Family
 Bertrada of Laon 1) 2) 3)Daughter of Charibert of Laon, Count of Laon and N.N.. Born between 710 and 727 Died 12 Jul 783 4) Notes: 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. the queen with the goose-foot), was a Frankish queen. She was the wife of Pepin the Short and the mother of Charlemagne, Carloman and Gisela. Married/ Related to:  Pepin 'the Short' of the Franks, King of the Franks 1) 2) 5) 6) 7)Born 714 Died 24 Sep 768 Died and buried at St Denis, Paris, 53 or 54 years 8) Notes: Pepin the Short was the King of the Franks from 751 until his death. He was the first of the Carolingians to become king. Child: 1. Charlemagne of the Franks, King of the Franks, King of the Langobards, Emperor 1) 9) 6) 10)Born ± 2 Apr 748 1) 11) Died 28 Jan 813/14 Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, approximately 64 years 1) 11) Notes: Charlemagne, numbered Charles I, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor from 800. He united much of western and central Europe during the Early Middle Ages. He was the first recognised emperor to rule from western Europe since the fall of the Western Roman Empire three centuries earlier. The expanded Frankish state that Charlemagne founded is called the Carolingian Empire. He was later canonized by Antipope Paschal III. Following his wife's death, he remarried Fastrada at Worms in 783. | |||
Sources
1) Source: The Henry Project . External Linkhttps://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/data/charl000.htm. Reference: Charlemagne (Karolus Magnus, Charles the Great, Karl der Große) (Questionable reliability of evidence)
2) 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 Link
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/soc.genealogy.medieval/LuxIQtuqqEQ/hg5_bzFPQ_AJ. Reference: Francisco Tavares de Almeida citing Settipani (Questionable reliability of evidence)
3) Source: Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories "770... But Bertrada, the mother of the Kings....". Reference: RFA (Data from secondary evidence)
4) Source: Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories "783.. .the Lady Queen Bertrada of good memory died only July 12.". Reference: RFA (Data from secondary evidence)
5) Source: Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories "757... he promised fealty to King Pepin and his sons Charles and Carloman". Reference: RFA (Data from secondary evidence)
6) Source: Genealogia comitum Bulonensium A short genealogy connecting the early Merovingians to the later counts of Boulogne, written circa the 11th century. The earliest generations are almost certainly fictional. Considered a reliable secondary source for generations from Arnulf of Metz onwards. Considered a "primary" source for events from the year 1000 onwards.. External Link
https://www.dmgh.de/mgh_ss_9/index.htm#page/300/ (Data from secondary evidence)
7) Source: Vita Hludovici Imperatoris "Sanctus Arnulfus cum esset in iuventute dux, genuit Ansgisum ducem; Ansgisus dux genuit Pippinum seniorem et ducem: Pippinus senior et dux genuit Karolum seniorem et ducem: Karolus senior et dux genuit Pippinum". Reference: 1 (Data from direct source)
8) Source: Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories "768... There he died on September 24.". Reference: RFA (Data from secondary evidence)
9) Source: Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories "781... There the Lord Pepin, the son of the great Lord King Charles, was baptized by Pope Hadrian. Two sons of the Lord King Charles were annointed kings by the same pontiff: the Lords Pepin and Louis". Reference: RFA (Data from secondary evidence)
10) Source: Vita Hludovici Imperatoris "...nomine Hildigardam, quae erat de cognatione Gotefridi ducis Alamannorum. Gotefridus dux genuit Huochingum, Huochingus genuit Nebi; Nebe genuit Immam; Imma vero genuit Hiltigardam beatissimam reginam. Postquam autem eam supradictus imperator in matrimonium assumpsit, genuit ex ea tres filios, quorum unus vocabatur nomine patris sui Karolus, alter vero Pippinus, qui erat rex super Italiam, tertius vero vocabatur Hludowicus, qui erat rex super Aquitaniam.". Reference: 2 (Data from direct source)
11) Source: Carolingian Chronicles: Royal Frankish Annals and Nithard's Histories "814... While spending the winter at Aachen, the Lord Emperor Charles departed this life on January 28 in about his seventy-first year". Reference: RFA (Questionable reliability of evidence)