♂ Charles Martel

688 - 741

 

Duke of the Franks, Mayor of the Palace

Charles Martel
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Parents
Pepin of Herstal
Pepin of Herstal
0635 - 0714
Spouse
Rotrude of Trier
Rotrude of Trier
0690 - 0724
Children
Pepin The Short
Pepin The Short
0714 - 0768
Timeline 3
descendants 71
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Timeline

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688

birth


Herstal, Belgium ⇓
1 Source ⇓
688 • Alahis, duke of Brescia, starts a civil war in Northern Italy. He besieges Cunipert on an island in Lake Como (Lombardy), who breaks out with Piedmontese troops.
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714


Age: 26y

birth of child


Pepin The Short
1 Source ⇓
714 • In Septimania local Visigothic nobles of the anti-Roderick party are offered peace terms similar to those of prince Theudimer (see 713) and accept Muslim overlordship. Other Visigoths revolt and proclaim Ardo as king. Visigothic refugees gather in the Picos de Europa in the mountains of Asturias.

741


Oct 22
Age: 53y

death


Quierzy, Aisne-Picardy, France ⇓
1 Source ⇓
741 • A nunnery given by the Alamannic noblewoman Beata on Lützelau island is first mentioned. In 744, the nunnery was sold to Einsiedeln Abbey.
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