Charles Emperor of Charlemagne
742 - 814 (71 years)1. Charles Emperor of Charlemagne was born on 2 Apr 742 in Ingelheim, Germany; died on 28 Jan 814 in Aachen. Notes:
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Charles died after four years of failing health, from pleurisy, and is buried in the chapel at Aachen (now part of the cathedral)(Aachen = Aix la Chapelle). A contemporary account states that he was almost seven feet in height, in an era when few
men were even six feet - "large and strong, and of lofty stature, though not disproportionately tall...the upper part of
his head was round, his eyes very large and animated, nose a little long, hair fair, and face laughing and merry." He was warm, outgoing and athletic. {Popular account: "Charlemagne," Harold Lamb (Doubleday, 1954).}
--- Compton's Encyclopedia (America On-Line, 1995) reports: CHARLEMAGNE 742?-814). "By the sword and the cross," Charlemagne (Charles the Great) became master of Western Europe. It was falling into decay when Charlemagne became joint king of
the Franks in 768. Except in the monasteries, people had all but forgotten education and the arts. Boldly
Charlemagne conquered barbarians and kings alike. By restoring the roots of learning and order, he preserved many political rights and revived culture.
Charlemagne's grandfather was Charles Martel, the warrior who crushed the Saracens (see Charles Martel). Charlemagne was the elder son of Bertrade ("Bertha Greatfoot") and Pepin the Short, first "mayor of the palace" to become king of the Franks.
Although schools had almost disappeared in the 8th century, historians believe that Bertrade gave young Charles some education and that he learned to read. His devotion to the church motivated him throughout life.
Charlemagne was tall, powerful, and tireless. His secretary, Eginhard, wrote that Charlemagne had fair hair and a "face laughing and merry . . . his appearance was always stately and dignified." He had a ready wit, but could be stern. His tastes
were simple and moderate. He delighted in hunting, riding, and swimming. He wore the Frankish dress--linen shirt and breeches, a silk-fringed tunic, hose wrapped with bands, and, in winter, a tight coat of otter or marten skins. Over all these garments
"he flung a blue cloak, and he always had a sword girt about him."
Charlemagne's character was contradictory. In an age when the usual penalty for defeat was death, Charlemagne several times spared the lives of his defeated foes; yet in 782 at Verden, after a Saxon uprising, he ordered 4,500 Saxons beheaded. He
compelled the clergy and nobles to reform, but he divorced two of his four wives without any cause. He forced kings and princes to kneel at his feet, yet his mother and his two favorite wives often overruled him in his own household.
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A map of Charlemagne's empire is posted (1/99) at http://www.rootsweb.com/~wggerman/karemp.htm
Died:
9 a.m.married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
married Swabia, Hildegard of in 771. Hildegard (daughter of Geroud Count of Swabia and Emma) was born in 758; died on 30 Apr 783. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 3. Pippin King of Lombardy was born in Apr 773; was christened on 4 Dec 781 in Rome; died on 8 Jul 810 in Milan, Italy.
- 4. Louis, King of Aquitaine I was born in Aug 778 in Chassenueil, Aquitaine; was christened on 15 Apr 781 in Rome, Italy; died on 20 Jun 840 in near Ingelheim.
Generation: 2
2. "natural daughter" Alpais (1.1) Notes:
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AKA Aupails. Her mother is not known. Alpais was Abbess of St. Peter's at
Rheims, France.Alpais married Begue Count of Paris in 806. (son of Girard Count of Paris and Rotrude) died in 816. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Eberhard, Vicount of Nordgau II
- 6. Engeltron was born in 776.
3. Pippin King of Lombardy (1.1) was born in Apr 773; was christened on 4 Dec 781 in Rome; died on 8 Jul 810 in Milan, Italy. Other Events and Attributes:
- Name: Pepin
- Title: King of Lombardy
Notes:
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He was king of Lombary and of Italy, 781-810.
by Pope Adrian Imarried Toulouse, Bertha of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 7. of Lombardy, King Of Italy Bernard was born in 797; died on 17 Apr 818 in Milan, Italy.
4. Louis, King of Aquitaine I (1.1) was born in Aug 778 in Chassenueil, Aquitaine; was christened on 15 Apr 781 in Rome, Italy; died on 20 Jun 840 in near Ingelheim. Notes:
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Emperor, 814-840. He m. (1) 794-5 Irmengarde, dau. of Ingram, Count of Haspen.
