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 676 - 741 (65 years)
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| Name |
Charles Martel "The Hammer" |
| Suffix |
Mayor Of Palace |
| Nickname |
The Hammer |
| Alt. Birth |
676 |
| Alt. Birth |
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| Born |
23 Aug 676 |
H?ristal (Heristal), Liege, Neustria (Now Belgium)  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Alt. Birth |
688 |
| Alt. Birth |
- Heristal, Liege, Neustria (now Belgium)
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| Alt. Birth |
689 |
| Alt. Birth |
- Heristal, Liege, Neustria (now Belgium)
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| Event |
714 |
- Thrown into prison by his step-mother Plectrude, to insure the succession of her descendants.
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| Event |
Between 715 and 716 |
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| Event |
716 |
- Defeated by Ratbod, Duke of the Frisians, near Cologne.
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| Event |
716 |
- Defeats the Neustrians at Ambl?ve near Malm?dy.
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| Event |
21 Mar 716-717 |
- Defeats the Neustrians at Vincy near Cambrai.
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| Event |
Abt Apr 717 |
- Appoints Clotaire IV as King of Austrasia.
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Abt Apr 717 |
- Forces Plectrude to surrender power.
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| Titled |
Abt Apr 717 |
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| Titled |
Abt Apr 717 |
- Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
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| Titled |
Between Apr 717 and Oct 741 |
- De facto ruler of Austrasia
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| Event |
718 |
- Lays waste to Saxony to the banks of the Weser
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| Event |
719 |
- Defeats the joint armies of Neustria and Aquitaine at Soissons.
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| Event |
719 |
- On the death of Clotaire IV, appoints Chilperic II of Neustria as King of Austrasia in exchange for formal recognition of his control of both Frankish kingdoms
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| Event |
719 |
- Seized Western Friesland (following the death of Ratbod, Duke of the Frisians)
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| Titled |
719 |
- Maire du Palais de Bourgogne (Mayor of the Palace of Burgundy)
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| Titled |
719 |
- Maire du Palais de Neustrie (Mayor of the Palace of Neustria)
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| Titled |
Between Oct 719 and 741 |
- Acknowledged de factor ruler of all of the Franks (Neustria and Austrasia)
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| Event |
720 |
- After the death of Chilperic II, he appoints the child Theuderic (Thierry IV) as King of Austrasia and Neustria
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| Event |
720 |
- Second expedition against the Saxons
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| Event |
724 |
- Raginfrid, Count of Angers, formally submits to him.
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| Event |
Between 725 and 728 |
- Reestablishes Frankish suzerainty in Bavaria.
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730 |
- Defeats Lantfrid, Duke of the Alemanna.
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| Event |
731 |
- Defeats Eudes (Eudo) Duke of Aquitaine
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11 Oct 732 |
- Defeats the Arabs at the Battles of Tours and Poitiers
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| Event |
Between 733 and 734 |
- Suppresses the rebellion instigated by the Frisian duke, Bobo, who is killed in the battle.
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735 |
- Quells revolt by Hunold, Duke of Aquitaine.
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736 |
- Allows Hunold to hold the duchy of Aquitaine in fief.
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737 |
- On the death of Thierry IV does not bother with the formality of appointing an official Merovingian King.
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| Event |
Between 737 and 738 |
- Drives the Muslims from Arles and Avignon.
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| Titled |
Between Oct 737 and 741 |
- Unofficial King of all of the Franks
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| Event |
739 |
- Defeated a Moorish army at Buerre (not far from the Moorish stronghold at Narbonne)
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| Event |
739 |
- Puts down an uprising in Provence, under the leadership of Maurontus.
