40th Generation (Continued)
Family of Charles "Martel" Mayor Of The Palace of Austrasia (157) & Rotrude (Chrotude), Duchess of Austrasia

171. Pepin "The Short" King Of France, 38G Grandfather, M. Born in 0714 in Austrasia. Pepin "The Short" King Of died in St Denis, France on 24 Sep 0768, he was 54.

Pepin, commonly called le bref, or the short, ruled alone. He was a great improvement on the do-nothing Meerwings. When the Franks entered Italy and defeated Astolfo, king of the Lombards, Pepin was rewarded by being made a senator of Rome even though he could not read or write. Afterward, the Lombards attacked the pope again. Pepin again came to his help, and after gaining several victories, forced King Astolfo to give up part of his lands near Rome. Pepin made a gift of these to the pope, and this was the beginning of the pope becoming a temporal sovereign, that is, holding lands like a king or prince, instead of only holding a spiritual power over men's consciences as head of the Western Church.
Pepin died at the Abbey of St. Denys in the year 768. In reality he was not the king of France but king of the Franks, which does not mean the same thing.







abt 0740 when Pepin "The Short" King Of was 26, he married Berthe (Bertrade) Countess Of Laon, 38G Grandmother, F, daughter of Claribert I (Heribert), Count Of Laon, M (abt 0690-) & Bertrada, Countess Of Laon, F (abt 0695-). Born abt 0720 in Laon, Austrasia. Berthe (Bertrade) Countess Of died in Choisy, Bourgogne on 12 Jul 0783, she was 63. Buried in St Denis, France.

They had the following children:
192 i. Charlemagne (Carl the Great) Emperor of the, M (0742-0814)
ii. Rothaide Princess Of, 38G Aunt, F. Born abt 0744 in Of, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia. Rothaide Princess Of died in Austrasia, France. Buried in St Arnoul Abbey, Metz, Moselle, France.
iii. Adbelahide Princess Of, 38G Aunt, F. Born abt 0746 in Of, Aachen, Prussia. Buried in Abbaye De St Arnoul, Metz, Austrasia.
iv. Gertrude Princess Of The, 38G Aunt, F. Born abt 0748 in Of, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia.
v. Carloman, King Of, 38G Uncle, M. Born abt 0751 in Of, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia. Carloman, King Of died in Samoussy, Austrasia on 4 Dec 0771, he was 20. Buried in Abbaye De St Rbemy, Reims, Neustria.
vi. Gisele Princess Of, 38G Aunt, F. Born in 0757 in Of, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia. Gisele Princess Of died in 0811, she was 54.
vii. Pepin Prince Of The, 38G Uncle, M. Born in 0758 in Of, Aachen, Rhineland, Prussia. Pepin Prince Of The died in 0762, he was 4.
viii. Ade Princess Of The, 38G Aunt, F. Born in 0759 in Of, Aachen, Rheinland, Prussia. Ade Princess Of The died on 12 May .

172. Carloman Prince Of France, 40G Grandfather, M. Born abt 0713 in (moselle), Austrasia. Carloman Prince Of died in Cassino Monastery, Monte Cassino, Frosinone, Italy on 17 Aug 0755, he was 42.

Child:
193 i. Rotrude of, F

173. Alda of Austrasia, 39G Grandmother, F. Born abt 0732. Alda of died bef 0804, she was 72.

Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (326:39), identifies her as dau. of
CHARLES MARTEL.
On 15 Dec 1997, Todd Farmerie posted the ancestry of TERESA ALFONSO
(RIN 2401) based on the latest research. This generation is confirmed in
that posting. As Farmerie does not identify her parents, that she was
CHARLES MARTEL's dau. should be accepted with reservation.



Alda of married Theuderic I Count of Autun, 39G Grandfather, M. Born abt 0730. Theuderic I Count of died aft 0791, he was 61.

They had the following children:
194 i. Ida of, F (->0838)
195 ii. William I Duke of, M (~0765-0812)
196 iii. Bertha of, F (~0750->0804)

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