ANCESTRY OF VERN ELIJAH ROGERS

FRANKISH TRUNK: ADA DE WARENNE (GEN. 26) TO CLOVIS THE RIPARIAN (GEN. 50)

 

Gen. 50: Clovis the Ripuarian of Cologne. King of Cologne, living in 420. Must not be confused with King Clovis I of the Franks. The historicity of individuals from Bodogeisel II (Gen. 44) to Clovis the Riparian (Gen. 50) remains subject to debate.

 

Gen. 49: Childebert of Cologne. King of Cologne, living in 450.

 

Gen. 48: Sigebert the Lame of Cologne, d. 509. King of Cologne.

 

Gen. 47: Chloderic the Parricide of Cologne. King of Cologne.

 

Gen. 46: Munderic of Vitry-le-Brule, d. 522/3. Murdered after challenging Theuderic I (Thierry I) with an alternative claim to kingship.

 

Gen. 45: Gondolfus of Tongeren, b. 524, d. after 617; m., Palatina of Troyes, b. 547.

 

Gen. 44: Bodogeisel II d’Aquitaine.

 

Gen. 43: Arnulf I of Metz, b. 582, d. 640 (Remiremont, Grand Est Region, France); m. 596, Doda of Treves, b. estimated about 584, d. after 612. Arnulf was Archbishop of Metz from 613 to 618. He referred to as a saint, and his Feast Day is July 18. There are both Frankish and Gallo-Roman ancestries for Arnulf. Arnulf appears to have descended from an aristocratic Frankish family, though there remain significant disagreements regarding the specific individuals, which leaves the identities of individuals in this line of descent living before Arnulf are subject to debate. The Gallo-Roman line, which traces a line of descent from Roman senators residing in Gaul to Arnulf, was created around a century after the death of Charlemagne, perhaps to legitimate the claims of Carolingian rulers to former Roman territory. Several modern-day professional genealogists reconcile the different lines by attributing the Frankish to Arnulf and the Gallo-Roman to Arnulf’s wife or mother, but I will not accept this position until I research the topic more.

 

Gen. 42: Ansegisel of Metz, b. 612, d. between 655 and 662; m. between 630 and 649, Begga of Andenne, b. 615, d. 693. Ansegisel was the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia under Sigebert III. Begga is regarded as a saint with Feast Days of September 6 and December 17.

 

Gen. 41: Pepin of Heristal, b. 645, d. 714; mistress, Alpais of Liege, b. about 645, d. about 714. Pepin was Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy.

 

Gen. 40: Charles Martel, b. 689, d. 741 (Quierzy-sur-Oise, Aisne Dept. France), bur. Basilica of St. Denis (St. Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France); m., Rotrude of Treves, b. about 690, d. 724. Mayor the Palace of Austrasia and Neustria. Charles Martel led the Frankish forces that stopped the Saracen invasion of Europe in 732 at the Battle of Tours. The Carolingian dynasty of Frankish rulers descend from Charles Martel.

 

Gen. 39: Pepin III the Short of France, b. between 714 and 715, d. 768 (St. Denis, Ile-de-France Region, France), bur. Basilica of St. Denis (St. Denis, France); m. between 743 and 744, Berthe of Laon, b. about 720 (Choisy-au-Bac, France), d. 783 (Compiègne, France). Pepin III served as Mayor of the Palace under Childeric III, the last Merovingian king of France. When Childeric was disposed, Pepin III was elected as King of France and reigned from 751 to 768.

 

Gen. 38: Charlemagne of France, b. 748 (Aachen, Germany), d. 814 (Aachen, Germany), bur. Aachen Cathedral (Aachen, Germany); m. Hildegarde of Kraichgau, b. 758, d. 783 (Thionville, Grand Est, France), bur. Abbey of St. Arnould (Metz, France). Charlemagne reigned as King of France from 768 to 814, and Pope Leo III crowned him Holy Roman Emperor in Rome on 25 December 800.

 

Gen. 37: Pepin of Italy, b. 777, d. 810, bur. (Verona, Italy). Pepin served as King of Italy from 781 to 810.

 

Gen. 36: Bernard of Italy, b. about 797, d. 818 (Milan, Italy), bur. Basilica of Sant'Ambrogio (Milan, Italy); m. about 813, Cunigunde of Italy, d. about 835. Bernard reigned as King of Lombardy from 810 to 818.

 

Gen. 35: Pepin I de Vermandois, b. between 815 and 818, d. after 850. Pepin I served as Count of Vermandois.

 

Gen. 34: Herbert I de Vermandois, b. between 848 and 850, d. between 900 and 907; m., Bertha de Morvois. Herbert was Count of Vermandois from 896 until his death. There are disagreements about the identity of his wife.

 

Gen. 33: Beatrix de Vermandois, b. between 880 and 883, d. about 931; m. about 890, Robert I of France, b. between 860 and 866, d. 923. Robert was named King of France in 922 and was killed at the Battle of Soissons in 923.

