Vol I File 10: The Paternal Ancestry of Homer Beers James

7. Pharamond to Maud St. Liz

1. Pharamond, King of Westphalia, died in 430, married Argotta.
2. Clodio, the Long-Haired, King of Westphalia, married Basina.
3. Sigermerus
4. Ferreolus
5. Ausbert
6. Arnoul, Bishop of Metz, died in 601, married Oda of Savoy.
7. St. Arnolph, Bishop of Metz, died in 641, married Lady Dodo of Saxony.
8. Anchises, died in 685, married Begga of Brabant, died in 698.
9. Pepin d'Heristal, Mayor of the Palace, died in 714, married Alpais.
10. Charles Martel, 689-741, King of France, married Rotrude, died in 724.
11. Pepin the Short, 714-768, King of France, married Bertha of Laon.
12. Charlemagne, 742-814, Emperor of the West, married Hildegarde.

See continuation of this lineage elsewhere in Volume I.

8. Pharamond to Judith, Wife of Louis the Debonaire and to William de Albini, Surety of the Magna Charta

1. Pharamond, Duke of the East Franks, 404 A.D., elected King of the West Franks, 419, died in 430, 16th in descent from Boadicea. He married Argotta, "the mother of all the kings of France." They were the great great grandparents of Clovis. He was descended 13 generations from Athildis, who married in 129 A.D. Marcomir IV., King of Franconia, who died in 149. Athildis was the daughter of "Old King Cole," known also as Colius I., who died in 170 A.D. He was educated in Rome, King of Britain in 125. Colius I. was the son of Marius (Ref.: Wurts p. 2530).
2. Adalbertus, Duke of Moselle, died in 491.
3. Wambertus Duke of Moselle, died in 528.
4. Andbertus, Duke of Moselle, died in 570.
5. Gertrudis, married Richemeres, Duke in Franconia. She died in 655.
6. Gerberga, married Ega, Major-Domo in France, died in 646.
7. Erchembaldus, Major-Domo, died in 661.
8. Lendifius, Major-Domo, died in 680.
9. Adalricus, Duke of Alsatia, died in 720.
10. Adalbertus, Duke of Alsatia, died in 741.
11. Everhard, Duke of Alsatia.
12. Warinus, Lord of Altorf in Suabia, had large estates in Bavaria, married Ara.
13. Isenbart, father of the Guelphs, Lord of Altorf, in the Court of Charlemagne, 780 A.D.
14. Guelph (Welf), "so called because the nurse said they were welphs that she had in her apron," Count of Andech, born in 787, died in 818, married Edith of Saxony. They had two children as follows:
- 1. Judith of Andech and Bavaria, died in 843, 2nd wife of Louis the Debonaire. See elsewhere for the continuation of this lineage in the Baldwin Line of Flanders in Volume I.
- 2. Conrad I See below.
15. Conrad I, Duke of Burgundy, born in 800, died in 863, married Adela, daughter of Hugh, Count of Tours. They had a son and a daughter as follows:
- 1. Mahaud Bourgogne, who married Baldwin III See the continuation of this lineage in the Line of Noble Ancestors from Flanders in Volume I.
- 2. Conrad II, Duke of Burgundy. See below.
16. Conrad II, Duke of Burgundy, born in 825, died in 881, married Ermentrude, daughter of Luitfrid III., Count of Upper Alsace, a descendant of King Clovis.
17. Adelaide of Burgundy married Richard, Duke of Bourgogne, died in 921.
18. Alice of Burgundy married Regnier II, Count of Hainault, died in 932.
19. Regnier III, Count of Hainault, died in 973, married Adele. They had at least two sons as follows:
- 1. Regnier IV, Count of Hainault, married Edith of France, daughter of Hugh Capet. See the continuation of this lineage in the earlier section of the Line of Kings and Nobility of France.
- 2. Lambert I See below.
20. Lambert I, Count of Louvaine, died in 1015, married Gerberga of Lorraine, daughter of Charles, Duke of Lorraine, who was the son of Louis IV, King of France, born in 953. Charles married (2) Agnes, daughter of Henry, Count of Vermandois and Troyes, and his wife Princess Edgina, granddaughter of King Alfred the Great. From this second marriage was a daughter, Gerberga. Lambert and Gerberga of Lorraine had a daughter, Maud.
21. Maud married Eustace I, Count of Boulogne. They had a son, Lambert of Lens.
22. Lambert of Lens, Count of Lens (Sens), died in 1054, married (2) Adelaide, sister of William the Conqueror. They had a daughter, Judith of Lens.
23. Judith of Lens, born in 1054, married Waltheof II, Earl of Northampton, beheaded in 1073, son of Siward the Saxon, Earl of Northumberland.
24. Maud, the eldest daughter, married in 1089 (1) Simon de St. Liz I. (Senlis)., become in the right of his wife, Earl of Huntingdon and Northampton, whose honors Judith of Lens had forfeited. Shortly after the year 1100 he made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem in the Holy Land and on the return journey in 1115 died at the French Abbey of Our Lady of Charity. They had the following three children:
- 1. Simon de St. Liz II., who succeeded his father. He succeeded to the Earldom of Northampton only. The Earldom of Huntingdon was by special grace of King Henry I. conveyed to David of Scotland, who on ascending the throne in 1124, transferred it to his only son, Henry, but on Henry's death in 1152, it reverted to Simon. He married Isabel de Beaumont and died about 1154, leaving a son and heir, Simon de St. Liz III. Again the earldoms were divided. Simon III. became the Earl of Northampton, while the Earldom of Huntingdon was given by King Henry II. to Malcolm IV., King of Scotland, the eldest son of Prince Henry, who predeceased his father, and therefore the grandson of King David I. The controversy over the earldom continued, and the King of England, angered by the continual strife and dissension concerning it, ordered the castle demolished.
- 2. Waltheof, Abbot of Melrose.
- 3. Maud St. Liz. See continuation of this lineage elsewhere in Volume I.
  
