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Caesars and Marc Anthony to Charlemagne               Marc Anthony

 

 

Generation No. 1

 

1. SEXTUS JULIUS1 CAESAR.

 

Child of SEXTUS JULIUS CAESAR is:

2. i. LUCIUS JULIUS2 CAESAR.

 

Generation No. 2

 

2. LUCIUS JULIUS2 CAESAR (SEXTUS JULIUS1).

 

Child of LUCIUS JULIUS CAESAR is:

3. i. LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR.

 

Generation No. 3

 

3. LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR (LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1).

Notes for LUCIUS JULIUS CAESAR:

Consul B.C. 89 Author of Julian Law

 

 

Children of LUCIUS JULIUS CAESAR are:

4. i. JULIA4.

ii. STRABO.

Notes for STRABO:

Orator frequently mentioned by Cicero

Generation No. 4

 

4. JULIA4 (LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1). She married ANTONIUS CRETICUS.

 

Generation No. 5

 

5. MARK ANTONY5 THE TRIUMVIR (JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1). He married (1) ANTONIA. He married (2) FULVIA. He married (3) CLEOPATRA. He married (4) OCTAVIA.

Notes for MARK ANTONY THE TRIUMVIR:

Settled the Roman Republic after the murder of Caius Julius Caesar, the Diotator

 

 

Child of MARK and ANTONIA is:

6. i. ANTONIA6.

 

Generation No. 6

 

6. ANTONIA6 (MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1). She married CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS, son of UNKNOWN GERMANICUS.

 

Child of ANTONIA and CLAUDIUS GERMANICUS is:

7. i. EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS.

 

Generation No. 7

 

7. EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS (ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1).

 

Child of EMPEROR CLAUDIUS is:

8. i. GENISSA8.

 

Generation No. 8

 

8. GENISSA8 (EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1). She married AVIRAGUS.

 

Notes for AVIRAGUS:

Eleventh son of Kimbeline, King of the Britons, who died A.D. 74

 

Child of GENISSA and AVIRAGUS is:

9. i. MARIUS9.

 

Generation No. 9

 

9. MARIUS9 (GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1).

 

Child of MARIUS is:

10. i. "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, b. Britain.

 

Generation No. 10

 

10. "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL (MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born in Britain.

Notes for "OLD KING COEL" COEL:

Educated at Rome

 

 

Child of "OLD KING COEL" COEL is:

11. i. PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, b. 125.

 

Generation No. 11

 

11. PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS ("OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 125. She married MARCOMIR IV, KING OF THE FRANKS 149, son of KING OF THE FRANKS ODOMIR.

 

Child of PRINCESS ATHILDIS and MARCOMIR is:

12. i. CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, b. 104; d. 166.

 

Generation No. 12

 

12. CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS (PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 104, and died 166. He married PRINCESS OF THE RUGI HAFILDA 121.

 

Child of CLODMIR and PRINCESS HAFILDA is:

13. i. KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, b. 122.

 

Generation No. 13

 

13. KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT (CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 122.

 

Child of KING OF FRANKS FARABERT is:

14. i. SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, b. 137; d. 213.

 

Generation No. 14

 

14. SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS (KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 137, and died 213.

 

Child of SUNNO (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS is:

15. i. HILDERIC15, b. Bef. 212; d. 253.

 

Generation No. 15

 

15. HILDERIC15 (SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born Bef. 212, and died 253.

 

Child of HILDERIC is:

16. i. KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, b. 238; d. 272.

 

Generation No. 16

 

16. KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS (HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 238, and died 272.

 

Child of KING OF THE FRANKS BARTHERUS is:

17. i. CLODIUS17 III, b. 264.

 

Generation No. 17

 

17. CLODIUS17 III (KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 264.

 

Child of CLODIUS III is:

18. i. WALTER18, b. 289; d. 306.

 

Generation No. 18

 

18. WALTER18 (CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 289, and died 306.

 

Child of WALTER is:

19. i. DAGOBERT19, b. 230.

 

Generation No. 19

 

19. DAGOBERT19 (WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 230.

 

Child of DAGOBERT is:

20. i. DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, b. 262.

 

Generation No. 20

 

20. DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD (DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 262.

 

Child of DUKE OF FRANKS GENEBALD is:

21. i. DAGOBERT21, b. 300.

