Talk:Childebrand I

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Who was his mother: Alpaida or Plectrude? Srnec 21:40, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Alpaida-Nathan M. Swan (talk) 20:52, 30 October 2009 (UTC)

Translation of French wiki: Childebrand Ier1 († AD. 751), was a son of Pepin of Herstal, "mayor" of the palace of the Frankish kingdoms, and a brother (or half-brother) Charles Martel. Biography Historians are divided on the question of whether Alpaïde, the second wife Pepin of Herstal and mother of Charles Martel, is also the mother of Count Childebrand. The term used to describe the relationship between Charles Martel and Childebrand is "germanus", which meant brother of the same father, and possibly of the same mother. Eduard Hlawitschka advocates that Alpaïde was the mother of Childebrand. But Leon Levillain believes that if Childebrand was the son of Alpaïde he would himself have pointed this out when he writes about Pepin and Alpaïde. Childebrand is cited as an "avunculus" of Pepin the Short; if he was the brother of the father and mother of Charles, the correct term would "patruus". Finally onomastics (the study of the origin and forms of proper names of persons or places) shows no link between the descendants of the two brothers. But in fact, by that time avunculus had already meant uncle in the broad sense without elaborating the relationship. The little that Childebrand quotes himself may represent his modesty, and the brotherly link is provided by (other) texts, although the same names are not found in the two branches of the family2. Described inluster vir (illustrious man), he is made a Count in Burgundy and duke in Provence around 737 and owned a villa in Marolles-sur-Seine. In 737, he is at the side of Charles Martel in expeditions against the Saracens in Avignon and Narbonnaise3,4. As Duke of the Franks and Count of Burgundy, he is at the origin of the family Nibelungides attached to the service of the Carolingians. He is also known to be the second successor of the medieval chronicle that Frédégaire had written from 736 to 751, following the "Monk of Laon" 3.5. In 751, the chronicle was taken over by his son, which is used to date his death to the period after 751. 3.6. His wife is unknown, but she brings Nibelung to the family's name which is carried by his son. It can be either of royal Burgundian origin, family tradition favours the Nibelungen; or from the ducal family of Alemannia, among which is a Nebi, related to the kings of Thuringia3. Their son, Nibelung or Nivelon I († 770/786), is the originator of the family Nibelungides 3.Jayexem (talk) 06:30, 4 September 2014 (UTC)