Arnulfinger

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Arnulfinger (disambiguation) .

The Arnulfingers are the descendants of Bishop Arnulf von Metz . They are, along with the Pippinids , one of the dynastic lines that led to the Carolingians .

The power of the Arnulfingers came about through the close alliance between Arnulf and Pippin the Elder , the two leaders of the Austrasian nobility. Pippin's daughter Begga was married to Arnulf's son Ansegisel . Arnulf and Pippin the Elder led the Austrasian noble conspiracy against Queen Brunichild .

After the failed coup of the (Pippinid) house- keeper Grimoald (661), power, inheritance and political goals passed to the son of Ansegisel and Beggas, Pippin the Middle . After his victory over the Neustrian caretaker Berchar in the battle of Tertry (687), he held power in the Merovingian Empire.

Pippin's sons were given decisive offices: Grimoald the Younger became a house keeper in Neustria around 700, Drogo became Dux in Champagne . Karl Martell , Pippin's son from a Friede marriage , is considered to be the new founder of the dynasty, now named after him Carolingians . The holdings of the Arnulfingers were around Metz and Verdun , those of the Pippinids in the Ardennes , in Haspengau and in Toxandria .

Tribe list

Around 800, the Arnulfingers as the ancestors of the Carolingians and Charlemagne's ruling in Metz at that time were assigned an ancestral list that went back 200 years and began with an anspert who is said to have married Blithilde, a daughter of King Chlothar I. The couple's eldest son, Arnold, is said to have been the father of Arnulf von Metz - this can also be found in Grote's family tables in 1877 . Today the family tree is consistently viewed as a fantasy, the main purpose of which was to show the relationship to the Merovingians and the resulting political continuity. The Vita of St. Arnulf , which was written shortly after the bishop's death, only mentions his origins from a “sufficiently high-ranking and noble Franconian family”, which, however, are extremely wealthy.

1. Arnulf von Metz , * c. 582, 613 attested, † July 18, probably 640 near Remiremont , 614/629 Bishop of Metz , buried in the Villa Habendum (Remiremont), later reburied in St. Arnulf in Metz ; ⚭ NN
   1. Chlodulf , * around 610, † June 8, around 697, Bishop of Metz around 660,
      1. Aunulf , † after 670
   2. Ansegisel , attested around 662, † slain before 679; ⚭ Begga , † probably 692, daughter of Pippins the Elder , 690/691 founder of the Andenne Monastery ( Pippiniden )
      1. Pepin of Herstal , † 16 November 714 in Jupille , 680 dux , 688 House Meier ( principale regimine majorum domus )
         ⚭ I to 670/675 Plectrude , testified 691/717, founder of St. Maria im Kapitol in Cologne , also buried there , Daughter of ( Pfalzgraf ) Hugobert ( Hugobertiner ) and Irmina von Oeren ;
         ⚭ II Chalpaida , uxor nobilis et elegans
         1. (I) Drogo , † 708, dux of the Champagne , then dux of the Burgundy , buried in St. Arnulf in Metz ; ⚭ after 688 Anstrudis , daughter of the Neustrian housekeeper Waratto and Ansfled, widow of the Neustrian housekeeper Berchar
            1. Arnulf , * before 700, † after 723, 715 dux
            2. Hugo , † April 8, 730 in Jumièges , 715 sacerdos (priest), bishop of Rouen , Paris and Bayeux , abbot of Jumièges and Fontenelle
            3. Pippin , 715 attested
            4. Gottfried / Godefrid, † 720/726 - descendants see below
         2. (I) Grimoald the Younger , † slain April 714 in the Lambertus Cathedral in Liège , around 700 Hausmeier in Neustria and Burgundy ; ⚭ Theudesinda , daughter of the Frisian prince Radbod
            1. Theudoald , mother unknown, † probably 741, 714/715 Hausmeier, 723 mentioned as nepos (grandson, descendant, relative) of Karl Martells
         3. (II) Karl Martell , † October 22, 741 in the royal palace of Quierzy , 717 Hausmeier in Australia , 718 Hausmeier in the entire Franconian Empire , buried in the Abbey of Saint-Denis ;
            ⚭ I Chrothrud , † before 725;
            ⚭ II Swanahild , illustris matrona , † after 743, buried in Chelles Abbey , niece of Duke Odilo of Bavaria ( Agilolfinger ) 
            - for descendants see the list of the Carolingians
         4. Childebrand , mother unknown, † after 751, count in Burgundy, continued the Fredegar Chronicle ( continuator Fredegarii ) descendants see below

The descendants of Godofried

The representation follows that of Christian Settipani . The filiations are largely not proven, only plausibility-based assumptions, e.g. B. on the basis of the inherited title and contextual history .

