Bernhard (Vermandois) Laon (abt. 845 - aft. 878)

Born about 0845 in Vermandois, Neustria [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died after 0878 after about age 33 in Laon, France [uncertain]

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Biography

Name

Bernhard (Bernard) is named first in a list of the three sons of Pippin, the son of Bernhard, the son of Pippin, King of Italy in the Chronicle of Regino of Prüm for the year 818. Bernhardus filius Pippini, rex Italiae ... Habuit autem iste Bernhardus filium nomine Pippinum, qui tres liberos genuit, Bernhardum, Pippinum et Heribertum.^[1]

845 Birth

Bernhard I was born in Vermandois. ^[2]

Bernard lived from about 845 to before 893 ^[3]

His birth date is given as circa 845 ^{[4] [5]}

Parentage

Regino names (in order) "Bernardum, Pippinum et Heribertum" as the three children of "Pippinum" ^[3]

Italy

According to Italian authors, Bernard went to Italy and was the ancestor of the Bernardhengi. Settipani is sceptical about this, particularly as the names Pepin and Heribert are not found among the alleged descendants. Settipani suggests that comte Bernard may be the same Bernard who is recorded as one of the executors of Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks in 877 and in that capacity donated property to Sainte-Marie de Laon. ^[3]

Count of Laon

He may be the same person as a Bernhard, mentioned as count near Laon 877-878,^[4]; ^[5]

He served as count of Laon ^[6][7].

Other Details

Settipany suggests that comte Bernard may be the same Bernard who is recorded as one of the executors of Charles II "le Chauve" King of the West Franks in 877: "Adelelm et Bernard comtes de la region du Laonnais" donated property to Sainte-Marie de Laon as executors of the testament of Charles II "le Chauve" King of the Franks[676]. ^[3]

Nothing more is known about him. ^[8]

877 Death

He is not named with his two brothers in the Annales Bertiniani in 877 which may suggest that he had died before that date.^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ Reginonis Chronicon, in p. 567
2. ↑ WikiTree Data Field, not otherwise sourced
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} Cawley, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database - Pepin Accessed Feb 20, 2017 jhd
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Settipani, Christian & Patrick Van Kerrebrouck, La préhistoire des Catétiens 481-987: Première partie - Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens. Vol. 1 of Nouvelle histoirie généalogique de l'auguste Maison de France. Villeneuve d'Ascq, France, 1993. p. 215-16.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Werner, Karl Ferdinand, "Die Nachkommen Karls des Großen bis um das Jahr 1000 (1.-8. Generation)", in Karl der Große, Vol. 4 (1967). pp. 403-483.
6. ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Kimball G. Everengham, ed. Salt Lake City, Utah: 2013. Volume V, page 484
7. ↑ Rosamond Mckitterick, The Frankish Kingdoms under the Carolingians (Pearson Education Limited, 1999), 360-361. Cited in Wikipedia.
8. ↑ Baldwin, Stewart, 'Pépin/Pippin: fl.834X840, count (near Paris).' 23 May 2007, in The Henry Project: the ancestors of king Henry II of England, edited by Stewart Baldwin & Todd Farmerie http://sbaldw.home.mindspring.com/hproject/henry.htm : viewed 24 July 2016.
9. ↑ Annales Bertiniani, p. 136