♂ 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

688

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
714 Umayyad conquest of Hispania: Continuing campaigns of Muslim domination of the Iberian Peninsula. Arab forces raid the valley of the Ebro River and capture the fortress city of Zaragoza. Musa ibn Nusayr, is made protector (wali) of Al-Andalus with his capital at Seville (approximate date).

741


Oct 22
Age: 53y

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