Carloman Karling, Mayor of the Palace

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• FamilySearch ID: LDSS-MD1
• Initiatory (LDS): 18 Jun 1934, SLAKE

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Rotrude Karling was born in 745 in Metz, Austrasia; died in 780 in La Brosse, Seine-et-Marne, District of the Paris Region, République française.

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• FamilySearch ID: 99KR-KTJ
• Initiatory (LDS): 5 Jul 1923, LOGAN

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Charles Martel (c. 688 – 22 October 741) was a Frankish statesman and mi l itary leader who, as Duke and Prince of the Franks and Mayor of the Pal ac e, was the de facto ruler of Francia from 718 until his death. He wa s a s on of the Frankish statesman Pepin of Herstal and Pepin's mistress , a nob lewoman named Alpaida. Charles, also known as "The Hammer" (in Ol d French , Martel), successfully asserted his claims to power as successo r to hi s father as the power behind the throne in Frankish politics. Con tinuin g and building on his father's work, he restored centralized gover nment i n Francia and began the series of military campaigns that re-esta blishe d the Franks as the undisputed masters of all Gaul. According t o a near-c ontemporary source, the Liber Historiae Francorum, Charles wa s "a warrio r who was uncommonly [...] effective in battle".


Martel gained a very consequential victory against an Umayyad invasio n o f Aquitaine at the Battle of Tours, at a time when the Umayyad Caliph at e controlled most of the Iberian Peninsula. Alongside his military end eav ours, Charles has been traditionally credited with a seminal role i n th e development of the Frankish system of feudalism.

At the end of his reign, Charles divided Francia between his sons, Carlo m an and Pepin. The latter became the first king of the Carolingian dynas ty . Charles' grandson, Charlemagne, extended the Frankish realms, and be cam e the first emperor in the West since the fall of Rome.

Charles + Rotrude. Rotrude was born about 690 in Austrasia; died about 724. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LDSS-4ZY
• Initiatory (LDS): 14 Dec 1954

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• FamilySearch ID: LDSS-4ZY
• Initiatory (LDS): 12 Oct 1933

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Pepin II (c. 635 – 16 December 714), commonly known as Pepin of Hersta l , was a Frankish statesman and military leader who de facto ruled Franc i a as the Mayor of the Palace from 680 until his death. He took the tit l e Duke and Prince of the Franks upon his conquest of all the Frankish r ea lms.

The son of the powerful Frankish statesman Ansegisel, Pepin worked to es t ablish his family, the Pippinids, as the strongest in Francia. He beca m e Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia in 680. Pepin subsequently embarke d o n several wars to expand his power. He united all the Frankish realm s b y the conquests of Neustria and Burgundy in 687. In foreign conflicts , Pe pin increased the power of the Franks by his subjugation of the Alem anni , the Frisians, and the Franconians. He also began the process of ev angel isation in Germany.

Pepin's statesmanship was notable for the further diminution of Meroving i an royal authority, and for the acceptance of the undisputed right to r ul e for his family. Therefore, Pepin was able to name as heir his grands o n Theudoald. But this was not accepted by his powerful son Charles Mart el , leading to a civil war after his death in which the latter emerged v ict orious.

Pepin, sometimes called Pepin II and Pepin the Middle, was the grandso n a nd namesake of Pepin I the Elder through the marriage of Pepin I's da ught er Begga to Ansegisel.[1] He was also the grandfather of Pepin the S hor t and great-grandfather of Charlemagne. That marriage united the tw o hous es of the Pippinids and the Arnulfings which created what would b e calle d the Carolingian dynasty. Pepin II was probably born in Hersta l (Hérista l), modern Belgium (where his centre of power lay), whence hi s byname (so metimes "of Heristal").

Pepin married Alpaide about 675. Alpaide was born about 654 in Herstal, Liège, België; died in Brabant, België. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LDSS-4FN
• Initiatory (LDS): 24 Oct 1923, LOGAN

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• FamilySearch ID: LDSS-SY2
• Initiatory (LDS): 5 Jul 1923

Ansegisel married Begga before 639. Begga (daughter of Pepin, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia and Saint Itte) was born in 615 in Landen, Austrasia; died on 17 Dec 693; was buried in Saint Begga's Collegiate Church, Andenne, Namur, België. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FamilySearch ID: LDSS-HQZ
• Initiatory (LDS): 30 Dec 1992, SLAKE