General Notes

EDUC blinded 830Heribert, possible son of St. William and brother ofBernard ofSeptimania, blinded in 830, considered by Settipani aspossiblyfather ofCunegonde, wife of Bernard, king of Italy, whose
origins are notknown. This way he would have brought the name 'Heribert'into theCarolingian/Vermandois family.  Settipani believes agranddaughterof thismarriage, a sister of Heribert I of
Vermandois, may have marriedWido,count of Senlis, and transmitted thename 'William' to the dukesofNormandy and kings of England via theirpossible daughter Poppa,wife ofRollo and mother of the duke
William Longsword (d. 942).ChristianSettipani, _La prehistoire desCapetiens_ (Villeneuve d'Asq,1993),213-14; 217-20 & stemma, p. 221.  NBagainst this, some believethatHeribert was son of St.
William by his other wife and notCunegonde,because Bernard's wife Dhuodacites Heribert as her son's'avunculus',which in a paternal context shouldmean specifically 'father'shalf-brother').
Settipani's onomastic argument in favor of thisseries oflinks istentative at best.
DATE 5 JUL 1997