Brunulphe I, Count of the Adrennes

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Brunulphe, Count of the Ardennes
BornBrunulphe of the Ardennes
c. 522 AD
Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia
DiedUnknown
Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia
Father Walbert III

Brunulphe or Brunulphe of the Ardennes (French : Brunulphe d'Ardennes) (born c. 522 AD) was a Frankish nobleman and Merovingian Count of the Ardennes.

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Biography

Brunulphe was born around c. 522 AD in the Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia.

Brunulphe's father, Walbert III was a direct descendant of Clodion, King of the Franks. Brunulphe's older brother was Saint Walbert IV and his nieces were Saint Waltrude and Saint Aldegund. [1] Brunulphe's sisters were Vraye and St. Amalberge, who married Witger, Count of Condat. [2]

Brunulphe married Vraye, daughter of the Duke of Burgundy with whom he had two daughters: Saint Aye and Clotilde. Clotilde was the wife of Sigilfe (Sigilfus or Brunulphe). [2] The brother of his father had various children, among them St. Hydulphe of Lobbes, who later married Saint Aye. [3]

Death

Count Brunulphe of the Ardennes died in Austrasia, Francia.

Family

References

  1. ↑ Baring-Gould, S. (1898). The Lives of the Saints. United Kingdom: J. C. Nimmo.
  2. 1 2 Gambier, A. (1789). Essai historique sur la rentrée des biens tant à l'église qu'à la nation, avec des réflexions sur la nature de ces biens. (n.p.): (n.p.).
  3. ↑ Vinchant, F. (1853). Annales de la province et comté du Hainaut. Belgium: A. Vandale.
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