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Source: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy -Pepin "the Elder", Mayor of the Palace

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Titre	Foundation for Medieval Genealogy -Pepin "the Elder", Mayor of the Palace

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B. FAMILY of PEPIN "de Landen" PEPIN [I] "le Vieux" or "de Landen", son of --- (-[640]). Adviser of King Dagobert I 622. He was banished to Orléans in 629. He was appointed maior domus in Austrasia in 639; according to Fredegar he was loved by the Austrasians "for his concern for justice and his goodness"[17]. The Liber Historiæ Francorum names "Pippino duce" as united with "Sighiberto" in governing the kingdom and having been retained by his younger brother "Chlodovecho"[18]. According to Fredegar, Pépin died about a year after King Dagobert[19]. The Annales Xantenses record the death in 647 of "Pippinus filius Karlomanni, maior domus Lotharii"[20]. m ITTA [Ittaberga], daughter of --- (592-652). The Annales Metenses name "matertera ipsius [Pippini]…virgo Domino consecrate Geretrudis" and record that she founded the monastery "in loco…Nivella cum genitrice sua Itaberga"[21]. The Annales Xantenses record that "Itta relicta Pippini" founded the abbey of Nivelles in 650[22]. The Vita Beggæ (dated to [1080/90]) names “duarum filiarum...unam...Beggam, alteram...Gertrudem” as the children of “Dux Pipinus Regni Francorum” and his wife “Yduberga”[23]. TheAnnales Xantenses record the death in 657 of "Beata Itta mater sancte Gerthrudis"[24]. Pépin [I] & his wife had three children: 1. BEGGA (-[693, 698 or 709]). The Annales Xantenses name "Begga" as the second daughter of Pépin and record her marriage with "Anchisus dux egregius filius Arnulfi epicopi Mettensium"[25]. Her position in this source as junior to her sister Gertrudis may be due to the latter’s standing as a religious figure. The Vita Beggæ (dated to [1080/90]) names “duarum filiarum...unam...Beggam, alteram...Gertrudem” as the children of “Dux Pipinus Regni Francorum” and his wife “Yduberga”[26]. Sigebert's late 11th century Chronica records in 649 that "Ansigisus filius sancti Arnulfi" had married “Begga soror Grimoaldi”[27]. Settipani highlights that other events in the same paragraph of Sigebert can be dated to [643/44], but also that Werner has dated themarriage to [630/40] (Settipani adds “sans bonne raison à notre sens”)[28]. Both estimates appear to be little more than guesswork. Sigeberto's Vita Landiberto episcopi Traiectensis names "Pippinus…principes Francorum…sanctæ Beggæ matris eius"[29]. The Vita Beggæ (dated to [1080/90]) records that Begga retired to “monasterio germanæ suæ Gertrudis”[30]. This event can be dated to [689/97] if it is correct, as reported by Ghesquière, that a biography of St Gertrude records that Begga retired to her monastery 33 years after her sister died (her death is recorded variously between [656/64])[31]. The Annales Xantenses record the death in 698 of "Sancta Begga mater Pippini ducis"[32]. The Annales Laubienses record the death in 709 of “Begga sanctæ Gertrudis germana”[33]. m ([643/44]) ANSEGISEL, son of ARNOUL Bishop of Metz & his wife [Doda] (-killed [655/65]). 2. GRIMOALD ([615]-Paris beheaded 657). The Liber Historiæ Francorum names "Grimoaldo filius eius [=Pippino]" when recording that he succeeded his father as maior domus[34], dated to [640]. Fredegar records that the succession of Grimoald was challenged by "Otto quidam filius Urones domestici", and only assured after Otto was killed "in the tenth year of Sigebert's reign"[35]. "Sigibertus rex Francorum" names "Grimoaldo maiores domus" in his charter dated to [644][36]. A charter dated to [650]of "Grimoaldus dux" purports to record his donation to the monastery of Stablo and Malmédy[37]. He tried to usurp the throne after the death in 656 of King Sigebert III, installing his son as king. He was captured by the Neustrians, angry over his interference in the royal succession, tortured and executed. m ---. The name of Grimoald's wife is not known. Grimoald & his wife had two children: a) CHILDEBERT (-662). The Liber Historiæ Francorum records that maior domus Grimoald installed "filium suum" as king after the death of King Sigibert III, having exiled "filium eius [=Sighiberto rege] parvolum…Daygobertum"[38]. Settipani summarises the debate on Childebert's paternity, highlighting that 8th century sources could be interpreted as indicating that Childebert, son of King Sigebert, was adopted by Grimoald[39]. If this is correct, it is not certain why the Liber Historiæ Francorum is apparently so clear in its statement about Childebert’s paternity. He succeeded in 656 as CHILDEBERT (III) King of the Franks. He appears to have continued as king despite Grimoald's capture and execution by the Neustrians in 657. b) WULFETRUDIS ([639/40]-23 Nov 669 bur Nivelles). Abbess at Nivelles 658. The Vita Geretrudis records the persecution of "sacra puella Vulfetrudis…ex antiquo Francorum genere"[40]. The source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified. 3. GERTRUDIS (-17 Mar [656/64]). The Annales Xantenses name "Gerthrudem virginem sanctam" as the first daughter of Pépin[41], although the order of seniority may be due to the precedence accorded in the text to persons of religion. The Vita Beggæ (dated to [1080/90]) names “duarum filiarum...unam...Beggam, alteram...Gertrudem” as the children of “Dux Pipinus Regni Francorum” and his wife “Yduberga”[42]. Co-founder, with her mother, of the abbey of Nivelles, where she was abbess in [644]. The Annales Metenses name "matertera ipsius [Pippini]…virgo Domino consecrate Geretrudis" and record that she founded the monastery "in loco…Nivella cum genitrice sua Itaberga"[43]. The Cronica Hohenburgensis names "beata Gerdrudis virgo filia Pipini ducis, soror Grimoaldi" as "Nivelensis cenobii mater"[44]. Sigeberto's Vita Landiberto episcopi Traiectensis names "Pippinus…principes Francorum…Gerdrudis materteræ eius"[45]. The Chronicon Sancti Medardi Suessionensis records the death in 656 of “Sancta Gertrudis”[46]. The Annales Xantenses record the death in 664 of "Sancta Gerthrudis"[47].