  Maud then married (2) David I. (St. David) of Scotland, son of Malcolm III., who became one of the most renowned kings of that country. Through this marriage came the connection between the Earldom of Huntingdon and the royal house of Scotland. They had four children as follows:
  - 1. Malcolm
  - 2. Claricia
  - 3. Hodierna
  - 4. Henry of Scotland., Prince of Scotland, Earl of Northumberland and Huntingdon. See the continuation of this lineage in the Line of Scottish Kings in Volume I.

9. Descendants of Clovis, First King of the Franks, to William Malet, the Surety of the Magna Charta

Ref: Casteries, De Rene de La Croix, "The Lives of the Kings and Queens of France," (1979).

Ref: Gregory, Bishop of Tours (Translated by Ernest Brehaut),"History of the Franks" (written originally in 594) (Published originally in 1916) (Reprinted in 1965)

1. Pharamond, died in 428.
2. Clodio (Clodion), died in 447.
3. Merovech (Meerwig) (Merovee),died in 458.
4. Childeric I, son of Merovech, died about 482, leaving his inheritance to his son, Clodovic, whose name had been corrupted by modern historians into Clovis. The records show several children of Childeric I., as follows:
- 1. Clovis I See below.
- 2. One daughter, Albofled, died shortly after being baptized in the Christian faith (ref: Gregory of Tours).
- 3. Another daughter, Lanthechild, a heretic practicing Arianism, was also baptized into the Christian faith (ref: Gregory of Tours).
5. Clovis I (Chlodwig), also known by some historians as Louis and Lodowig, born 467, died 511, the first king of all the Franks, the founder of the empire of Franks, ruling from 482 to 511, son of Childeric I., chief of the Salian Franks, whom he succeeded in 481 at the age of 15. His capital was at Rheims and later at Paris. He had the Salic law drawn up about the year 500. At the death of Clovis I. the empire was divided into four parts, which were held by his sons.

