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

01 Pepin (I) d640, Mayor of the Palace, Austrasia
- 02 Begga m. Ansegisal (aka Anchires), Mayor of the Palace, Austrasia (632-8) and son of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz (d639 m. Dode)
  - 03 Pepin II Crassus of Heristal b635 d714, Mayor of the Palace, Austrasia and Neustria 687-714 m1. Plectrudis m2. (or 1rst concubine) Alphaida (Alpaida)
    - w/Plectrudis
    - 04 Grimoald d714, Mayor of the Palace, Neustria
    - 04 Drogo? (see tIoC p21)
    - w/Alphaida
    - 04 Charles Martel (The Hammer) b676 d741, Mayor of the Palace, Austrasia and Neustria 714-41, defeated Saracens at Tours m. Rotrude (Chrotude)
      - 05 Carloman d744, Mayor of the Palace, Austrasia
      - 05 Pepin III the Short b. c714, Mayor of the Palace, Neustria 741, King of the Franks 747-68 m. Bertha (Bertrada), Countess of Laon (d783)
        
        06 Carloman b751, King of Austrasia 768-71
        
        06 Charles I the Great (Charlemagne) b. c742, King of Franks 768-814, (1rst) Holy Roman Emperor 800-14, greatly expanded Frankish kingdom into Germany, Italy m1. Himiltrude, Countess of Vinzgau m2. Desiderata m3. Hildegarde (d. 783) m4. Fastrada (d. 794) m5. Luitgarde (d. 800)
        
        w/#1
        
        07 Pepin the Hunchback d. 810
        
        w/#3
        
        07 Charles d.811, King of Neustria
        
        07 Carloman (Pippin) b773 d810, King of Italy 781-810 m. Bertha of Toulouse
        
        08 Bernard b795 d818, King of Italy 810-8 m. Cunigunde
        
        09 Pepin Quentin (Lord St. Quentin) Count VERMANDOIS (818-938) (see VERMANDOIS family)
        
        07 Louis (I) the Pious (aka 'the Weak') b. c778 King of Aquitaine, King of France 814-40 (R23), (2nd) Holy Roman Emperor 814-40 m1. Ermingarde m2. Judith (pic from tIoC p109, "was favored by Alcuin as successor to his father's empire ... had a gift for scholastics, a devotion to Christianity, and a humble disposition")
        
        w/Ermingarde
        
        08 Louis II 'the German' King of Germany 843-76 (also 4th HRE 855-75 ?)
        
        09 Charles III the Fat b839, King of France 884-7 (R27), deposed (R28 Odo or Eudes, Count of Paris, r887-98, elected when Charles deposed), d888, (6th) Holy Roman Emperor 881-7 (HRE vacant 877-81)
        
        09 Louis, King of Saxony 876-82
        
        09 Carloman d. 880, King of Bavaria
        
        10 Arnulf, King of Germany 887-99, (9th) Holy Roman Emperor 896-9 (co w/Lambert)
        
        11 Louis 'the Child' King of Germany 899-911 (last Carolingian ruler in Germany, see note above)
        
        08 Pepin d. 838 King of Aquitaine
        
        08 Lothair I, (3rd) Holy Roman Emperor 840-55
        
        09 Rothilde m. Guido of Spoleto
        
        10 Guido, (7th) HRE 891-4 (HRE vacant 887-91)
        
        11 Lambert, (8th, co w/Guido) HRE 892-8
        
        09 Louis II, (4th) HRE 855-75
        
        10 Ermingarde m. Boso of Provence
        
        11 Louis III of Provence, (10th) HRE 901-5 (HRE vacant 899-901)
        
        09 Charles, King of Provence 855-63
        
        09 Lothair II, King of Lorraine 855-69
        
        w/Judith
        
        08 Charles II the Bald b823 King of Neustria 843-77, King of France 840-77 (R24), (5th) Holy Roman Emperor 875-7, m. Hermantrude
        
        09 Judith m. Athelwolf of Wessex
        
        09 Louis II the Stammerer b. 846, King of France 877-9 (R25)
        
        10 Louis III b. c863, King of France 879-82 (R26a)
        
        10 Carloman b. c865, King of France 879-84 (R26b)
        
        10 Charles III the Simple b879, King of France 893-923 (R29) (MBBKQ says r898-922 d929, regained control from Odo but deposed and d. in prison, m. Edgiva, dau of Edward the Elder of England). Next were (R30) Robert (I) b. c865 r922-3 count of Paris, bro of Odo, who usurped control, then (R31) Raoul r923-36 son-in-law of Robert I and king of Burgundy
        
        11 Louis IV d'Outremer (Over the Sea) b920, King of France 936-54 (R32), raised in England, hence his nickname
        
        12 Lothair b941, King of France 954-86 (R33)
        
        13 Louis V the Indolent b967, King of France 986-7 (R34, last Carolingian king), d. in a hunting accident
        
        09 Carloman d. 874
        
        09 Charles d. 865, King of Aquitaine
        
        09 Judith? m. Baldwin Iron-Hand, 1rst duke of Flanders (set up as buffer area in 847 by father-in-law Charles the Bald, see AEWH, WB says Baldwin eloped w/Judith, wife of Charles, not dau)
        
        09 Rotilde m. Sigisbert VI 'Prince Ursus' (HBHG, see Baldwin)
        
        08 Gisela m. Eberhard of Friuli
        
        09 Berengar, (?th) Holy Roman Emperor 915-24
        
        07 Lothar d. 780
        
        07 5 daughters
        
        w/#4
        
        1 daughter
- 02 Grimoald d656 Mayor of the Palace, Austrasia
  - 03 Childebert, King of Austrasia 656, with father, made a premature bid to usurp power, both killed, led to a pro-Merovingian reaction

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.