See also

Cheribert, ( - )

1. Cheribert, Count of Laon was the son of Count Martin of Laon ( - ) and Bertha ( - ).

 

Cheribert, Count of Laon had the following children:

 

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Bertrada of Laon ( - )

Second Generation

2. Bertrada of Laon, daughter of Cheribert, Count of Laon, married Pepin the Short KING OF THE FRANKS.

 

Pepin the Short KING OF THE FRANKS, son of Charles Martel (The Hammer) King of the Franks (672-741) and Chrotud ( - ), was born in 0715. He died in 0768. He and Bertrada of Laon had the following children:

 

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Charlemagne (Charles the Great) EMPEROR OF THE WEST (742-814)

Third Generation

3. Charlemagne (Charles the Great) EMPEROR OF THE WEST, son of Pepin the Short KING OF THE FRANKS and Bertrada of Laon, was born on 2 April 0742 in Prussia. He married Hildegarde of Vinzgau in Aix-La-Chapelle. He died on 28 January 0814 in Aix-La-Chapelle.

 

Hildegarde of Vinzgau, daughter of Gerold of Vinzgau ( - ), was born in 0758. She died on 30 April 0783. She and Charlemagne (Charles the Great) EMPEROR OF THE WEST had the following children:

 

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Louis KING OF AQUITAINE, HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (778-840). Louis was born in 0778. He died in 0840.