Ancestry of the Carolingians
SEE ANGEVINS ---ROMANS AND DUKES OF MOSELLE
6a Ansbertus/Ausbert Duke of Moselle, Gallo-Roman Senator
b ~523
d ~570
7c Arnoald/Arnoldus/Arnual
Margrave of Schelde brother of 7a Erchenaud of Burgundy Duke of Alsace b~0546 ,
b ~560
d ~611
m Oda of Swabia,
dau
8c Doda
b ~584
d?
m Saint Arnulf of Metz, Dux at the Scheldt, later a monk and Bishop of Metz
b 582
d 640
(some genealogies have St Arnulf as a son of 7c Arnold, but this supposition
is probably a fabrication in Charlemagne's time to give him Roman Ancestry
in the male line or because in early medieval times writers often
used "son" to include "son-in-law.")
2nd son of 8c
9c Ansegisel,
Dux and Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
b ~602
d ~ 679 - murdered
m St Begga (3b)
Took the Veil after death of her husband, founded a convent at Andenne
son
10c Pepin (also Pippin, Pipin, or Peppin) of Herstal,
Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
b ~ 635
d 16 December 714
concubine Alpaida dau of Dodo
son
11c Charles "The Hammer" Martel,
Duke of the Franks Ruled Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy. Offered Roman Consul, which he rejected. Defeated the Islamic expansion at Battle of Tours in 732
b 23 August 688
d 22 October 741
m Rotrude of Treves
son
12c Pepin or Pippin, called the Short,
Duke of the Franks from 741 and King of the West Franks from 751 to 768.
Deposed the last Merovingian.
d 24 September 768
m Bertrada of Laonsb ~714
son
13c Charlemagne, Charles the Great;
Charles I, 1st Holy Roman Emperor was King of the Franks from 768 to his death. He re-expanded the Frankish kingdoms back into a Frankish Empire that incorporated much of Western and Central Europe. During his reign he conquered Italy and was crowned Imperator Augustus by Pope Leo III on 25 December 800.
3rd of sons by Hidegarde
14c Louis the Pious
b 778
d 20 June 840
m Adelaide of France
THE CAROLINGIAN EMPERORS & KINGS
son of 13c by Regina (Reginopyrcha)
of Swabia
14x Hugh the Abbot Count of Andech
b ~ 794
d 7 jun 844
dau
15Cx Petronille of Andech
b ~825
m 20a Tertulle the Breton,
Count d'Anjou, Seneschal of the Gatinais
(responsible for organizing the journeys of the king or emperor)
THE EARLY ANGEVINS
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The Roman Empire in 400AD click on map to enlarge
Entities governed by our ancestors
