'Franks2'
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| Clodius 'the long haired', King of the Franks (d 445) | |||||||||||||||
| m. (c414) Basina, princess of Thuringia (b 398, dau of Wedelphus of Thuringia) | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Merovaeus, King of the Franks (b c415, d 457) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Verica (b c419) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Childeric I, King of the Franks (b 436, d 481) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Basina, princess of Thuringia (b c438, d 470) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Clovis I, King of the Franks (d 511) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Evochilde | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Thierry (Theodoric) I, King of Austrasia (d 533) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Suavegotha (dau of Sigismund of Burgundy) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Theudebert I, King of Austrasia (d 548) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Theudebald, King of Austrasia (d 555) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. (c496) Clotilda (b c475, d 548, dau or niece of Chilperic, King of Burgundy) | |||||||||||||||
| b. | Clodomir, King of Orleans (d 524) | ||||||||||||||
| c. | Childebert I, King of Paris (d 558) | ||||||||||||||
| d. | Clotaire I, King of Soissons, Austrasia and Neustria (d 561) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Ingunde Radegund | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Chramm (d 561) | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Sigebert I, King of Austrasia (d 575) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Brunhild (d 613, dau of Athanagild, King of the Visigoths) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Childebert II, King of Austrasia (d 596) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Theudebert II, King of Austrasia (d 612) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Emma of Austrasia | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Eadbald, King of Kent (d 640) | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Thierry II, King of Austrasia (d 613) | ||||||||||||||
| (a) | Sigebert II, King of Austrasia (d 613) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Ingonde of Austrasia (d 585) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (580) Hermengild II, King of West Goths (d 13.04.586) | |||||||||||||||
| (C) | Chlodosinde of Austrasia | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Flace Autharis, King of Lombards | |||||||||||||||
| m2. (594) Reckkared, King of West Goths (d 06.601) | |||||||||||||||
| (3) | Charibert, King of Paris (d 567) | ||||||||||||||
| (A) | Bertha | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Ethelbert I, King of Kent | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
| (4) | Guntram, King of Orleans (d 592) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Arnegunde | |||||||||||||||
| (5) | Chilperic I, King of Soissons (b c523, d 10.584) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Audovera Galswintha (d 567, dau of Athanagild, King of the Visigoths) | |||||||||||||||
| m2. Fredegund of Soissons (b c543, d c597) | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Clotaire II, King of Austrasia and Neustria (b c584, d 628) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Haldetrude (b c586, d c604) | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Dagobert I, King of Austrasia and Neustria (b 602, d 19.01.637/8) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Nantilde (b c614, d c642) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Clovis II, King of Neustria (b c634, d 656) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bathilde (b c638, d c30.01.684/5) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Clotaire III, King of Neustria and Austrasia (d 670) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Childeric II, King of Austrasia and Neustria (d 673) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Blichilde (dau of Sigebert II, King of Austrasia) @1@ below | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Chilperic II, King of Austrasia and Neustria (d 720) | ||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Childeric III, King of Austrasia and Neustria (d 752) | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Thierry III, King of Austrasia and Neustria (b c652, d 698) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Clotilde (b c654, d after 691) | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Clovis III, King of Austrasia and Neustria (d 715) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Childebert III, King of Austrasia and Neustria (b c670, d 715/14.04.711) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Edonne | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Dagobert III, King of Austrasia and Neustria (b c687, d 19.01.715/6) | ||||||||||||||
| The following connections are particularly suspect and may be removed in due course. | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Thierry IV, Count of Autun and Toulouse (b c711, d 02.746-7) | EGHJSY | |||||||||||||
| m. Aude/Aldane Martel (b c713, dau of Charles Martel, Duke of Franks) @2@ below | EGHJSY | ||||||||||||||
