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Birth:          ABT  690 
Death:           724 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotrude_of_Hesbaye
Rotrude (Chrodtrudis) (died 724) was the first wife of Charles Martel, Mayor of the 
Palace and de facto ruler of Francia from 718 to 741. She was the mother of Pepin the 
Short, King of the Franks, and therefore the grandmother of Charlemagne. Rotrude is 
believed to be the daughter of Lambert, Count of Hesbaye, although this designation 
is not without controversy, as discussed below. She is also referred to as Rotrude of 
Treves.

Traditionally, the information available about the family background of Rotrude was 
the indication that Wido (Guy), Count of Hornbach and Lay Abbot of Fontenelle, was a 
propinquus of Martel. This kinship term, vague enough, means a close relationship 
with women: a brother, a cousin by women or a cousin by marriage. Wido is the 
brother of Milo, Bishop of Trier, and son of Saint Leudwinus, Bishop of Trier.

Christian Settipani, in his seminal work on the ancestors of Charlemagne, details an 
analysis by Anton Halbedel, first issued in 1915, and echoed by historians Jean 
Depoin, Maurice Chaume and Szabolcs Vajay. According to this analysis, the word 
propinquus implies "brother", so that Wido was Rotrude’s brother. Rotrude has 
therefore often been identified as the daughter of Saint Leudwinus.

However, in Settipani’s Addendum to the Ancestors of Charlemagne,[1] he returns to 
this problem, reflecting thinking that of medieval history professor Richard Gerberding, 
who believed that Rotrude’s background was related directly to the Robertians. He 
noted that Charles Martel had three wives and that Wido may be a relative of the 
other two.

Settipani concludes that Rotrude was the daughter of Lambert, Count of Hesbaye, and 
so sister of Robert I, Duke of Neustria. In addition, Rotrude’s sister was named 
Landrada and was married to Sigramnus, Count of Hesbaye. Landrada and Sigramnus 
were parents of Saint Chrodegang, Bishop of Metz. Note that Rotrude and Charles had 
daughter also named Landrade, who is often erroneously identified as the wife of 
Sigramnus.[2]

Rotrude and Charles had five children:
Carloman, Mayor of the Palace
Pepin the Short, King of the Franks and father of Charlemagne
Hiltrude, Duchess Consort of Bavaria, married to Odilo, Duke of Bavaria
Landrade
Auda of France, married to Thierry IV, Count of Autun.

After Rotrude’s death in 724, Charles married Swanachild and had one child Grifo. 
Charles also had a mistress Ruodhaid with whom he had numerous children.

Parents
____ Leudwinus (Lievin) "Saint" (ABT  660 - 29 Sep  722)
----- ----- (ABT  660 - )

Siblings
____ Chrotrude (Rotrude) (ABT  690 -  724)
____ Gui (ABT  700 - AFT  722)

Marriage To MARTEL Charles (Karl) "the Hammer" ( 689 - 22 Nov  741)
    m.  

Notes
his first

Parents
OF HERISTAL Pepin (ABT  635 - 16 Dec  714)
____ Alpaide (Aupais) (ABT  654 - ABT  715)

Children by MARTEL Charles (Karl) "the Hammer"  689 - 22 Nov  741
____ Pepin III "Le Bref" ("the Short") ( 715 - 24 Sep  768)
____ Carloman (ABT  715 -  754)
____ Bernard (ABT  720 - )
DE FRANCIA Aude (Aldane) (ABT  720 - BEF  805)

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