Brunulphe I, Count of the Adrennes
Brunulphe I, Count of the Ardennes | |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Waubert II |
| Successor | Brunulphe II, Count of the Ardennes |
| Born | Brunulphe I of the Adrennes c. 503 AD Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia |
| Died | Unknown Ardennes, Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia |
| Father | Waubert II |
| Mother | Amalberge von Thüringen |
Brunulphe I or Brunulphe I of the Ardennes (French: Brunulphe I d'Ardennes) (born c. 503 AD) was a Frankish nobleman and Merovingian Count of the Ardennes.
Biography
[edit]Brunulphe I was born in c. 503 AD in Colonia Agrippina (now Cologne) in the Kingdom of Austrasia.
Brunulphe I's father, Waubert II was the grandson of Clodion, King of the Franks. He was named Count of the Ardennes around 520 AD. Brunulphe I, Count of Cambrésis and the Ardennes, inherited his father's titles and the Palace of Haucourt-en-Cambrésis.[1] He had a brother, Waubert III, and a wife, Clothilde.[2]
Brunulphe I's daughter was Queen consort Fredegund of the Adrennes, wife of King Chilperic I of Soissons, who gave birth to his grandson Chlothar II, the third King of the Franks. Through his son Brunulphe II, he had a grandson, Brunulphe III, and two granddaughters: Sichilde, Queen consort of the Franks and wife of King Chlothar II, and Gomentrude, Queen consort of Neustria and Burgundy and wife of King Dagobert I.[1]
His brother Waulbert III had four children and was the grandfather of the Saint Waudru. His nephew and brother's son Brunulphe married Vraye, daughter of the Count of Boulogne with whom he had two daughters: Saint Aye and Clothilde. Brunulphe I's son, Brunulphe II had various children which included the eldest Saint Hydulphe, Duke of Lobbes, later married to Saint Aye. His son Brunulphe II, married Saint Aye's sister, Clothilde, with whom he had three children.[2]
Death
[edit]Count Brunulphe I of the Ardennes died in Ardennes, Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia.
Further reading
[edit]In the 630s, King Dagobert I put his grandson Brunulphe III to death and stripped his great grandchildren of their property in Blaton.[3]
Family
[edit]- Waubert I (grandfather)
- Lucile de Pannonie (grandmother)
- Waubert II (father)
- Amalberge von Thüringen (mother)
- Waubert III (brother)
- Chlothilde d'Ostrogothie (sister-in-law)
- Fredegund (daughter)
- Chilperic I (son-in-law)
- Brunulphe II, Count of the Ardennes (son)
- Clotilde d'Neustrie (daughter-in-law)
- Saint Hydulphe (son)
- Saint Aye (daughter-in-law)
- Sichilde (granddaughter)
- Gomentrude (granddaughter)
- Brunulphe III, Count of the Ardennes (grandson)
- Clothar II (grandson)
- Alberic the Orphan (great-grandson)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Le Carpentier, J. (1668). Histoire genealogique de la noblesse des Païs-Bas, ou Histoire de Cambray, et du Cambresis,: contenant ce qui s'y est passé sous les empereurs, & les rois de France & d'Espagne; enrichie des genealogies, eloges, & armes des comtes, ducs, evesques ... : le tout divisé en IV. parties. Netherlands: chez l'Autheur.
- ^ a b Vinchant, F. (1853). Annales de la province et comté du Hainaut. Belgium: A. Vandale.
- ^ Jeantin, J. F. L. (1851). “Les” chroniques de l'Ardenne et des Woepures: ou revue et examen des traditions locales antérieures au onzième siècle. France: Maison.