Childebrand I

Childebrand I
Bornc. 678
Autun, Francia
Died751 (aged 72–73)
Autun, Francia
NationalityFrank
FatherPepin of Herstal
MotherAlpaida

Childebrand I (c. 678 – 743 or 751) was a Frankish duke (dux), son of Pepin of Heristal and Alpaida, and brother of Charles Martel.[1][2][3] He was born in Autun, where he later died. He married Emma of Austrasia and was given Burgundy by his father, becoming a duke.[4][5] He distinguished himself in the expulsion of the Saracens from Francia alongside his brother when he captured Marseille, one of the largest cities still in Umayyad hands.[3]

He was the patron of the continuator of the Chronicle of Fredegar, as was his son Nibelung I or Nivelon.[2][6]

Levellain believe that Childebrand was actually the half-brother of Charles Martel, related through his mother.[2][7] His date of death is also contentious, as some sources place his death at 743 while others claim he lived until 751.[4]

References

  1. ^ Commire, Anne (2002). "Alphaida (c. 654–c. 714)". Women in world history : a biographical encyclopedia. Klezmer, Deborah. Waterford, CT: Yorkin Publications. ISBN 0-7876-3736-X. OCLC 41108563.
  2. ^ a b c Fouracre, Paul (2016-09-17) [2000]. The Age of Charles Martel. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-89848-1.
  3. ^ a b Settipani, Christian. (1993). La préhistoire des Capétiens, 481-987 (in French). Kerrebrouck, Patrick van. Villeneuve d'Ascq: P. Van Kerrebrouck. ISBN 2-9501509-3-4. OCLC 29856008.
  4. ^ a b Sellers, Edwin Jaquett (August 6, 2008) [1915]. Allied Ancestry of the Van Culemborg Family of Culemborg, Holland: Being the Ancestry of Sophia Van Culemborg, Wife of Johan de Carpentier, Parents of Maria de Carpentier, Wife of Jean Paul Jaquet, Vice-director and Chief Magistrate of the Colonies on the South River of New Netherland 1655–1657. Press of Allen Lane & Scott.
  5. ^ Tyrrell, Joseph Henry (1980) [1904]. A Genealogical History of the Tyrrells: Sometime of the French Vexin, Poix in Picardy, Guernanville in Normandy, Laingaham in Essex, Kingsworthy and Avon Tyrell in Hampshire; Castleknock in Co. Dublin, Fertullagh in Co. Westmeath; and Now of Grange Castle, Co. Kildare; Clonard, Co. Meath; and Elsewhere : with Pedigrees from B.C. 443 to the Present Day : an Appendix Containing the Descents of Some Families (and Their Connections) with Whom Alliances Have Been Contracted, and a Roll of Arms. Phillimore and Company. ISBN 9780850333374.
  6. ^ Riché, Pierre. (1983). Les Carolingiens : une famille qui fit l'Europe. [Paris]: Hachette littérature. ISBN 2-01-009737-8. OCLC 10993130.
  7. ^ Bouchard, Constance (2001-02-20). Those of My Blood: Creating Noble Families in Medieval Francia. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-3590-6.

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