Notes:

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Bertha is daughter of Count Canbert "of Laon." She was termed "Big-footed
Bertha."

Bertha married Pippin, King of Franks III on Yes, date unknown. III was born in 714; died on 18 Sep 768 in St. Denis Monastery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

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]

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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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Pepin
• Title: King of Lombardy
• Baptism: 4 Dec 781, Rome

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He was king of Lombary and of Italy, 781-810.

Baptism:
by Pope Adrian I

married Toulouse, Bertha of on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 15 Apr 781, Rome, Italy

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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]

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]

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This line is uncertain!

II married on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hunroch, Margrave of Friuli. Margrave died in 811. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

married Gerard Count of Auvergne on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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]

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]

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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]

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]

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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]

Family/Spouse: Metz, Richaut of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]