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Bertrada de Laon Königin der Franken


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Father: Charlbert Comte de Laon, b. 6 MAY 690 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France   d. APR 747 in Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France

Family 1: Pépin 'der kleine' König der Franken,    b. 715    d. 24 de septiembre de 0768 in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, Francia
  1. Charlemagne, b. 2 APR 742 in Ingelheim, Daxweiler, Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany     d. 28 JAN 814 in Aachen, Städteregion Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  2. Carloman König der Franken., b. 28 JUN 751 in Neustria, Frankenreich     d. 4 DEC 771 in Samoussy, Aisne, Picardie, Francia
  3. Gisele Abbesse von Chelles, b. um 0752 in Frankish Empire     d. 30 JUL 810 in Chelles, Francia
Sources:
  1. Title: Royal Genealogies (Volume II)
    Author: James Anderson, D.D., Royal Genealogies (Volume II), Table 374, Page 616 (center left).
  2. Title: Wikiwand: Bertrada of Laon
    Author: Wikipedia authors, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrada_of_Laon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrada_of_Laon), Name..
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bertrada_of_Laon;
    Note: Bertrada of Laon (born between 710 and 727 – 12 July 783), also known as Bertrada the Younger or Bertha Broadfoot (cf. Latin: Regina pede aucae i.e. the queen with the goose-foot), was a Frankish queen. She was the wife of Pepin the Short and the mother of Charlemagne, Carloman and Gisela. Nickname Bertrada's nickname "Bertha Broadfoot" dates back to the 13th century, when it was used in Adenes Le Roi's trouvère Li rouman de Berte aus grands piés. The exact reason that Bertrada was given this nickname is unclear. It is possible that Bertrada was born with a clubfoot, although Adenes does not mention this in his poem. The nickname might have been a reference to an ancient legend about a Germanic goddess named Perchta, to real and mythological queens named Bertha, or to several similarly-named Christian queens. Many myths and legends exist in Europe and Asia, in which clubfooted people are described as the link between the world of the living and the spirit world. The tavern sign in Anatole France's novel At the Sign of the Reine Pédauque alludes to this queen. Biography Early life and ancestry Bertrada was born sometime between 710 and 727 in Laon, in today's Aisne, France, to Count Charibert of Laon. Charibert's father might have been related to Hugobertides. Charibert's mother was Bertrada of Prüm, who founded Prüm Abbey along with Charibert. Bertrada of Prüm was possibly the daughter of Theuderic III. Marriage and children Bertrada married Pepin the Short, the son of Charles Martel, the Frankish "Mayor of the Palace," in 741. However, Pepin and Bertrada were too closely related for their marriage to be legal at that time; the union was not canonically sanctioned until 749, after the birth of Charlemagne. According to French historian Léon Levillain, Bertrada was Pepin's first and only wife. Other sources suggest that Pepin had previously married a "Leutberga" or "Leutbergie", with whom Pepin would have had five children. Bertrada and Pepin are known to have had seven children: three sons and four daughters. Of these, Charlemagne (c. 742 – 814), Carloman (751–771) and Gisela (757–811) survived to adulthood. Pepin, born in 756, died in his infancy in 762. Bertrada and Pepin also had Berthe, Adelaide, and Rothaide. Gisela became a nun at Chelles Abbey. Queen of the Franks In 751, Pepin and Bertrada became King and Queen of the Franks, following Pepin's successful coup against the Frankish Merovingian monarchs. Pepin was crowned in June 754, and Bertrada, Charlemagne, and Carloman were blessed by Pope Stephen II. After Pepin's death in 768, Bertrada lost her title as Queen of the Franks. Charlemagne and Carloman inherited the two halves of Pepin's kingdom. Bertrada stayed at the court and often tried to stop arguments between the two brothers. Some historians credit Bertrada's support for her elder son Charlemagne over her younger son Carloman, and her diplomatic skills, for Charlemagne's early success. Although her influence over Charlemagne may have diminished in time, she lived at his court, and, according to Einhard, their relationship was excellent. Bertrada recommended that Charlemagne set aside his legal wife, Himiltrude, and marry Desiderata, a daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius, but Charlemagne soon divorced Desiderata. Einhard claims this was the only episode that ever strained relations between mother and son. Later life and death Bertrada retired from the court after Carloman's death in 771 to live in Choisy-au-Bac, where Charlemagne had set aside a royal house for her. Choisy-au-Bac was favorable because of its history of being the home and burial place of several Merovingian kings. Bertrada died on 12 July 783 in Choisy-au-Bac. Charlemagne buried her in the Basilica of St Denis near Pepin. In literature Bertrada inspired Adenes Le Roi to write the trouvère Li rouman de Berte aus grands piés in 1270. Adenes referred to her as "Bertha Broadfoot," the earliest known usage of that nickname. Bertrada is also referred to as "Bertha Broadfoot" in François Villon's 15th-century poem Ballade des dames du temps jadis.
