Burgundofarones

The Burgundofarones were a family of the Frankish nobility, presumably of Burgundy origin at the time of the Merovingians . They had their possessions and their power center in Meaux and the surrounding area east of Paris and at Louvres north of Paris. In the first half of the 7th century, the Burgundy Farons appear in the ruling class of the Franconian part of Austria . In addition to the relationships with the monarchy, it was the relationship with the missionary Columban and the Luxeuil monastery , which he founded in northern Franche-Comté , that made her important.

Tribe list

1. Gundovald, † murdered around 685, of King Guntram I. (592 †) as Comes in Pagus Meldensis around the main town of Meaux used
   1. Chagnerich (* around 565, † around 633) vir illustris and conviva of King Theudebert II († 612), from around 685 Comes in the Pagus Meldensis ; ∞ (1) Leudegund; ∞ (2) NN
      1. (1) Chagnoald , Bishop of Laon 626/627 - before 633/634
      2. (1) Chagnulf , † murdered 641, Comes in the Pagus Meldensis , attested in the vicinity of King Dagobert I ; he was murdered as the Count of Augers-en-Brie (Seine-et-Marne)
      3. (1) Burgundofaro , Bishop of Meaux after 627 - 673/675, there founder of the Saint-Faron monastery, attested in the vicinity of King Dagobert I.
      4. (1) Burgundofara ), † after 633/634, founder and first abbess of Faremoutiers Abbey ( Farae monasterium )
      5. (1) Agnetrade, † after 633/634
      6. (2) Gibiltrudis
   2. Chagnoald in Reims located
   3. Autharius, with property in Soissons and Meaux

Another member of the family is probably a younger Chagnerich in the vicinity of King Chlothar III. 693 named as comes .

literature

• Jonas von Bobbio , Vita S. Columbani I.26, II.7, II.21
• Horst Ebling, Burgundofarones, in: Lexikon des Mittelalters , Volume II, Column 1098/99
• Dictionnaire d'histoire et de geographie ecclésiastiques XVI, 506–531, 643–665
• Eugen Ewig , Spätantikes und fränkisches Gallien I, Beihefte der Francia 3/1, 1976, pp. 256-258
• Donald Bullough: The Career of Columbanus, in: Michael Lapidge, Columbanus: studies on the Latin writings (1997), p. 18
• Richard A. Fletcher, The barbarian conversion: from paganism to Christianity (1999), pp. 140f
• Régine Le Jan, Conventi, violence, and competition for power in Francia, in: Frans Theuws, Mayke De Jong, Carine van Rhijn: Topographies of power in the early Middle Ages (2001), pp. 251f
• Marilyn Dunn, The emergence of monasticism: from the Desert Fathers to the early Middle Ages (2003), pp. 161f
• Régine Le Jan, Famille et pouvoir dans le monde franc: VIIe-Xe siècle (1995), p. 392

Remarks

1. ↑ "Dagobertus rex Francorum" names "Chanulfo comiti" in its confirmation of the donation to the "monasterio Resbacensi in Meldensi territorio" (Saint-Pierre monastery in Rebais in the Meaux area) October 1, 635, MGH DD Mer (1872), Diplomata Regum Francorum, No. 15, p. 16.
2. ^ Fredegar , IV, 83, and MGH SS rer Merov II, p. 163
3. ↑ Burgundofara, Chagnulf and Agnetrade are mentioned in Faras' will from 633/634; Revue d'histoire ecclésiastique (RHE) 60, 1965, 816-820
4. ↑ "Chlodovius rex Francorum" calls "… Chagnerico… comitebus", February 28, 693, MGH DD Mer (1872), Diplomata Regum Francorum, no. 66, p. 58