Louis I died on an island in the Rhine River near Ingelheim and is buried in
the Church of St. Arnulf at Metz; Encyclopaedia Britannica (1950; 14:410)
states that Lotha(i)r was his son by Irmengarde. Louis I is also known as "le
Debonaire". He was King of France (814-840), King of Germany (814-40), and
King of Aquitaine (781-840).Family/Spouse: Hasbaye, Irmengarde of. Irmengarde (daughter of Ingeramun Count of Hasbaye) died on 8 Oct 818. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 8. unknown Dau. of Louis I
- 9. Lothair, Emperor King of Italy I was born in 795; died on 29 Sep 855 in Pruem, Germany.
I married Bavaria, Judith of in Feb 819. Judith (daughter of Guelph, Count of Altdorf I and Saxony, Edith (Hedwig) of) was born in Altdorf, Bavaria; died on 19 Apr 843 in Tours. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 10. Adilheid
- 11. Louis King of East Franks was born in 806; died on 28 Sep 876 in Frankfurt, Germany.
- 12. Gisela, of France was born in 820; died on 1 Jul 874.
- 13. Charles, King of Aquitaine II was born on 23 Jun 823; died in Oct 877 in pass of Mont Cenis.
Generation: 3
5. Eberhard, Vicount of Nordgau II (2.Alpais2, 1.1) Notes:
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This line is uncertain!II married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
6. Engeltron (2.Alpais2, 1.1) was born in 776. Family/Spouse: Hunroch, Margrave of Friuli. Margrave died in 811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 15. Eberhard, Count of Frioul died in 864.
7. of Lombardy, King Of Italy Bernard (3.2, 1.1) was born in 797; died on 17 Apr 818 in Milan, Italy. Notes:
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"Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 50-14: "Apparently by a dau. of Duke
Bernard, yr. bro. of Pepin the Short, [Pepin] had Bernard a natural son."
He reigned as King from 813 to December, 817.Bernard married Cunigunde on Yes, date unknown. Cunigunde died on 15 Jun 835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 16. Vermandois, Pepin of Count OfSenlis was born in 817; died after 840.
8. unknown Dau. of Louis I (4.I2, 1.1) married Gerard Count of Auvergne on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 17. Ranulf, Duke of Aquitaine I died in 866.
9. Lothair, Emperor King of Italy I (4.I2, 1.1) was born in 795; died on 29 Sep 855 in Pruem, Germany. Notes:
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Re: parentage, see Comments under ID778. Lothair I was Roman Emperor. He
fell ill in 855, divided his lands between his three sons, and on Sept. 23
entered the monastery of Pruem where he died six days later. He was King
of Italy, 817-55, and Emperor, 840-55.I married Tours, Ermengarde of on 15 Oct 821. Ermengarde (daughter of Hugues, Count of Tours,Governor of Alsace II) died on 20 Mar 851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 18. Lorraine, Ermengarde of died in 846.
- 19. Lothair, King of Lorraine II was born in 827; died on 8 Aug 869 in Piacenza, Italy.
10. Adilheid (4.I2, 1.1) Notes:
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Conrad II may have been son of Conrad I by his second wife, Adela of Tours,
rather than by his first wife, Adilheid.Family/Spouse: Conrad, I. I (son of Guelph, Count of Altdorf I and Saxony, Edith (Hedwig) of) was born in 800; died in 863. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 20. dau. of Conrad I Of Burgundy
- 21. Conrad Count Of Auxerre was born in 825; died between 879 and 881.
11. Louis King of East Franks (4.I2, 1.1) was born in 806; died on 28 Sep 876 in Frankfurt, Germany. Notes:
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{Ref. Encycl. Britannica, 1956 Ed., 14:413f.:} "Louis may truly be called
the founder of the German kingdom, though his attempts to maintain the
unity of the Empire proved futile. ...He lived in close alliance with the
Church, to which he was very generous, and supported its missionary
schemes."married Andech, Emma of on Yes, date unknown. Emma (daughter of Guelph, Count of Altdorf I and Saxony, Edith (Hedwig) of) died in 876. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 22. Carloman King of Bavaria And Italy was born in 828; died on 22 Sep 880 in Ottingen.
