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Karl Martel König von Austrasien (b. 689, d. 22 October 741)
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Charles Martel "The Hammer" Of Franks King Of AUSTRASIA MoTPoA is the grandfather of CHARLEMAGNE, Holy Roman Emperor
Victor over the Saracens at Tours, Poitiers.
Carolingian ruler of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia (in present northeastern France and southwestern Germany). Charles, whose surname means the hammer, was the son of Pepin of Herstal and the grandfather of Charlemagne. Pepin was mayor of the palace under the last kings of the Merovingian dynasty. When he died in 714, Charles, an illegitimate son, was imprisoned by his father's widow, but he escaped in 715 and was proclaimed mayor of the palace by the Austrasians. A war between Austrasia and the Frankish kingdom of Neustria (now part of France) followed, and at the end of it Charles became the undisputed ruler of all the Franks. Although he was engaged in wars against the Alamanni, Bavarians, and Saxons, his greatest achievements were against the Muslims from Spain, who invaded France in 732. Charles defeated them near Poitiers in a great battle in which the Muslim leader, Abd-ar-Rahman, the emir of Spain, was killed. The progress of Islam, which had filled all Christendom with alarm, was thus checked for a time. Charles drove the Muslims out of the Rhone valley in 739, when they had again advanced into France as far as Lyon, leaving them nothing of their possessions north of the Pyrenees beyond the Aude River.Charles died in Quierzy, on the Oise River, leaving the kingdom divided between his two sons, Carloman (circa715-54) and Pepin the Short.
Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia 714-741 Mayor of the Palace of Neustria 719-720 Mayor of the Palace of Burgundy 719-720
Charles Martel became Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia when his father, Pepin II, died in 714. That year he was imprisoned by his step-mother Plectudis, but escaped later in the year to lead the Austrasian and Neustrian nobles. The next year, the new King Chilperic II refused to act as a puppet to the nobles, and was backed by the Aquitaine duke Eudo, who was by then semi-independent from Frankish sovereignty. In 719, Charles defeated Eudo and took Chilperic hostage. Eudo's terms for mercy were that Chilperic would be recognized as sole ruler of the Franks, and the Charles would control all royal offices (i.e. as Mayor). Eudo had no other choice but to accept. In 720, Chilperic II died; Theuderic IV became king; Charles was stripped of his positions; Eudo was able to attain full independence; and Charles was preoccupied with pushing back Saxon invaders across the Rhine.
The next year, Eudo defeated the advancing Moslem armies and made peace with them, however in 725 they attacked Septimania and invaded Burgundy, drawn by the wealth of the Catholic Church. In 731, the Spanish governor Abdar-Rahman, much loved by the Moslem people, invaded and easily overran all of Aquitaine. The next year he took Poitiers and marched to Tours, where he was soundly beaten by Mayor Charles, and Rahman was killed in the battle. Three years later Eudo died, and Charles took supreme control of Gaul. In 737, Provence invited back the Moslems, who were defeated by Charles and his younger brother Hildebrand, then pushed out of Gaul forever. In 741, Charles died.
!!Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia RC: Charles (Karl) Martel "the Hammer" of Heristol, Leige, Belgium.Mayorof the Palace of Austrasia. King of the Franks, 724. Victor at the Battle of Poitiers. Roots: Charles Martel, Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia, victor over the Saracens at Tours, 732. Born 689, died 741. Collins: Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia 719-741,
1st wife Rotrude (Chrotrude) of Treves 2nd wife Sonichilde (Sunihilde, Swanhilde) of Bavaria
Charles Martel dictated all the policies of the kingdom to the weak Merovingian rulers. He earned the right to rule, for it was he who kept order among the disorderly nobles, reduced the neighboring powers who hoped to take advantage of the civil strife, and saved Europe from the heavy hand of the Moslems by utterly defeating the Saracens at Tours in 732. It was no wonder then that the Franks looked with confidence to this brilliant leader and were prepared to depose their useless Merovingian king within a short time. [An Illustrated Outline History of the World, p. 196]
Son of Pepin le Bref (son of Charlemagne) and Bertrada; m. Chrotrud; father of Heribert, Count of Laon. [John Yohalem
Son of Pepin II D'Herstal (D'Aquitaine) and Alpais de Baviere; m. Rotrude de Treves; father o f: 1. Albane/Aube who m. Theodoric (Thierry) IV D'Autun 2. Pepin III le Bref de France who m. Bertrade aux Grands Pieds de Laon 3. Carloman de France [Patrick de Sercey
More About Karl Martel König von Austrasien:
Alt. Birth: Heristal, Liege, Belgium, Austrasia.1215
Alt. Death: 22 October 741, Quierzy, On Oise River, France, Austrasia.1215
Burial: Unknown, Monastery of St Denis, Paris, Ile-de-France, France.1216, 1217, 1218
Military: 732, Tours, Indre-Et-Loire, France.1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223
Registeränderung: 21 September 20051223
Titel (Faktenseite) 1: Bet. 714 - 741, Austrasia, France.1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229
Titel (Faktenseite) 2: Bet. 719 - 741, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Preussen.1230, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1235
More About Karl Martel König von Austrasien and Concubine of Austrasia:
Registeränderung: 21 September 20051235
More About Karl Martel König von Austrasien and ROTRUDE (Chrodrude) de Treves:
Marriage: 710, Austrasia, France.1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241
Registeränderung: 21 September 20051241
More About Karl Martel König von Austrasien and Swanhilde Carolingians:
Marriage: 714, .1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246
Registeränderung: 01 August 20051246
Children of Karl Martel König von Austrasien and Concubine of Austrasia are:
- LANDRADE of Franks, b. Bet. 710 - 728, Austrasia1246, d. date unknown, Franks1246.
- Aude De Heristal, b. Abt. 730, Schwaben1246, d. date unknown,1246.
Children of Karl Martel König von Austrasien and ROTRUDE (Chrodrude) de Treves are:
- CARLOMAN (Karlmann) I King Of Franks, b. Bet. 710 - 715, Austrasia, Flanders, Belgium1246, d. Bet. 04 December 755 - 762, Monastery At Monte Cassino, Italy1246.
- +PEPIN III König der Franken, b. Bet. 714 - 715, Austrasia, France1247, 1248, 1249, d. 24 September 768, St. Denis, Seine-St-Denis, France1250, 1251, 1252.
- Hiltrude Carolingians, b. Abt. 716, Austrasia, France1253, 1254, 1255, d. Abt. 7541256, 1257, 1258.
- William De Taillefer, b. Abt. 730,
1259, 1260, 1261, d. Abt. 7841262, 1263, 1264. - Bernard De Saint-Quentin, b. 730, Austrasia, France1264, d. 8091264.
- Aude De Aldane, b. Abt. 732, Heristal, Liege, Belgium1265, 1266, 1267, d. 741, France1267.
Children of Karl Martel König von Austrasien and Swanhilde Carolingians are: