Rotrou was born about 0690 in Treves, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France, the daughter of Leutwinus de Trèves and Willigarde de Agilofinges.
She died in 0724. The place is not known.
Her husband was Charles de Carolus, Martel, who she married in ABT 713. The place has not been found. Their four known children were Pepin III (c0714-0768), Carloman (c0715-0755), Bernard (<0720-?) and Auda “Aldane” (<0724-<0805).
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!Source: Some Descendants of Clovis 'the Riparian' Of COLOGNE, King of Cologne
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16. Charles Martel 'the Hammer' 'Carolus' D' AUSTRASIA Mayor of The Palace of Austrasia 10, Ansgise Of Major Domus of Palace of Austrasia 9, Saint_Arnulf Of Major Domus of Palace of Austrasia, Bishop of Metz 8, Bodegeisel II Of Governor of Aquitaine 7, Saint_Gondolfus Of Bishop of Tongres 6, Munderic Of Lord of Vitrey 5, Cloderic I 'The Parricide' Of King of Cologne 4, Sigebert I 'The Lame' Of King of Cologne 3, Childebert I Of King of Cologne 2, Clovis 'the Riparian' Of King of Cologne 1) was born in 0689 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium,68 980 2291 2292 died 22 Oct 0741 in Quierzy-sur-Oise, Aisne, Picardy, France,68 980 2291 2292 and was buried in Monastery of St Denis, Paris, Ile-de-France, France.68 Another name for Charles was Charles MARTEL.68 1915 2291 2294 Charles married Rotrou DE TREVES,68 2292 2294 daughter of Saint_Leutwinus DE TREVES Bishop de Trieves and Willigarde DE AGILOFINGES, Abt 0713.68 2292 Rotrou was born Abt 0690 in Treves, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France 68 and died in 0724.68 2292 2294
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Children from this marriage were:
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20. i. Pepin III 'The Short' 'de Carolus' Martel D' AUSTRASIA King of Franks 68 2295 2296 2297 was born Abt 0714 in Austrasia, France,68 2295 2296 2297 died 24 Sep 0768 of Austrasia, Flanders ,68 2295 2296 2297 and was buried in St. Denis Basilica, Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
21. ii. Carloman I D' AUSTRASIA King of the Franks 68 2255 was born Abt 0715 in Austrasia, Flanders 68 2255 and died 17 Aug 0755 in Monastery at Monte Cassino, Italy.68 2255 Another name for Carloman was Carloman DE FRANCIA.
22. iii. Bernard D' AUSTRASIA Duc de Francia 68 2248 was born Abt 0720 in Austrasia, France 68 and died in Francia, France. Another name for Bernard was Bernard DE FRANCIA.
23. iv. Auda 'Aldane' MARTEL 68 2130 2298 was born Bef 0724 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium 68 and died Bef 0805.68 2298
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Charles next married Swanhilde Of BAVARIA 68 1915 Bef 0718.68 Swanhilde was born Abt 0700 in Bavaria, Germany.68
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Children from this marriage were:
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24. i. Landrade Martel D' AUSTRASIA 68 1915 was born Abt 0718 in Austrasia, France.68
25. ii. Daughter of Charles Martel D' AUSTRASIA 68 was born Abt 0735 in Austrasia, Flanders .68
!Source: Rotrude of Hesbaye https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotrude_de_Hesbaye
Rotrude
Biography
Birth Towards690 Location unknown
Death 725 Location unknown
Father Lambert II of Hesbaye
Spouse Charles Martel
Children
-Landrade of Munsterbilzen
-Carloman
-Aude
-Pépin the Short
-Hiltrude
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Rotrude , Crotude , Chrotrude , Chrodtrudis or Ruadtrud was the first wife of Charles Martel , mayor of the palaces of Austrasia and Neustria . She was the mother of Pepin the Short , King of the Franks, and the grandmother of Charlemagne .
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Biography
Family background
The only reliable information available about Rotrude's family origins is the indication that Guy, or Wido, lay abbot of Fontenelle assassinated in 743, was a propinquus of Charles Martel. This rather vague term of kinship designates a close relationship through the women: a brother-in-law, a cousin through the women or a cousin by marriage. This Guy is identical to Count Guy, mentioned in 715 as brother of Milon , bishop of Trier, and son of Saint Liévin , bishop of Trier . The latter is known as the ancestor of the Lambertides-Widonides , whose first names show an ancient kinship with the first Robertians . Moreover, Rotrude's first name itself attests to a membership in the Robert family 2 .
This is where the certainties end. In 1989, Christian Settipani echoed the hypotheses of Anton Halbedel, put forward in 1915 and taken up by Jean Depoin, Maurice Chaume and Szabolcs de Vajay : according to them, propinquus would have the meaning of "brother-in-law", so that Guy de Fontenelle would be Rotrude's brother. The result is the following genealogy 3 :
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In his "Addenda to the Ancestors of Charlemagne", he returns to this thesis and approaches that of the professor of medieval history Richard Gerberding, who considers that nothing really obliges the attachment of Rotrude to the Lambertides, and that it is perhaps directly attached to the Robertians. He points out that Charles Martel had three wives and that Guy is perhaps related to one of the other two. He also disputes the analysis of Herbert E. Lemmel who had proposed the kinship between the Lambertides and the Robertians through the Agilolfinges . This gives the following stemma 4 :
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Finally, in his Addenda to the Addenda published in 2000, Christian Settipani completely revises the genealogy of the Robertians and proposes a new stemma 5 :
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We see from this last stemma that Guy de Fontenelle is propinquus of Charles Martel, but through Chrotais, the third wife of Charles Martel notes 1 . Rotrude, she, is directly attached to the Robertians, as is Rothilde, and close to the mother of Saint Chrodegang, who has the same first name as a daughter of Rotrude. The link between the Robertians and the Lambertides-Widonides is no longer made by Willigarde, but by Chrolanda or Rolande, married to a son of Saint Liévin.
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Husband
No contemporary document names her as the wife of Charles Martel. In 724, the Annales mosellani mention the death of a Ruadtrud. That the death of a woman is mentioned at this time can only mean one thing, that this woman is the wife of a Merovingian king or one of the principal princes of the kingdom. Several facts speak in favor of the hypothesis that this Ruadtrud is the wife of Charles Martel. First of all, the latter remarried shortly after, in 725, with the Bavarian Swanahilde , then, the first name Rotrude appears regularly in the descendants of Charles Martel notes 2 . Finally, a litany from the Liber confraternitatum augiensis gives a list of eight masculine names, which correspond to the first eight Carolingian sovereigns followed by nine feminine first names . The presence of Bernard and Ermengearde and the absence of Pepin I of Aquitaine and Louis the Pious allow us to date the creation of the list between 818 and 838. Ruadtrud appears in the first three names, of which we know that the third is a wife of Charles Martel 7 , 8 .
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Children
From her marriage c. 705 to Charles Martel , Rotrude gave birth to 9 :
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Carloman , mayor of the palace of Austrasia from 741 to 747, before retiring to the monastery of Monte Cassino;
Pepin the Short , mayor of the palaces of Burgundy , Neustria and Austrasia , king of the Franks from 751 to 768;
Hiltrude , married in 741 to Odilon , Duke of Bavaria ;
probably Landrade notes 3 ;
probably Alda notes 3 , married to Theodoric , Count of Autun , and mother of William of Gellone .