 

Gen. 32: Hugh Magnus of France, b. between 895 and 898, d. 956 (Dourdan, Ile-de-France Region, France), bur. Basilica of St. Denis (St. Denis, France); m. 938, Hedwig of Saxony, d. after 958. Hugh Magnus was Count of Paris and Duke of France.

 

Gen. 31: Hugh Capet of France, b. between 940 and 941, d. 996 (Chartres, France); m. 968, Adelaide of Poitou, b. between 945 and 955, d. between 1004 and 1006. Hugh Capet was elected King of France and reigned from 987 to 996. He was the first of the Capetian kings of France.

 

Gen. 30: Robert II the Pious of France, b. 972 (Orleans, France), d. 1031 (Melun, France); m. between 1001 and 1003, Constance d’Arles, b. between 986 and 989, d. 1032 (Melun, France). Robert II reigned as King of France from 996 to 1031.

 

Gen. 29: Henry I of France, b. 1008, d. 1060 (Vitre-en-Brie, France); m. 1044 or 1045, Anne of Kiev. Henry I reigned as King of France from 1031 to 1060. Anne was a member of the Rurikid family, and she was the granddaughter of St. Vladimir, Grand Prince of Kiev and patron saint of Russia.

 

Gen. 28: Hugh the Great de Vermandois, b. 1057, d. 1102 (Tarsus, Turkey), bur. Church of St. Paul (Tarsus, Turkey); m. after 1067, Adelaide de Vermandois, b. about 1065, d. between 1020 and 1024. Hugh served as Count of Vermandois by right of his wife and later Duke of France. He was a leader in the First Crusade and died during the second battle of Heraclea.

 

Gen. 27: Isabel de Vermandois, d. 1131; m. 1118, William II de Warenne, d. 1138, bur. Lewes Priory (East Sussex). William was the 2nd Earl of Surrey.

 

Gen. 26: Ada de Warenne, d. 1178; m. 1139, Henry I of Huntingdon, b. 1114, d. 1152, bur. Kelso Abbey (Kelso, Scotland). Henry was the Earl of Huntingdon and is the end of the Anglo-Saxon fork. Ada is the end of the Frankish fork. The lineage through each fork is reported separately.

 

Principal Sources

Gen. 44 to Gen. 50 (Ripuarian Franks): Weis et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 190.

 

Gen. 43 (Arnulf of Metz): Arnulf of Metz [Vita Arnulfi Episcopi Mettensis, ed., B. Krusch, MGH SRM II pp. 426-446]; “Franks, Merovingian Nobility; Chapter 1. Major Domus of the Kingdom of Austrasia (also in Neustria from 688); D. Family of Arnulf,” Medieval Lands; Weis et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 190.

 

Gen. 40 to Gen. 42 (Pippinids/Arnulfings): “Franks, Merovingian Nobility; Chapter 1. Major Domus of the Kingdom of Austrasia (also in Neustria from 688); D. Family of Arnulf,” Medieval Lands; Weis et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 190.

 

Gen. 38 to Gen. 39 (Carolingians, France): “Franks, Carolingian Kings; Chapter 1. King of the Franks 751-840 (Carolingians),” Medieval Lands; Weis et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 50.

 

Gen. 36 to Gen. 37 (Carolingians, Italy): “Italy, Emperors and Kings; Chapter 4. Kings of Italy 774-887 (Carolingians),” Medieval Lands; Weis et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 50.

 

Gen. 35 (Pepin I de Vermandois): “Franks, Carolingian Nobility; Chapter 1. Carolingian Nobility in France; T. Carolingian Counts near Paris” Medieval Lands; Weis et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 50.

 

Gen. 34 (Herbert I de Vermandois): “Northern France: Valois, Vexin & Vermandois; Chapter 3. Comtes de Vermandois; A. Comtes de Vermandois 896-1080 (Carolingian),” Medieval Lands; Weis et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Lines 48 and 101.

 

Gen. 33 (Robert I of France): “France, Capetian Kings; Chapter 1. Kings of France (Capet); A. Kings of France 888-898 and 922-936,” Medieval Lands; Weis et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Lines 48 and 53.

 

Gen. 32 (Hugh Magnus of France): “France, Capetian Kings; Chapter 1. Kings of France (Capet); B. Ducs des Francs 936-987,” Medieval Lands; Weis et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 53.

 

Gen. 29 to Gen. 31 (Capetians): “France, Capetian Kings; Chapter 1. Kings of France (Capet); C. Kings of France 987-1328,” Medieval Lands; Weis et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 53.

 

Gen. 27 and Gen. 28 (Capet, Vermandois): “Northern France: Valois, Vexin & Vermandois; Chapter 3. Comtes de Vermandois; B. Comtes de Vermandois 1080-1214 (Capet),” Medieval Lands; Weis et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Lines 50 and 53.

 

Gen. 26 (Henry I of Huntingdon): “Scotland, Kings; Chapter 3. Kings of Scotland (Dunkeld); B. Kings of Scotland 1034-1290,” Medieval Lands; Weis et al., Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists who Came to America before 1700 (8th ed., 2004), Line 170.