R I P A R I A N
Branch of the Merovingian
House
Clovis, the Riparian
Clovis, the Riparian,
kinsman of Clovis I, living in 420. Clovis, the Riparian was the Frankish King
of Cologne. Clovis, the Riparian had a son:
Childebert
Childebert,
son of Clovis, the Riparian, living in 450. Childebert was the King of Cologne.
Childebert had a son:
Sigebert the Lame
Sigebert the Lame,
son of Childebert, b. ca. 445; d. 509, murdered by his own son at the
instigation of Clovis I, King of the Salie Franks (481-511). Sigebert the Lame
was the King of Cologne. Sigebert the Lame had a son:
Cloderic the Parricide
Cloderic, son of Sigebert the Lame, b. ca. 475; d. 509, murdered by agents of his
kinsman, Clovis I, King of the Salie Franks. Cloderic was the King of Cologne.
Cloderic had a son:
Munderic of Vitry
Munderic of Vitry,
son of Cloderic the Parricide, b. ca. 595, Vitry-en-Perthois, France; m.
Arthemia?. He was very young in 509 at the time of his fathers’ murder.
Munderic was of Vitry-en-Perthois. He revolted against Thierry I, who killed
him. Munderic & Arthemia had a two (2) son:
St. Gendolfus
Bodegisel I
Bishop of Tongres St. Gendolfus
Bishop of Tongres St. Gendolfus,
son of Munderic & Arthemia. St. Gondolfus was Bishop of Tongres, consecrated
in 599. St. Gondolfus had a son:
Bodegeisel II
Bodegeisel II,
son of St. Gondolfus, b. ca. 562; d. 588, Carthage, m. Oda, Suevian.
Bodegeisel II & Oda had a son:
Saint Arnulf of Metz
Saint Arnulf of Metz,
son of Bodegeisel II & Oda, b. ca. 13 Aug 582, near Nancy; d. 16 Aug 640/18
Jul 641, near Remiremont; m. abt. 596-611 to Dode (Clothilde).
"Feast day, 19 August. This Arnulf (Arnoul)
passed his earlier life at the court of Theodebert II, king of Austrasia;
throught the marriage of his elder son with a daughter of Pepin of Landen (St.
Begga), he became an ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty. At the age of thirty,
he wanted to retire from public life, but instead in 614 he was chosen Bishop of
Metz, though still a layman. He continued to act as adviser to King Chlotar II,
whom he had helped to the Frankish throne, and was tutor tohis son Dagobert.
Arnulf made further attempts to resign his offices, but it was not till 629 that
he was able to retire to the Vosges mountains. Here his friend St. Romaric had
preceded him and begun the monastic community at Habend that was later called
Remiremont. St. Arnulf settled near by, and lived there till his death twelve
years later."
Saint Arnulf was the Mayor of the Palace and
tutor of Dagobert. He was the Bishop of Metz in 612. Dode became a nun at Trèves
in 612. Saint Arnulf & Dode had two sons:
St. Clodulf, Bishop
of Metz, ca. 650; d. 690.
Duke Ansgise
Duke Ansegisal
Duke Ansegisal,
son of Saint Arnulf & Dode, b. 602; d. 685; m. bef. 639 to St. Begga,
daughter of Pepin of Landen & Itta, b. ca. 613, Landen; d. 694/698. Duke
Anseqisal was the Mayor of the Palace to Siegbert in 632. Duke Anseqisal &
St. Begga had two (2) children:
1.
Pepin of Heristal
(Pepin II)
2.
Martin of Laon
Pepin of Heristal
1. Pepin of Heristal,
son of Duke Ansqise & St. Begga, b. ca. 635, Heristal, Liege (Belgium); d.
16 Dec 714, Jupile on the Muse; by his 1st concubine Aupais he
had issue; and by his 2nd concubine Plectrud.
Pepin of Heristal was the Mayor of the Palace
in Austrasia. In 687, he defeated the other mayors of the palace at Tetry.
Making his king of Austrasia, king of all Frankland.
Pepin and his concubine Aupais he had:
a.
Charles Martel
Pepin and his 2nd concubine Plectrud
had two (2) children:
a.
Drogo
b.
Grimoald II
Martin of Laon
2. Martin of Laon,
son of Duke Ansqise & St. Begga, b. ca. 660; m. a Merovingian Bertrada or
Bertha, daughter of King of Austrasia Thierry III (ca. 691), b. ca. 660; d.
after 721. Martin of Laon & Bertrada had:
2a. Count of Laon
Charibert, Charibert
Charles Martel
a) Charles Martel
b. ca. 1688; d. 741; m. Routro, daughter of Leutwinus. SEE
CHARLEMAGNE.; m2nd Swanhilde, a Bavarian.
Charles Martel was the Mayor of the Palace in
Austrasia. Charles recognized that the Moors were a threat to the security of
the Franks. The Moors being known for their Calvary. To overcome the
disadvantage, he appropriated church lands and dispersed the lands among
magnates (nobles) in exchange for their promise of trained cavalrymen.
This began the practice of feudalism (fiefs).
In 732 Charles Martel and his barbarian Frankish
army (known for their infantry) fought near Tours, France a battle that
would affect the history of Europe. Their foes were inspired Muslim, or Saracen,
troops who were bent on world conquest for the religion of Islam. Charles met
the Muslim forces between Poitiers and Tours. In a fierce and bloody battle the
Muslims were defeated and their leader killed. In later campaigns Charles drove
them back into Spain. His vigorous blows earned him the nickname Martel, from a
French word meaning "hammer." Under the rule of Charles Martel, the
moorish threat was curbed.
Charles Martel & Routro had:
Pepin III,
d. 768. See Charlemagne
Carloman
Count of Laon Charibert, Charibert
2a. Count of Laon Charibert, Charibert, Martin
of Laon & Bertrada , b. ca. 690; d. after 747; m. Bertrada, b. ca.
690. Charibert & Bertrada had a daughter:
Bertrada "Broadfoot" of Laon, m. Pepin the Short. See
Charlemagne