 

Generation No. 21

 

21. DAGOBERT21 (DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 300.

 

Children of DAGOBERT are:

22. i. CLODIUS22, b. 324; d. 389.

23. ii. CLODIUS, b. 324, Germany; d. 389.

 

Generation No. 22

 

22. CLODIUS22 (DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 324, and died 389.

 

Child of CLODIUS is:

24. i. MARCOMIR23, b. 347.

23. CLODIUS22 (DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 324 in Germany, and died 389.

 

Child of CLODIUS is:

25. i. DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, b. 347, Germany; d. 408.

 

Generation No. 23

 

24. MARCOMIR23 (CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 347.

 

Child of MARCOMIR is:

26. i. PHARAMOND24, b. 370, Westphalia, Germany; d. 427.

25. DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR (CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 347 in Germany, and died 408.

 

Child of DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS MARCOMIR is:

27. i. KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND, b. 370.

 

Generation No. 24

 

26. PHARAMOND24 (MARCOMIR23, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 370 in Westphalia, Germany, and died 427. He married ARGOTTA, daughter of GENEBALD.

 

Child of PHARAMOND and ARGOTTA is:

28. i. CLODIUS25, b. 395; d. 491.

27. KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND (DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 370. He married QUEEN ARGOTTA.

 

Child of KING PHARAMOND and QUEEN ARGOTTA is:

29. i. CLODIUS "LONG25 HAIRED", b. 395, Westphalia, Germany; d. 447.

 

Generation No. 25

 

28. CLODIUS25 (PHARAMOND24, MARCOMIR23, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 395, and died 491.

 

Child of CLODIUS is:

30. i. ADELBERT26, b. 486; d. 491.

29. CLODIUS "LONG25 HAIRED" (KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND, DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 395 in Westphalia, Germany, and died 447. He married QUEEN OF THE FRANKS BASINA.

 

Child of CLODIUS HAIRED" and QUEEN BASINA is:

31. i. KING OF FRANKS26 MEROVEA, b. 415; d. 457.

 

Generation No. 26

 

30. ADELBERT26 (CLODIUS25, PHARAMOND24, MARCOMIR23, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 486, and died 491.

 

Child of ADELBERT is:

32. i. WAMBERT27, b. 511.

31. KING OF FRANKS26 MEROVEA (CLODIUS "LONG25 HAIRED", KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND, DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 415, and died 457. He married QUEEN OF FRANKS VERICA.

 

Child of KING MEROVEA and QUEEN VERICA is:

33. i. CHILDERIC27 II, b. 436, Germany; d. November 26, 481.

 

Generation No. 27

 

32. WAMBERT27 (ADELBERT26, CLODIUS25, PHARAMOND24, MARCOMIR23, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 511.

 

Child of WAMBERT is:

34. i. AUSBERT28, b. 536, Old Saxony, Germany.

33. CHILDERIC27 II (KING OF FRANKS26 MEROVEA, CLODIUS "LONG25 HAIRED", KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND, DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 436 in Germany, and died November 26, 481. He married PRINCESS OF THURINGIA.

 

Child of CHILDERIC and PRINCESS THURINGIA is:

35. i. CLOVIS28 I, b. 496.

 

Generation No. 28

 

34. AUSBERT28 (WAMBERT27, ADELBERT26, CLODIUS25, PHARAMOND24, MARCOMIR23, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 536 in Old Saxony, Germany. He married BERTHA (ALDEBERGE , B.), daughter of CHARLBERT and QUEEN INGOBERGE.

 

Child of AUSBERT and BERTHA (ALDEBERGE is:

36. i. ARNOLDUS29, b. 562, Saxony.

35. CLOVIS28 I (CHILDERIC27 II, KING OF FRANKS26 MEROVEA, CLODIUS "LONG25 HAIRED", KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND, DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 496. He married CLOTILDE.

 

Child of CLOVIS and CLOTILDE is:

37. i. CHLOTHAR I29 KING OF THE FRANKS AND SOISSONS, b. Abt. 497, Rheims, Marne, Loire-Alantique, France; d. November 23, 561, Braines, Loire-Atlantique, France.

 

Generation No. 29

 

36. ARNOLDUS29 (AUSBERT28, WAMBERT27, ADELBERT26, CLODIUS25, PHARAMOND24, MARCOMIR23, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 562 in Saxony. He married ODA OF SAXONY.

