Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Pippinid
• FSID: 99KR-KTJ
• Religion: Roman Catholic
• Life Event: Between 714 and 741, Kingdom of Austrasia; Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia & Neustria; mayor; Hausmeier; Austrasien; 714; 715, 717
• Life Event: 717; Duke and Prince of the Franks, fränkischer Hausmeier, Herzog der Franken, Kuningas, Duc des Austrasiens, Frankish King, Mayor of the Palace
• Appointments / Titles: Between 718 and 741, Kingdom of Neustria (Historical); mayor of the Palace of Neustria
• Military: 10 Oct 732, Tours, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France; Led the Franks, Saxons, to victory over 500,000 Moors from Hispania (Spain) on 10-10-732

Notes:

Charles, more commonly known as Charles Martel, was a formidable warrior and statesmen who thoroughly deserved his nickname of “the hammer.”
Charles was the son of Frankish statesman Pepin of Herstal and his 2nd wife noblewoman Alpaida, he was born about 688. He had a brother named Childebrand, who later became the Frankish dux (Duke) of Burgundy.
In older historiography, it was common to describe Charles as "illegitimate". But the dividing line between wives and concubines was not clear-cut in eighth-century Francia, and it is likely that the accusation of "illegitimacy" derives from the desire of Pepin's first wife Plectrude to see her progeny as heirs to Pepin's power.

Charles Martel, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace, was the de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death, 22 October 741 in Quierzy, France.

Charles Martel married twice, his first wife being Rotrude of Treves. They had the following children:
-Hiltrud,
-Carloman,
-Landrade, also rendered Landres
-Auda, also called Aldana or Alane
-Pepin the Short, also called Pippin

Charles married a second time, to Swanhild, and they had one child:
-Grifo

Charles Martel also had a known mistress, Ruodhaid, with whom he had children:
-Bernard
-Hieronymus
-Remigius. Archbishop of Rouen.

Through his son Pepin the Short, Charles Martel was the grandfather of Charles the Great, otherwise known as Charlemagne. Charlemagne was originally named Charles after his grandfather.

Charles married de Trèves, Princess Chrotrude in 721 in Quierzy, Aisne, Picardie, France. Chrotrude was born on 23 Aug 688 in Trier, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; was christened in 695 in Kingdom of Austrasia; died on 22 Oct 724 in Quierzy, Aisne, Picardie, France; was buried after 22 Oct 724 in Abbey of Saint-Arnould, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. de France, Aude was born in UNKNOWN in France; died in 755.
2. of the Franks, King Peppin III was born on 2 Apr 714 in Liège, Liege, Belgium; was christened in 754 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France; died on 24 Sep 768 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France; was buried on 28 Sep 768 in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France.
3. von Herstal, Aldana was born in 718 in Kingdom of the Franks; died in 804 in Kingdom of the Franks.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Mayor of Austrasia
• House: House of Pippinids
• FSID: LDSS-4ZY

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_of_Herstal also https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131325529/pepin_ii-of_herstal
https://gw.geneanet.org/zanel?lang=fr&p=pepin+ii&n=de+herstal

Pippin married von Herstal, Chalpaida in 677 in Kingdom of the Franks. Chalpaida was born in 650 in Prüm, Bitburg-Prum, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died on 16 Dec 714 in Kingdom of the Franks; was buried after 16 Dec 714 in Orp-le-Grand Monastery, Orp-Jauche, Arrondissement de Nivelles, Wlloon Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LDSS-4FN

Notes:

Chalpaida, also Alpais (lat. Chalpaidis; âÇá probably before 714) was the mother of Karl Martell and a peacock wife of Pippin the Middle. There is hardly any reliable information about chalpaida. The place of their origin and their noble family are unknown. It is believed that she was the sister of the house keeper Dodo or a second cousin of Bertrada the Elder. Her birthplace is believed to be near Prüm. Chalpaida's son Karl Martell was named after the Carolingian family, he is the father of Pippin the Younger and grandfather of Charlemagne. According to recent findings, she and her husband Pippin the Middle had a full marriage that is said to have lasted for over a decade. However, Pippin turned back to his first wife in 702. She is no longer mentioned in the arguments between her son Karl Martell and Plektrud. Hence, it is believed that she died before her husband. https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LDSS-4FN/chalpaida-0650-0714#:~:text=Chalpaida%20was%20born%20in%200650%2C%20in%20Austrasia.%20She,was%20buried%20in%20Jauche%2C%20Orp-Jauche%2C%20Walloon%20Brabant%2C%20Belgium.Source:http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalpaida
also: https://www.geni.com/people/Alpais/6000000006098393265 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/144780531/alpa%C3%AFdis-d'austrasia

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LDSS-SY2
• Life Event: Between 634 and 656, Kingdom of Austrasia; Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia

Notes:

Two more children were attributed to Ansegisel and Begga, but these proposals have been abandoned:

Martin († 690), count who fought in 690 against Ebroïn alongside Pépin the younger. This hypothesis is based on the Hagiolum Viennense, dating from 1040, which mentions Pipinus, Ansegelli filius, and Martinus frater eius (= "Pepin, son of Ansegisel, and Martin, his brother"). But this mention is now considered to be a misinterpretation of a passage from the Liber Historiae Francorum, which does not make it possible to specify the kinship between Pépin and Martin, or even if there is a kinship link.

