after 719 in Lorraine, France.
2. Hiltrude Martel was born after 710; died in 754.
3. Holy Roman Emperor Pepin Martel, III was born in 714 in Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany; died on 24 Sep 768 in St Denis, Cher, Centre, France; was buried in Paris, Île-de-France, France.
4. Mayor of the Palace Carloman Martel was born in 712; died on 17 Aug 754 in Cassino, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy.
5. Auda 'Aldana' Martel was born in 732 in Saxony, Germany; died in 804 in France.

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

1. Bernard Martel was born in 720.
2. Hieronymus Martel
3. Archbishop of Rouen Saint Remigius Martel died in 771.

Charles married Swanhild in 725. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Charles Martel brought her back from his first campaign in Bavaria

1. Grifo Martel died in 753 in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France.

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 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