 

Child of ARNOLDUS and ODA SAXONY is:

38. i. SAINT ARNOUL "DE HERISTAL"30 METZ, b. 582; d. August 16, 640.

37. CHLOTHAR I29 KING OF THE FRANKS AND SOISSONS (CLOVIS28 I, CHILDERIC27 II, KING OF FRANKS26 MEROVEA, CLODIUS "LONG25 HAIRED", KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND, DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born Abt. 497 in Rheims, Marne, Loire-Alantique, France, and died November 23, 561 in Braines, Loire-Atlantique, France. He married INGONDE (INGUNDE), daughter of BERTHAR OF THURINGIA KING OF THURINGIAN.

 

Child of CHLOTHAR KING OF THE FRANKS AND SOISSONS and INGONDE (INGUNDE) is:

39. i. CHILPERIC I30 MEROVINGIAN KING OF SOISSONS, b. 523; d. October 584.

 

Generation No. 30

 

38. SAINT ARNOUL "DE HERISTAL"30 METZ (ARNOLDUS29, AUSBERT28, WAMBERT27, ADELBERT26, CLODIUS25, PHARAMOND24, MARCOMIR23, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 582, and died August 16, 640. He married ODE DE HERISTAL 606.

 

Child of SAINT METZ and ODE DE HERISTAL is:

40. i. MAYOR OF THE AUSTRASIA31 ANSIGISE, b. 607; d. 678, Andene Monastary.

39. CHILPERIC I30 MEROVINGIAN KING OF SOISSONS (CHLOTHAR I29 KING OF THE FRANKS AND SOISSONS, CLOVIS28 I, CHILDERIC27 II, KING OF FRANKS26 MEROVEA, CLODIUS "LONG25 HAIRED", KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND, DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 523, and died October 584.

 

Child of CHILPERIC I MEROVINGIAN KING OF SOISSONS is:

41. i. CHLOTHAR II31 MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS.

 

Generation No. 31

 

40. MAYOR OF THE AUSTRASIA31 ANSIGISE (SAINT ARNOUL "DE HERISTAL"30 METZ, ARNOLDUS29, AUSBERT28, WAMBERT27, ADELBERT26, CLODIUS25, PHARAMOND24, MARCOMIR23, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 607, and died 678 in Andene Monastary. He married ST. BEGGUE, daughter of MAYOR PEPIN and OF ITTE.

 

Child of MAYOR ANSIGISE and ST. BEGGUE is:

42. i. PEPIN32, b. 635, Heristal, Belgium; d. December 16, 714, Jeunille, Meuse, France.

41. CHLOTHAR II31 MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS (CHILPERIC I30 MEROVINGIAN KING OF SOISSONS, CHLOTHAR I29 KING OF THE FRANKS AND SOISSONS, CLOVIS28 I, CHILDERIC27 II, KING OF FRANKS26 MEROVEA, CLODIUS "LONG25 HAIRED", KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND, DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1).

 

Child of CHLOTHAR II MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS is:

43. i. DAGOBERT I32 MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS, b. Abt. 602; d. 639.

 

Generation No. 32

 

42. PEPIN32 (MAYOR OF THE AUSTRASIA31 ANSIGISE, SAINT ARNOUL "DE HERISTAL"30 METZ, ARNOLDUS29, AUSBERT28, WAMBERT27, ADELBERT26, CLODIUS25, PHARAMOND24, MARCOMIR23, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 635 in Heristal, Belgium, and died December 16, 714 in Jeunille, Meuse, France. He married (1) PLECTRUDE. He married (2) CONCUBINE ALPAIDE 675.

Notes for PEPIN:

Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. V, p. 326.

Charles Martel was the illegitimate son of Pepin of Herstal, the Austrasian mayor of the palace, and Chalpaida. Pepin, acting in the name of the Merovingian kings had reorganized and reunified the Frankish realm; but the assassination of his surviving legitimate son in 714opened t he way to renewed separatism and civil war. The Neustrians chose for themselves as mayor of t he palace a certain Ragenfrid under whom they immediately sought alliance with all the tribe s surrounding Austrasian territory; the Frisians and the Saxons were particularly quick to throw off the Austrasian yoke.

