Martyn Family History

Scott H. Martyn
Glen Ellyn, IL  60137
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Charles Martel OF THE FRANKS
(Abt 688-741)
Rotrude OF HESBAYE
(Abt 688-724)
Heribert Graf von Laon
(690-747)
Pepin III 'the Short' CAROLINGIAN
(714-768)
Bertrada BROADFOOT of Laon
(726-783)
Karolus DER GROSSE King of the Franks and Lombards, Roman Emperor
(742-814)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Himiltrude

2. Hildegard Queen Consort of the Franks

Karolus DER GROSSE King of the Franks and Lombards, Roman Emperor 1110,1111

  • Born: 2 April 742, , , , Frankish Empire 1110,1111
  • Christened: 15 April 781, Rome, , Lazio, Italy 1110
  • Partnership (1): Himiltrude
  • Marriage (2): Hildegard Queen Consort of the Franks on 30 April 771 in Aachen, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 1907,1909
  • Died: 28 January 814, Aachen, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at age 71 1110,1111
  • Buried: 28 January 814, Aachen, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 1110,1111

   Another name for Karolus was Charlemagne.

   FamilySearch ID: LZ62-TSV
Find A Grave ID: 6623

  General Notes:

König der Franken und Langobarden Römischer Kaiser

  Burial Notes:

Plot: Palatine Chapel

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Title of Nobility: Holy Roman Emperor, between 25 December 800 and 28 January 814, in Rome, , Lazio, Italy.
Since he had long sworn himself protector of the Roman Church, the pope rewarded him by crowning him Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day in the year 800.

Coronation
Crowned as Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo III during the Christmas Day Mass. This event established the precedent of papal involvement in imperial coronations and unified the spiritual and secular authority of Western Europe.

Basilique Saint-Pierre, Diocèse de Rome, now: St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy).


Karolus had a relationship with Himiltrude. (Himiltrude was born in 742, died in 780 in Nivelles, , Brabant, Belgium and was buried in Nivelles, , Brabant, Belgium.)


Karolus next married Hildegard Queen Consort of the Franks, daughter of Gerold I. Graf im Kraichgau und im Anglachgau and Imma GRÄFIN IM KRAICHGAU, on 30 April 771 in Aachen, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 1907.,1909 (Hildegard Queen Consort of the Franks was born in 757 in , Kraichgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany,1110,1111 died on 30 April 783 in Diedenhofen, Moselle, Kingdom of Austrasia, Frankish Empire 1110,1111 and was buried in May 783 in Metz, Moselle, Grand Est, France 1110,1111.)