General Notes

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Arnulf's wife (and mother of Duke Ansgise) was Dode (Clothilde); she became a nun at Treves in 612, the same year that Arnulf became Bishop of Metz. Arnulf and Dode were married about 596.from Frederick L. Weis, "Ancestral Roots..."(1950); there are several
at Hadendum an der Mozel, and later at St. Arnulf's Church at Metz. He died at Horenberg Monastery, Wasenwald. The birth
date shown here is approximate. Arnulf was Mayor of the Palace and tutor of Dagobert, hence a courtier of high standing in the Austrasian palace. He decided to become a monk at Lerins; his wife took the vow and he was about to retire to the monastery when he wa made bishop, about 616. A few years before his death he resigned and retired to the monastery. His feast-day is July 18. (source: Albert E. Meyers database, aem@@ezonline.com, http://www.ezonline.com/aem/aem.html)

name also listed as Arnulf, Bishop of Metz;dd 643/47. The Carolingeans table 2
Ancestral Roots p. 163>lists him as tutor of Dagbert, the father of Duke
Ansige.
IGI lists him as father of Duke Ansgise
Stuart p. 129, 249: lists his father as Bodegisel II mother as Oda, a Suevian.
See notes p. 128,129