Charles Martel Prince of the Franks Peppinid

676 - 741  (65 years)

• Name	Charles Martel Prince of the Franks Peppinid  [1]
  Birth	23 Aug 676
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Oct 741
  Person ID	I7559	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Pepin Herstal Peippinid,   b. Abt 645, Herstal, Austrasia [Liège, Belgium] d. 16 Nov 714, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Belgium (Age ~ 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Alpais of Herstal Unknown,   b. Abt 654   d. Abt 714 (Age ~ 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 690
  Family ID	F2437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Marriage	Abt 713
  Children	+ 1. Pepin 'the Short' King of the Franks Pippinid,   b. Abt 715, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium d. 24 Sep 768, Saint-Denis, Paris, Ile-de-France, France (Age ~ 53 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F2432	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

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• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY FROM GENEALOGICS.ORG: Charles Martel ('the Hammer') was born in Herstal (in modern Belgium) on 23 August 688, the son of Pippin II by his mistress Alpais. He was proclaimed Mayor of the Palace and ruled the Franks in the name of a titular king, Clothaire IV. Late in his reign he proclaimed himself duke of the Franks (over the last four years of his reign he did not even bother with the façade of a king) and by any name he was de facto ruler of the Frankish realms. In 739 he was offered an office of Roman consul, which he rejected. He expanded his rule over all three of the Frankish kingdoms: Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy. He was described by Louis Gustave and Charles Strauss, in their book _Muslem and Frank: or Charles Martel and the rescue of Europe,_ as a tall, powerfully built man who was more agile than his size would lead men to believe. His first battles were with the Saxons, Alemanni and Bavarians. However, his importance was established when he rolled back the Saracens in a desperate battle between Tours and Poitiers in 732. This has traditionally been characterised as an event that halted the Islamic expansion in Europe that had conquered Iberia. Prior to the battle, Abdul Rahman, the Arab governor of Spain, had won a great battle near Bordeaux. This Muslem threat united the Burgundians and the Gauls of Provence, who then acknowledged the sovereignty of Charles Martel, recognising him as their saviour from the Muslem conquests. Charles finished his work by driving the Saracens out of Burgundy and the Languedoc in 737. In addition to being the leader of the army that prevailed at Tours, Charles Martel was a truly giant figure of the Middle Ages. A brilliant general, he is considered the forefather of western heavy cavalry, chivalry, founder of the Carolingian empire (which was named after him), and a catalyst for the feudal system, which would see Europe through the Middle Ages. Although some recent scholars have suggested he was more of a beneficiary of the feudal system than a knowing agent for social change, others continue to see him as the primary catalyst. When Charles died on 22 October 741, his sons Carloman and Pippin, still joint mayors of the palace, shared power over the kingdom of the Franks with the Merovingian king, Childeric III of the Franks. Biography from wikitree: Name Charles Martel[1] 690 Birth and Parents b. 690[2] Father: Pepin II "le Gros; d'Herstal"[1] Mother: Chalpais (Alpais)[1] 704 First Marriage to Chrothrudis m.1 Chrothrudis UNKNOWN (690 - 725). Issue: 3[3] Caroloman (705/10 - 04 Dec 754)[4] Pepin III[5] Chiltrudis "Hiltrude"[6] 725 Second Marriage to Suanachildis m.2 (725) Suanachildis "Suanhilde" UNKNOWN (d. after 17 Sep 741; p. unknown; uncle: Odilo, Duke of Bavaria)[7] Issue: 1[8] Grifo (726 - 753)[9] Mistresses 1. Chrothais UNKNOWN[10] Issue: Bernard (ante 732-787)[11] 2. UNKNOWN Charles Cawley [2] refers to the mother of Hieronymous and Regimus as "Mistress #2" of Charles Martel. [12] Issue: Hieronymus (d. after 782)[13] Regimus (d. 787)[14] Disputed Children (disputed) Landrada and Aldana, could have been daughters of Charles' wives or mistresses... But they might not be his children at all.[15] Landrada[16] (disputed) Aldana UNKNOWN[17][18] 741 Death and Burial d. 16 or 22 Oct 741 Quierzy-sur-Oise, Aisne[19] bur. église de l'abbaye royale de Saint Denis[20] Issue Children linked on Wikitree: Landrada (Pippinid) des Francs birth year unknown. Disputed children Remigius (Pippinid) de Rouen birth year unknown. Regimus (d. 787) Son of Charles and Unknownb Mistress.[21] Carloman (Pippinid) Martel born 1713 Austrasia. Caroloman (705/10 - 04 Dec 754) Son of Charles and Chrothrudis.[22] Pepin (Pippinid) des Francs born 1715 Jupille. Pepin IIISon of Charles and Chrothrudis.[23] Hieronymous (Pippinid) des Francs born 1716, Medieval Hieronymus (d. after 782) Son of Charles and Unknownb Mistress.[24] Aldana (Pippinid) d'Autun Disputed child, born 1724 Swabia Grifo (Pippinid) des Francs birth year unknown. Grifo (726 - 753) Son of Charles and Suanachildis.[25] Bernard (Pippinid) des Francs born 1732. Bernard (ante 732-787) son of Charles and Mistriss Chrothais.[26] Chiltrudis (Pippinid) von Bayern born 1741. Chiltrudis "Hiltrude" Daughter of Charles and Chrothrudis.[27] Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 Parents determined by consulting primary sources, especially as collected by FMG's Medieval Lands project. ↑ Charles Cawley. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database Franks, Merovingian Nobility Accessed 9/12/2019 jhd See also: F. Lot, The End of the Ancient World and the Beginnings of the Middle Ages (1927, tr. 1961) James, E. (1982). The Origins of France: Clovis and the Capetians, a.d. 500-1000. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Ian Meadows, 'The Arabs in Occitania': A sketch giving the context of the conflict from the Arab point of view. Poke's edition of Creasy's "15 Most Important Battles Ever Fought According to Edward Shepherd Creasy" Chapter VII. The Battle of Tours, A.D. 732.[28] The Battle of Tours 732. Jewish Virtual Library. Tours, Poiters, from "Leaders and Battles Database" online. Medieval Sourcebook: Arabs, Franks, and the Battle of Tours, 732 Arabs, Franks, and the Battle of Tours, 732: Three Accounts from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook Medieval Sourcebook: Gregory II to Charles Martel, 739 Wikipedia: Charles Martel

  
  

• Sources

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