Bertha "Broadfoot"

Female, #29113, (about 720 - 12 July 783)
Bertha "Broadfoot"|b. a 720\nd. 12 Jul 783|p29113.htm|Caribert Count of Laon||p29114.htm|Bertrada||p34835.htm|Martin o. L.||p34837.htm|Princess Bertrada||p34836.htm|||||||
     Bertha "Broadfoot" was born about 720 in Laon, Aisne, France.2 She was the daughter of Caribert Count of Laon and Bertrada.1,2,3,4,5 About 740 Bertha married Pépin "the Short" King of the Franks, son of Charles Martel Mayor of the Palace and Rotrou of Allemania.1,2,3,4,5 Bertha was known as "Queen Goose-Foot" or "Goose-Footed Bertha", and is the original “Mother Goose”.5 Bertha "Broadfoot" died on Tuesday, 12 July 783.1,2,3

Children of Bertha "Broadfoot" and Pépin "the Short" King of the Franks

Citations

  1. Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650. Fifth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982.
  2. Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa. Fourth Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.
  3. Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Origin of the Carolingians", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XCVIII (October 1944).
  4. Kelley, David H.. "Genealogical Research in England: A New Consideration of the Carolingians", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume CI (April 1947).
  5. Sewell Genealogy Site. Online http://www3.sympatico.ca/robert.sewell/sitemapweb.html
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