The old surviving claimants to supreme authority, apart from young Merovingian king Dagob ert III, were Pepin's legitimate grandsons and Charles. Plectrude, Pepin's widow, imprisoned C harles and attempted to govern in the name of her grandchildren. In the anarchy which her falll engendered, Charles escaped, took command of the Austrasian forces, and defeated the Neustria ns in battles at Ambieve near liege (716) and at Vincy near Cambrai (717). He then wrested fr om Plectrude his father'streasure and the Austrasian territory nominally under her control.

 

 

Child of PEPIN and CONCUBINE ALPAIDE is:

44. i. CHARLES33 MARTEL , KING OF THE FRANKS, b. 688; d. October 22, 741, 715-741 buried at Quierzy-sur-Oise at St. Denis.

43. DAGOBERT I32 MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS (CHLOTHAR II31, CHILPERIC I30 MEROVINGIAN KING OF SOISSONS, CHLOTHAR I29 KING OF THE FRANKS AND SOISSONS, CLOVIS28 I, CHILDERIC27 II, KING OF FRANKS26 MEROVEA, CLODIUS "LONG25 HAIRED", KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND, DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born Abt. 602, and died 639. He married RAGENTRUDE BERTHILDE QUEEN OF FRANKS, daughter of RICHEMERS and GERTRUDIS FRANKS.

 

Child of DAGOBERT MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS and RAGENTRUDE QUEEN OF FRANKS is:

45. i. CLOVIS II33 MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS.

 

Generation No. 33

 

44. CHARLES33 MARTEL , KING OF THE FRANKS (PEPIN32, MAYOR OF THE AUSTRASIA31 ANSIGISE, SAINT ARNOUL "DE HERISTAL"30 METZ, ARNOLDUS29, AUSBERT28, WAMBERT27, ADELBERT26, CLODIUS25, PHARAMOND24, MARCOMIR23, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born 688, and died October 22, 741 in 715-741 buried at Quierzy-sur-Oise at St. Denis. He married BERTRUDE.

Notes for CHARLES MARTEL , KING OF THE FRANKS:

1 AUTH The Hammer

 

Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. 5, p. 326.

Ever since their arrival in Spain in 711, the Muslims had been raiding Frankish territory in o rder to test the degree of resistance that a full-scale invasion of Gaul was likely to encounter. On one occasion, in725, they had reached Burgundy and sacked Autun. Then, in 732, Abdal Rahman, governor of Cordoba, led an army against Eudes, duke of Aquitaine, who had contrive d hitherto to maintain himself against the Muslims and had been intriguing continually with Abdal Rahman's rebellious subjects. Defeated, Eudes appealed for help to Charles, who had already disposed cavalry near the Loire to defend the city of Tours. Tradition asserts that it was near Poitier that the Muslim onslaught was broken by Charles cavalry but it is impossible to identify the battlefield. The battle itself may indeed have been only a small engagement, but after it there were no more great invasions of Frankish territory by the Muslims. Moreover , Charles derived profit as well as glory from his victory: He was at last able to assert hi s authority in Aquitaine, where, having forced Eudes to swear allegiance to him, he allowed hi m to continue to rule as duke.

Between 733 and 739 Charles completely subdued the petty chieftains in Burgundy. His arm ed occupation of Provence and Septimania, made on the pretext of protecting these lands from Muslim attack, brought them again, after a long intermission, into the orbit of Frankish influence. Charles, however, could have had no success in southern France if the Lombards had not bee n willing to maintain a friendly neutrality.

Charles had now consolidated and stabilized his power, and he wascareful to attempt no r ash enterprise. If he put no king in the palaceof the Merovingian Theuderic (Thierry) who di ed in 737, he at least didnot try to transfer the crown to his own dynasty, and when Pope Gre goryIII appealed to him in 739 for help against the Lombards, he consideredthe risk too grea t and withheld his aid.

In 741 Charles made a division of the Merovingian kingdom betweenhis two legitimate sons , Pepin and Carloman, thus acting as if he were infact King. He died on oct 22, 741, at Quie rzy-sur-Oise and was buried atSt. Denis.

 

 

Children of CHARLES MARTEL and BERTRUDE are:

46. i. THE SHORT34 PEPIN, d. 768, 762-768 reign.

ii. CARLOMAN.