  3. Title: Wikipedia: Bertrada of Laon
    Author: Les gisants de la basilique de Saint-Denis [The Recumbent Statues of the Saint Denis Basilica] (Map). 1 : 10 m (in French). Saint-Denis, France. 2014. Retrieved 29 April 2014. Mémoires couronnés et autres mémoires publiés par l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique [Crown Memoirs and Other Memoirs Published by the Royal Academy for the Sciences and the Arts of Belgium] (in French). 11. Belgium: Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium. 1861. OCLC 1770765. "Bibliothèque de l'École des chartes" [Library of the School of Charters]. Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes (in French). Paris, France: Librairie Droz. 104. 1943. ISSN 0373-6237. OCLC 1532871. Bernard, Guillaume (2004). Introduction à l'histoire du droit et des institutions [Introduction to the History of Law and Institutions]. Panorama du droit. Premier cycle. (in French). Levallois-Perret: Studyrama. ISBN 2844724426. OCLC 419527703. Ducret, Alix (2007). Les femmes et le pouvoir dans l'
    Publication: Name: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bertrada_of_Laon;
    Note: Bertrada of Laon (born between 710 and 727 – 12 July 783), also known as Bertrada the Younger or Bertha Broadfoot (cf. Latin: Regina pede aucae i.e. the queen with the goose-foot), was a Frankish queen. She was the wife of Pepin the Short and the mother of Charlemagne, Carloman and Gisela, plus five other children. Nickname Bertrada's nickname "Bertha Broadfoot" dates back to the 13th century, when it was used in Adenes Le Roi's trouvère Li rouman de Berte aus grands piés.[1] The exact reason that Bertrada was given this nickname is unclear. It is possible that Bertrada was born with a clubfoot,[2] although Adenes does not mention this in his poem.[1] The nickname might have been a reference to an ancient legend about a Germanic goddess named Perchta, to real and mythological queens named Bertha, or to several similarly-named Christian queens.[3] Many myths and legends exist in Europe and Asia, in which clubfooted people are described as the link between the world of the living and the spirit world.[4] The tavern sign in Anatole France's novel At the Sign of the Reine Pédauque alludes to this queen. Biography Early life and ancestry Bertrada was born sometime between 710 and 727 in Laon, in today's Aisne, France, to Count Charibert of Laon.[5] Charibert's father might have been related to Hugobertides.[6][7] Charibert's mother was Bertrada of Prüm, who founded Prüm Abbey along with Charibert. Bertrada Broadfoot of Laon, at Versailles Marriage and children Bertrada married Pepin the Short, the son of Charles Martel, the Frankish "Mayor of the Palace", in 741. However, Pepin and Bertrada were too closely related for their marriage to be legal at that time; the union was not canonically sanctioned until 749, after the birth of Charlemagne.[8] According to French historian Léon Levillain, Bertrada was Pepin's first and only wife.[9][10][11] Other sources suggest that Pepin had previously married a "Leutberga" or "Leutbergie", with whom Pepin would have had five children.[12] Bertrada and Pepin are known to have had eight children: at least three sons and at least four daughters. Of these, Charlemagne (c. 742 – 814),[13] Carloman (751–771)[14] and Gisela (757–811) survived to adulthood. Pepin, born in 756, died young in 762. Bertrada and Pepin also had Berthe, Adelaide, and Rothaide. Gisela became a nun at Chelles Abbey.[15] Queen of the Franks In 751, Pepin and Bertrada became King and Queen of the Franks, following Pepin's successful coup against the Frankish Merovingian monarchs.[16] Pepin was crowned in June 754, and Bertrada, Charlemagne, and Carloman were blessed by Pope Stephen II.[17][18] After Pepin's death in 768, Bertrada lost her title as Queen of the Franks. Charlemagne and Carloman inherited the two halves of Pepin's kingdom. Bertrada stayed at the court and often tried to stop arguments between the two brothers.[14] Some historians credit Bertrada's support for her elder son Charlemagne over her younger son Carloman, and her diplomatic skills, for Charlemagne's early success.[19] Although her influence over Charlemagne may have diminished in time, she lived at his court, and, according to Einhard, their relationship was excellent. Bertrada recommended that Charlemagne set aside his legal wife, Himiltrude, and marry Desiderata, a daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius, but Charlemagne soon divorced Desiderata. Einhard claims this was the only episode that ever strained relations between mother and son.[14] Later life and death Bertrada retired from the court after Carloman's death in 771 to live in Choisy-au-Bac, where Charlemagne had set aside a royal house for her. Choisy-au-Bac was favorable because of its history of being the home and burial place of several Merovingian kings.[14] Bertrada died on 12 July 783 in Choisy-au-Bac.[14] Charlemagne buried her in the Basilica of St Denis near Pepin.[20]
  4. Title: Book of Adam
    Author: Book of Adam, Page 5.
