Charles Martel 
Charles was born in 0689 in Heristal, Leige (Belgium). Charles' father was Pepin and his mother was Chalpaida Alpaida. His paternal grandparents were Mayor of Austrasia Ansegisal and Saint Begue of Brabant. He had a brother named I. He had two half-brothers named Count of Champagne and Mayor of Neustria. He died in Quierzy, Aisne, Neustria.General Notes
Charles Martel, King of the Franks 690-741, married Lady Bothrude; he won the battle of Tours defeating the Saracens in 732
Political Events, 741
Charles Martel dies October 22 at age 53 after dividing his realms between his elder son Carloman and younger son Pepin (or Pippin), although the country has had no true king since the death of Theodoric in 737. Lands to the east, including Austrasia, Alemannia, and Thuringia, have gone to Carloman along with suzerainty over Bavaria, while Pepin has received Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence.
Political Events, 747
Pepin's brother Carloman unexpectedly abdicates, becomes a monk, retires to a monastery near Rome, and leaves Pepin as sole master of the Frankish realm.
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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.~ 0523 in Gaul (Gallo-Roman) d.0570
- b.~ 0553 in Eastern Gaul d.0601
- b.~ 0523 in Paris, Isle de France
- b.13 AUG 582 in Nancy, Heristal, Leige, Belgium d.16 AUG 640 in Remirmont
- b.~ 0556 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium d.0640
- b.0602 in Austrasia d.0685 in Andenne Monastery, Belgium
- b.~ 0586 in Treves (Rhenish Prussia) d.> 0612
- b.~ 0635 in Heristal, Leige (Belgium) d.16 DEC 714 in Jupile on the Meuse
- b.~ 0553 in Landen, Liege, Belgium d.0615
- b.~ 0585 in Landen, Liege, Belgium d.0639 in Landau, Bavaria
- b.~ 0613 in Landen, Liege, Belgium d.0694 in Metz (Moselle River Valley), France
- b.~ 0523 in Gaul (Gallo-Roman) d.0570
- b.~ 0553 in Eastern Gaul d.0601
- b.~ 0523 in Paris, Isle de France
- b.0592 in Metz (Moselle River Valley), France d.0652 in Landau, Bavaria
- b.~ 0556 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium d.0640
- b.0689 in Heristal, Leige (Belgium) d.22 OCT 741 in Quierzy, Aisne, Neustria
- b.~ 0654 in Heristal, Leige (Belgium) d. in Orp-le-Grand, Barbant
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They had four sons and a daughter, named Hieronymus, Pepin III 'the, Mayor of Austrasia, Duke of Gascony and Aude of.
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