B. FAMILY of PEPIN "de Landen"

PEPIN [I] "le Vieux" or "de Landen", son of --- (-[640]). Adviser of King Dagobert I 622. He was banished to Orléans in 629. He was appointed maior domus in Austrasia in 639; according to Fredegar he was loved by the Austrasians "for his concern for justice and his goodness"[17]. The Liber Historiæ Francorum names "Pippino duce" as united with "Sighiberto" in governing the kingdom and having been retained by his younger brother "Chlodovecho"[18]. According to Fredegar, Pépin died about a year after King Dagobert[19]. The Annales Xantenses record the death in 647 of "Pippinus filius Karlomanni, maior domus Lotharii"[20].

m ITTA [Ittaberga], daughter of --- (592-652). The Annales Metenses name "matertera ipsius [Pippini]…virgo Domino consecrate Geretrudis" and record that she founded the monastery "in loco…Nivella cum genitrice sua Itaberga"[21]. The Annales Xantenses record that "Itta relicta Pippini" founded the abbey of Nivelles in 650[22]. The Vita Beggæ (dated to [1080/90]) names “duarum filiarum...unam...Beggam, alteram...Gertrudem” as the children of “Dux Pipinus Regni Francorum” and his wife “Yduberga”[23]. TheAnnales Xantenses record the death in 657 of "Beata Itta mater sancte Gerthrudis"[24].

Pépin [I] & his wife had three children:

