Appendix I

Ancestry of Charlemagne

From Adam, the First Man, to Arnoul, Bishop of Metz

The following information is taken primarily from Familysearch.com, a web site provided by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  There are many different versions, provided by different researchers.

Another web site entitled the Paternal Ancestral Line of Ezekial Springer to Adam and Eve, by Michael S. Cole, M. D., contains similar information.  Dr. Cole posts the following ceveat: “Note:  This lineage is not adequately documented to fully accept as accurate.  It is intended for enjoyment only and not to be understood as historically correct.

“Keep in mind that all such genealogies back to Adam and Eve are suspect.  It is my opinion that the concept of ‘Divine Right of Kings’ once influenced European rulers to find a family connection to a worthy character in the Bible in order to add validity to their claim to the throne.  If the monarch’s hired historian was under threat of execution should he fail to determine the proper lineage, there is reasonable expectation that he would be tempted to fabricate some of the king/queen’s ancestry.  Don’t you agree?”

Adam and Eve were the first man and woman.  One of their sons was Seth.

Seth was the father of Enos.

Enos was the father of Cainan.

Cainan was the father of Mahalaheel.

Mahalaheel was the father of Jared.

Jared was the father of Enoch.

Enoch was the father of Methusalah.

Methusalah was the father of Lamech.

Lamech was the father of Noah.

Noah,  builder of the ark, was the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Shem was the father of Arphaxad.

Arphaxad was the father of Salah.

Salah was the father of Eber.

Eber was the father of Peleg.

Peleg was the father of Reu.

Reu was the father of Serug.

Serug was the father of Nahor.

Nahor was the father of Terah.

Terah was the father of Abraham.

Abraham was the father of Isaac.

Isaac married Rebecca, and they were the parents of Jacob.

Jacob was the father of Judah.

Judah was the father of Zarah.

Zarah was the father of  Darda Dordames.

Darda Dordames was the father of Erichtleonus.

Erichtleonus was the father of Tros

Tros was the father of Iiwas (or Iius).

Iiwas was the father of Laomedon.

Laomedon was King of Troy and was the father of Prian of Italy.

Prian, King of Troy ca 1184 B.C., was the father of a son, Helenus and a daughter, Sobil.

Helenus, brother-in-law of Helen of Troy, married Mammon, and they were the parents of Genger.

Genger was the father of Franco.

Franco was the father of Esdron.

Esdron was the father of Gelio.

Gelio was the father of Basabiliarno.

Basabiliarno was the father of Planserio.

Planserio was the father of Plesson.

Plesson was the father of Eliacea.

Eliacea was the father of Gabemave.

Gabemave was the father of Pleserio.

Pleserio was the father of Arslenor.

Arslenor was the father of Prian.

Prian was the father of Helenus.

Helenus was the father of Plesrour.

Plesrour was the father of Basabrdisno.

Basabrdisno was the father of Alexander.

Alexander was the father of Priam.

Priam was the father of Gallmator.

Gallmator was the father of Alrnadian.

Alrnadian was the father of Deluglio.

Deluglio was the father of Helenus.

Helenus was the father of Plaserio.

Plaserio was the father of Deleigkis.

Deleigkis or Diluglio was the father of Marcomir.

Marcomir was the father of Priam.

Priam was the father of Helenus.

Helenus was the father of Antenor.

Antenor was King of Cimmerians and father of Marcomir I.  Cimmerian Bosporus was an ancient kingdom on and around the Kerch Strait, which connects the Sea of Azov with the Black Sea.  Antenor died in 412 B. C.

Marcomir I was King of Cimmerians.  He born before 430 B. C. and he was the father of Antenor II. He died in 412 B. C.

Antenor II was King of Cimmerians.  He was born before 412 B. C. and died in 384 or 386 B. C.  His wife was Cambra, and they were the parents of Priamus, King of Sicambri.

Priamus was King of Sicambri.  He was born in 358 B. C., and was father of Helenus, King of Sicambri.  The Cimmerians changed the name of their tribe to Sicambri in honor of Cambra, Priamus’ mother.

Helenus, or Cimmerians Helenus, was born before 358 B. C. and died in 339 B. C.  He was King of Sicambri and father of Diocles, King of Sicambri.

Diocles was King of Sicambri and father of Basanus Magmus.  Diocles was born before 339 B. C. and died in 300 B. C.

Basanus Magmus was born before 300 B. C.  He married the daughter of a Norwegian king, and they were the parents of Clodomir, King of Sicambri.  Basanus Magnus slew his son Sedanus for adultery, and he  disappeared in 250 B. C. 

Clodomir, King of Sicambri, was father of Nicanor, King of Sicambri.  Clodomir died in 232 B. C.

Nicanor, King of Sicambri, was father of Marcomir II, King of Sicambri.  Nicanor was born before 232 B. C. and died in 198 B. C.  His wife was a daughter of Elidure, King of the Britains.

Marcomir II was king of Sicambri and father of Clodius I, King of Sicambri.  Marcomir II was killed in battle in 159 or 170 B. C.

