The Carolingians

"During the reigns of the last kings of the Merovingian dynasty, the power was assumed by the Mayors of the Palace of Austrasia, particularly Pepin II of Heristal (635-714) and his son Charles Martel. Charles's son, Pepin III 'the Short', overthrew the Merovingian kings and established a new dynasty" (724, see also France Facts file). In later years, the weakening Carolingian kings led to formation of so-called "stem" (German stamm) duchies in the eastern (i.e. later German) part of the Frankish kingdom, including Franconia, Lorraine, Swabia, Bavaria, Saxony and Frisia. When the last of the Carolingian kings, Louis 'the Child,' died, German magnates elected Conrad, duke of Franconia, to be their new leader. Conrad fought continuously with Magyars from the east and other challengers, eventually nominating his strongest foe, Henry 'the Fowler' (so-called because, when the announcement was delivered, he was founding bird-hunting), Duke of Saxony, to succeed him. Henry was later elected by the magnates, thus beginning his royal line (see brits). For Holy Roman Emperors, see Roman.



Alphabetical Listing



Descent Chart


Louis (I) the Pious
(aka 'the Weak' tIoC p109)

Charles III the Fat (EMA p109)


Lotha(i)r I (EMA p50)


Charles II the Bald (EMA p50)

"Charles the Bald, King of the W Franks 843-77,
shown seated on his throne from the frontispiece
of a contemporary Bible" (PHAV p56)



Also need to reconcile (from ahnen.html):

Family Index : : : The Carolingians
45 (0602-0685) Ansigise (Anchires), Duke of Brabant, Mayor of Austrasia, Margrave of the Schelde - St. Beggue (Begga)
46 (0582-0640) St. Arnoul (Arnulphus) 'De Heristal' Bishop of Metz - Dode (Doda, Ode)
47 (05??-0588) Bodegisel II 'Dux' - Oda (a Suevian)
48 (05??-0581) Bodegisel I - Palatina
49 (0500-0532) Munderic - Arthemia
50 (04??-0509) Cloderic 'The Parricide' King of Cologne - ?
51 (04??-0509) Siegbert I 'The Lame' King of Cologne - ?
52 (04??-0???) Childebert King of Cologne - ?
53 (0???-0???) Clovis 'The Riparian' Frankish King of Cologne (kinsman of Clovis I, first Merovingian king) - ?
*** also tracable back to Pharamond?

Hmmm, from the Springer line (adameve.txt, www.thecolefamily.com/hobby/springer.htm):
45 (xxxx-xxxx) Anchires - Begga
46 (xxxx-0640) St. Arnulphus - Doda
47 (xxxx-0601) Arnoaldus (same as Bodegisel II above?), Margrave of Schelde - Oda of Swabia
*** perhaps from here we're seeing ancestors of Oda? *** (from www.jhearney.com, looks like Arnoaldus/Oda's dau was Itta, who m. Pepin I, parents of Begga. Also, the "Senator" was son of Ansbertus Ferreolus of Schelde [m. Deuteria], son of Tonantius 'Vis Clarismus' Ferreolus [m. dau of Clodereius], son of Tonantius Ferreolus [m. Papinilla of Rome], son of Ferreolus of Rome [m. dau of Flavius])
48 (xxxx-0570) Anspert (Asopert) "the Senator" - Blitildis (dau of Clothary I)
49 (xxxx-xxxx) Ferreolus, Duke of Moselle - Deuteria, dau of Dux Syagrius, King of Romans OR ?, dau of Clovis MAGNUS, King of Franks (or both?)
50 (xxxx-0491) Sigimerus (aka Albero de Mosel) - ? (dau of Ferreolus TONANTIUS, a Roman Senator)
51 (xxxx-0448) Clodius (Clodio), King of Franks - Basina (dau of Weldephus, King of Thuringians or Chilperic/Audovera)
52 (xxxx-0427) Pharamond, King of West Franks, Duke of East Franks - Argotta
*** Pharamond is the earliest Frankish king shown in Mike Ashley's MBKQ ***
...see Traditional Frankish Royal genealogy at 52



Sources:
- Holy Blood, Holy Grail, Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, Richard Leigh, 1983
- www.american-pictures.com, www.jhearney.com
- Who's Who in the Middle Ages, ?, 19xx, B&N
- Worldbook Encyclopedia
- The Mammoth Book of British Kings and Queens, Mike Ashley, 1999 (Carroll & Graf Publishers)
- An Encyclopedia of World History, Ed. Wm. L. Langer, Houghton Mifflin, 1940/48/52/68/72 (5th [House of Pepin] and 6th [Carolingian Dynasty] of 104 Genealogy Tables, pp. 163, 171)
- tIoC = The Importance of Charlemagne, Timothy Levi Biel, Lucent, 1997 (FHL).
- PHAV = The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings, John Haywood, Viking, 1995, 144pp, Mustang.
- EMA = The Early Middle Ages, author?, publisher?, year?, pages?, Mustang.