Some genealogies list, fancifully, Martin as father.
Charibert's mother was Bertrada. [3] Only his mother is known from contemporary records. [1]
721 Foundation of Abbey of Prüm
In 721, Charibert signed, with his mother Bertrada of Prüm the foundation act of the Abbey of Prüm. [4]
The same year, also with his mother, he made a donation to the Abbey of Echternach.[4]
Marriage
m. UNKNOWN. Issue: 1
762 Death
He died before 762, as stated in an act of his daughter and son-in-law.
Charibert "Heribert", Count of Laon (d. after 23 Jun 720) [citation needed]
Issue
He was the father of Charles's mother, Bertrada of Laon. [4]
Bertrade, daughter of Charibert, Count of Laon, married Pepin le Bref, King of the Franks. Bertrade and Pepin, in turn, were parents of Charlemagne. [2]
Bertrada (Berta) "au grand pied" (720 - 12 Jun 783)
m. (743/4) Pepin III "le bref"
By 744, his daughter Bertrada of Laon had married Pippin the Younger, mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy and later king of the Franks.
Charibert & his wife had one child:
BERTRADA [Berta] "au Grand Pied" ([720]-Choisy-au-Bac, near Compiègne 12 Jun 783[605], bur église de l'abbaye royale de Saint Denis). The Annales Laurissenses record the marriage in 749 of "Bertradem cognomine Bertam, Cariberti Laudunensis comitis filiam" and "Pippinus"[606]. "Pippinus rex Francorum" donated property to found Kloster Prüm by charter dated 13 Aug 762 which names "coniux mea Bertrada…genitor suus Heribertus"[607]. Pépin planned to divorce his wife, but was convinced otherwise by Pope Paul I in 762. After the death of her husband, Bertrada assumed a prominent role in government. She tried unsuccessfully to reconcile her two sons, meeting with Carloman at Seltz and also travelling to Italy in 770[608]. The necrology of Argenteuil Priory records the death "IV Id Jul" of "Bertrada regina"[609]. m ([743/44]) PEPIN maior domus, son of CHARLES "Martel" maior domus of Austrasia and Neustria [Carolingian] & his first wife Chrothrudis (715-Saint-Denis 24 Sep 768, bur église de l'abbaye royale de Saint Denis). He succeeded in 751 as PEPIN “le Bref” King of the Franks. [3]
Settipani, Christian, Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne, Paris, 1989
Settipani, Christian, Addendum to the Ancestors of Charlemagne, 1990 (PDF)
Cawley, Charles (7 February 2011), Franks, Merovingian nobility Pepin [II]"le Gros" or "d'Herstal", Medieval Lands database, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy,Medieval Lands Project on the son of Bertrada of Prüm]
↑ 2.02.1 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry. Vol 5, page 483.
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Father is likely Martin de Laon, whose father in turn is Ansegisel of Metz. Ansegisel's father is Saint Arnulf of Metz. Spouse of St. Arnulf is Ode of Metz.
Hello Jamie can you set the privacy level for this profile to Open please, or add me as a profile manager. From his name, he obcviously born more than 200 years ago. Thank you
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