45. CLOVIS II33 MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS (DAGOBERT I32 MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS, CHLOTHAR II31, CHILPERIC I30 MEROVINGIAN KING OF SOISSONS, CHLOTHAR I29 KING OF THE FRANKS AND SOISSONS, CLOVIS28 I, CHILDERIC27 II, KING OF FRANKS26 MEROVEA, CLODIUS "LONG25 HAIRED", KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND, DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1).

 

Child of CLOVIS II MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS is:

47. i. THEUDERIC III34 MEROVINGIAN.

 

Generation No. 34

 

46. THE SHORT34 PEPIN (CHARLES33 MARTEL , KING OF THE FRANKS, PEPIN32, MAYOR OF THE AUSTRASIA31 ANSIGISE, SAINT ARNOUL "DE HERISTAL"30 METZ, ARNOLDUS29, AUSBERT28, WAMBERT27, ADELBERT26, CLODIUS25, PHARAMOND24, MARCOMIR23, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) died 768 in 762-768 reign. He married BERTA (BERTRADA).

 

Child of THE PEPIN and BERTA (BERTRADA) is:

48. i. CHARLEMAGNE35, b. April 02, 742; d. 814, 768-814 reign.

47. THEUDERIC III34 MEROVINGIAN (CLOVIS II33 MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS, DAGOBERT I32 MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS, CHLOTHAR II31, CHILPERIC I30 MEROVINGIAN KING OF SOISSONS, CHLOTHAR I29 KING OF THE FRANKS AND SOISSONS, CLOVIS28 I, CHILDERIC27 II, KING OF FRANKS26 MEROVEA, CLODIUS "LONG25 HAIRED", KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND, DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1).

 

Child of THEUDERIC III MEROVINGIAN is:

49. i. CHROTLIND35 MEROVINGIAN PRINCESS OF FRANCE.

 

Generation No. 35

 

48. CHARLEMAGNE35 (THE SHORT34 PEPIN, CHARLES33 MARTEL , KING OF THE FRANKS, PEPIN32, MAYOR OF THE AUSTRASIA31 ANSIGISE, SAINT ARNOUL "DE HERISTAL"30 METZ, ARNOLDUS29, AUSBERT28, WAMBERT27, ADELBERT26, CLODIUS25, PHARAMOND24, MARCOMIR23, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1) was born April 02, 742, and died 814 in 768-814 reign. He married COUNTESS OF VINZGAU HILDEGARDE.

Notes for CHARLEMAGNE:

Pedigrees of some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants by Aileen Lewers Langston and J. Orton Buck, Jr. (See Chapter VI and Chapter LI). Members of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States.

Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. 5, p. 288.

Charles the Great, king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and Western (Holy Roman) Emperor from 80 0 to 814, was born on April 2, 742 or 743, the elder son of Pepin the Short and Berta. His baptismal name, Charles, was already a common one in his family (see CAROLINGIANS). He was anointed as king with his brother Carloman by Pope Stephen III (II) at St. Denis in 754. The brothers took possession in 768 of the two kingdoms destined for them by their father shortly before his death. Charles portion was a vast arc of territory stretching from southwestern Franc e northward andthen eastward into the Netherlands and Germany and half encircling Carloman's kingdom, which comprised central, eastern and southeastern France, southwestern Germany and the Alpine regions.

The political interests and aims of the brothers in no way disposed them to work together . Carloman gave Charles no help in 769 against a revolt in Aquitaine led by a certain Hunald (not the same person as the Hunald son of the duke Eudes). Charles however, defeated the rebels and pursued them right into Gascony forcing the duke of the Gascons, Lupus, to hand Hunald over to him and to sweat allegiance. Charles and Carloman seem to have moved toward a reconciliation in 770, perhaps at their mother's insistence. Charles marriage with Desiderata, daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius, was probably a result of a rapprochement. Charles for a very short time adhered to the Lombard allegiance (which Carloman steadily favored) but then repudiated his wife and broke with Desiderius.

On Carloman's death (Dec. 771), Charles annexed his brother's kingdom, but Carloman's widow an d children took refuge at the Lombard court, which thenceforward became a centre of intrigue against Charles. This hostile power on his southeastern frontier was to draw Charles into many campaigns in Italy. These incursions effected the first major change in the balance of power in the peninsula to take place since the Roman empire had been divided into two.