| ((b)) | Bertrada of France (b c704) | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Claribert, Count of Laon @3@ below | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Clothaire IV, King of Austrasia and Neustria | ||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Bertrada (Bertha) Meroving (a 720) | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Martin of Laon @4@ below | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
| ((E)) | Chrotlind Meroving | ||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Lothar III, King of Neustria and Austrasia | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Ragnatrud (Regintrude) (b c608) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Sigebert II, King of Austrasia (d 656) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Immachilde or Chimnechild | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Dagobert II, King of Austrasia (d 23.12.679) | ||||||||||||||
| Although some sources indicate that Dagobert had a successor, Clotaire, others report that he dspm. In the book 'The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail' (ISBN 0-09-968241-9) was proposed the theory that Dagobert had, by a 2nd wife Giselle de Razes, a son Sigisbert who continued this line. | |||||||||||||||
| m. Mathilde | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) ? | Clotaire IV, King of Austrasia (d 719) | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Blichilde | ||||||||||||||
| m. Childeric II, King of Austrasia and Neustria (d 673) @1@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Regintrude of Austrasia | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Bertrude (b c590, d 620) | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Charibert II, King of Aquitaine (b c608, d 630/1) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gisela of Gascogne (b c610) | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Boggis, Duke of Aquitaine (b c626, d c688) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Oda (b c625) @5@ just below | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Eudo, Duke of Aquitaine (b c646, d 735) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Valtrude of Verdun (b c650, dau of Walchigise) @6@ below | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Hunold, Duke of Aquitaine (b c664) | EGHJSWY | |||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Aznar | EGHJSWY | |||||||||||||
| (iii) | Blithilda | ||||||||||||||
| m3. (c620) Sichilde (b c585) | |||||||||||||||
| (iv) | Oda (b c625) | EGHJSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Boggis of Aquitaine (b c626, d 688) @5@ just above | EGHJSWY | ||||||||||||||
| (6) | Blitildis | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Ansbertus of Moselle (d 570) @7@ just below | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
| e. | Chrotilda | ||||||||||||||
| m. Amalaric, King of the Visigoths (d 531) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Audofleda | ||||||||||||||
| m. Theodoric, King of the Ostrogoths (d 526) | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | Alberica (d 491) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Argotta (dau of Theodoric of Verona) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Wambertus | ||||||||||||||
| m. Lucilla | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Ansbertus of Moselle (d 570) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Blitildis (dau of Clotaire I, King of the Franks) @7@ just above | |||||||||||||||
| a. | Arnoldus Meroving (b c562, d 601) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ada of Schwabia (b c564) | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | St Arnolph of Heristal, Bishop of Metz (b c582, d 641) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (611) Doda of Savoy | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Clodulphe, Bishop of Metz, Duke of Austrasia (b c615?, d 718!?) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Martin, Duke of Austrasia, 'Duke on the Moselle' (dvp 710) | ||||||||||||||
| ROYL (table CCCLXIV) shows Martin as ancestor of many families but those pedigrees are disputed by others, including GenEU. | |||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Kunza of Metz connection found on a web site | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Warinus, Count of Poitiers (d 677) | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Angelicus (or Ansegisel or Ansigise), Mayor of Austrasia (b 602?, d 685/694?) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Begga of Landen (d 698, dau of Pepin I, Mayor of Austrasia) @8@ below | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | Pepin II of Heristal, Mayor of Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy (d 714) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Plectrude | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Grimoald, Mayor of Austrasia (d 714) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Theodelinda (dau of Radbod) | |||||||||||||||
| (b) | Drogo of Champagne (d 708) | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Alphais (dau of Childebrand or Plectrudis) | |||||||||||||||
| (c) | Charles Martel, Mayor of Austrasia, Duke of the Franks (b 689, d 22.10.741) | ||||||||||||||
| m1. Rotrude/Chrotrude (b c690, d c724, dau of St. Leutwinus) | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Hiltrude (d 754) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (741) Odilo I of Bavaria (d 748) | |||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Carloman, Mayor of Austrasia (b c715, d 754) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Alard | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Drogon (d 747) | ||||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Bernard, Count de St. Quentin (d c784) | ||||||||||||||
