LAON Charibert

Aft 0700 - Aft 0720  (> 19 years)

• Name	LAON Charibert
  Birth	Aft 0700	Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France
  Gender	Male
  Death	Aft 23 Jun 0720	Laon, France
  Notes	Charibert (also spelled Caribert and Heribert), Count of Laon, was the maternal grandfather of Charlemagne. [1] Charibert, Count of Laon[2] Parents Charibert's father is unknown. [3] 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] Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wikipedia. Charibert of Laon. Wikipedia: Caribert of Laon Article cites the following sources: 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] ↑ 2.0 2.1 Douglas Richardson, Royal Ancestry. Vol 5, page 483. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Charles Cawley. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database. http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/FRANKSMaiordomi.htm#_Toc359686227. Accessed April 1, 2017. jhd ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Charles Cawley, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Cited by Wikipedia, Charibert of Laon. Wikipedia: Caribert of Laon Cawley, Charles. "Medieval Lands": A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families © by Charles Cawley, hosted by Foundation for Medieval Genealogy (FMG). See also WikiTree's source page for MedLands.
  Person ID	I58155	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Mother	PRÜM Bertrada,   b. Abt 0685   d. Aft 0721 (Age > 37 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F347060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family
  Children	1. LAON Bertrada,   b. Abt 0720, Laon, Austrasia d. Abt 12 Jul 0783, Choisy-Au-Bac, France (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F347059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026