RIPARIAN
Branch of the
Merovingian House
Information on this page from Windows Into Our Past, A
Genealogy of the Parsons, Smith and Associated Families, Vol. 1 ©1996, Judy
Parsons Smith
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:
1.
St.
Gendolfus
2. Bodegisel I
Bishop of
Tongres
St. Gendolfus
1.
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
1.1.
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
1.1.1.
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.[i]"
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:
1.1.1.1. St.
Clodulf
, Bishop of Metz, ca. 650; d. 690.
1.1.1.2. Duke
Ansgise
Duke
Ansegisal
1.1.1.2.
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:
1.1.1.2.1.
Pepin
of
Heristal
(
Pepin
II
)
1.1.1.2.2.
Martin
of
Laon
Pepin
of Heristal
1.1.1.2.1.
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:
1.1.1.2.1.1.
Charles
Martel
Pepin
and
his 2nd concubine Plectrud
had two
(2) children:
1.1.1.2.1.2.
Drogo
1.1.1.2.1.3.
Grimoald
II
Martin
of Laon
1.1.1.2.2. Martin
of Laon
, son of Duke Ansqise & St. Begga, b. ca. 660;
m. a Merovingian Bertrada or Bertha
,
daughter of King of Austrasia Thierry I
II
(ca.
691), b. ca. 660; d. after 721. Martin
of Laon & Bertrada had:
1.1.1.2.2.1.
Count of
Laon
Charibert
,
Charibert
Charles
Martel
1.1.1.2.1.1.
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:
1.1.1.2.1.1.1.
Pepin
III
, d. 768. See
Charlemagne
1.1.1.2.1.1.2.
Carloman
Count of Laon Charibert
, Charibert
1.1.1.2.2.1.
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:
1.1.1.2.2.1.1.
Bertrada "Broadfoot" of Laon, m. Pepin
the
Short
. See
Charlemagne
[i] The Avenel Dictionary of the Saints,
Donald
Attwater
(New York; Avenel Books, 1965).