12. Gisela, of France (4.I2, 1.1) was born in 820; died on 1 Jul 874. of married Eberhard, Count of Frioul between 836 and 840. Count (son of Hunroch, Margrave of Friuli and Engeltron) died in 864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 23. Hatwige
- 24. Berenger, Duke of Friuli I was born in 850; died on 12 Mar 924.
13. Charles, King of Aquitaine II (4.I2, 1.1) was born on 23 Jun 823; died in Oct 877 in pass of Mont Cenis. Notes:
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Charles II, Roman Emperor and King of the West Franks (present-day France),
died while crossing the pass at Mont Cenis 5 or 6 October 877 and was
succeeded by his son, Louis the Stammerer. A man of culture, he was forced
to spend his reign at war - against the Bretons, the people of Aquitaine,
and the Norman (Viking) raiders. Charles II reigned 840-877. "Ancestral
Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 49-16 gives his birth year as 828 and his second
wife as Richaut, dau. of Budwine, Count of Metz.II married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 25. Hersent, of France
- 26. Judith Princess of Aquitaine was born in 846.
Family/Spouse: Metz, Richaut of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 27. Rothaut was born in 870.
II married Orleans, Ermendtrude of on 14 Dec 842. Ermendtrude (daughter of Odo Count of Orleans and Engeltrude) died on 6 Oct 869. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 28. Louis, King of France II was born on 1 Nov 846; died on 10 Apr 879 in Compeigne.
Generation: 4
14. Beggon Count of Paris (5.II3, 2.Alpais2, 1.1) married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 29. Paris, Adelaide of died on 9 Oct 901.
15. Eberhard, Count of Frioul (6.Engeltron3, 2.Alpais2, 1.1) died in 864. Notes:
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Eberhard's ancestry not fully certain. He may be son of Hunroch, Margrave of
Friuli, who married Engeltron of Paris (her first husband); or he may be
son of Count Berengarius (son of Everhard, a Count, son of Desiderius, last
king of the Lombards, captured by Charlemagne in 774) {per "Royal Ancestors
of Magna Charta Barons," by Carr P. Collins, Jr., Dallas, 1959, pp. 120-1}.Count married Gisela, of France between 836 and 840. of (daughter of Louis, King of Aquitaine I and Bavaria, Judith of) was born in 820; died on 1 Jul 874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 30. Hatwige
- 31. Berenger, Duke of Friuli I was born in 850; died on 12 Mar 924.
16. Vermandois, Pepin of Count OfSenlis (7.Bernard3, 3.2, 1.1) was born in 817; died after 840. Notes:
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Pepin (II) of Vermandois, Seigner of St. Quentin and Peronne.Pepin married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 32. Valois, Count of Bayeux Pepin de Senlis de Count
- 33. Pepin, Count of Senlis II died in 922.
- 34. Herbert, Count of Vermandois I was born in 840; died about 902.
17. Ranulf, Duke of Aquitaine I (8.3, 4.I2, 1.1) died in 866. I married dau. of Rorick, Ct. Of Maine about 845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 35. Ranulf, Count of Poitou II was born in 855; died on 5 Aug 890.
18. Lorraine, Ermengarde of (9.I3, 4.I2, 1.1) died in 846. Ermengarde married Giselbert Count of Darnau on Yes, date unknown. (son of Giselbert Count In Massgau) was born in 845. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 36. Regnier, Count of Hainaut I was born in 850; died in 916.
19. Lothair, King of Lorraine II (9.I3, 4.I2, 1.1) was born in 827; died on 8 Aug 869 in Piacenza, Italy. Notes:
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This line from W.H. Turton, "The Plantagenet Ancestry"
(Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.8.} With Lothaire, the independent history of
Lorraine begins. He recieved Austrasien in the division with his brothers,
and it included Alsace and Friesland (the land from the Rhine to beyond the
Maas and NW to the Schelde). "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 145-16
states he "m. (2) 862, Waldrada, d. 868." One source gives his wife as
Waldrade d'Alsace (b. by 842, d. after 868).II married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 37. Lorraine, Gisele of
- 38. Lorraine, Bertha of was born in 863; died on 8 Mar 925.
