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Pippinids Pippin the Elder (c. The Pippinids or Arnulfings are the members of a family of Frankish nobles whose select scions served as Mayor of the Palace, de facto rulers of the Frankish kingdoms Pepin (also Peppin, Pipin, or Pippin) of Landen (c 580 &ndash 27 February 640) also called the Elder or 580–640) Grimoald (616–656) Childebert the Adopted (d. Grimoald I (616-656 called the Elder (in French, Grimaud) was the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia from 643 to 656 When King Sigebert III died in 656 Grimoald the Elder had Sigebert's son Dagobert II shorn of hair and packed off to an Irish Monastery and 662)
Arnulfings Arnulf of Metz (582–640) Chlodulf of Metz (d. The Pippinids or Arnulfings are the members of a family of Frankish nobles whose select scions served as Mayor of the Palace, de facto rulers of the Frankish kingdoms Saint Arnulf of Metz was born of an important Frankish family at an uncertain date around 582 Saint Chlodulf ( Clodulphe or Clodould) or more commonly Saint Cloud (605 &ndash June 8, 696 or June 8, 697, 696 or 697) Ansegisel (c. Ansegisel (also Ansgise) (also Ansegus) (also Anchises) (c 602 or 610 &ndash murdered before 679 or 662 was the son of Saint Arnulf, 602–before 679) Pippin the Middle (c. Pepin (also Pippin, Pipin, or Peppin) of Herstal (c 635 &ndash 16 December 714) was the Mayor of the Palace 635–714) Grimoald II (d. Grimoald II ( French: Grimaud; died 714 called the Younger, was the Mayor of the palace of Neustria from 695 714) Drogo of Champagne (670–708) Theudoald (d. Drogo (670&ndash708 son of Pepin the Middle and Plectrude, was the duke of Champagne by appointment of his father in 690 and duke of Burgundy Theudoald or Theodald was the Mayor of the palace, briefly unopposed in 714 until Ragenfrid was acclaimed in Neustria and 714)
Carolingians Charles Martel (686–741) Carloman (d. The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolings, or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family with its origins in the Charles "The Hammer" Martel (Carolus Martellus Charles "the Hammer" (ca Carloman (between 706 and 716 &ndash 17 August 754 was the eldest son of Charles Martel, Major domo or Mayor of the palace and duke 754) Pepin the Short (714–768) Carloman I (751–771) Charlemagne (d. Pepin or Pippin (714 &ndash 24 September 768) called the Short, and often known as Pepin the Younger or Pepin III, was Carloman I ( 28 June, 751 – December 4, 771) was the King of the Franks from 768 until his death in 771 Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his 814) Louis the Pious (778–840)
After the Treaty of Verdun (843) Lothair I, Holy Roman Emperor (795–855) (Middle Francia) Charles the Bald (823–877) (Western Francia) Louis the German (804–876) (Eastern Francia)

