METZ Ansbertus

0536 - 0570  (~ 34 years)

• Name	METZ Ansbertus
  Birth	0536	Moselle, Old, Sachsen, Germany
  Gender	Male
  Death	0570	Schelde, Moselle, Austrasia
  Notes	Ansbertus; Ansbert; Anspert[1][2] Parents The parents of Ansbert are UNKNOWN.[3] Spouse and Issue Ansbert seems to be a fanciful way to connect the Merovingians, the Arnulfings, the Pippinids, and the Carolingians. Leaving him in place in the tree as husband of Blichildis and father of Arnold is a concession to traditional genealogies, but unlikely, in the extreme, to be historical. Wikipedia -- "Ansbertus or Ansbert, Ausbert was a Frankish Austrasian noble, as well as a Gallo-Roman Senator. He is thought to be the son of Ferreolus, Senator of Narbonne and his wife Saint Dode .... Little of his actual life is known. Published centuries later Liber Historiae Francorum states that an Ansbertus married Blithilde (also called Bilichilde), and that she was the daughter of "Lothar the father of Dagobert", and then continues the line to the Pippinids through his son Arnoald and his granddaughter Itta (wife of Pepin of Landen). ... The chronological problems with the line as presented in Chronicle of the Kings of England", William of Malmesbury, page 64, have led modern genealogists to try to re-construct the line in various ways to fix them."[4] m. (fictional spouse - 9th century invention) Bilichildis (Blithildis) Issue: 5[5] Arnold (9th century invention; largely disputed father of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz)[6] Feriolus Modericus Tharsicia ________ Mythical Occupation mythical Roman senator[7] Sources Brubaker, L. & Smith, J.M.H. (2004). "Pippinid wives." Gender in the Early Medieval World: East and West, 300-900. Cambridge University Press. eBook.[8] Citing: Commenmoratio genealogiae domni Karoli gloriosissimi imperatoris (9th century) Genealogia regum Francorum (citing Commenmoratio genealogiae domni ...) Blithildis genuit Arnaldum ex Ansberto illustri viro Cawley, C. (2006). Medieval Lands v.3.[9] citing: Chronico Marcianensi de Sancta Rictrude Liber Historiæ Francorum Chronico Marcianensi de Sancta Rictrude' Carmen de Exordio Gentis Francorum Chronico Marcianensi de Sancta Rictrude
  Person ID	I58188	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Family	MEROVINGIAN Blithildis,   b. Abt 0520
  Children	1. METZ Unknown,   b. Abt 0560  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25953	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026