UNKNOWN Itte

Abt 0592 - 0652  (60 years)

• Name	UNKNOWN Itte
  Birth	Abt 0592	Frankish Empire
  Gender	Female
  Death	0652	Frankish Empire
  Notes	The idea that the wife of Pepin of Landen, whose real parentage is unknown, was descended from Arnulfing stock, e.g. Arnold of Saxony the fancied father of Arnulf of Metz, was seductive from an early date. Such links have been removed. Itta (Ittaberga; Yduberga) UNKNOWN (592–652)[4] Parents Itta's parents are UNKNOWN.[5] Marriage m. Pepin I of Landen. Issue: 3 children: Begga, Abess of Andenne (d. 693, 698 or 709)[6] m. Ansegisel (father: Arnulf of Metz)[7] Grimoald, maiores domus (615 - 657 Paris)[8] Gertrudis (d. 17 Mar 656/64)[9] Relatives (possible) Saint Modoald, Bishop of Triers[10][1] (possible) Saint Severa[11][2] Religion 650: founded Abbey of Nivells (Benedictine), built the double monastery under the leadership of her daughter, Saint Gertrude. She spent the rest of her life there. [12] Feast Day: May 8 Occupation Abbess of Nivelles[13] Burial in Abbey of Nivelles (present St. Gertrudes Collegiate Church), Nivelles, Walloon Brabant, Belgium Widowed in 640, Itte Idoberge retired in religion. Soon after 640 or 647, St. Amand visited her and encouraged her to found a monastery. This advice came true in 648 or 649 by the foundation of a monastery (Abbey Nivelles) in Hainaut. Her daughter Gertrude was an interesting party because Grimoald's sister was highly sought by proposals of marriage. To prevent her from being kidnapped and forcibly married, and as the young girl destined to a religious life, Itta herself cut the hair of her daughter and installed her as Abbess of Nivelles. Mother and daughter had monks coming in from France and from overseas, probably England or Ireland. The monastery became twice it previous size, with a congregation of nuns along with a congregation of monks. Itte died there twelve years after her husband had died. Title Saint Name Name: Itta /de Metz/ Name: Itta /DeNivelles/ Name: Itta // Also Known As: Iduberga Name: Itta /d' Aquitaine/ Name: Itte // Given Name: Itte Birth Place: Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France Date: 592 Place: Landenne, Liege, Belgium Date: 591 Place: Landenne, Liege, Belgium Date: 592 Place: Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France Date: ABT 590 Date: 583 Marriage Date: 582 Place: France Date: 612 Place: Landenne, Liege, Belgium Date: 582 Marriage: Date: 581 Place: Herstal, Liege, Belgium Date: 0652 Place: Abbey Nivelles, Brabant, Belgium Age: 60-61 Date: 8 May, 652 Place: Abbey Nivelles, Brabant, Belgium Death Place: Abbey Nivelles, Brabant, Belgium Date: 652 Place: Abbey Nivelles, Brabant, Belgium Sources ↑ Some believe that the bishop was her brother.[1] Note that Wikipedia's stub (retrieved 20 Oct 2015),[2] lacks authority... their stub for Itta explicitly states Itta and Modoald were siblings, but this is not certain. ↑ Severa and Modoald are siblings.[3] Cawley C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.3. fmg.acItta/Ittaberga (592-652) Fox, Y. (2014). Power and Religion in Merovingian Gaul: Columbanian Monasticism and the Frankish Elites, (pp. 187). Cambridge University Press. eBook.[14] “Saint Ida of Nivelles“ (592-652) CatholicSaints.Info, 4 May 2016, Web accessed 16 September 2017 Ancestral Roots; Fredrick Weis; Seventh Edition, 1992. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/17142559/person/765418802/facts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itta
  Person ID	I58181	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family	PIPPINID Pepin,   b. Bef 0580   d. 0640, Heristal, Liege, Belgium (Age > 60 years)
  Marriage	0614
  Children	1. PIPPINID Begga,   b. Abt 0625, Landon, Liège, Belgium d. Abt 0693, Andenne, royaume des Francs (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25951	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026