The Carolingian dynasty (known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolings, or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family with its origins in the Arnulfing and Pippinid clans of the 7th century. Louis the Pious (778 &ndash 20 June 840) also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and co-Emperor In the Treaty of Verdun of 843 the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious, Charlemagne 's grandsons divided his territories the Carolingian Lothair I ( German: Lothar, French: Lothaire, Italian: Lotario) (795 &ndash 29 September 855) Middle Francia designates the realm created for Emperor Lothair I (843-855 wedged between East Francia and West Francia. Charles the Bald ( 13 June 823 – 6 October 877) Holy Roman Emperor (875–877 as Charles II) and King of West Francia West Francia or the West Frankish Kingdom was a short-lived kingdom encompassing the lands of the western part of the Carolingian Empire that came under the undisputed Louis (also Ludwig or Lewis) the German (also known as Louis II or Louis the Bavarian) (806 &ndash August 28, 876 East ( ern) Francia ( Regnum Francorum orientalium) known variously as Francia Orientalis or the Kingdom of the East Franks, was the The Franks or Frankish people (Franci or gens Francorum) were West Germanic tribes first identified in the 3rd century as an Ethnic group The Pippinids or Arnulfings are the members of a family of Frankish nobles whose select scions served as Mayor of the Palace, de facto rulers of the Frankish kingdoms The Pippinids or Arnulfings are the members of a family of Frankish nobles whose select scions served as Mayor of the Palace, de facto rulers of the Frankish kingdoms The name "Carolingian", Medieval Latin karolingi, an altered form of an unattested Old High German *karling, kerling (meaning "descendant of Charles", cf. Medieval Latin was the form of Latin used in the Middle Ages, primarily as a medium of scholarly exchange and as the Liturgical language of the medieval MHG kerlinc),^[1] derives from the latinised name of Charles Martel: Carolus. Middle High German (MHG German Mittelhochdeutsch) is the term used for the period in the history of the German language between 1050 and 1350 Charles "The Hammer" Martel (Carolus Martellus Charles "the Hammer" (ca ^[2] The family consolidated its power in the late 7th century, eventually making the offices of mayor of the palace and dux et princeps Francorum hereditary and becoming the de facto rulers of the Franks as the real powers behind the throne. Mayor of the Palace was an early medieval Title and Office, also called Majordomo, from the Latin title Maior domus ("superior By 751, the Merovingian dynasty which until then had ruled the Franks by right was deprived of this right with the consent of the Papacy and the aristocracy and a Carolingian, Pepin the Short, was crowned King of the Franks. The Merovingians (also Merovings) were a Salian Frankish dynasty that came to rule the Franks in a region (known as Francia in Latin History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Pepin or Pippin (714 &ndash 24 September 768) called the Short, and often known as Pepin the Younger or Pepin III, was The Franks were originally led by dukes (military leaders and reguli (petty kings

Traditional historiography has seen the Carolingian assumption of kingship as the product of a long rise to power, punctuated even by a premature attempt to seize the throne through Childebert the Adopted. When King Sigebert III died in 656 Grimoald the Elder had Sigebert's son Dagobert II shorn of hair and packed off to an Irish Monastery and This picture, however, is not commonly accepted today. Rather, the coronation of 751 is seen typically as a product of the aspirations of one man, Pepin, and of the Church, which was always looking for powerful secular protectors and for the extension of its temporal influence.

The greatest Carolingian monarch was Charlemagne, who was crowned Emperor by Pope Leo III at Rome in 800. Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his Pope Leo III (died June 12, 816) was Pope from 795 to 816 Protected by Charlemagne from his enemies in Rome he subsequently strengthened His empire, ostensibly a continuation of the Roman Empire, is referred to historiographically as the Carolingian Empire. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Carolingian Empire is a historiographical term sometimes used to refer to the realm of the Franks under the Carolingian dynasty. The traditional Frankish (and Merovingian) practice of dividing inheritances among heirs was not given up by the Carolingian emperors, though the concept of the indivisibility of the Empire was also accepted. The Carolingians had the practice of making their sons (sub-)kings in the various regions (regna) of the Empire, regna which they would inherit on the death of their father. Following the death of Louis the Pious, the surviving adult Carolingians fought a three-year civil war ending only in the Treaty of Verdun, which divided the empire into three regna while according imperial status and a nominal lordship to Lothair I. Louis the Pious (778 &ndash 20 June 840) also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and co-Emperor In the Treaty of Verdun of 843 the three surviving sons of Louis the Pious, Charlemagne 's grandsons divided his territories the Carolingian Lothair I ( German: Lothar, French: Lothaire, Italian: Lotario) (795 &ndash 29 September 855) The Carolingians differed markedly from the Merovingians in that they disallowed inheritance to illegimate offspring, possibly in an effort to prevent infighting among heirs and assure a limit to the division of the realm. In the late ninth century, however, the lack of suitable adults among the Carolingians, necessitated the rise of Arnulf of Carinthia, a bastard child of a legitimate Carolingian king. Arnulf of Carinthia (Arnulf von Kärnten Arnulf Koroški 850 &ndash December 8 899) was the Carolingian King of East Francia from 887

