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Note: She became "of hamage" when she became Abbess, so this is not the first name she would have been known by, which would more likely have been a family name, or the family place.
Gertrude d'Hamage was born about 560.[2]
The parentage of Gertrude is speculative. Andreas Silvius, a monk of the Marchiennes Abbey, writing at the end of the 12th century in his "Synopsis Franco Merovingicae," stated that Gertrude was the daughter of Theodebald, duke of Douai. [2]
Settipani notes that even if the existence of Theodebald is not questioned, the reference to him as "Duke of Douai" may be seriously questioned.[3]
Settipani also notes that names such as Theodebald, Gertrude, and Gertrude's daughter Gerberge, indicate membership in the Agilofings, and that chronologically, Theodebald could be a brother of Garibald, the first Duke of Bavaria. [4]
The Agilolfings were a noble family that ruled the Duchy of Bavaria on behalf of their Merovingian suzerains from about 550 until 788. A cadet branch of the Agilolfings also ruled the Kingdom of the Lombards intermittently from 616 to 712. They are mentioned as the leading dynasty in the Lex Baiuvariorum (c. 743). Their Bavarian residence was at Regensburg. [5]
The dynasty's eponymous ancestor is Agilulf (Proto-Germanic Agilwulfaz), a semi-legendary prince of the Suebi and descendant of Hermeric, the 5th-century Suevic king of Galicia, possibly identical with one Agilulf, a steward of the Visigothic king Theoderic II, who was executed in 457.[1] [5]
The first duke identified with the Agilolfing line in German historiography is Garibald I (Gariwald). However, doubt has been cast on Garibald's membership in the Agilolfing family in modern scholarship,[2] which makes Tassilo I (r. 591–610) the first ascertained member of the dynasty.[5]
The Agilolfings had close ties to the Merovingians. Garibald I himself married Waldrada, the widow of Merovingian king Theudebald, in 555, after her marriage to Chlothar I was annulled on grounds of consanguinity. As they had their fate intertwined with the Merovingian dynasty, they opposed the rise of the Carolingian majordomos, who finally deprived the Agilolfings of their power.[5]
During the period 560 to 649, the Frankish Lands had the following rulers:[7]
Neustria (Merovingian Kings). Key cities Paris and Soissons
Austrasia (Merovingian Kings). Key cities
Gertrude was married to Richomer, and probably was the mother of Bertrude, queen of the Franks.[2]
Richomer was cited as a patrician of Burgundy (patrice de Burgondie) in 607. [2]
Marriage Year Estimation: If she was born about 560, estimate her marriage year as, say, 580, with her children born in 581 and a two year intervals thereafter. Such dates are highly speculative and useful only for placing people in the right time period.
m. Ricomer, patrician of Burgundy. Issue:[4]
As a widow, Gertrude retired to religious life and founded the Abbey of Hamage on the advice of St. Amand. [2]
Gertrude d'Hamage or Gertrude de Cambrai was the founder and first abbess of the Hamage Abbey. She is a saint of the Catholic and Orthodox churches, celebrated on December 6th.[2]
The town of Hamage is located today near the northeast border of France with Belgium and would have been part of the kingdom or duchy of Neustria at the time Gertrude lived.
She died December 6, 649 at Hamage.[2]
Gertrude died on December 6, 649, and her great granddaughter, Saint Eusebius (living in 636 and died 16 March 689) succeeded her as abbess. [8][9]
St. Gertrude's relics were transferred to Marchiennes on October 28, 686 or 691 [8]
d. (unproven) 649[7]
Gertrude and Richomer were the parents of:
Yaniv Fox [1] identifies several contemporaneous persons named Gertrude and speculates as to whether they may be the same person as Gertrude de Hamage.
It is likely that research will reveal the following, all married to Ricomer Orleans to be the same person.
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