Saint Landrada, founder of the Abbey of Munsterbilzen, whose late biography indicates that she was descended from Pépin and Arnulf († 690). Chronologically, she could only be the daughter of Ansegisel and Begga, but the biography insists on her being an only daughter.

Ansegisel married von Herstal, Begga in 634 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Begga (daughter of von Herstal, Pippin I and de Nivelles, Saint Iduberga) was born on 2 Jun 613 in Landen, Brabant Wallon, Belgium; died on 17 Dec 693 in Andenne, Namur, Belgium; was buried in 693 in Andenne, Namur, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LDSS-HQZ
• Religion: Roman Catholic

Notes:

After the demise of Grimoald in 662, the property passed to Ansegisel and Begga, the parents of Pippin II.

Begga founded seven churches in Andenne after Ansegisel's death

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: L5PF-TWQ
• Life Event: Between 614 and 629, Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France; Bishop of Metz

Notes:

He is celebrate as a Saint of Jul 18th.
please do not add any parents to Arnulf
as no one knows who his parents are
thanks

Nothing is known about Arnulf's ancestors including his parents (see also: False Merovingians).

Arnoul's ancestry has been debated since the 9th century. Contemporary documents say that he belongs to the highest Frankish nobility, while later genealogies attribute him as father to either the Bishop of Metz Arnoald or the ambassador of the Franks in Constantinople Bodogisel.

quintessence - we don't know anything about its origin

genealogy
From the Frankish nobility, wealthy in the Metz and Verdun area;
Sons: Saint Chlodulf, Bishop of Metz and Ansegisel (⚭ Begga, T Pippins the Elder).

Flavius Afranius Syagrius, of Lyons; a Gallo-Roman senator

(Syagria), his unknown daughter; married Ferreolus

Tonantius Ferreolus, a Gallo-Roman senator; married Papianilla, clarissima femina, a relative of the Papianilla who was a daughter of the emperor Avitus, and who married Sidonius Apollinaris

Tonantius Ferreolus, a Gallo-Roman senator; married Industria

Ferreolus, a Gallo-Roman senator; married Dode, abbess of St.-Pierre de Rheims

Ansbert, a senator; married Bilichilde

Arnoald, Bishop of Metz L5PF-TWQ
Dode, LVQY-22W probably his daughter; married St. Arnulf, Bishop of Metz

Ansegisel, LDSS-SY2 probably their son; married St. Begga LDSS-HQZ ; daughter of Pepin I, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia

Pepin of Herstal, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia; married Alpais / Alpaida 635-714 LDSS-4ZY

Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia; married Rotrude 689-741

Pepin the Short, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia; married Bertrada of Laon 714-768
Charlemagne 748-814

There are three legends associated with Arnulf:
The Legend of the Ring[edit]
Arnulf was tormented by the violence that surrounded him and feared that he had played a role in the wars and murders that plagued the ruling families. Obsessed by these sins, Arnulf went to a bridge over the Moselle river. There he took off his bishop's ring and threw it into the river, praying to God to give him a sign of absolution by returning the ring to him. Many penitent years later, a fisherman brought to the bishop's kitchen a fish in the stomach of which was found the bishop's ring. Arnulf repaid the sign of God by immediately retiring as bishop and becoming a hermit for the remainder of his life.[11]
The Legend of the Fire[edit]
At the moment Arnulf resigned as bishop, a fire broke out in the cellars of the royal palace and threatened to spread throughout the city of Metz. Arnulf, full of courage and feeling unity with the townspeople, stood before the fire and said, “If God wants me to be consumed, I am in His hands.” He then made the sign of the cross at which point the fire immediately receded.
The Legend of the Beer Mug[edit]
It was July 642 and very hot when the parishioners of Metz went to Remiremont to recover the remains of their former bishop. They had little to drink and the terrain was inhospitable. At the point when the exhausted procession was about to leave Champigneulles, one of the parishioners, Duc Notto, prayed “By his powerful intercession the Blessed Arnold will bring us what we lack.” Immediately the small remnant of beer at the bottom of a pot multiplied in such amounts that the pilgrims' thirst was quenched and they had enough to enjoy the next evening when they arrived in Metz. For this reason he is known as the patron saint of Brewers.