The Carolingians were displaced in most of the regna of the Empire in 888. They ruled on in East Francia until 911 and they held the throne of West Francia intermittently until 987. East ( ern) Francia ( Regnum Francorum orientalium) known variously as Francia Orientalis or the Kingdom of the East Franks, was the West Francia or the West Frankish Kingdom was a short-lived kingdom encompassing the lands of the western part of the Carolingian Empire that came under the undisputed Though they asserted their prerogative to rule, their hereditary, God-given right, and their usual alliance with the Church, they were unable to stem the principle of electoral monarchy and their propagandism failed them in the long run. Carolingian cadet branches continued to rule in Vermandois and Lower Lorraine after the last king died in 987, but they never sought thrones of principalities and made peace with the new ruling families. Vermandois was a French county that appears in the Merovingian period The Duchy of Lower Lorraine or Lower Lotharingia encompassed part of modern-day Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany west of the Rhine It is with the coronation of Robert II of France as junior co-ruler with his father, Hugh Capet, the first of the Capetian dynasty, that one chronicler of Sens dates the end of Carolingian rule. Robert II ( 27 March 972 &ndash 20 July 1031) called the Pious or the Wise, was King of France from 996 Hugh Capet (c 940 &ndash 24 October, 996) was the first King of France of the eponymous Capetian dynasty from his election to succeed the For the Direct Capetians, who ruled France 987&ndash1328 see the House of Capet. History Caesar mentions Agedincum in the territory of the Senones several times in his Commentarii de Bello Gallico, and the city retains ^[3]

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List of Carolingians

This list includes all those of the male-line descent from Charles Martel. Please fill in the gaps.

Charles Martel, 688 - 741, had 5 sons;

1. Charles "The Hammer" Martel (Carolus Martellus Charles "the Hammer" (ca Carloman, Mayor of the Palace, 711 - 754, had 1 son;

A. Carloman (between 706 and 716 &ndash 17 August 754 was the eldest son of Charles Martel, Major domo or Mayor of the palace and duke Drogo, Mayor of the Palace

2. Drogo was the eldest son of Carloman, Mayor of the palace of Austrasia. Pepin the Short, 714 - 768, had 2 sons;

A. Pepin or Pippin (714 &ndash 24 September 768) called the Short, and often known as Pepin the Younger or Pepin III, was Charlemagne, 747 - 814, had 7 sons;

I. Charlemagne (ˈʃɑrlɨmeɪn Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus meaning Charles the Great) (747 – 28 January 814 was King of the Franks from 768 to his Pepin the Hunchback, 769 - 811, died without issue

II. Pepin (or Pippin) the Hunchback, (c 769 &ndash 811 was the eldest son of Charlemagne by Himiltrude. Charles the Younger, son of Charlemagne, 772 - 811, died without issue

III. Pepin of Italy, 773 - 810, had 1 son (illegitimate);

a. Pepin (April 773 &ndash 8 July 810) was the son of Charlemagne and King of Italy (781-810 under the authority of his father Bernard of Italy, 797 - 818, had 1 son;

i. Bernard (797 Vermandois, Normandy – 17 April 818, Milan, Lombardy) was the King of Italy from 810 to Pepin, Count of Vermandois, b. Pepin (born c 815 was the first Count of Vermandois, lord of Senlis, Peronne, and Saint Quentin. 815, had 3 sons;

1. Bernard, Count of Laon, 844 - 893, had 1 son;

A. Roger I of Laon, d. 927, had 1 son;

I. Roger II of Laon, d. 942, died without male issue

2. Pepin, Count of Senlis and Valois, 846 - 893, had 1 son;

A. Pepin II, Count of Senlis, 876 - 922, had 1 son;

I. Bernard of Senlis, 919 - 947, had 1 son;

a. Robert I of Senlis, d. 1004, had 1 son;

i. Robert II of Senlis and Peroone, d. 1028 without male issue

3. Herbert I, Count of Vermandois, 848 - 907, had 2 sons;

A. Herbert I of Vermandois (c 848/850 &ndash 907 Count of Vermandois, lord of Senlis, of Peronne and of Saint Quentin, was the son of Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, 884 - 943, had 5 sons;

I. Herbert II (884 &ndash February 23, 943) Count of Vermandois and Count of Troyes, was the son of Herbert I of Vermandois. Eudes of Vermandois, 910 - 946, died without issue

II.

