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| Name |
Charles Martel |
| Suffix |
Mayor of the Palace |
| Nickname |
Martel |
| Birth |
676 |
Herstal, Liège, België  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
22 Oct 741 |
Quierzy, Aisne, Picardie, République française |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
5 Jul 1923 |
LOGAN |
| FamilySearch ID |
99KR-KTJ |
| Burial |
Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, République française |
| Headstones |
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| Person ID |
I9026 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Pepin Pippinids, Mayor of the Palace, b. Abt 635, Herstal, Liège, België d. 16 Dec 714, Meuse, Lorraine, République française (Age 79 years) |
| Mother |
Alpaide, b. Abt 654, Herstal, Liège, België d. Brabant, België |
| Marriage |
Abt 675 |
| Family ID |
F5210 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Rotrude, b. Abt 690, Austrasia d. Abt 724 (Age 34 years) |
| Children |
| + | 1. Carloman Karling, Mayor of the Palace, b. Abt 712, Metz, Austrasia d. 17 Aug 754, Vienne, Isère, Rhône-Alpes, République française (Age 42 years) |
| | 2. Landrade Karling, b. Abt 713 |
| + | 3. Pepin "The Short" Karling, King of the Franks, b. 714, Metz, Austrasia d. 24 Sep 768, Saint-Denis, Neustria (Age 54 years) |
| + | 4. Hiltrude Karling, b. Abt 716, Metz, Austrasia d. Abt 754 (Age 38 years) |
| + | 5. Auda Karling, b. Abt 720, Austrasia |
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| Family ID |
F5207 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
| Family 2 |
SwanaChild, b. Abt 700 |
| Marriage |
725 |
| Children |
| | 1. Grifo Karling, b. Abt 726, Austrasia d. 753, St. Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, République française (Age 27 years) |
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| Family ID |
F5208 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
| Family 3 |
Ruodhaid, b. Abt 672, République française |
| Children |
| + | 1. Bernard Karling, b. 720, Austrasia d. 787 (Age 67 years) |
| | 2. Remigius Karling, Archbishop of Rouen, b. Abt 730, Austrasia d. 771 (Age 41 years) |
| | 3. Aldana Karling, b. Abt 715, Swabia, Deutschland |
| + | 4. Hieronymus Karling, b. 735, Austrasia d. Aft 775 (Age > 41 years) |
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| Family ID |
F5209 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2024 |
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| Notes |
- 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.
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