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Itta of Metz, Saint 1) Born ± 592 Died 8 May 652, approximately 60 years Notes: Itta of Metz, O.S.B. (also Ida, Itte or Iduberga; 592-8 May 652) was the wife of Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of Austrasia. After his death, she founded the Abbey of Nivelles, where she became a Colombanian nun along with her daughter, Gertrude of Nivelles. Both are honored as saints by the Catholic Church. Married/ Related to: Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia 1) Born ± 580 Died 27 Feb 639/40, approximately 59 years Notes: Pepin I (also Peppin, Pipin, or Pippin) of Landen (c. 580 - 27 February 640), also called the Elder or the Old, was the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia under the Merovingian king Dagobert I from 623 to 629. He was also the mayor for Sigebert III from 639 until his death. Through the marriage of his daughter Begga to Ansegisel, a son of Arnulf of Metz, the clans of the Pippinids and the Arnulfings were united, giving rise to a family which would eventually rule the Franks as the Carolingians. Pepin's father is often identified as Carloman. There is no contemporaneous evidence for this filiation - the first appearance is in the ahistoric Chronicle of Fredegar. Child: 1. Begga of Austrasia, Saint 1)Born 615 Died 17 Dec 693, 77 or 78 years Notes: Saint Begga (also Begue, Begge) (615 - 17 December 693 AD) was the daughter of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, and his wife Itta of Metz. On the death of her husband, Ansegisel, she took the veil, founded seven churches, and built a convent at Andenne on the Meuse River (Andenne sur Meuse) where she spent the rest of her days as abbess. She was buried in Saint Begga's Collegiate Church in Andenne. |
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1) Source: Les Ancètres de Charlemagne (2nd edition) Identifies 8 "certain" ancestors:1. Charlemagne2. Pepin (king of the Franks) 751-7683. Berthe4. Charles Martel (duke of the Franks) 717-7416. Caribert (count of Laon)8. Pepin (master of the Palace) 688/90-7149. Alpaïde13. Berthe (founder of the Abbey of Prüm)16. Ansegisel (member of the Household) 648... and 5 almost "certain" ancestors:Almost certain:5. Rotrude17. Begga (founder of the Abbey of Andenne)32. St. Arnulf (bishop of Metz) 612-62934. Pepin (master of the Palace of Austrasia)35. Itte (founder of the Abbey of Nivelles). External Linkhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/soc.genealogy.medieval/LuxIQtuqqEQ/hg5_bzFPQ_AJ. Reference: Francisco Tavares de Almeida citing Settipani (Questionable reliability of evidence)