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    Bertrada of Laon (born between 710 and 727 – 12 July 783), also known as Bertrada the Younger or Bertha Broadfoot (cf. Latin: Regina pede aucae, i.e....
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    advice"). People named Bertrade or Bertrada include: Bertrada of Prüm, Frankish princess and cofounder of Prüm Abbey Bertrada of Laon, queen of the Franks,...
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    Bertrada (born c. 670; died after 720), also called Berthe or Bertree, is known to be the mother of Charibert of Laon, with whom she is co-founder and...
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    Charlemagne. The Norman countess and queen's name also appears as Bertrada of Montfort (Latin: Bertrada de Monteforti) and as Bertrade de Montfort from the French...
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    he died in 771. He was the second surviving son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon and was a younger brother of Charlemagne. His death allowed Charlemagne...
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  • Charibert was the father of Charlemagne's mother, Bertrada of Laon. Only Charibert's mother, Bertrada of Prüm, is known from contemporary records as the...
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    also known as Berthe or Bertha of Frisia and erroneously as Berta or Bertrada, was Queen of France from 1072 until 1092, as the first wife of King Philip...
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    Carolingian dynasty, Charlemagne was the eldest son of Pepin the Short and Bertrada of Laon. With his brother Carloman I, he became king of the Franks in 768...
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  • Chrodlanda/Rotlindis was either daughter or sister of Bertrada. The last of the witnesses of Bertrada of Prüm's donation, Theoderic, is suggested either...
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    the Basilica of Saint Denis in modern-day Metropolitan Paris. His wife Bertrada was also interred there in 783. Charlemagne rebuilt the Basilica in honor...
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  • disinherit him in favour of Fulk the Younger, his son by his fourth wife, Bertrada of Montfort. Fulk, by then an old man, had previously delegated much of...
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    Gisele and Giselle. She was the daughter of Pepin the Short and his wife Bertrada of Laon. She was the sister of Charlemagne and Carloman. Gisela is often...
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    (634–657) Charles Martel (686–741) Pepin the Short (714–768) and his wife, Bertrada of Laon (born 710–727, died 783) Charles the Bald (823–877) (his brass...
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    now in the diocese of Trier (Germany), founded by the Frankish widow Bertrada the elder and her son Charibert, Count of Laon, in 721. The first abbot...
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    (1996). Die französischen Königinnen. Von Bertrada bis Marie Antoinette [The Queens of France. From Bertrada to Marie Antoinette] (in German). Regensburg:...
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    after her ninth confinement in less than 12 years of marriage. His mother, Bertrada of Laon, dies in the summer and is buried with great ceremony beside her...
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    Germany (since 1972) Winchester, United Kingdom Laon was the birthplace of: Bertrada of Laon (690–721 CE), mother of Charlemagne Anselm of Laon (d. 1117), theologian...
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    751 – 24 September 768 714 Son of Charles Martel and Rotrude of Trier Bertrada of Laon 741 5 children 24 September 768 Aged 54 Saint-Denis Elected by...
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  • Desiderius and Bertrada entered into discussions about a possible marriage between Desiderius' daughter, Desiderata, and one of Bertrada's sons. It is also...
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    strange bedfellows: new thoughts on King Philip I of Francia's marriage to Bertrada of Montfort". Journal of Medieval History. 46 (5). Taylor & Francis: 499–512...
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    8. Pepin the Short 17. Rotrude 4. Charlemagne 18. Caribert of Laon 9. Bertrada of Laon 2. Louis the Pious 10. Gerold of Anglachgau 5. Hildegard 22. Hnabi...
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  • "bright" element. This is notably the case with the mother of Charlemagne, Bertrada (properly berht-rada "bright counsel") called "Bertha Broadfoot." Carolingian...
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    enraptured children. Other scholars have pointed out that Charlemagne's mother, Bertrada of Laon, came to be known as the goose-foot queen (regina pede aucae)....
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    apparently a close kinsman of Charlemagne's maternal great-grandmother (Bertrada of Prüm), with the two relationships not mutually exclusive. As a kinsman...
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    Franks and patricians of the Romans. He also pronounced a blessing on Queen Bertrada and the assembled nobility. The pope's right to grant the patrician title...
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    needed] Bertrada of Prüm (b. c. 670, d. after 721), the founder of the Prüm Abbey and mother of count Caribert of Laon, who was father of Bertrada of Laon...
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    Roswall and Lillian. In the 13th century, the tale became attached to Bertrada of Laon, the mother of Charlemagne. Despite the story being viewed as obscure...
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  • (11th century BC) Israel and Judah Bertha of Swabia (937–966) Burgundy Bertrada of Laon (768–783) Francia Beatrice of Castile (1279–1303) Portugal Beatrice...
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    Nr. 13, 1973, S. 3–13. Treffer, Gerd: Die französischen Königinnen. Von Bertrada bis Marie Antoinette (8.–18. Jahrhundert). Pustet, Regensburg 1996, ISBN 3-7917-1530-5...
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  • was married to Thierry IV, perhaps a nephew, grandson or grand-nephew of Bertrada of Prüm, in 742 and in 750. From this marriage were born: Theodoen (died...
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