  5. Title: Royalty for Commoners
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  7. Title: Bertha de Laon in the Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/18991257;
  8. Title: Wikiwand: Bertrada of Laon
    Publication: Name: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bertrada_of_Laon;
  9. Title: Millennium File
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  10. Title: Countess Bertrade Gisele Meroving deLaon in the Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/22710324;
  11. Title: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
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  14. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Bertrada - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Bertrada
  15. Title: Bertha Broadfoot in household of Alexander Broadfoot, "Canada Census, 1881"
    Author: "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDL-93G : 2 March 2021), Bertha Broadfoot in household of Alexander Broadfoot, Amabel Township, Bruce, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Alexander Broadfoot, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
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  17. Title: Berthe de Laon, "Find A Grave Index"
    Author: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV9-1C91 : 26 July 2019), Berthe de Laon, 783; Burial, Saint-Denis, Departement de Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France, Saint Denis Basilique; citing record ID 21069, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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  18. Title: Countess Bertrade deCOLOGNE in the Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/22710577;
  19. Title: Bertrada Bertha II Broadfoot Countess Queen of the Franks in the Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/22710316;
  20. Title: Wikipedia
    Author: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrada_of_Laonopen_in_new
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrada_of_Laon;
  21. Title: Dados biográficas de Berta de Laon
    Publication: Name: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berta_de_Laon;
  22. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    Publication: Name: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/25105613;
  23. Title: The Book of Tyrrell
    Author: The Book of Tyrrell , Chart I, Page 79.
  24. Title: Legacy NFS Source: BERTHA ITALY DETOULOUSE DE GELLONE -
    Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3245532550
  25. Title: Wikiwand: Bertrada of Laon
    Publication: Name: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Bertrada_of_Laon;
  26. Title: Legacy NFS Source: Bertha Of Laon -
    Author: Magna Charta, Pedigree 3 L, John S. Wurts, Brookfield Publishing Co., Phila. 1946., Page number: pp. 1421, 1422.
  27. Title: Our royal ancestors
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  28. Title: Wikiwand: Queen consort
    Publication: Name: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Queen_consort/en;
    Note: A queen consort is the wife of a reigning king (or an empress consort in the case of an emperor). A queen consort usually shares her husband's social rank and status. She holds the feminine equivalent of the king's monarchical titles, but historically, she does not share the king's political and military powers. A queen regnant is a queen in her own right with all the powers of a monarch, who (usually) has become queen by inheriting the throne upon the death of the previous monarch. In Brunei, the wife of the Sultan is known as a Raja Isteri with prefix Pengiran Anak, equivalent to queen consort in English, as were the consorts of tsars when Bulgaria was still a monarchy. Titles The title of king consort for the husband of a reigning queen is rare, but not unheard of. Examples are: Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, in Scotland; Antoine of Bourbon-Vendôme in Navarre; and Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in Portugal. Where some title other than that of king is held by the sovereign, his wife is referred to by the feminine equivalent, such as princess consort or empress consort. In monarchies where polygamy has been practiced in the past (such as Morocco and Thailand), or is practiced today (such as the Zulu nation and the various Yoruba polities), the number of wives of the king varies. In Morocco, King Mohammed VI has broken with tradition and given his wife, Lalla Salma, the title of princess. Prior to the reign of King Mohammed VI, the Moroccan monarchy had