Charles Martel Carolingien "the Hammer" Mayor of the Palace

  General Notes:

~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 8th Edition 50:11, 190:11, 191:11 married to Rotrou, father of Pepin the Short, mayor of the Palace in Austrasia, in 732, he defeated the Saracens at the Battle of Tours, ensuring that Europe would develop as a Christian, rather than an Islamic, continent. They were the parents of Carloman.¹⁶⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• Information: The eponymous ancestor of the Carolingian Dynasty.

• Pedigree: ¹⁶⁰
Pedigree taken from Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 190:1-11:

Clovis the Riparian, Frankish King of Cologne, living 420, kinsman of Clovis I
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Sigebert the Lame, King of Cologne, murdered in 509 by his son at the instigation of Clovis I, King of the Salic Franks
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Cloderic the Parricide, King of Cologne, mudered by agents of his kinsman, Clovis I, King of the Salic Franks
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Munderic, of Vitry-en-Perthois
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St. Gondolfus, Bishop of Tongres, almost certainly the son of the next generation
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Bodegeisel II married Oda, a Suevian
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St. Arnulf, Mayor of the Palace married Dode
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Duke Ansegisel, Mayor of the Palace married St. Begga, daughter of Pippin I of Laden, Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia and his wife Itta
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Pepin II of Heristal, Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia and his concubine, Aupais
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Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia, victor over the Saracens at Poitiers, married Rotrou

• Web Reference:
Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands Charles "Martel," was the son of Pépin "le Gros" or "d'Herstal and his second wife Alpais. "The Chronicon Moissiacense names "Karolum" as son of "Pippinus præfatus princeps…ex alia uxore nomine Alpaigde" [189]. The continuation of the Annales Sancti Amandi record the death "741 Id Oct" of "Karolus dux Francorum" [194]. The necrology of the abbey of Saint-Denis records the death "XVII Kal Nov" of "Karolus princeps" [Obituaires de Sens Tome I.1, Abbaye de Saint-Denis, p. 328]. The Continuator of Fredegar records the same date for his death and his burial place [Fredegar (Continuator), 24, MGH SS rer Merov, Tome II, p. 1179]." Charles was married to Chrothrudis. He and his first wife had tghree children. "Einhard names "Karlomannum…et Pippinum atque Grifonem" as the three sons of "Karlus maior domus" when recording the latter's death [Annales Einhardi 741, MGH SS I, p. 135]." His second wife was Suanachildis, niece of Odilo duc de Bavaria and they had one child, Grifo. Charles "Martel" had three illegitmate sons by two mistresses, Bernard, Hieronymus and Remigus.

• Web Reference: Charles Martel from Wikipedia.

Tomb of Charles Martel, Basilique Saint-Denis

Charles married Rotrud. (Rotrud was born about 690 in Moselle, Austrasia and died in 724 in Austrasia ¹⁶⁰.)