Clovis at the age of twenty-five, fathered a bastard son by an unknown concubine who was not of royal blood. Their son, the first born, was Theodoric (Thierry) I. He died in 534. Theodoric had a son, Theodobert.

In 493 Clovis married Clothilde (Clotilda) of Burgundy (afterwards St. Clothilde), born 475, died at Tours in 545, "the girl of the French Vineyards". She was the daughter of Gondebaud (Chilperic II.?), King of Burgundy. She was Arian by religion, but with strong Roman Catholic tendencies. This marriage was of primary importance, as the real shape of France dated from it. It was she who led her husband to abandon his old beliefs and embrace Christianity. He was baptized in the 15th year of his reign at Rheims on Christmas Day in 496, with 3,000 of his followers. When Clovis first heard the story of Christ's crucifixion, he was so moved that he cried, "If I had been there with my valiant Franks, I would have avenged Him." Henceforth the Church played a decisive role in the history of the kings of France. By his wife, they had the following sons:
- 1. Ingomer, who died after being baptized, according the Gregory of Tours (see reference cited above, p. 39).
- 2. Clodomir (Chlodomer), the eldest legitimate son, died in 524. At the death of his father, he obtained the Loire from Orleans to Tours, plus the cities of Chartes, Sens, and Auxerre. He had three sons, two of which were murdered by their uncles. The third escaped the massacre and is said to have founded a monastery and was canonized as Saint Cloud.
- 3. Childebert I. received Paris, the valleys of the Seine and Somme, and the Channel coast as far as Brittany. He ruled from 511 to 558. He died childless in 558.
- 4. Clotaire (Chlothar) I, died in 561. See below.
- 5. A daughter, betrothed to Amalaric, son of Alaric, the Visigoth King of Spain.
  
  Following upon the deaths of the above four sons, the history becomes somewhat confused by the various successions of sons and nephews. Thierry (Theodoric), who received at the time of his father's death, the Ripuary country, the Moselle Valley with Metz and Trier, French Hesse, Champagne, and the Alemanni protectorate. He also took the largest share of the disposed Goth territory. Thierry tried to murder his half-brothers but failed. He died shortly afterwards, leaving a son, Theudebert (Thibert) I, who allied himself to Childebert against Clotaire. He died in 548, and he was succeeded by his son, Theudebald, who died in 555. None of these were sole king, except Clotaire I., who held the position from the death of Childebert I. in 558 until his own death in 561.
  
  Clovis's achievement was a tremendous one: he had created France.
  
  According to Gregory of Tours:
  
  "Clovis I. died at the age of forty-five, having reigned for thirty years. Queen Clotilda came to Tours after the death of her husband and served there in the church of St. Martin, and dwelt in the place with the greatest chastity and kindness all the days of her life, rarely visiting Paris."
- 6. Clotaire (Clothaire) (Chlothar) I, King of the Franks, 558-562, born in 500 and died in 562. He married, according to Gregory of Tours, (1) Guntheuca, wife of his dead brother, Chlodomer. He married (2) Chunsina; (3) Ingunde; (4) Aregunda, Ingunda's sister; (5) Radegunda, daughter of the Thuringian king Berthar, who became a nun at Poitiers about 550; (6) a concubine; and (7) Vuldetrude, Theodovald's widow. At the time of his father's death, he received Soissons, Laon, Noyon, and the old Frankish country: Cambrai, Tournai, and the lower side of the Meuse. According to the "History of the Franks," the children of Clothar I. were as follows with each wife.
  
  From the first marriage with Guntheuca:
  - 1. Theodobert, died in 575.
  - 2. Merovech, died in 577.
  - 3. Clovis died in 580.
  - 4. Basina, nun at Poitiers.
    
    From the second marriage with Chunsina:
    - 1. Chrammus, died in 560.
      
