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]

1. Bertha Carolingian was born about 780; died on 11 Mar 824.
2. King of the Franks Charles Carolingian, the Younger was born in 772; died on 4 Dec 811.
3. Gisela Carolingian was born in 781; died in 808.
4. Adalhaid Carolingian was born in 774 in Italy; died about 774 in France.
5. Rotrude Carolingian was born in 775; died on 6 Jun 810.
6. Hildegarde Carolingian was born in 782; died in 783.
7. Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Louis Carolingian, I was born on 16 Apr 778 in Casseneuil, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France; died on 20 Jun 840 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; was buried in Metz, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France.
8. Lothair Carolingian was born in 778; died on 6 Feb 779.
9. King of Italy Pepin Carolingian, IV was born in Apr 773 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; died on 8 Jul 810 in Milano, Milano, Lombardia, Italy; was buried in Verona, Veneto, Italy.

Family/Spouse: Gerswinda de Saxony. Gerswinda was born in 745; died in 785 in Saxony, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Adaltrude Carolingian was born in 774.

Emperor married Queen of the Franks Desiderata of the Lombards in 770 in France. Desiderata was born in Germany; died in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Himiltrude. Himiltrude was born in 742 in Germany; died in 780 in Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Pepin Carolingian was born in 767 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany; died in 811 in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Emperor married Fastrada in 784 in Worms, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Fastrada was born in 765; died on 10 Aug 794. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Theodora Carolingian was born in 784; died in 844.
2. Hiltrude Carolingian was born in 787.

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

1. Archchancellor of the Empire Hugh Carolingian was born in 802; died in 844.
2. Bishop of Metz Drogo Carolingian was born on 17 Jun 801 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany; died on 8 Dec 855 in Germany.

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

1. Theodoric Carolingian was born in 807.
2. Richbod Carolingian was born in 805; died in 844.

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

1. Abbess of Faremoutiers Ruodhaid Carolingian was born in 775; died in 810.

Emperor married Luitgard in 794. [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]