no such title. In Thailand, the king and queen must both be of royal descent. The king's other consorts are accorded royal titles that confer status. Other cultures maintain different traditions on queenly status. A Zulu chieftain designates one of his wives as "Great Wife", which would be the equivalent to queen consort. Conversely, in Yorubaland, all of a chief's consorts are essentially of equal rank. Although one of their number, usually the one that has been married to the chief for the longest time, may be given a chieftaincy of her own to highlight her relatively higher status when compared to the other wives, she does not share her husband's ritual power as a chieftain. When a woman is to be vested with an authority similar to that of the chief, she is usually a lady courtier in his service who is not married to him, but who is expected to lead his female subjects on his behalf. Role In general, the consorts of monarchs have no power per se, even when their position is constitutionally or statutorily recognized. However, often the queen consort of a deceased king (the dowager queen or queen mother) has served as regent if her child, the successor to the throne, was still a minor—for example: Anne of Kiev, wife of Henry I of France Munjeong, mother of King Myeongjong of Korea Mary of Guise, mother of Mary, Queen of Scots Catherine of Austria, grandmother of Sebastian of Portugal Marie de Medici, mother of Louis XIII of France Kösem Sultan, mother of Sultan Murad IV of the Ottoman Empire Luisa de Guzmán, mother of Afonso VI of Portugal Lakshmi Bai, the Rani of Jhansi and mother of Damodar Rao Maria Christina of Austria, mother of Alfonso XIII of Spain Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, mother of Wilhelmina of the Netherlands Helen of Greece, mother of King Michael of Romania Besides these examples, there have been many cases of queens consort being shrewd or ambitious stateswomen and, usually (but not always) unofficially, being among the king's most trusted advisors. In some cases, the queen consort has been the chief power behind her husband's throne; e.g. Maria Luisa of Parma, wife of Charles IV of Spain. Examples of queens and empresses consort Past queens consort: Queen Jang, consort to Sukjong of Joseon. Demoted back in 1694 to the rank of hui-bin, Royal Noble Consort Joseon rank 1 Queen Marie Antoinette, consort to Louis XVI of France Queen Charlotte was George III's consort for 57 years, 70 days, between 1761 and 1818, making her Britain's longest-tenured queen consort. Queen Mary, consort of George V Queen Elizabeth, consort of George VI Queen Fabiola, consort of Baudouin I of the Belgians Queen Paola, consort of Albert II of Belgium Queen Marie José, consort of Umberto II of Italy Queen Kapiolani, consort of King Kalākaua of Hawaiʻi Queen Soraya Tarzi, consort of King Amanullah Khan of Afghanistan Tsaritsa Ioanna, consort of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria Queen Regent Saovabha Phongsri, consort of Chulalongkorn of Siam Panapillai Amma (queen consort) Srimathi Lakshmi Pilla Kochamma Chempakaraman Arumana Ammaveedu, wife of Visakham Thirunal Maharajah of Travancore Queen Catherine, first queen consort of Henry VIII of England, was also regent when he was in a war in France. Queen Hortense, consort of Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland Queen Wilhelmine, consort of William I of the Netherlands Queen Anna Pavlovna, consort of William II of the Netherlands Queen Sophie, first consort of William III of the Netherlands Queen Emma, second consort of William III of the Netherlands: When William died on 23 November 1890, Emma became regent (1890–1898) for her underaged daughter, Wilhelmina, the late king's only surviving child. Queen Ratna, second consort of Mahendra of Nepal Queen Sirikit, consort of King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand Queen Ruth, consort of Seretse Khama, King of the Bamangwato Tswanas of Botswana Past empresses consort: Empress Theodora, consort of Justinian I, East Roman Emperor Empress Mariam-uz-Zamani, consort of Akbar the Great, Mughal Emperor. She was a Rajput princess named Jodha Bai Empress Hürrem Sultan, consort of Suleiman the Magnificent, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Her imperial title was Haseki Sultan Empress Nur Jahan, consort of Jahangir, Mughal Emperor Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, consort of Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor Titular Empress Carlota Joaquina of Spain, consort of John VI of Portugal, Titular Emperor of