      From the third marriage with Ingunde (Ingunda):
      - 1. Gunthar, died before 561.
      - 2. Childeric, died in 561.
      - 3. Charibert (Caribert) I., died young in 567. He received his uncle Childebert's kingdom together with Paris, reigning from 562 to 566. At his death, his share was divided. Sigebert, as King of Austrasia, took Vendomois, Tours, Poitou, and part of Aquitaine. Guntram took Saintonge, Angoumois, Perigord, Agenais, and Nantais. Chilperic received territory from all sides. By common consent, Paris and its territory was declared neutral. This chaotic division was clear proof of the Merovingians' political ineffectiveness.
      - 4. Gunthram (Gontran or Guntramn), died in 593. He received Clodimir's kingdom, with Orleans as its capital, and including Burgundy.
      - 5. Sigibert, died in 575. He received Theodoric's old estate, the dangerous eastern marches. He married Brunhilda, who died in 613, daughter of the King of the Visigoths. He was followed by his son, Childebert II., died in 595. He in turn was succeeded by Theodobert II., who died in 612, and Theodoric II., who died in 613.
      - 6. Clotsinda, married a king of Lombard.
      - 7. Riguntha
      - 8. Clodobert, died in 580.
      - 9. Samson, died in 577.
      - 10. Dagobert, died in 580.
      - 11. Theodoric, died in 584.
      - 12. Clothar II., died in 629.
        
        One source records that Clotaire Clothar) had an incestuous relationship with his wife's sister. The "History of the Franks" shows the relationship as a "marriage." In any case the fourth union with Aregunda, sister of Ingunda was as follws:
        
        1. Chilperic I., died 584. He married (1) Audovera, (2) Gaisuenta (Galswintha), Brunhilda's sister, and (3) Fredegunda. From the third marriage, there was a son, Clotaire II., who at his death in 628 had been sole king for 15 years. His sons were Dagobert I., King of Austrasia, 623-634, and Charibert II., King of Aquitaine, 629-632.
        
        The records do not show any children from the fifth or the seventh "marriage." The sixth union with an unknown concubine resulted in an illegitimate daughter, Gundovald.
        
        According to Wurts and others, but not found in "The History of the Franks," Clothar I. also had a daughter as follows:
        
        1. Blithildis. See below.
- 7. Blithildis, married Ausbert, died 570.
- 8. Arnoul, Bishop of Metz. died 601, married Oda of Saxony.
- 9. St. Arnolph (Arnulf), died about 635, married Dodo of Saxony.
- 10. Anchises (Ansegis), died 685, married Begga of Brabant, daughter of Pepin I. of Landen, Mayor of Austrasia, who died in 639. Begga died in 698.
- 11. Pepin II. of Heistal, died 714, married (1) Alpais., and (2) Plectrudis. From the first marriage there was a son, Charles Martel.
- 12. Charles Martel, born 689, Mayor of the Palace, 719-741, married Rotrude, died 724.
- 13. Pepin the Short, born 714, died on September 24, 768 at St. Denis. He married Bertha of Laon, died 783.
- 14. Charlemagne, born 742, died 814, married Hildegarde.
- 15. Louis the Pious (Debonaire), married (2) Judith of Bavaria, daughter of Count Welf of Bavaria. Louis the Pious (Debonaire) died 843.
- 16. Charles II., the Bald, born 823, married Ermengarde of Orleans. He was the last Carolingian king to have truly reigned.
- 17. Judith of France, born 844, widow of Ethelwulf, married (2) Baldwin I, Count of Flanders.
- 18. Baldwin II, Count of Flanders, married Elfrida, daughter of Alfred the Great.
- 19. Arnulph I, Count of Flanders, married Alice (Adela) Vermandois.
- 20. Elstrude of Flanders, married Sigfrid, Count of Guines, died 965.
- 21. Heloise Guines, married Crispin de Bec.
- 22. Gilbert Crispin I, Baron of Tillieres, married Gunnore d'Aunou, daughter of Baldric the Teuton. See Crispin and Macary for details on earlier Crispin lineage.
- 23. Elise (Esilia) Crispin, married (1) William Malet, Lord Malet, died 1072, called grandson of Godiva. They had a number of children.
  
  See the continuation of this lineage in the Malet Line in Volume II.

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