20. dau. of Conrad I Of Burgundy (10.Adilheid3, 4.I2, 1.1) married Theodore, Count of Chalons I on Yes, date unknown. I (son of Guerin, Count ofChalons) died in 880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 39. Manosses Count of Chalons died in 919.
21. Conrad Count Of Auxerre (10.Adilheid3, 4.I2, 1.1) was born in 825; died between 879 and 881. Notes:
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W.H.Turton, "The Plantagenet Ancestry" (Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968),p.181,
gives Conrad II as son of Conrad I and Adela of Tours.married Alsace, Ermentrude of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 40. Burgundy, Adelaide of
- 41. Rudolph, King of Burgundy I was born in 847; died in 911.
22. Carloman King of Bavaria And Italy (11.3, 4.I2, 1.1) was born in 828; died on 22 Sep 880 in Ottingen. Notes:
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Carloman's illegitimate son is Emperor Arnulf, ID 1436. Carloman was named
his successor by Emperor Louis II, but could not take the crown despite
negotiations with Pope John VIII to be crowned. He was stricken with
paralysis and died. {Encycl. Brit., 1956, 4:877.} Carloman is eldest son of
Louis II.
Died:
Is buried theremarried dau. of Count Ernest on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 42. Arnulf Roman Emperor of Bavaria and Italy died in Dec 899; was buried in Regensburg.
23. Hatwige (12.of3, 4.I2, 1.1) Hatwige married Ludolph Duke of Saxony on Yes, date unknown. (son of Bruno Duke of Saxony and Susanna Countess of Montfort) was born about 816; died on 6 Sep 864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 43. Otho, The Illustrious, Duke of Saxony died on 12 Nov 912.
24. Berenger, Duke of Friuli I (12.of3, 4.I2, 1.1) was born in 850; died on 12 Mar 924. Other Events and Attributes:
- Title: King of Italy
Notes:
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Elected King in 888 by a section of the Italian nobility, he reigned as
Emperor 905-924.I married Spoleto, Bertil(d)a of in 899. Bertil(d)a (daughter of Suppo, Duke of Spoleto II) died in Dec 915. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 44. Friuli, Gisela of died in 910.
25. Hersent, of France (13.II3, 4.I2, 1.1) Family/Spouse: Regnier, Count of Hainaut I. I (son of Giselbert Count of Darnau and Lorraine, Ermengarde of) was born in 850; died in 916. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 45. Giselbert Duke of Lorraine died on 2 Oct 939.
- 46. Regnier, Count of Hainaut II was born about 890; died in 932.
26. Judith Princess of Aquitaine (13.II3, 4.I2, 1.1) was born in 846. Notes:
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"Debrett's Kings and Queens of Britain" by David
Williamson (Salem House Pub., 1986) says, "....he [Charles the Bald]
gave her [Judith] in marriage to Ethelwulf, the wedding being solemnized
at Verberie-sur-Oise on 1 October 856. Ethelwulf returned home in 'good
health' and died over a year later on 13 January 858. He was buried
first at Steyning in Sussex, but was later removed to Winchester."married Baldwin, Count of Flanders I in 862. I (son of Anchar) died in 879 in Auxerre, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 47. Raoul Count of Cambray
- 48. Baldwin, Count of Flanders II was born in 865; died on 2 Jan 919.
27. Rothaut (13.II3, 4.I2, 1.1) was born in 870. Rothaut married Hugh Count of Bourges on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
28. Louis, King of France II (13.II3, 4.I2, 1.1) was born on 1 Nov 846; died on 10 Apr 879 in Compeigne. Notes:
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Louis II was crowned by Hincmar, Archbishop of Reims, 8 Dec 877, and
consecrated again in 09-878 by Pope John VIII. His reign was "ineffectual."
By his first wife, Ansgarde, a Burgundian princess, he had his successors,
sons Louis III and Carloman. Louis III reigned 879-882. Carloman reigned
879 until this death, 12 Dec 884. This brough his half-brother, a child of
five, to the throne, Charles the Simple.II married Paris, Adelaide of in 868. Adelaide (daughter of Beggon Count of Paris) died on 9 Oct 901. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 50. Ermentrude, of France was born in 870.
- 51. Charles, King of France III was born on 17 Sep 879; died on 7 Oct 929 in Peronne.