Bertrada (Bertha) “au Grand Pied or Greatfoot” DE LAON, Countess of Laon, Queen of the Franks

720 - 783  (63 years)

• Name	Bertrada (Bertha) “au Grand Pied or Greatfoot” DE LAON
  Suffix	Countess of Laon, Queen of the Franks
  Born	720	Laon, Aisne, France
  Gender	Female
  Died	12 Jul 783	Choisy-au-Bac, Compiègne, Oise, Picardy, France
  Buried	Basilica of Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, Paris, France
  Notes	From Wikipedia: “ Bertrada of Laon, also called Bertha Broadfoot, (720 – July 12, 783) was a Frankish queen. She was born in Laon, in today's Aisne, France, the daughter of Caribert of Laon. She married Pepin the Short, the son of the Frankish Mayor of the Palace Charles Martel, in 740, although the union was not canonically sanctioned until several years later. Eleven years later, in 751, Pepin and Bertrada became King and Queen of the Franks, following Pepin's successful coup against the Frankish Merovingian monarchs. Bertrada and Pepin are known to have had four children, three sons and one daughter: of these, Charles (Charlemagne), Carloman, and Gisela survived to adulthood, whilst Pepin died in infancy. Charlemagne and Carloman would inherit the two halves of their father's kingdom when he died, and Gisela became a nun. Bertrada lived at the court of her elder son Charles, and according to Einhard their relationship was excellent. She recommended he marry his first wife, Desiderata, a daughter of the Lombard king Desiderius, but he soon divorced her. Einhard claims this was the only episode that ever strained relations between mother and son. Bertrada lived with Charlemagne until her death in 783; the king buried her in Saint Denis Basilica with great honors.”
  Person ID	I10660	Lowell&Block

  
  

  Father	Charibert (Heribet) I, Count of Laon,   b. Abt 690, Laon, Aisne, France ,   d. Bef 762  (Age ~ 71 years)
  Mother	Bertrada, Countess of Laon,   b. Abt 695, Laon, Aisne, France
  Family ID	F3715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pepin or Pippin “The Short”, Mayor of Neustria, King of the Franks,   b. 714, Austrasia, Kingdom of the Merovingien Franks ,   d. 24 Sep 768, Saint-Denis, Paris, France  (Age 54 years)
  Children	1. Charlemagne or Charles I, King of the Franks,   b. 2 Apr 742, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ,   d. 28 Jan 813 or 814, Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany  (Age 71 years)   2. Carloman, King of the Franks   3. Gisela,   b. 757,   d. 30 Jul 810  (Age 53 years)   4. Pepin,   b. 759,   d. 761 or 762  (Age 3 years)   5. Chrothais or Rodthaid   6. Adelais or Adelaid   7. ?   8. ?
  Family ID	F3714	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 720 - Laon, Aisne, France Died - 12 Jul 783 - Choisy-au-Bac, Compiègne, Oise, Picardy, France  = Link to Google Earth