LAON Bertrada

Abt 0720 - Abt 0783  (63 years)

• Name	LAON Bertrada
  Birth	Abt 0720	Laon, Austrasia
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt 12 Jul 0783	Choisy-Au-Bac, France
  Notes	Birth and Parents Bertrada [1] was also known as Berta; "au grand pied" [2] She was born in 720 (some have as early as 710) Her father was Charibert, Count of Laon [1] Her mother is unknown. [1] Marriage About 743/4 she married Pepin III "le bref," King of the Franks. [3] Queen of the Franks When Pepin assumed the Frankish Merovingian Monarchy in 751 Bertrada became Queen of the Franks. [4] After Pepin's death she lost this title in 768. However she lived at her son Charlemagne's court and their relationship was considered to be excellent. [5] Death She died 12 Jun or Jul 783 in Choisy-au-Bac [1] [6] and is buried in the église de l'abbaye royale de Saint Denis[7] Issue Issue: 6 proven[8] According to French historian Léon Levillain, Bertrada was Pepin's first and only wife. [9] However others believe he was also married previously as outlined by Ducret. [10] Ducret has Pepin married with Leuthberga or Leutbergie and producing 5 children, while Levillain, Settipani, and Tessier have him only married to Bertrada and producing 7 children as noted below. [11] Charles (02 Apr 748 - 28 Jan 814) [12] who reigned as Charlemagne, King of the Franks (768-814), King of the Longobardes (773-814) and Emperor of the Romans (800-814). [13] Carloman , King of the Franks (751- 04 Dec 771)[14] He married Gerberga who died in 772 or later [15] Gisela, Abbess of Chelles (757 - 30 Jul 810)[16] [17] Pepin (759- 761/2)[[18] Chrothais (d. Young)[19] Adelais (d. Young)[20] (?) daughter [21](Wikipedia lists Berthe) (?) daughter [21](Wikipedia lists Rothaide), Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website. Bertrada ↑ Unknown author, notes about Bertha [1] ↑ Tessier, Georges (1952). "Léon Levillain". Chronique: Nécrologie. Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes (in French). 110: 306–313. ↑ Mémoires couronnés et autres mémoires publiés par l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique [Crown Memoirs and Other Memoirs Published by the Royal Academy for the Sciences and the Arts of Belgium] (in French). 11. Belgium: Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium. 1861. OCLC 1770765 ↑ Einhard Vita Karoli Magni (Life of Charles the Great) is a biography of Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Holy Roman Emperor ↑ Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A Prosopography of Medieval European Noble and Royal Families, Online at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy Website. Carolingians ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_Saint-Denis ↑ Cawley, Carolingians footnote reference 7 ↑ Tessier, Georges (1952). "Léon Levillain". Chronique: Nécrologie. Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes (in French). 110: 306–313. ↑ Ducret, Alix (2007). Les femmes et le pouvoir dans l'histoire de France [Women and Power in French History]. Perspectives (in French). Levallois-Perret: Studyrama. ISBN 978-2759001118. OCLC 421956409 ↑ Settipani, Christian, Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne, Paris, 1989; Settipani, Christian, Addendum to the Ancestors of Charlemagne, 1990 (PDF) ↑ footnote reference 15 ↑ Douglas Richardson. Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families. Kimball G. Everingham, editor. By the author: Salt Lake City, Utah, 2013. Volume 5, page 483 ↑ Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 16 ↑ Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 26 ↑ Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 37 ↑ Wikipedia: Gisela,_Abbess_of_Chelles ↑ Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 44 ↑ Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 46 (he is not listed in Wikipedia) ↑ Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 48 ↑ 21.0 21.1 Cawley, Carolingians, footnote reference 50 See also: Weis, F. L. (1982). Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650, (5th ed). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Wikipedia. EN[2]; ES[3] Find A Grave: Memorial #21069 Berthe de Laon (726-783)
  Person ID	I58153	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	LAON Charibert,   b. Aft 0700, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France d. Aft 23 Jun 0720, Laon, France (Age > 19 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F347059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	PIPPINID Pepin,   b. Abt 0715, Jupille-sur-Meuse, Liege, Wallonia, Belgium d. 24 Sep 0768, Saint-Denis, Paris, Ile-de-France, France (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	0744
  Children	1. CAROLINGIAN Charles,   b. Abt 02 Apr 0748, Austrasia, Francia d. 28 Jan 0814, Aachen, Austrasia, Francia (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026