Clodius I was King of Sicambri and father of Antenor III, King of Sicambri.  Clodius I withstood invasions from the Romans and the Gauls, and was killed in battle in 159 B. C.

Antenor III was King of Sicambri and father of Clodomir II, King of Sicambri.  Antenor III died in 143 B. C.

Clodomir II was King of Sicambri and father of Merodochus, King of Sicambri.  Clodomir II died in 143 or 123 B. C.

Merodochus was King of Sicambri and father of Cassander, King of Sicambri.  Merodochus was born before 123 B. C. and died in 95 B. C.

Cassander was King of Sicambri and father of Antharius, King of Sicambri.  Cassander was born before 95 B. C. and died in 74 B. C.

Antharius was the last King of Sicambri and was father of Francus, King of Franks.  Antharius was born before 74 B. C. and died in 37 B. C.

Francus was King of West Franks and father of Clodius II, King of Franks.  Francus died in 11 B. C.

Clodius II was King of Franks and father of Marcomir III, King of Franks.  Clodius II was born about 6 A. D. and died in 20 A. D.

Marcomir III was King of Franks and father of Clodomir III, King of Franks.  Marcomir III was born before 20 A. D. and died in 50 A. D.

Clodomir or Clodemir III was King of Franks and father of Antenor IV, King of Franks.  Clodomir III died in 63 or 69 A. D.

Antenor IV was King of Franks who died in 69 A. D.  He was father of Ratherius, King of Franks.

Ratherius was King of Franks who was born before 69 A. D. and died in 90 A. D.  He was father of Richemer, King of Franks.

Richemer was King of Franks who died in 114 A. D.  He was father of Odonar, King of Franks.

Odonar or Odomir was King of Franks who died in 128.  He was father of Marcomir, King of Franks.

Marcomir was King of Franks.  He was born in 128.   He married Athildis, daughter of Coilus or Coel, King of Britain (Old King Cole, ca. 125, built Coel-Castra, or Colchester) and a daughter of Cyllin, King of Siluria.  Among the children of Marcomir and Athildis was Clodomir IV, King of Franks.  Marcomir died in 149.  Athildis died in 170.

[Coilus was the son of Marius.  Marius’ father was Arviragus, and his mother was Venissa Julia.  Venissa Julia was a daughter of Tiberius Claudius Caesar, Emperor of Rome.  Tiberius Claudius Caesar’s mother was Antonia, daughter of Mark Anthony.  On his mother’s side, Coilus was the grandson of Boadicea, or, in Latin, Victoria, British queen who poisoned hereself in 62 A.D. after being defeated in battle by the Romans.   Boadicea’s husband was Prasutagus.] 

Clodomir IV was King of Franks who was born before 149.  He married Hafilda, and they were the parents of Farabert, King of Franks.  Clodomir died in 166.

Farabert was King of Franks who was born before 166 and died in 186.  He was father of Sunno, King of Franks.

Sunno, or Huano, was King of Franks who was born before 186 and died in 213(?).  He was father of Hilderic, King of Franks.

Hilderic was King of Franks who was born before 212 and died in 253.  He was father of Bartherus, King of Franks.

Bartherus was King of Franks who was born before 253 and died in 272.  He was father of Clodius III, King of Franks.

Clodius III was King of Franks who was born before 272 and died in 289 or 298.  He was father of Walter, King of Franks.

Walter was King of Franks who died in 306.  He was father of Dagobert, King of East Franks.

Dagobert was King of East Franks who was born in 230 and died in 317.  He was father of Genebald, Duke of East Franks.

Genebald was Duke of East Franks who was born about 262 and died in 358.  He was father of Dagobert, Duke of East Franks.

Dagobert was Duke of East Franks who was born about 300 and died in 379.  He was father of Clodius, Duke of East Franks.

Clodius was Duke of East Franks who was born about 324 and died in 389.  He was father of Marcomir.

Marcomir was Duke of East Franks who was born about 347 died in 404.  He was father of Pharamond.

Pharamond was King of Westphalia, and is considered the first king of the Salian Franks after the departure of the Romans from Gaul.  He was born about 370, and he married Argotta, daughter of Genebald, Duke of East Franks. They were the parents of Clodius “Long Hair”, King of the Franks.

Clodius “Long Hair”, King of the Franks, was born in 395 in Westphalia.  He captured the town of Cambrai from the Romans.  He married Basina and Adelbert was their son.  Clodius died in 447.

Adelbert died in 491.  He was the father of Wambert. 

Wambert was born in 480.  He the was father of Ausbert.

Ausbert of Moselle was born about 527 in Austrasia on the Schelde, a river which passes through Antwerp. About 556, he married Princess Blithildus of Sessions (born about 541 in Paris), daughter of Clothaire I, King of Franks, and Princess Radegonda of Thuringia. Ausbert and Princess Radegonda were parents of Arnoldus (or Arnoul), Bishop of Metz. Ausbert died in 570.

Arnoldus (or Arnoul) was Bishop of Metz. He was born about 552 in Austrasia, and married Dode of Heristal. Among their children may have been Saint Arnulf (or Arnoul, or Arnoldus) The elder Arnoldus died in 601.

