General Notes

Queen of Neustria
Founded Benedictine Convent at Chelles and St. Denis Monastery
"657-64/65 Regent Dowager Queen Bathildis of Neustrie, Bourgogne and Austrasie (France.--------------------- Born in England, she was taken to Gaul as a slave and about 641 was bought by Erchinoald, mayor of the palace of Neustria, the western Frankish kingdom. She married Clovis II in 648. The future Lothair III was born in 649, and she had two more sons, Theoderic and Childeric, who also eventually became rulers. Balthildis' influence during her husband's reign was considerable, since she controlled the court and the allocation of charity money, and had strong connections with Church leaders. After Clovis' death in 657 she became Regent for her son Lothair III and with her ministers embarked on a policy of unifying the Frankish territory by controlling Austrasia through imposing her son Childeric as Prince and absorbing Burgundy. This policy was fraught with difficulty, although presented by her early biographers as a crusade for peace. She lost her political power when Lothair came of age and was forced to retire to the convent of Chelles, which she had founded and endowed with much of her personal wealth in 664 or 665. She died in 680 in Chelles, after 15 years of a model life of religious humility and was later declared a saint.  Also known as Bathilde or Baldechildis." (Narrative generously provided at http://geneastar.org--see credits below.)
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SOURCES: LDS FHL Ancestal File #   (familysearch.org)
LITERATURE:
"Holy Blood, Holy Grail", by Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, and Henry Lincoln, Delta trade paperbook, 2004, genealogy charts pgs. 248-249, 262-263, 266-267.
WEB:
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                                            NOTE:This source has provided the narrative above--much appreciation!)
AWTP:
"The Ancestry of Overmire Tifft Richardson Bradford Reed" Larry Overmire larryover@@worldnet.att.net