8th-9th century

1. Gottfried / Godefrid, † 720/726 - ancestors see above
   1. Humbert I (Chunibert I), Count of Bourges 761–778, † after 778; ⚭ NN, sister of Aredius, Bishop of Rodez 783/814, and Agernus, Bishop of Cahors 782/821, descendant of Aredius of Limoges and Caesarius of Arles
      1. Ebroin, Count in Aquitaine 780, Bishop of Bourges after 789 - 810/20, † 810/20
         1. Wicfred, Count of Bourges 802–828, grandson of Humbert I, of royal origin, † 828; ⚭ Oda
            1. Agana, † after 845; ⚭ Robert, Count Palatine 822, † after 822, probably identical with Robert, Count, Lord of Sesseau im Berry , son of Count Theodebert von Madrie (see below)
               1. Humbert II. (Chunibert II.), Count of Bourges 862, † 862; ⚭ NN, in 862 she married Karl the child , 855 sub-king of Aquitaine, † 866 ( list of the Carolingians )
         2. Aiga, † after 757; ⚭ Raoul, Count of Cahors 823–842, † 842 (see below)
      2. Emenon, Count of Cahors 778, † 823
         1. Raoul, Earl of Cahors 823-842, † 842; ⚭ Aiga, † after 857, daughter of Count Ebroin (see above)
            1. Godofried, Count of Cahors 842 † 866/78; ⚭ Gerberge, † after 878 - descendants see below
            2. Emeno, 844-860
            3. Landeric, Count of Saintes 839 ?, † 866 ?; ⚭ Hildesinde, probably daughter of Gerhard Graf von Auvergne and NN (Adaltrude) ( Ramnulfiden ) (see below)
               1. Aiga, † 880/82; ⚭ Adalgaire, † 880/82, both 880 benefactors for Beaulieu Abbey
                  1. Landeric, in Nivernais probably 893, † after 923
                     1. Landeric, in Nivernais 950, † after 950
                     2. Bodo, Seigneur de Monceaux 950, † after 950 ( Monceaux (noble family) )
                        1. Landeric , Seigneur de Metz et de Monceaux, around 989 Count of Nevers ; ⚭ around 989 Mathilde, daughter of Count Palatine Otto Wilhelm of Burgundy , she married Nevers and Auxerre ( House of Burgundy-Ivrea )
                  2. Hildegaire, 882
                  3. Raoul, 882; ⚭ Bertlinde, † after 882
               2. Hildegaire, close relatives of Ramnulf, Landeric and Adaltrude
               3. Adaltrude, descendant of Aredius of Limoges ; ⚭ Gerald, † after 879
                  1. Adaltrude, ⚭ Audeber, Vicomte de Limoges, † before 914 ( Limoges House )
                     1. Hildegaire, Vicomte de Limoges 914, † 943/47
                        1. Géraud, Viscount de Limoges 943/47, † 988
                  2. Géraud , descendant of Aredius of Limoges, † 909
                  3. Avigerna
            4. Raoul (Radulf) , Bishop of Bourges 840, founder of Beaulieu Abbey , † 855
            5. Robert; ⚭ Rotrude, daughter of Count Rorico of Maine and Rotrude (see below)
               1. Drogo
      3. NN
         1. Ebroin, Bishop of Poitiers 810, cousin of Count Rorico of Maine
      4. Adaltrude; ⚭ Gauslin du Mans ( Rorgonids )
         1. Rorico , Earl of Rennes, Earl of Maine, † about 840; ⚭ Rotrude , † 810, daughter of Charlemagne ( Carolingian )
            1. Louis , † 867, Abbot of Saint-Denis
            2. Rotrude; ⚭ Robert, son of Raoul, Count of Cahors, see above
            3. NN (Adaltrude); ⚭ Gerard, count of Auvergne , † 841 ( Ramnulfiden )
               1. Hildesinde; ⚭ Landeric, Count of Saintes 839? (see above)
               2. Gerard
               3. Etienne
               4. Hiltrude, ⚭ Gailo
               5. Ramnulf, Count of Poitiers 852
   2. Drogo, Graf 753–762, † after 762

