 0676 - 0741 (65 years)
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| Name |
PIPPINID Charles |
| Birth |
23 Aug 0676 |
fränkisches Reich, Austrasien |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
22 Oct 0741 |
Quierzy, Austrasia |
| Notes |
- Name
Charles Martel[1]
690 Birth and Parents
b. 690[2]
Father: Pepin II "le Gros; d'Herstal"[1]
Mother: Chalpais (Alpais)[1]
704 First Marriage to Chrothrudis
m.1 Chrothrudis UNKNOWN (690 - 725). Issue: 3[3]
Caroloman (705/10 - 04 Dec 754)[4]
Pepin III[5]
Chiltrudis "Hiltrude"[6]
725 Second Marriage to Suanachildis
m.2 (725) Suanachildis "Suanhilde" UNKNOWN (d. after 17 Sep 741; p. unknown; uncle: Odilo, Duke of Bavaria)[7] Issue: 1[8]
Grifo (726 - 753)[9]
Mistresses
1. Chrothais UNKNOWN[10] Issue:
Bernard (ante 732-787)[11]
2. UNKNOWN
Charles Cawley [2] refers to the mother of Hieronymous and Regimus as "Mistress #2" of Charles Martel.
[12] Issue:
Hieronymus (d. after 782)[13]
Regimus (d. 787)[14]
Disputed Children
(disputed) Landrada and Aldana, could have been daughters of Charles' wives or mistresses... But they might not be his children at all.[15]
Landrada[16]
(disputed) Aldana UNKNOWN[17][18]
741 Death and Burial
d. 16 or 22 Oct 741 Quierzy-sur-Oise, Aisne[19]
bur. église de l'abbaye royale de Saint Denis[20]
Issue
Children linked on Wikitree:
Landrada (Pippinid) des Francs birth year unknown.
Disputed children
Remigius (Pippinid) de Rouen birth year unknown. Regimus (d. 787) Son of Charles and Unknownb Mistress.[21]
Carloman (Pippinid) Martel born 1713 Austrasia. Caroloman (705/10 - 04 Dec 754) Son of Charles and Chrothrudis.[22]
Pepin (Pippinid) des Francs born 1715 Jupille. Pepin IIISon of Charles and Chrothrudis.[23]
Hieronymous (Pippinid) des Francs born 1716, Medieval Hieronymus (d. after 782) Son of Charles and Unknownb Mistress.[24]
Aldana (Pippinid) d'Autun Disputed child, born 1724 Swabia
Grifo (Pippinid) des Francs birth year unknown. Grifo (726 - 753) Son of Charles and Suanachildis.[25]
Bernard (Pippinid) des Francs born 1732. Bernard (ante 732-787) son of Charles and Mistriss Chrothais.[26]
Chiltrudis (Pippinid) von Bayern born 1741. Chiltrudis "Hiltrude" Daughter of Charles and Chrothrudis.[27]
Sources
↑ 1.0 1.1 Parents determined by consulting primary sources, especially as collected by FMG's Medieval Lands project.
↑ Charles Cawley. Foundation for Medieval Genealogy. Medieval Lands Database Franks, Merovingian Nobility Accessed 9/12/2019 jhd
See also:
F. Lot, The End of the Ancient World and the Beginnings of the Middle Ages (1927, tr. 1961)
James, E. (1982). The Origins of France: Clovis and the Capetians, a.d. 500–1000.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press.
Ian Meadows, 'The Arabs in Occitania': A sketch giving the context of the conflict from the Arab point of view.
Poke's edition of Creasy's "15 Most Important Battles Ever Fought According to Edward Shepherd Creasy" Chapter VII. The Battle of Tours, A.D. 732.[28]
The Battle of Tours 732. Jewish Virtual Library.
Tours, Poiters, from "Leaders and Battles Database" online.
Medieval Sourcebook: Arabs, Franks, and the Battle of Tours, 732
Arabs, Franks, and the Battle of Tours, 732: Three Accounts from the Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Medieval Sourcebook: Gregory II to Charles Martel, 739
Wikipedia: Charles Martel
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.
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| Person ID |
I58176 |
Freeman-Smith |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
| Father |
PIPPINID Pepin, b. Abt 0645, Herstal, Austrasia [Liège, Belgium] d. 16 Dec 0714, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Belgium (Age 69 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
UNKNOWN Alpaïs, b. Abt 0654 d. Abt 0714 (Age 60 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
0690 |
France |
| Family ID |
F25949 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
UNKNOWN Chrothrudis, b. Abt 0690, Austrasia d. 0725, Austrasia (Age 35 years) |
| Marriage |
0713 |
Moselle, Austrasia |
| Children |
| | 1. PIPPINID Pepin, b. Abt 0715, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium d. 24 Sep 0768, Saint-Denis, Paris, Ile-de-France, France (Age 53 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| | 2. PIPPINID Aldana, b. Abt 0724, France d. Aft 0804, France (Age > 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F25948 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
27 Jan 2026 |
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