Brazil Empress Maria Leopoldina, consort of Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil Empress Xiao Zhen Xian, consort of Xianfeng, Qing Emperor Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, consort of Nicholas II, Emperor and Autocrat of All Russia Empress Shubhadrangi, consort of Bindusara, Mauryan emperor Empress Durdhara, consort Chandragupta Maurya, first Mauryan emperor Empress Asandhimitra, principal consort ( agramahishi) of Ashoka, third Mauryan emperor Empress Devi, first consort of Ashoka Empress Karuvaki, consort of Ashoka Empress Padmavati, consort of Ashoka Empress Tishyaraksha, consort of Ashoka Current queens consort: Queen Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho, consort of Tupou VI of Tonga Queen 'Masenate, consort of Letsie III of Lesotho Queen Jetsun Pema, consort of Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck of Bhutan Queen Saleha, consort of Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam Queen Máxima, consort of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands Queen Mathilde, consort of Philippe of Belgium Queen Rania, consort of Abdullah II of Jordan Queen Silvia, consort of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden Queen Letizia, consort of Felipe VI of Spain Queen Sonja, consort of Harald V of Norway Queen Sylvia, consort of Muwenda Mutebi II of Buganda, Uganda. Her official title is Nnabagereka of Buganda. Current empresses consort: Empress Michiko, consort of Emperor Akihito of Japan Because queens consort lack an ordinal with which to distinguish between them, many historical texts and encyclopedias refer to deceased consorts by their premarital (or maiden) name or title, not by their marital royal title (examples: Queen Mary, consort of George V, is usually called Mary of Teck, and Queen Maria José, consort of Umberto II of Italy, is usually called Marie José of Belgium).
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  30. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy: BERTRADA [Berta]
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANKSMaiordomi.htm#Bertradadied783;
    Note: b) CHARIBERT [Heribert] (-after 23 Jun 720). "Bertrada seu Berta et filius meus Chairibertus" donated property to Prüm by charter dated 23 Jun 720, although the charter is probably spurious as it predates the foundation of the abbey. The Monumenta Epternacensia record a donation by "Berta, filiis meis Chardradus et Harbertus." Comte de Laon. m ---. The name of Charibert’s wife is not known. Charibert & his wife had one child: i) BERTRADA [Berta] "au Grand Pied" ([720]-Choisy-au-Bac, near Compiègne 12 Jun 783, bur église de l'abbaye royale de Saint Denis). The Annales Laurissenses record the marriage in 749 of "Bertradem cognomine Bertam, Cariberti Laudunensis comitis filiam" and "Pippinus." "Pippinus rex Francorum" donated property to found Kloster Prüm by charter dated 13 Aug 762 which names "coniux mea Bertrada…genitor suus Heribertus." Pépin planned to divorce his wife, but was convinced otherwise by Pope Paul I in 762. After the death of her husband, Bertrada assumed a prominent role in government. She tried unsuccessfully to reconcile her two sons, meeting with Carloman at Seltz and also travelling to Italy in 770. The necrology of Argenteuil Priory records the death "IV Id Jul" of "Bertrada regina." m ([743/44]) PEPIN maior domus, son of CHARLES "Martel" maior domus of Austrasia and Neustria [Carolingian] & his first wife Chrothrudis (715-Saint-Denis 24 Sep 768, bur église de l'abbaye royale de Saint Denis). He succeeded in 751 as PEPIN “le Bref” King of the Franks. ********************* --- . m BERTRADA, daughter of ---. The editor of Einhard's Annals in the MGH SS series records that "Pippinus…uxoris pater et Avia Charibertus et Bertradana" founded the monastery of Prüm[599]. This is presumably based on the charter dated 23 Jun 720 under which "Bertrada seu Berta et filius meus Chairibertus" donated property to Prüm, witnessed by "Bernarius, Chrodolande, Theodericus"[600], although the charter is probably spurious as it predates the foundation of the abbey. It is assumed that this refers to the mother of Charibert, father of Queen Bertrada, although another possibility is that it refers to the wife of Charibert and an otherwise unknown son of Charibert, brother of Queen Bertrada. The Monumenta Epternacensia record a donation by "Berta, filiis meis Chardradus et Harbertus"[601]. [Three] children: a) HARDRAD (-after 720). The Monumenta Epternacensia record a donation by "Berta, filiis meis Chardradus et