III. Robert of Vermandois, d. Robert of Vermandois (died 968 was Count of Meaux after his father Herbert II of Vermandois. 968, had 1 son;

a. Herbert III, Count of Meaux, 950 - 995, had 1 son;

i. Herbert the Younger (circa 950 &ndash 995 was the Count of Troyes (as Herbert I) and Meaux (as Herbert III) from 966 and Omois (as Stephen I, Count of Troyes, d. Stephen I of Vermandois (died 1020) was the seventh Count of Meaux after his father Herbert of Vermandois. 1020 without issue

IV. Adalbert I, Count of Vermandois, 916 - 988, had 4 sons;

a. Adalbert I of Vermandois ( French: Albert I le Pieux, the Pious) (c Herbert III, Count of Vermandois, 953 - 1015, had 3 sons;

i. Herbert III of Vermandois (953 &ndash 1015 Count of Vermandois, was the son of Adalbert I of Vermandois and Gerberge of Lorraine.

ii.

iii. Otto, Count of Vermandois, 979 - 1045, had 3 sons;

1. Otto (or Eudes of Vermandois (979 &ndash 25 May 1045) Count of Vermandois, was the son of Herbert III Count of Vermandois and Ermengarde Herbert IV, Count of Vermandois, 1028 - 1080, had 1 son;

A. Herbert IV of Vermandois (1028 &ndash 1080 Count of Vermandois, was the son of Otto of Vermandois and Pavia (or Patia Eudes the Insane, Count of Vermandois, d. 1085, disinherited. The last definite Carolingian. Descendants?

V. Hugh of Vermandois, Archbishop of Rheims, d. 962 without issue

IV. Louis the Pious, 778 - 840, had 4 sons;

a. Louis the Pious (778 &ndash 20 June 840) also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781 and co-Emperor Lothair I, 795 - 855, had 4 sons;

i. Lothair I ( German: Lothar, French: Lothaire, Italian: Lotario) (795 &ndash 29 September 855) Louis II of Italy, 825 - 875, died without male issue

ii. Louis II the Younger (825 &ndash 12 August 875) was the King of Italy from 844 and then Emperor from 855 until his death Lothair II of Lotharingia, 835 - 869, had 1 son (illegitimate);

1. Lothair II ( 835 - August 8, 869) was the second son of Emperor Lothair I and Ermengarde of Tours. Hugh, Duke of Alsace, 855 - 895, died without issue

iii. Hugh (circa 855 &ndash 895 was the only son of Lothair II, an illegitimate child by his relationship with Waldrada Charles of Provence, 845 - 863, died without issue

iv. Charles of Provence (845 &ndash 24 January 863) was the Carolingian King of Provence from 855 until his early death in 863 Carloman, 853, died in infancy

b. Pepin I of Aquitaine, 797 - 838, had 2 sons;

i. Pepin I (797 &ndash December 13, 838) was King of Aquitaine. He was the second son of Emperor Louis the Pious and his first wife Pepin II of Aquitaine, 823 - 864, died without issue

ii. Pepin II, called the Younger (823 &ndash after 864 in Senlis) was King of Aquitaine from 838 as the successor upon the death of his father Pepin Charles, Archbishop of Mainz, 828 - 863, died without issue

c. Louis the German, 806 - 876, had 3 sons;

i. Louis (also Ludwig or Lewis) the German (also known as Louis II or Louis the Bavarian) (806 &ndash August 28, 876 Carloman of Bavaria, 830 - 880, had 1 son (illegitimate);

1. Arnulf of Carinthia, 850 - 899, had 3 sons;

A. Arnulf of Carinthia (Arnulf von Kärnten Arnulf Koroški 850 &ndash December 8 899) was the Carolingian King of East Francia from 887 Louis the Child, 893 - 911, died without issue

B. Louis the Child (893 &ndash 20/ 24 September 911) sometimes called Louis IV or Louis III, was the last Carolingian ruler of Zwentibold, 870 - 900, died without issue

C. Zwentibold (870 &ndash August 13 900) was the Illegimate son of the Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia. Ratold of Italy, 889 - 929, died without issue

ii. Ratold (889 &ndash 929 was a King of Italy who ruled for a month or so in 896 Louis the Younger, 835 - 882, had 1 son;

1. Louis the Younger (835 &ndash 20 January 882) sometimes Louis III, was the second eldest of the three sons of Louis the German and Louis, 877 - 879, died in infancy

iii. Charles the Fat, 839 - 888, had 1 son (illegitimate);

