Bertrada of Laon
720 - 783 (63 years)-
Name Bertrada of Laon [1] Born 720 Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France 
[2] Gender Female Died 12 Jul 783 Choisy, France [2, 3] Buried Paris, ÃŽle-de-France, France [4] Notes - Bertrada of Laon, also called Bertha Broadfoot (cf. Latin: Regina pede ancae i.e. the queen with the goose-foot), (between 710 and 727 - June 12, 783) was a Frankish queen.
Biography
She was born in Laon, in today's Aisne, France, the daughter of Caribert of Laon. She married Pepin the Short, the son of Charles Martel, the Frankish "Mayor of the Palace", 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 him to 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 I3805 Bosdet Genealogy Last Modified 16 May 2013
Father Heribert de Laon, Comte de Laon, d. Bef 762 Relationship Natural Family ID F1691 Group Sheet
Family Pepin, the short, b. 714, d. 24 Sep 768, Saint-Denis, ÃŽle-de-France, France (Age 54 years) Married 740 [4] Children 1. Charlemagne, b. 02 Apr 742, North Rhine-Westphalia, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany , d. 28 Jan 813/14, North Rhine-Westphalia, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (Age 71 years)2. Carloman, King of the Franks, b. Abt 751, d. 771 (Age ~ 20 years) Family ID F141 Group Sheet
- Bertrada of Laon, also called Bertha Broadfoot (cf. Latin: Regina pede ancae i.e. the queen with the goose-foot), (between 710 and 727 - June 12, 783) was a Frankish queen.
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