♀ Rotrude of Trier

690 - 724

 

Duchess of Austrasia

Rotrude of Trier
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Parents
Saint Leudwinus
Saint Leudwinus
0660 - 0722
Spouse
Charles Martel
Charles Martel
0688 - 0741
Children
Pepin The Short
Pepin The Short
0714 - 0768
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690

690 Willibrord, Anglo-Saxon missionary, travels from York with 12 Benedictine monks to Westkapelle (modern Netherlands) to Christianize the pagan Frisians.
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714


Age: 24y
714 Rupert, bishop of Salzburg, founds Nonnberg Abbey in modern-day Austria.

724


Age: 34y
724 • Shōmu orders that houses of the Japanese nobility be roofed with green tiles, as in China, and have white walls with red roof poles (approximate date).

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