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| Alt. Burial |
741 |
| Alt. Burial |
- Monastaere de Saint Denis, Saint Denis, France
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| Alt. Burial |
741 |
| Alt. Burial |
- Monastery of St. Denis, Quierzy, Aisne, France
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| Buried |
741 |
Monastery, St. Denis, Seine, France |
| Alt. Death |
15 Oct 741 |
| Alt. Death |
- Cressy Sur Oise, Neustria
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| Died |
21 Oct 741 |
Quierzy (Cressy) Sur Oise, Aisne, France |
| Alt. Death |
22 Oct 741 |
| Alt. Death |
- Quierzy (Cressy) sur Oise, Aisne, France
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| FamilySearch ID |
GJYN-YVK |
| Relationship (J,M&L) |
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| Relationship (J,M&L) |
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| Titled |
- "Martel" ("Tudites") - "The Hammer"
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| Titled |
- Duc (Duke) des Francs (of the Franks)
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| Titled |
- Duc (Duke) d'H?ristal (Heristal)
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| Titled |
- Founder of the Carolingian Dynasty
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| Titled |
- Frankish King (Unofficial) of the Carolingian Dynasty
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| Name |
Charles "Martel" De FRANCIE |
| Name |
Charles "Martel" Mayor Of The Palace AUSTRASIA |
| Name |
Charles "The Hammer" D'HERISTAL |
| Name |
Charles Martel CAROLINGIEN |
| Name |
Charles Martel DESPOSYNI |
| Name |
Karl Martel CAROLINGIAN |
| Name |
King Caldus Of The FRANKS [3] |
| _UID |
C41A6723D8C34A7A8A687829AAEA6C49A32A |
| Person ID |
I11289 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
17 Apr 2024 |
| Father |
Pepin II "The Mediocre" Of HERISTAL, Mayor Of Palace, b. Abt 635, H?ristal (Heristal), Liege, Neustria (Now Belgium) , d. 16 Dec 714, Junille, Meuse, France (Age ~ 79 years) |
| Mother |
Alpheid (Or Aupois) AUSTRASIA, [Concubine 1], b. Abt 654, H?ristal (Heristal), Liege, Neustria (Now Belgium) , d. Abt 705, Orp-Le-Grand Monastery, Brabant, Vosges, France (Age ~ 51 years) |
| Married |
Concubine - Not Married |
| Friends |
Abt 675 |
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| _STAT |
Common Law |
| Family ID |
F5674 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 5 |
Rotrou (Chrotrude) Of ALEMANIA, Duchess Of Austrasia, b. 687, Moselle, Austrasia, France , d. 724 (Age 37 years) |
| Children |
| | 1. Landree DE AUSTRASIA, Princess Of The Franks, b. 711, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 2. Carloman Of AUSTRASIA, Mayor Of Palace, b. Abt 712-715, , Austrasia, France , d. 4 Dec 754, Monte Cassino, Monastery, Italy (Age ~ 39 years) |
| | 3. Grifo Prince Of The FRANKS, b. Abt 713, d. Aft 741 (Age ~ 29 years) |
| | 4. Duke Bernard MARTEL, Duke Of The Franks, b. 713, d. 784 (Age 71 years) |
| | 5. Pepin III "The Short" Of The FRANKS, King Of France, b. 714, Jupille, Frankish Kingdom Of Austrasia (Now Belgium) , d. 24 Sep 768, St. Denis Monastery, St. Denis (Age 54 years) |
| | 6. Childtrude (Hiltrude) Duchess Of BAVARIA, b. Abt 716, , Austrasia, France , d. Abt 754 (Age ~ 38 years) |
| | 7. Hieronymus MARTEL, b. Abt 720, d. Yes, date unknown |
| | 8. Aude (Aldana) Of AUSTRASIA, Princess Of The Franks, b. Bef 724, France , d. Bef 804 (Age ~ 80 years) |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F2861 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 9 |
Unk, d. Yes, date unknown |
| Married |
Not Married |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F439 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- "the Hammer" BIOGRAPHY: Charles Martel, 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 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 and Pepin the Short. Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia. BIOGRAPHY: The Battle of Tours near Poitiers October 11 ends the menace of a 90,000-man Moorish army that has invaded southern France under the Yemenite Abd ar-Rahman, who has crossed the Pyrenees, captured and burned Bordeaux, defeated an army under Eudo, duke of Aquitaine, and destroyed the basilica of St. Hilary at Poitiers. The Moors march on Tours, attracted by the riches of its famous church of St. Martin, but they are routed in battle by the Frankish leader Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer), 44 whose men kill Abd ar-Rahman. The Moors retreat to the Pyrenees, and their advance into Europe is terminated, partly by their loss to Charles Martel and partly by a frvolt of the Berbers in North Africa. BIOGRAPHY: Charles Martel, Mayor of Austrasia and Neustria, conquers, Burgundy. BIOGRAPHY: Pope Gregory III asks Charles Martel to help fight the Lombards, Greeks, and Arabs. BIOGRAPHY: Charles Martel dies October 22 at age 53 after dividing his realms between his elder son Carloman and younger son Pepin, although the country has had no true king since the death of Theodoric in 737. Lands to the east, including Austrasia, Alemannia, and Thuringia, have gone to Carloman along with suzerainty over Bavaria, while Pepin has received Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence. "The People's Chronology"
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| Sources |
- [S380] Sherry Huggins.
- [S395] Nancy Ann Morgan.
- [S851] Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World, Edward Creasy, (New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.), 168 - 169 (Reliability: 3).
- [S220] The Catholic Encyclopedia, John Cardinal Farley, Remy Lafort, et al., (Robert Appleton Company, 1910), Entry for Charles Martel (Reliability: 3).
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