Arnoul Metz (Arnaul de Heristal) 
Arnoul was born on August 13th, 0582 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium.1 Arnoul's father was Duke of Acquitaine Bodegeisel II Aquitaine and his mother was Oda Suevia. His paternal grandparents were Gondolfus Tongres and Palatina Troyes; his maternal grandparents were Duke of Swabia Odd von Sachsen and <Unknown>. He had a brother named Aldegisel. He was the younger of the two children. He had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Arnolph, Modoaldus and Itte. He died at the age of 58 on August 16th, 0640 in Remiremont, Church of the Apostles, Metz, Austrasia.1 Death Notes
D: 16 Aug 640/641
General Notes
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Saint Arnulf [son of Bodegeisel], b. ca. 13 Aug 582, Mayor of the Palace and tutor of Dagobert, Bishop of Metz 612, d. 16 Aug 640; m. abt. 596, Dode (Clothilde), who became a nun at Treves 612. (They were the parents of St. Clodulf, Bishop of Metz ca. 650, d. 690). [Ancestral Roots]
Arnoul was the 29th. Bishop of Metz, in 612. He was canonized by the Church, Saint Arnoul. He became the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, and tutor of Dagobert. In the year 614, when Clotaire II had had Brunehaut killed, he remained the only descendant of the sons of Clovis alive. But he is only a toy in the hands of the Franc aristocracy both lay and ecclesiastic. At the head of each of the three ancient kingdoms, Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy, the Major Domus [Mayor of the Palace] gains progressively greater importance. On 18 October 614, Clotaire II signed the Edict of Paris which in 27 articles, essentially formed the basic power structure for the Council of Bishops and the Assembly of the Greats [nobles].
# Note: In 623, Clotaire II was pushed by the Bishop of Metz and also Pepin [Le Vieux de Landen] , the Mayor of the Palace to give Austrasia its own King. Thus, Clotaire II's son Dagobert became King of Austrasia and under the tutelage of Arnoul.
# Note: Title: Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on
# Note: Page: Arnulf of Metz
# Note: Text: c 580 near Nancy, France
# Note: Title: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999
# Note: Page: 190-8
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0445 in Cologne, Germany d.0509
- b.0475 in Cologne, Germany d.0509
<Unknown>
- b.0505 in Cologne, Germany d.0575 in Vitrey-en-Perthois, Marne, Champagne, France
<Unknown>
- b.0545 in Aquitaine, France d.0599 in Tongres, France
- b.0483 d.0513
- b.0525 in Perthois, Marne, Champagne, France
- b.0455 d.25 Apr 0501
- b.0485 d.0506
- b.0467
- b.0565 in Aquitaine, France d.0610 in Carthage, Africa
- b.0470 in Briord Ain, Franconia, Medieval States
- b.0500 in Treves, Trier, Moselle, Germany d.0562
<Unknown>
- b.0547 in Troyes, Aube, Champagne, France
- b.0440 in Thuringia, Germany
- b.0470 in Thuringia, Germany
<Unknown>
- b.0520 in Thuringia, Germany
<Unknown>
- b.13 Aug 0582 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium d.16 Aug 0640 in Remiremont, Church of the Apostles, Metz, Austrasia
- b.0531 in Sachsen, Germany
- b.0567 in Swabia, Germany d.0636
<Unknown>
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Details of Arnoul's family with Dode Clothilde de Heristal
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