| m. _ of Laon | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Gondres | ||||||||||||||
| m. Pepin of Italy (d 773, d 08.07.810) | |||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Rotrou | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Girard, Count of Paris | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
| ((3)) | Landres of Hesbaye | ||||||||||||||
| m. Sigrand, Count of Hesbaye (Hesbania) | |||||||||||||||
| The following connection comes from Wikipedia. | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Gunderland, Count of Hesbaye (Hesbania) | ||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Ingerman, Count of Hesbaye (Hesbania) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Hedwig of Bavaria | |||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Irmengarde of Hesbaye | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Louis I 'the Fair' or 'the Pious', King of Aquitaine, Holy Roman Emperor (b 778, d 20.06.840) | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
| ((4)) | Auda/Alane Martel (b c713) | EGHJSY | |||||||||||||
| m. Thierry IV, Count of Autun and Toulouse (b c711, d 02.746-7) @2@ above | EGHJSY | ||||||||||||||
| ((5)) | Pepin 'the Short', King of the Franks (b 714, d 24.09.768) | ||||||||||||||
| m. (740) Bertha (b c720, d 12.07.783, dau of Claribert, Count of Laon) @9@ below | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Charlemagne, King of the Franks, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (d 814) | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| ((B)) | Carloman, joint King of the Franks (d 771) | ||||||||||||||
| ((C)) | Gisela, Abbess of Chelles | ||||||||||||||
| m. ?? | |||||||||||||||
| ((i)) | Roland of Ingelheim | ||||||||||||||
| ((a)) | Juliana of Ingelheim | ||||||||||||||
| m. Charles, King of the East Franks, King of Neustria, Duke of Ingelheim (b 772, d 811) | |||||||||||||||
| ((D)) | Redburh or Redburga possibly of this generation | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Egbert, King of Wessex (b c775, d 839) | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
| m2. Suanahilde or Swanhilde or Sonichilde | |||||||||||||||
| ((6)) | Griffon, Duke of Bavaria (d 753) | ||||||||||||||
| partner(s) unknown | |||||||||||||||
| ((7)) | Bernhard (b c700) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gundelindis | |||||||||||||||
| ((A)) | Chrothais/Theitrade/Gondres (b 780) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Pepin I, King of Italy and the Lombards (b 773, d 08.07.810) | |||||||||||||||
| ((B))+ | other issue - Adalhard, Wala | ||||||||||||||
| ((8))+ | other issue - Remigius of Rouen, Hieronymus | ||||||||||||||
| (d) | Alpheid | ||||||||||||||
| (ii) | Martin of Laon (b c660, d before 696) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bertrada (Bertha) Meroving (a 720, dau of Thierry III, King of Austrasia and Neustria) @4@ above | |||||||||||||||
| (a) | Caribert or Claribert or Charibert or Heribert, Count of Laon (b c690) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Bertrada of France (b c704, dau of Dagobert III, King of Austrasia and Neustria) @3@ above | |||||||||||||||
| ((1)) | Garnier de Reims (b c716, d 736) this connection given on various web sites | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Rolande de France | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
| ((2)) | Bertha of Laon (b c720, d 12.07.783) | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Pepin 'the Short', King of the Franks (b 714, d 24.09.768) @9@ above | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
| (C) | Walchigise (b c611) | ||||||||||||||
| (i) | Valtrude of Verdun (b c650) | EGHJSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Eudo, Duke of Aquitaine (b c646, d 735) @6@ above | EGHJSWY | ||||||||||||||
| (2) | Itta of Metz (b c597, d 652) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Pipin I, Mayor of Austrasia, Duke of Brabant (b c591, d 639) | |||||||||||||||
| Pipin was son of Carolomannus, Mayor of Austrasia (b c570, d c615), son of Charles, Count of Brabant. | |||||||||||||||
| (A) | Grimoald, Mayor of Austrasia (d 656) | ||||||||||||||
| (B) | Begga of Landen (d 698) | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Angelicus (or Ansegisel or Ansigise), Mayor of Austrasia (d 685) @8@ above | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
| b. | Gertrudis (d 615) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Richemores, a Duke of Franks | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | Gerberga | EGHJRSWY | |||||||||||||
| m. Eggo (d 646, Majordomus) | EGHJRSWY | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) ROYL (table CCCLXIV and others), various web sites including 'HOLDT'
(2) Debrett's 'Kings and Queens of Europe' by David Williamson. Published by Webb & Bower in 1988. ISBN 0-86350-194-X
(3) 'The Kingdom of the Franks', secondary title 'North-West Europe before Charlemagne', by Peter Lusko, published by Thames and Hudson Limited 1971 (ISBN 0-500-57003-5)
(4) 'The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History', Volume I, by C.W. Previte-Orton, Cambridge University Press, 1955
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