Harbertus"[602]. b) CHARIBERT [Heribert] (-after 23 Jun 720). "Bertrada seu Berta et filius meus Chairibertus" donated property to Prüm by charter dated 23 Jun 720[603], although the charter is probably spurious as it predates the foundation of the abbey. The Monumenta Epternacensia record a donation by "Berta, filiis meis Chardradus et Harbertus"[604]. Comte de Laon. m ---. The name of Charibert’s wife is not known. Charibert & his wife had one child: i) BERTRADA [Berta] "au Grand Pied" ([720]-Choisy-au-Bac, near Compiègne 12 Jun 783[605], bur église de l'abbaye royale de Saint Denis). The Annales Laurissenses record the marriage in 749 of "Bertradem cognomine Bertam, Cariberti Laudunensis comitis filiam" and "Pippinus"[606]. "Pippinus rex Francorum" donated property to found Kloster Prüm by charter dated 13 Aug 762 which names "coniux mea Bertrada…genitor suus Heribertus"[607]. Pépin planned to divorce his wife, but was convinced otherwise by Pope Paul I in 762. After the death of her husband, Bertrada assumed a prominent role in government. She tried unsuccessfully to reconcile her two sons, meeting with Carloman at Seltz and also travelling to Italy in 770[608]. The necrology of Argenteuil Priory records the death "IV Id Jul" of "Bertrada regina"[609]. m ([743/44]) PEPIN maior domus, son of CHARLES "Martel" maior domus of Austrasia and Neustria [Carolingian] & his first wife Chrothrudis (715-Saint-Denis 24 Sep 768, bur église de l'abbaye royale de Saint Denis). He succeeded in 751 as PEPIN “le Bref” King of the Franks. c) [WETA . "Asuarius" abbot of Prüm noted a donation to the abbey by "filia in Christo Wetane", which names "genetricis tue [Wetane] Bertradane" and "Cario et coniuge tue Wettane", by undated charter dated to [762/804][610]. It is not certain that "Bertradane" was the same person as the mother of Charibert, although the common connection with Prüm indicates that this is possible. If this is correct, the charter is probably datable to the earliest part of the suggested date range, assuming that the date of Bertrada's 720 charter (see above) is correct and at that date her son Charibert was already an adult. m CARIO .]
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  35. Title: Royal Genealogies (Volume II)
    Author: James Anderson, D.D., Royal Genealogies (Volume II), Table 374, Page 616.
  36. Title: rootsweb > Coup-Ogden Family Tree: Bertrada of Laon Queen of the Franks
    Author: Roots Web World Connect Project, database: :3281087.
    Note: ID: I13193 Name: Bertrada of Laon Queen of the Franks Surname: Laon Given Name: Bertrada of Suffix: Queen of the Franks Sex: F Birth: 0720 in Laon, Austrasia Death: 12 Jul 0783 in Choisy, Bourgogne, France _UID: 9654AE4F37E8F64DB6F18AD61FC9D91C2D06 Note: 1 NAME Bertha /Broadfoot/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrada_of_Laon Bertrada of Laon, also called Bertha Broadfoot, (720 ? July 12, 783) was a Frankish queen. Sh e was born in Laon, in today's Aisne, France, the daughter of Caribert of Laon. She married P epin the Short, the son of the Frankish Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel, in 740, althoug h the union was not canonically sanctioned until several years later. Eleven years later, i n 751, Pepin and Bertrada became King and Queen of the Franks, following Pepin's successful c oup against the Frankish Merovingian monarchs. Bertrada and Pepin are known to have had four children, three sons and one daughter: of these , Charles (Charlemagne), Carloman, and Gisela survived to adulthood, whilst Pepin died in inf ancy. Charlemagne and Carloman would inherit the two halves of their father's kingdom when h e died, and Gisela became a nun. Bertrada lived at the court of her elder son Charles, and according to Einhard their relation ship was excellent. She recommended he marry his first wife, Desiderata, a daughter of the Lo mbard king Desiderius, but he soon divorced her. Einhard claims this was the only episode tha t ever strained relations between mother and son. Bertrada lived with Charlemagne until her d eath in 783; the king buried her in Saint Denis Basilica with great honors. Change Date: 2 Jul 2009 at 06:03:16 Father: Claribert Count of Laon Mother: Bertrada of Cologne Marriage 1 Pepin King of the Franks b: 0714 in Austrasia Married: BET 740 AND 744 Children Has No Children Pepin b: in Austrasia Has Children Charlemagne Emperor b: 2 Apr 0747 in Aix la Chapelle, Austrasia Has No Children Carloman b: 28 Jun 0751 in Austrasia Has No Children Gisela b: 0757 in Austrasia
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