The popes had long been searching for an ally of sufficient military strength adequately to check the alarming power of the Lobards; the Byzantine emperors, at war with the Muslims a nd facing serious dissensions within their own dominions, could give no effective assistance . The help of the Franks had already been solicited, and Pepin the Short, by a show of force , had constrained the Lombards to recognize the Pope's authority over certain territories which they were either attacking or had already overrun (see PAPACY). Since then, however, pressure on the papal states had begun again, as some members of theCarolingian family and some Franish magnates showed themselves willing to let the Lombards have a free hand. Immediately after his election aspope in 772, Adrian I revived the policy of alliance with the Franks.Desider us was threatening not only the papal states but Rome itself; moreover he intended to force A drian to anoint Carloman's sons. As this gave offence to the Frankish king no less than to the pope, Charles conducted two campaigns (773 and 774) against the Lombards, taking two armies into Italy, one through the Great St. Bernard, the other through the Montcenis pass. Desideri us was besieged in Pavia and after nine months was obliged to surrender. Charles deposed him and himself assumed the title "king of the Lombards." He showed prudence and restring in administering his new kingdom; by appointing his young son Pepin as his deputy there, he left it to a n appearance of autonomy, although Franksheld the key posts. The Lombard duchies particularly Benevento, remained virtually independent. Charles, however, confirmed (April 774); the so-called Donation of Pepin and also promised the pope the duchies and some remaining possession s of the Byzantines in northern Italy.

BAVARIAN AND AVAR CAMPAIGNS--Charles was already planning other campaigns, both north and south of the Alps. To the south, Tassilo, duke of Bavaria, a member of the Agilolfing family required constant and forcible reminders of the allegiance due from his house to the Carolingians , and he finally lost his crown and his duchy in 788. At this point Charles decided to attack the forces who were occupying the plain of the middle Danube and those constant harrying o f the surrounding Slavic tribes made the latter uncertain neighbors for the Frnks. He destroye d the four cavalry in a series of campaigns between 791 and802-803, advancing into their territory as far as northern Croatia and establishing a defensive march in Carinthia, on the upper reaches of the rivers Drava and Sava. The archbishop of Salzburg was commissioned to evangelize all these outlying regions, to which Slavic or Germanic settlers returned.

SAXON CAMPAIGNS--Charles also extended toward the north and the northeast. A long struggle went on against the Saxons. These Germanic tribes, pagan and restless, had never respected any agreements made with the Franks by individual chieftains; their incessant raids and cattle thieving kept the whole Rhine valley in disorder. They also made impossible any effective consolidation of the missionary work that had been going on in that area since the mid-8th century . In reprisal for a Saxon raid on Hesse, Charles began a war of intimidation in 772. He destroyed one of their pagan shrines, of which the central feature called the Irminsul was an enormous tree trunk. Then before withdrawing his army, he set up a military outpost in Saxon territory. At every opportunity, however for instance while he was conquering Italy in 773and when he was again south of the Alps in 776, the Saxons destroyed the strongholds that he was gradually establishing among them. They massacred the few converts to Christianity and any who favoured theFranks. after each rebellion Charles returned and reinforced his line of outposts , for he still thought it feasible to evangelize the Saxons without completely annexing their territory. Then, while Charles was in Spain in 778, a Saxon chief, Widukind, roused all the tribes once more, massacred all the Christian priests and laity and laid waste the right bank of the Rhine. This final outrage made complete conquest necessary. It proved a long, arduous and bloody enterprise, Charles, however, was determined to succeed and collected a great arm y; in 785 Widukind, roused all the tribes once more, massacred all the Christian priest and laiy and laid waste the right bank of the Rhine. This final outrage made complete conquest necessary. It proved a long, arduous and bloody enterprise, Charles, however was determine d to succeed and collected a great army; in 785 Widukind was obliged to yield and Saxony was subjected to a reign of terror designed to enforce conversion to Christianity on pain of death . Another rebellion in 793 showed how superficial the appearances of subjection had been; law s even more savaged were imposed, and whole groups were deported. At last in 797 Charles cam e to an agreement with the Saxon chiefs and brought the conquered territories under the common law of his kingdom. thus, common misdemeanours, or breaches of ecclesiastical discipline, became punishable by payment of abannum or fine, instead of carrying the death penalty. Yet further years of strife and of mass deportations were necessary before the most easterly tribes , those settled on the lower Elbe and close to Denmark, were satisfactorily tamed.