9-10 century

1. Godofried, Count of Cahors 842 † 866/78; ⚭ Gerberge, † after 878 - ancestors see above
   1. Godofried, 865–898 attested, ⚭ Godila / Godolinde, † after 898
      1. Robert, 865
         1. Ademar I, Viscount de Turenne , lay abbot of Tulle , † around 941; ⚭ (1) Fauciberge; ⚭ (2) Gauzla, † around 941
            1. Donarellus, illegitimate, lay abbot of Tulle => descendants: the Victoria family
            2. Bernard, illegitimate, Viscount de Turenne, † 955/84; ⚭ Deda, † after 984, daughter of Sulpicius de Charroux (see below)
               1. Aina; ⚭ Ramnulf, Vicomte d'Aubusson , † before 997
                  1. Rainaud II, Viscount d'Aubusson 997
                  2. Farilde, ⚭ Adémar de la Roche
               2. Ademar II, Viscount de Turenne
               3. Sulpicia, † after 970/986; ⚭ Archambaud , Viscount de Comborn , † 988/92 ( House Comborn )
                  1. Ebalus, Viscount de Comborn 999
                  2. Archambaud
         2. Boson, Abbot of Beaulieu 937, Bishop of Cahors 940
         3. Gausbert, Viscount 937; ⚭ Ricburge
         4. Deda, widowed in 920, abbess of La Règle in Limoges 950, † after 950; ⚭ Auderbert, Viscount de Limoges 904, † 904/14
            1. Helias, 920
            2. Audebert, Abbot of Saint-Etienne in Limoges
            3. Daughter ; ⚭ Sulpicius de Charroux (see below)
         5. Robert
         6. Farilde; ⚭ Odolric, Viscount de Saint-Cirq
            1. Boson, Viscount de Saint-Cirq
            2. Jean
      2. Jean, Abbot of Beaulieu 926, biological cousin of Abbot Radulf, † 932
   2. Raoul, 865-866
   3. Geoffroy, 878 attested
      1. Raoul, Abbot of Beaulieu 903–926, biological cousin of Abbot Jean, † 926 (or 936?)
      2. Geoffroy, Count, Fl. Charroux
         1. Sulpicius de Charroux; ⚭ NN, daughter of Audebert, Vicomte de Limoges, and Dea (see above)
            1. Deda; ⚭ Bernard, Viscount de Turenne, † before 984 (see above)
            2. Boson , † 988, Count of La Marche
               1. Helias , † 975, Count of Périgord
               2. Audebert , Count of Périgord - Descendants: The House of Périgord and the House of Talleyrand-Périgord

Childebrand's descendants

The presentation follows that of Christian Settipani ; the filiations are largely not proven, only plausibility-based assumptions, e.g. B. based on inherited property. This branch of the family is called the Nibelungen in France ; The reason for this is the appearance of the associated first name (for the reason see the article Childebrand ), not a family relationship to the Nibelungen operating on the Rhine.

