Charibert (also spelled ''Caribert'' and ''Heribert''), Count of

Laon Laon () is a city in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. History Early history The holy district of Laon, which rises a hundred metres above the otherwise flat Picardy plain, has always held strategic importance. ...

, was the maternal grandfather of

Charlemagne Charlemagne ( , ) or Charles the Great ( la, Carolus Magnus; german: Karl der Große; 2 April 747 – 28 January 814), a member of the Carolingian dynasty, was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and the first E ...

. He was the father of Charles's mother,

Bertrada of Laon Bertrada of Laon (born between 710 and 727 – 12 July 783), also known as Bertrada the Younger or Bertha Broadfoot (cf. Latin: ''Regina pede aucae'' i.e. the queen with the goose-foot), was a Frankish queen. She was the wife of Pepin the Short an ...

. Only his mother, Bertrada of Prüm, is known from contemporary records as the two signed the foundation act of the Abbey of Prüm in 721. The same year, also with his mother, he made a donation to the Abbey of Echternach. Charibert's father possibly was Martin of Laon. The name of Charibert's wife is not known. He had at least two daughters: *

, who married

Pippin the Younger the Short (french: Pépin le Bref; – 24 September 768), also called the Younger (german: Pippin der Jüngere), was King of the Franks from 751 until his death in 768. He was the first Carolingian to become king. The younger was the son of t ...

, mayor of the palace of

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and

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and later

king of the Franks The Franks, Germanic-speaking peoples that invaded the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, were first led by individuals called dukes and reguli. The earliest group of Franks that rose to prominence was the Salian Merovingians, who c ...

. *Gerberge, who married of Lambert de Treves von Hornbach. Charibert died before 762, as stated in an act of his daughter and son-in-law.

References

* Settipani, Christian, ''Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne'', Paris, 1989 * Settipani, Christian,
Addendum to the Ancestors of Charlemagne, 1990 (PDF)
8th-century deaths Year of birth unknown {{Europe-royal-stub