The Frisians, over whom the Franks had already to some exentestablished their dominion , were altogether subdued by about 790.

NORTHERN FRONTIERS--These conquests brought the Frankish armies intocontact with new races, particularly with the Slavs beyond the Elbe; some tribes from among them were faithful allies o f Charles. In Denmark the vikings were already very restive and the number and force of theirs ea-borne raids fully justified the naval defenses established by Charleson the northwestern c oasts of his kingdom early in the 9th century.

In the northwestern coasts of his kingdom early in the 9th century.

In the northwest, Charles never succeeded in exacting permanent recognition of his authority from the Bretons; he remained content to keep a sharp eye on their movements. To protect Neustria against them, he established fortified march ruled by a count to whom he delegated exceptional authority.

CHURCH AND IMPERIAL CORONATION--The presence in Italy of a Frankish rule who had little regard for the subtle evasions of Eastern diplomacy seriously threatened Byzantine interests; and these interests were further prejudiced by Charles' special connection with the papacy. The pope was dependent upon Charles; neither the Donation of Pepin nor Charles promises of 774 would be implemented unless the Frankish king showed the will and had the capacity to conquer Ravenna, Istria, Venice, Spoleto and Benevento for the pope. Charles seemed in no hurry to undertake this task, and his two visits to Rome in 780 and 785 gave Adrian I no satisfaction. In fact, however, Charles was then alternately campaigning against, and negotiating with, the Byzantines, and his activities showed clearly that the Frankish patricus had supplanted the pope as arbiter of Italian politics. After Adrian's death (795), four years' confusion in Rome put the papacy even more in Charles's power. In799 the new pope, Leo III, was accused by his enemies of grave misconduct, and was attacked during a procession. Charles then required the pope to clear himself of the charges against him by a solemn oath sworn in a court over which the Frankish king presided. This took place in Dec. 800. Two days later, on Christmas day, 800, Leo placed a crown on Charles's head, and the people acclaimed the king as emperor. Historians disagree seriously no less about the details of the ceremony than about the behaviour, motives a d subsequent feelings of the two leading participants. All that seems certain tis that the idea was not altogether new; and it is indisputable that Charles's success and prestige in ever y field of his activity justified the revival of the imperial dignity in his favor.

CAROLINGIAN RENAISSANCE--The clergy also had an important part to play in the imperial administration l, and Charles's continuation of Pepin's work of ecclesiastical reform bore fruit i n a generation of churchmen whose morals and whose education were of a higher standard than be fore.The possibility then arose of providing for the brighter young clerics and perhaps also f or a few laymen, a more advanced religious and academic training. It was perhaps to meet this modest need that a school grew up within the precincts of the emperor's palace at Aachen. In order to develop and staff other centres of culture and learning Charles imported considerabl e foreign talent. During the 8th century England had been the scene of much intellectual activity. Alcuin of York was commissioned to transplant to the continent the studies and disciplines of the Anglo Saxon schools. Alcuin's many writings and letters made a solid contribution t o contemporary learning; but their importance was probably outweighed by his vast educational work. From the school of calligraphy which Alcuin developed at Tours the use of a new scrip t spread rapidly throughout the empire; this was the Carolingian miniscule, more legible and less wasteful of space than the scripts hitherto employed.

Christian refugees from Spain also contributed to this intellectual revival. Disputation s with the Muslims had forced them to develop a dialectic skill in which they now instructed Charles subjects. From Italy came grammarians and chroniclers, men such as Paulus Diaconus; the formalist traditions in which they had been bred supplied the framework to discipline the effervescent brilliance of the Anglo-Saxons. Charles took a deep interest in all these intellectual pursuits. He also took care to make Aachen a worthy capital for his empire and encouraged projects for building new churches. Einhard, his biographer, who describes all Charles's enthusiasms, held, at any rate during the latter part of the reign, virtually the positiion of a minister of fine arts.

