Bertrada
(Berta)
"au grand pied, Queen of the Franks"
des Francs
formerly Laon aka de Laon
Born about in Laon, Austrasia
Ancestors 
Daughter of Charibert (Laon) de Laon
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Pepin (Pippinid) des Francs
— married
0744 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Chrothais (Franks) Franken, Charles Carolingian, Karloman (Carolingian) Bourgogne, Gisela (von Franken) Franken, Pepin (Franks) Franken and Adelais of the Franks
Died about
at about age 63
in Choisy-Au-Bac, France
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Biography
Birth and Parents
Bertrada [1] was also known as Berta; "au grand pied" [2]
She was born in 720 (some have as early as 710)
Her father was Charibert, Count of Laon [1]
Her mother is unknown. [1]
Marriage
About 743/4 she married Pepin III "le bref," King of the Franks. [3]
Queen of the Franks
When Pepin assumed the Frankish Merovingian Monarchy in 751 Bertrada became Queen of the Franks. [4]
After Pepin's death she lost this title in 768. However she lived at her son Charlemagne's court and their relationship was considered to be excellent. [5]
Death
She died 12 Jun or Jul 783 in Choisy-au-Bac [1] [6] and is buried in the église de l'abbaye royale de Saint Denis[7]
Issue
Issue: 6 proven[8]
According to French historian Léon Levillain, Bertrada was Pepin's first and only wife. [9] However others believe he was also married previously as outlined by Ducret. [10] Ducret has Pepin married with Leuthberga or Leutbergie and producing 5 children, while Levillain, Settipani, and Tessier have him only married to Bertrada and producing 7 children as noted below. [11]
- Charles (02 Apr 748 - 28 Jan 814) [12] who reigned as Charlemagne, King of the Franks (768-814), King of the Longobardes (773-814) and Emperor of the Romans (800-814). [13]
- Carloman , King of the Franks (751- 04 Dec 771)[14] He married Gerberga who died in 772 or later [15]
- (?) daughter [21](Wikipedia lists Berthe)
- (?) daughter [21](Wikipedia lists Rothaide),
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website. Bertrada
- ↑ Unknown author, notes about Bertha [1]
- ↑ Tessier, Georges (1952). "Léon Levillain". Chronique: Nécrologie. Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes (in French). 110: 306–313.
- ↑ Mémoires couronnés et autres mémoires publiés par l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique [Crown Memoirs and Other Memoirs Published by the Royal Academy for the Sciences and the Arts of Belgium] (in French). 11. Belgium: Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium. 1861. OCLC 1770765
- ↑ Einhard Vita Karoli Magni (Life of Charles the Great) is a biography of Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor
- ↑ Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website. Carolingians
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Saint-Denis
- ↑ Cawley, Carolingians footnote reference 7
- ↑ Tessier, Georges (1952). "Léon Levillain". Chronique: Nécrologie. Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes (in French). 110: 306–313.
- ↑ Ducret, Alix (2007). Les femmes et le pouvoir dans l'histoire de France [Women and Power in French History]. Perspectives (in French). Levallois-Perret: Studyrama. ISBN 978-2759001118. OCLC 421956409
- ↑ Settipani, Christian, Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne, Paris, 1989; Settipani, Christian, Addendum to the Ancestors of Charlemagne, 1990 (PDF)
- ↑ footnote reference 15
- ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Kimball G. Everingham, editor. By the author: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013. Volume 5, page 483
- ↑ Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 16
- ↑ Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 26
- ↑ Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 37
- ↑ Wikipedia: Gisela,_Abbess_of_Chelles
- ↑ Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 44
- ↑ Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 46 (he is not listed in Wikipedia)
- ↑ Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 48
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 50
See also:
Weis, F. L. (1982). Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650, (5th ed). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co.
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If the person who has viewed that book, can confirm that, then I would remove all mention of a marriage to Leuthberga (who I can't see is mentioned in the book anyway) or at least put it into research notes.