Ansegisel (c. 602 or 610 – murdered before 679 or 662) was the younger son of Saint Arnulf, bishop of Metz.[1]
Ansegisel | |
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Born | c. 602 or 610 |
Died | c. 679 or 662 |
Noble family | Arnulfings |
Spouse(s) | Begga |
Father | Arnulf of Metz |
Life
editHe served King Sigebert III of Austrasia (634–656) as domesticus. He was killed sometime before 679, slain in a feud by his enemy Gundewin. Through his son Pepin, Ansegisel's descendants would eventually become Frankish kings and rule over the Carolingian Empire.
Marriage and issue
editHe was married to Begga, the daughter of Pepin the Elder,[2] sometime after 639. They had the following children:
- Pepin the Middle (635 or 640 – December 16, 714), who would later become Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
- Martin of Laon (647 - 680) (though this is disputed)
- Clotilda of Herstal (650–699), married King Theuderic III of Neustria
References
edit- ^ Bouchard, Constance Brittain. Rewriting Saints and Ancestors: Memory and Forgetting in France, 500-1200, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014 ISBN 9780812290080, p. 115
- ^ Bartlett, Robert. Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe, Cambridge University Press, 2020, p. 318 ISBN 9781108846554