END OF THE REIGN--The last few years of the reign were undistinguished. Many factions and coteries grew up and the court was rife with the sinister machinations of intiguers, such as Wala , cousin of the emperior and afterward abbot of Corbie. The conquests were over, the urge for reform played out; even the reins of government fell slack; scandal and intrigue alone held sway at court. Charles caught pneumonia and died at Aachen on Jan. 28, 814. His corpse was borne in a sarcophagus to thechurch that he had had built. It remained there undisturbed until its formal translation in 1165 on the occasion of Charles's canonization at the request of the emperor Frederick I Barbarossa by the antipope PaschalIII. The decree of an antipope did not, of course, bind the church; nevertheless, the popular cult of Charlemagne was fairly widel y observed in Germany and France during the middle ages; so that he is now regarded as having been informally beatified. His feast is kept at Aachen on Jan.28.

Legend fastened on Charles as soon as he was dead. It helped to create an image that neither he nor his successors could match. His reign overshdowed the future, and most of the problems that his successors had to face were implicit in the legacy that he left them.

 

 

Child of CHARLEMAGNE and COUNTESS HILDEGARDE is:

i. LOUIS36 I, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR, b. 778; d. 840; m. (1) PRINCESS OF HESBAYE ERMENGARDE; m. (2) PRINCESS OF HESBAYE ERMENGARDE.

Notes for LOUIS I, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR:

Encyclopedia Britannica, vol. 14, p. 332.

In his plan of 806 for dividing his territory between his three sons,Charlemagne left all sou thwestern Gaul in Louis' hands. Susequently,however, the deaths of his two brothers (in 81 0 and 811) made Louis thesole possible heir to the imperial dignity, and Charlemagne crowne d himat Aachen in Sept. 813. Louis assumed effective power on his father'sdeath (Jn. 814) . By his wife Irmingard he had three sons, later known asthe emperor Lothair I, Pepin of Aqu itaine and Louis the German.

CHARACTER AND POLICY OF LOUIS-- The new emperor was very different fromCharlemagne. He wa s a thinker rather than a warrior, and he applied thelogic of his faith more consistently tha n any other member of theCarolingian dynasty. Unfortunate in having to succeed a personalit y sodominating, he was faced, moreover, with the consequences of manyill-considered judement s of his father's. Also, whereas Charlemagne had maintained order by sheer mastery, Louis sought by fair and upright dealing to enlist the co-operation of his subjects, but they mistook for weakness his anxiety to make his ctions conform to the teachings of thechurch. For instanc e, the public penance which Louis imposed on himselfand on his court at Attigny (822) to expi ate the death of his nephew Bernard, king of Italy--whose blinding he had ordered in punishmen t forrebellion (818)--was regarded by contemporaries as an unwarrantable subjection of imperial to sacredotal authority. Finally Louis inherited from Charlemagne an ardent sensuality, which made him unduly dependent on his two successive wives.

 

 

 

49. CHROTLIND35 MEROVINGIAN PRINCESS OF FRANCE (THEUDERIC III34, CLOVIS II33 MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS, DAGOBERT I32 MEROVINGIAN KING OF THE FRANKS, CHLOTHAR II31, CHILPERIC I30 MEROVINGIAN KING OF SOISSONS, CHLOTHAR I29 KING OF THE FRANKS AND SOISSONS, CLOVIS28 I, CHILDERIC27 II, KING OF FRANKS26 MEROVEA, CLODIUS "LONG25 HAIRED", KING OF FRANKS24 PHARAMOND, DUKE OF THE EAST FRANKS23 MARCOMIR, CLODIUS22, DAGOBERT21, DUKE OF FRANKS20 GENEBALD, DAGOBERT19, WALTER18, CLODIUS17 III, KING OF THE FRANKS16 BARTHERUS, HILDERIC15, SUNNO14 (HUANO) , KING OF FRANKS, KING OF FRANKS13 FARABERT, CLODMIR12 IV, KING OF THE FRANKS, PRINCESS OF BRITAIN11 ATHILDIS, "OLD KING COEL"10 COEL, MARIUS9, GENISSA8, EMPEROR7 CLAUDIUS, ANTONIA6, MARK ANTONY5, JULIA4, LUCIUS JULIUS3 CAESAR, LUCIUS JULIUS2, SEXTUS JULIUS1). She married COUNT OF WORMGAU LAMBERT II November 08, 1969 in Dothan, Alabama Houston County.

 

Child of CHROTLIND MEROVINGIAN and COUNT LAMBERT II is:

i. COUNT OF WORMGAU36 ROBERT I, b. Abt. 710; m. WILLISANT.