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Charles, nicknamed "Martel" ("the Hammer") in later chronicles, was a son of Pepin of Herstal and his mistress, possible second wife, Alpaida. [11] [12] He had a brother named Childebrand, who later became the Frankish dux (that is, duke) of Burgundy. [13]
Carloman (between 706 and 716 [a] – 17 August [b] 754) was the eldest son of Charles Martel, mayor of the palace and duke of the Franks, and his wife Chrotrud of Treves.On Charles's death (741), Carloman and his brother Pepin the Short succeeded to their father's legal positions, Carloman in Austrasia, and Pepin in Neustria.
Hieronymus (Jerome) (c. 722 - after 782), was the son of Charles Martel and his mistress, and so was the half-brother of Bernard, Abbot of St. Quentin, a key confidant of Louis the Pious, and Remigius, the third Archbishop of Rouen. In 754, Hieronymus was tasked with Fulradus, [1] abbot of St. Denys, and others, to escort Pope Stephen II back ...
Pepin was the son of the Frankish prince Charles Martel and his wife Rotrude. Pepin's upbringing was distinguished by the ecclesiastical education he had received from the Christian monks of the Abbey Church of St. Denis, near Paris.
Bernard, son of Charles Martel; C. Carloman (mayor of the palace) G. Grifo (noble) H. Hieronymus, son of Charles Martel; Hiltrud; P. Pepin the Short; R. Remigius of Rouen
Bernard or Bernhard de Saint Quentin (d'Herstal), Abby of von St. Quentin, Abbot of St. Quentin (c.720-787) was a son of Charles Martel by his mistress Ruodhaid. Life
Grifo (c. 726–753) was the son of the Frankish major domo Charles Martel and his second wife Swanachild.. After the death of Charles Martel, power may well have been intended to be divided among Grifo and his half-brothers Pepin the Short and Carloman.
His son and successor, Charles Martel, ruled without elevating a new king during the last four years of his reign (737–741). His sons Carloman and Pepin the Short elevated another Merovingian king, Childeric III , but he was eventually deposed in 751 by Pepin, who was crowned king in his place.