1. BEGGA (-[693, 698 or 709]). The Annales Xantenses name "Begga" as the second daughter of Pépin and record her marriage with "Anchisus dux egregius filius Arnulfi epicopi Mettensium"[25]. Her position in this source as junior to her sister Gertrudis may be due to the latter’s standing as a religious figure. The Vita Beggæ (dated to [1080/90]) names “duarum filiarum...unam...Beggam, alteram...Gertrudem” as the children of “Dux Pipinus Regni Francorum” and his wife “Yduberga”[26]. Sigebert's late 11th century Chronica records in 649 that "Ansigisus filius sancti Arnulfi" had married “Begga soror Grimoaldi”[27]. Settipani highlights that other events in the same paragraph of Sigebert can be dated to [643/44], but also that Werner has dated themarriage to [630/40] (Settipani adds “sans bonne raison à notre sens”)[28]. Both estimates appear to be little more than guesswork. Sigeberto's Vita Landiberto episcopi Traiectensis names "Pippinus…principes Francorum…sanctæ Beggæ matris eius"[29]. The Vita Beggæ (dated to [1080/90]) records that Begga retired to “monasterio germanæ suæ Gertrudis”[30]. This event can be dated to [689/97] if it is correct, as reported by Ghesquière, that a biography of St Gertrude records that Begga retired to her monastery 33 years after her sister died (her death is recorded variously between [656/64])[31]. The Annales Xantenses record the death in 698 of "Sancta Begga mater Pippini ducis"[32]. The Annales Laubienses record the death in 709 of “Begga sanctæ Gertrudis germana”[33]. m ([643/44]) ANSEGISEL, son of ARNOUL Bishop of Metz & his wife [Doda] (-killed [655/65]).

2. GRIMOALD ([615]-Paris beheaded 657). The Liber Historiæ Francorum names "Grimoaldo filius eius [=Pippino]" when recording that he succeeded his father as maior domus[34], dated to [640]. Fredegar records that the succession of Grimoald was challenged by "Otto quidam filius Urones domestici", and only assured after Otto was killed "in the tenth year of Sigebert's reign"[35]. "Sigibertus rex Francorum" names "Grimoaldo maiores domus" in his charter dated to [644][36]. A charter dated to [650]of "Grimoaldus dux" purports to record his donation to the monastery of Stablo and Malmédy[37]. He tried to usurp the throne after the death in 656 of King Sigebert III, installing his son as king. He was captured by the Neustrians, angry over his interference in the royal succession, tortured and executed. m ---. The name of Grimoald's wife is not known. Grimoald & his wife had two children:

a) CHILDEBERT (-662). The Liber Historiæ Francorum records that maior domus Grimoald installed "filium suum" as king after the death of King Sigibert III, having exiled "filium eius [=Sighiberto rege] parvolum…Daygobertum"[38]. Settipani summarises the debate on Childebert's paternity, highlighting that 8th century sources could be interpreted as indicating that Childebert, son of King Sigebert, was adopted by Grimoald[39]. If this is correct, it is not certain why the Liber Historiæ Francorum is apparently so clear in its statement about Childebert’s paternity. He succeeded in 656 as CHILDEBERT (III) King of the Franks. He appears to have continued as king despite Grimoald's capture and execution by the Neustrians in 657.

b) WULFETRUDIS ([639/40]-23 Nov 669 bur Nivelles). Abbess at Nivelles 658. The Vita Geretrudis records the persecution of "sacra puella Vulfetrudis…ex antiquo Francorum genere"[40]. The source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.

3. GERTRUDIS (-17 Mar [656/64]). The Annales Xantenses name "Gerthrudem virginem sanctam" as the first daughter of Pépin[41], although the order of seniority may be due to the precedence accorded in the text to persons of religion. The Vita Beggæ (dated to [1080/90]) names “duarum filiarum...unam...Beggam, alteram...Gertrudem” as the children of “Dux Pipinus Regni Francorum” and his wife “Yduberga”[42]. Co-founder, with her mother, of the abbey of Nivelles, where she was abbess in [644]. The Annales Metenses name "matertera ipsius [Pippini]…virgo Domino consecrate Geretrudis" and record that she founded the monastery "in loco…Nivella cum genitrice sua Itaberga"[43]. The Cronica Hohenburgensis names "beata Gerdrudis virgo filia Pipini ducis, soror Grimoaldi" as "Nivelensis cenobii mater"[44]. Sigeberto's Vita Landiberto episcopi Traiectensis names "Pippinus…principes Francorum…Gerdrudis materteræ eius"[45]. The Chronicon Sancti Medardi Suessionensis records the death in 656 of “Sancta Gertrudis”[46]. The Annales Xantenses record the death in 664 of "Sancta Gerthrudis"[47].