Arnulf married of Metz, Doda. Doda was born in 584 in Kingdom of Austrasia; died in 640 in Kingdom of Austrasia; was buried on 26 Oct 640 in Kingdom of Austrasia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LVQY-22W

Notes:

THIS IS NOT ST. DODA OR CLOTHILDE
it is not the same as Clothilde of Trèves !!
and she is not a Saint !
At time we know nothing about Arnulf's wife - only her name !
At this time we also do not know for certain who Arnulf's parents are.

Buried:
Kloster Trier

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Pippinids
• FSID: LZPS-59C
• Occupation: Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia for Clotaire II and Dagobert, 1st Duke of Brabant, Maire du Palais d'Austrasie (626-629), , Major Domus for Clothar II, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
• Life Event: Between 615 and 629, Kingdom of Austrasia; Mayor Of The Palace of Austrasia

Notes:

Division of the kingdom
Internally, the kingdom was divided among Clovis's sons and later among his grandsons and frequently saw war between the different kings, who quickly allied among themselves and against one another. The death of one king created conflict between the surviving brothers and the deceased's sons, with differing outcomes. Later, conflicts were intensified by the personal feud around Brunhilda. However, yearly warfare often did not constitute general devastation but took on an almost ritual character, with established 'rules' and norms.[8]

Reunification of the kingdom
Eventually, Clotaire II in 613 reunited the entire Frankish realm under one ruler. Later divisions produced the stable units of Austrasia, Neustria, Burgundy and Aquitania.

The frequent wars had weakened royal power, while the aristocracy had made great gains and procured enormous concessions from the kings in return for their support. These concessions saw the very considerable power of the king parcelled out and retained by leading comites and duces (counts and dukes). Very little is in fact known about the course of the 7th century due to a scarcity of sources, but Merovingians remained in power until the 8th century.

Weakening of the kingdom
Clotaire's son Dagobert I (died 639), who sent troops to Spain and pagan Slavic territories in the east, is commonly seen as the last powerful Merovingian King. Later kings are known as rois fainéants[1] ("do-nothing kings"), despite the fact that only the last two kings did nothing. The kings, even strong-willed men like Dagobert II and Chilperic II, were not the main agents of political conflicts, leaving this role to their mayors of the palace, who increasingly substituted their own interest for their king's.[9] Many kings came to the throne at a young age and died in the prime of life, weakening royal power further.

Return to power[edit]
The conflict between mayors was ended when the Austrasians under Pepin the Middle triumphed in 687 in the Battle of Tertry. After this, Pepin, though not a king, was the political ruler of the Frankish kingdom and left this position as a heritage to his sons. It was now the sons of the mayor that divided the realm among each other under the rule of a single king.

Pippin married de Nivelles, Saint Iduberga. Iduberga was born in 592 in Kingdom of Austrasia; died on 8 May 652 in Kloster Nivelles, Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium; was buried after 8 May 652 in Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Arnulfings
• FSID: 94RF-G6N
• Occupation: Benedictine Nun - Saint of Metz
• Religion: Saints in the Roman Catholic Church
• Life Event: Between 650 and 652; She founded the Abbey of Nivelles.

Notes:

Itta of Metz, O.S.B. (also Ida, Itte or Iduberga; 592–8 May 652) was the wife of Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of Austrasia. After his death, she founded the Abbey of Nivelles, where she became a Benedictine nun along with her daughter, Gertrude of Nivelles. Both are honored as saints by the Catholic Church.

She married Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the Merovingian Royal Palace.[2] After Pepin's death in 640, Itta and her daughter, Gertrude, withdrew from the capital for a life of religious reflection.[1] Later, around 647, on the advice of Amandus, the Bishop of Maastricht, she founded the Abbey of Nivelles. The abbey was originally just a community of nuns, but it later became a double monastery when the nuns were joined by a group of Irish monks who offered them support in the operations of the abbey. She might have appointed her daughter, Gertrude, as its first abbess, while she herself lived there as a simple nun, assisting the young abbess by her advice.[3]

Itta died at the abbey on 8 May 652.[3]

Children
Itta had another daughter by Pepin, Abbess Begga of Andenne, who had married Ansegisel, son of Arnulf of Metz prior to joining the monastery.[1] By Begga, she is the grandmother of Pepin of Herstal and one of the matriarchs of the great Carolingian family.

Her sons were Grimoald, later Mayor of the Palace, and father of King Childebert the Adopted; Itta's second son Bavo (or Allowin), became a hermit and was later canonized. Both her daughters were also canonized, as was she. Her feast day is celebrated on 8 May.[3]

Patronage
Itta is honored as the patron saint of the French village of Itteville, which was founded on the site of a farm which she had established.