Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameCharles Martel Duke Of Franks, 38G Grandfather
Birthabt 688, Hertsal
Death22 Oct 741, Quierzy, Picardy
BurialBasilica of St. Denis, Paris
FatherPepin Of Herstal Duke Of The Franks (~635-714)
MotherAlpaida (~654-~714)
Spouses
1Rotrude Of Hesbaye, 38G Grandmother
Death724
FatherLambert Count Of Hesbay (669-742)
MotherChrotlind (-724)
Notes for Charles Martel Duke Of Franks
Duke and Prince of the Franks.
Mayor of the Palace of Francia from 718.
One of the two main leaders of the Merovingian Franks at the Battle of Tours on October 10 732. Charles earned the nickname Marcellus or Hammer as a result of this decisive victory. It was a turning point against the Umayyad Caliphate advances into Gaul.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martel
Mayor of the Palace of Francia from 718.
One of the two main leaders of the Merovingian Franks at the Battle of Tours on October 10 732. Charles earned the nickname Marcellus or Hammer as a result of this decisive victory. It was a turning point against the Umayyad Caliphate advances into Gaul.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martel
Notes for Rotrude Of Hesbaye (Spouse 1)
Seems to have been called Rotrude of Hesbaye, Rotrude of Treves and Rotrude of Trier and Chrotrude of Treves.