1. Charles the Fat (Carolus Pinguis 13 June 839 – 13 January 888) was the King of Alemannia from 876 King of Italy from Bernard, son of Charles the Fat, d. 892 young

d. Charles the Bald, 823 - 877, had 4 sons;

i. Charles the Bald ( 13 June 823 – 6 October 877) Holy Roman Emperor (875–877 as Charles II) and King of West Francia Louis the Stammerer, 846 - 879, had 3 sons;

1. Louis the Stammerer ( November 1, 846 — April 10, 879; Louis le Bègue) was the eldest son of Charles the Bald and Louis III of France, 863 - 882, died without issue

2. Louis III (born 863–865 died 5 August 882) king of Western Francia, was the second son of King Louis the Stammerer and Ansgarde Carloman II of France, 866 - 884, died without issue

3. Charles the Simple, 879 - 929, had 1 son;

A. Charles III ( September 17, 879 – October 7, 929) called the Simple or the Straightforward (from the contemporary Louis IV of France, 920 - 954, had 5 sons;

I. Louis IV ( 10 September 920 – 30 September 954) called d'Outremer or Transmarinus (both meaning "from overseas" Lothair of France, 941 - 986, had 2 sons;

a. Lothair (Lothaire 941 &ndash 986 sometimes called Lothair IV, was the Carolingian king of West Francia ( 10 September 954 &ndash Louis V of France, 967 - 987, died without issue

b. Louis V (c 967 – 21 May 987) called the Indolent or the Sluggard (from French Louis le Fainéant, meaning "Louis Arnulf, Archbishop of Reims, d. 1021 without issue

II. Carloman, b. 945, died in infancy

III. Louis, b. 948, died in infancy

IV. Charles, Duke of Lower Lorraine, 953 - 993, had 3 sons;

a. Charles of Lorraine ( Laon, 953&ndash993 in Orléans) was the son of Louis IV of France and Gerberga of Saxony and younger brother of King Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine, 970 - 1012, died without issue

b. Otto (c 970&ndash1012 was the Duke of Lower Lorraine from 993 until his death Louis of Lower Lorraine, 980 - 1015, died without issue, the last legitimate Carolingian

c. Louis (circa 980 &ndash after 1012 was the second of Charles of Lorraine 's three sons and the eldest by his second marriage to Adelaide the daughter of a low-ranking vassal Charles, b. 989, died young

V. Henry, b. 953, died in infancy

ii. Charles the Child, 847 - 866, died without issue

iii. Charles the Child (from the Latin of the Annales Bertiniani, Karolus puer; 847/848 Frankfurt am Main &ndash 29 September Lothar, 848 - 865, died without issue

iv. Carloman, son of Charles the Bald, 849 - 874, died without issue

V. Carloman (849 &ndash 874 was the youngest son of Charles the Bald. Lothair, 778 - 780, died in infancy

VI. Drogo of Metz, 801 - 855, died without issue

VII. Drogo, also known as Dreux or Drogon ( June 17 801 - December 8, 855) was an illegitimate son of Frankish Hugh, son of Charlemagne, 802 - 844, died without male issue

B. Hugh (802-844 was the illegitimate son of Charlemagne and his Concubine Regina, with whom he had one other son Bishop Drogo of Metz (801-855 Carloman I, 751 - 771, died without issue

3. Carloman I ( 28 June, 751 – December 4, 771) was the King of the Franks from 768 until his death in 771 Grifo, 726 - 753, died without issue

4. Grifo (726&ndash753 was the son of the Frankish Major domo Charles Martel and his second wife Swanahild. Bernard, son of Charles Martel, 730 - 787, had 2 sons;

A. Bernard or Bernhard (born c 720 was a son of Charles Martel by his mistress Ruodhaid. Adalard of Corbie, 751 - 827, died without issue

B. Saint Adalard or Adalard of Corbie (c 751 – 2 January, 827) was son of Bernard the son of Charles Martel and half-brother of Pepin Wala of Corbie, 755 - 836, died without issue

5. Wala of Corbie (ca 755 &ndash 31 August 836) was the son of Bernard, son of Charles Martel, and one of the principal advisers of his cousin Remigius of Rouen, d. Remigius or Remedius (died 771 was the illegitimate son of Charles Martel and probably Ruodhaid. 771 without issue

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Notes

^ Babcock, Philip (ed). Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, Inc. , 1993: 341.
^ Hollister and Bennett, 97.
^ Lewis, 17.

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