Truthfully, nobody knows for sure who the parents of Arnulf were. Some say they were Arnoldus and Dode as stated above. Others say they were Bodogisel and Chrodoare as described in Chapter 24.

Saint Arnulf (or Arnoul), Bishop of Metz, son of Arnoldus and Dode of Heristal, was born August 13, 582. He was a courtier in the service of Theodebert II of Austrasia. He married Oda (or Dode) de Savoy , daughter of Arnoald, and they had two sons, Clodulf and Ansegisel. Oda became a nun at Treves in 610, and Arnulf dreamed of becoming a monk at Lerins. However, about 611, Arnulf was consecrated Bishop of Metz. About 626 Arnulf became weary of his duties, resigned his position, and became a hermit in a solitary place in the mountains with his friend Romaricus. Arnulf died August 16, 640 or 641, and was buried by Romaricus. About a year later, Bishop Goeric transferred his remains to the Basilica of the Holy Apostles in Metz, Germany. July 18 is the Feast Day of St. Arnulf.

Arnulf’s son Clodulf later became Bishop of Metz.

Ansegisel, son of Arnulf and Oda de Savoy, was born in 610. He married Begga,daughter of Pepin of Landen and his wife Ida, in 635, and Pepin d’Heristal II was among their children. Ansegisel was murdered in 679 or 685, and Begga died in 693.

Pepin d’Heristal II “the Fat”, son of Ansegisel and Begga. was born in 635.  He inherited immense landholdings from his parents and was Mayor of the Palace.  He married first Alpaida.  Alpaida died in 705.  Pepin d’Heristal then married Plecturd. Pepin d’Heristal II also had a concubine named Chalpaida.   Pepin d’Heristal II died December 16, 714. 

Charles Martel, son of Pepin d’Heristal II and Chalpaida, was born in 688.  After the death of his father, Plecturd imprisoned him, but he escaped in 715 and was proclaimed Mayor of the Palace by the Austrasians.  A war between the Austrasians and the Frankish Kingdom of Neustria followed, and at the end of the war, Charles Martel was undisputed ruler of all the Franks.  Charles Martel’s greatest achievements were his defeats of the Muslims from Spain, who invaded France in 732 and again in 739.

Charles Martel married first Rotrude de Treves, who died in 724.   Pepin III (or Pepin the Short) and Carolman were their sons. He married second Sunnichild, and he died on October 22, 741, at Quierzy on the Oise River.  After his death, the kingdom was divided between his two sons, Carolman and Pepin the Short.

Pepin III (or Pepin the Short), son of Charles Martel and Rotrude de Treves, was born in 714 or 715.  In 743 he married Bertrada II of Laon (died 783), and later he married Gersvind.  In 751, Pepin III deposed Childeric III and became the first king of the Merovingian Dynasty.  Pope Stephen II crowned Pepin III in 754, and Pepin’s army protected the Pope from the Lombards.  Pepin donated territory to the Pope, which became the foundation of the Papal States.  Among the children of Pepin III and Gersvind was Charlemagne.  Pepin III died on September 18, 768, and was buried in the Basilica of St. Dennis.

Charlemagne, King of France

Charlemagne, son of Pepin III and Gersvind, was born April 2, 742, in Ingolheim.  He became King of the Franks in 768, and Emperor of the Romans in 800.  He built a kingdom that included almost all of Western and Central Europe through military action against the Saxons, Lombards, and Moors, and through alliances with the Pope.  Charlemagne instituted administrative, educational, economic, legal, and cultural reforms in his empire. 

He married first Hildegard (757-782) in 771 at Aix-La-Chapelle (Aachen), and among their children was Pepin I, King of Italy (See Chapter 10).  He married second Fastrada of East Frank in 783.  He married third Liutgard of Alemannic in 794, and fourth Gersuinda of Saxon.  Some say that Charlemagne had five wives – Himiltrude, Desiderata, Hildegarde, Fastrada, and Luitgarde.  Louis I, the Pious, was Charlemagne’s heir. Charlemagne died on January 28, 814, in Aachen.

Children of Charlemagne were:

Pepin the Hunchback

Louis I, the Pious

Charles, King of Neustria

Pepin, King of Italy

Lothar

five daughters  

NOTE:  In another place, Familysearch.com says that Pharamond, above, was father of Clodio of Westphalia.  Clodio was father of Merovich, who died in France in 458.  Merovich was the father of Cloderic, who died in Tournai, France, in 481.  Cloderic was the father of Clovis the Riparian, who died in Paris, France, in 511.  Clovis the Riparian was father of Childebert, who died in Cologne, Germany.  Childebert was father of Sigebert the Lame , who died in Cologne in 509.  Sigebert the Lame was father of Clodereic the Parricide, who also died in Cologne in 509.  Cloderic the Parricide was father of Munderic, who also died in 509.  Munderic was the father of Mummolin.  Mummolin was the father of Bodogisel, born before 567.  Bodogisel was the father of Arnoul, and Arnoul was the father of Ansegisal.  Beginning with Cloderic, this is the line described in Chapter 24.  So it appears that there is a divergence of opinion about the lineage from Pharmond to Ansegisal.

References: 97, 260, 344

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