1. Childebrand (I), Count in Burgundy, Dux in Provence 737/739, Lord of Marolles-sur-Seine ; ⚭ NN - ancestors see above
   1. Nibelung (I), Count 751–770 / 86, Lord of Marolles and Perrecy
      1. Childebrand (II), † before 818, 796 missus in the Autunois , Count, Lord of Perrecy; ⚭? Berta, daughter of Theodoric, Count of Autun , and Aldana , sister of Wilhelm von Gellone ( Wilhelmiden )
      2. Nibelung (II), 788 Graf, 805 attested; ⚭ NN, close relative of Wilhelm von Gellone , perhaps his sister Albana or Berta ( Wilhelmiden )
         1. ? Childebrand (III), 796–827 / 836 Count, 796 missus in the Autunois, perhaps Count of Morvois , 827 in the Spanish Mark ; ⚭ Dunna, possibly sister of Count Eccard (X 844)
            1. Theodoric “le Trésorier” (* around 810, † 882/883), 878 Count von Autun with the order to drive out Bernhard von Gothien , 876/877 Herr von Perrecy; ⚭ NN, daughter of Richard Graf von Amiens ( Buviniden )
               1. Richard, inherits Perrecy, which he gives in 885
               2. Theodoric, inherits Perrecy, which he gives in 885
               3. Daughter, inherits Perrecy, who gives her 885; ⚭ Urso, 885 attested
            2. Eccard (* around 810/815, † between January 876 and June 877), 838 lord of Perrecy, 858 missus in the Senonais , 863 missus in the margraviate Chalon , 873 missus in the Autunois and Mâconnais ;
               ⚭ I Albegundis;
               ⚭ II around 863, before 869, NN, probably Richildis, † around 882, probably daughter of Richard Graf von Amiens ( Buviniden )
            3. Bernhard "le Veau", † 872 murdered by Bernhard Plantevelue , 868 Count von Autun and Margrave
            4. Ada, 876 nun and later abbess in Faremoutiers ; ⚭ NN
               1. ? Winithar, attested in 876/98, 876 nephew of Eccard
                  1. Winithar, 885/98 testified
                  2. Theoderich, 885/98 testifies
               2. ? Gerberga, attested in 876, † before 885, in 876 Eccard's niece
         2. ? Nibelung (III), Count, Lord of Baugy
            1. Nibelung, attested in 843/879, 853 missus in Nivernais , Auxerrois and Avallonnais , 864 Count of Vexin
               1. Theodoric, attested in 876
               2. Adhemar, attested in 876
               3. ? Daughter; ⚭ Count Adelramn II.
                  1. Adelramn III., Probably follows Nibelung as Count von Vexin
                  2. Theodoric
            2. Theodoric, attested in 876
         3. ? Theobedert, Count of Madrie (near Chartres); ⚭ NN
            1. Rodbert (Robert), Earl, Lord of Sesseau in the Berry ; ⚭ Aga, daughter of Wicfred, Count of Bourges , and Oda
            2. Ringart / Hringard / Ingeltrud; ⚭ 822 Pippin I , King of Aquitaine, † 838 ( Carolingian )

literature

• Karl August Eckhardt : Studia Merovingica . Aalen 1975 (Bibliotheca rerum historicianum 11), pp. 118-130
• Eugen Ewig : The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire . Stuttgart 1988, pp. 181-185.
• Ingrid Heidrich : Titulature and documents of the Arnulfingischen Hausmeier . In: Archives for Diplomatics 11./12. Volume, 1965/1966, pp. 71-279
• Eduard Hlawitschka : The ancestors of Charlemagne. In: Wolfgang Braunfels (ed.): Charlemagne, life's work and afterlife. Volume I (edited by Helmut Beumann ): Personality and History. Düsseldorf 1965, pp. 51-82.
• Eduard Hlawitschka: Studies on the genealogy and history of the Merovingians and early Carolingians . In: Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter 43, 1979, pp. 1-99
• Eduard Hlawitschka: On the basics of the rise of the Carolingians . In: Rheinische Vierteljahrsblätter 49, 1985, pp. 1-61
• Pierre Riché : The Carolingians. One family makes Europe . Stuttgart 1987
• Rudolf Schieffer : The Carolingians . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart a. a. 1992. ISBN 3-17-016480-5
• Wilhelm Störmer: Arnulfinger . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 1, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1980, ISBN 3-7608-8901-8 , Sp. 1021 f.

Footnotes

1. ^ Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz:  Arnulf, Bishop of Metz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 246-247. There, the year of death 640 is also given as certain
2. ↑ Christian Settipani : Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France , Volume I.1: La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987 (1993), p. 149
3. ↑ Ekkart Sauser:  Chlodulf, Bishop of Metz. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 22, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-133-2 , Sp. 193-194.
4. ↑ Ulrich Nonn : Chlodulf . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 2, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-7608-8902-6 , Sp. 1862 f.
5. ↑ Eugen Ewig: The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire, p. 183/184
6. ↑ Christian Settipani: Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, Volume I.1, La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987 (1993), p. 162
7. ↑ Rolf Große: 27. Hugo, hl. Bishop of Rouen, Bayeux, Paris . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 5, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-7608-8905-0 , column 168 (here the date of death April 8, 730 with “(?)”).
8. ^ Christian Settipani: La noblesse du midi carolingien. Études sur quelques grandes familles d'Aquitaine et du Languedoc du IXe au Xie siècles. (2004) p. 189; Christian Settipani, Les origines des comtes de Nevers, in: Katharine Keats-Rohan , Christian Settipani (eds.): Onomastique et Parenté dans l'Occident médiéval (2000), pp. 85-112
9. ↑ Christian Settipani: Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, Volume I.1, La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987 (1993) p. 341ff