Ancestral Trails 2016 » ARNULF von METZ (582-641)

Persoonlijke gegevens ARNULF von METZ 

• Hij is geboren op 13 augustus 582 in Heristal, Liège, Belgium.

  Let op: Was jonger dan 16 jaar (14) toen kind (CHLODULF von METZ) werd geboren (??-??-596).

• Titel: Bishop of Metz
• (Alternative Name) : St Arnulf d'Heristal.
• Hij is overleden op 18 juli 641 in Remiremont Monastery, Belgium, hij was toen 58 jaar oud.Bron 1
• Hij is begraven in het jaar 641 in Church of the Apostles, Metz.
• Een kind van BODEGISEL d'AQUITAINE en CHRODOARA OF THE MEROVINGIANS

Gezin van ARNULF von METZ

Hij heeft/had een relatie met DODA d'HERISTAL.

Kind(eren):

1. WALCHISUS de NEUSTRIA  611-???? 
2. CHLODULF von METZ  596-696 
3. ANSEGISAL von METZ  606-678 

• Het echtpaar heeft gemeenschappelijke voorouders.



Notities over ARNULF von METZ

Saint Arnulf of Metz (c. 582 - 640) was a Frankish bishop of Metz and advisor to the Merovingian court of Austrasia, who retired to the Abbey of Remiremont. In French he is also known as Arnoul or Arnoulf. In English he is also known as Arnold.

Shortly after 800, most likely in Metz, a brief genealogy of the Carolingians was compiled, modelled in style after the genealogy of Jesus in the New Testament. According to this source, Arnulf's father was a certain Arnoald, who in turn was the son of a nobilissimus Ansbertus and Blithilt (or Blithilde), an alleged and otherwise unattested daughter of Chlothar I. This claim of royal Merovingian descent is not confirmed by the contemporary reference Vita Sancti Arnulfi's.

The Vita, written shortly after the saint's death, states that he was of Frankish ancestry, from "sufficiently elevated and noble parentage, and very rich in worldly goods", without making any claims to royal blood. However, under Salic Law, no children of Blithilde would be recognized as legitimate heirs to the dynasty. Therefore, the connection may or may not have been noted in relevant documentation.

Arnulf was born to an important Frankish family around 582. His father was probably Bodegisel (d. 585/8), Palace Mayor and Duke of Sueve and his mother probably Saint Oda, Abbess of Amay. The family owned vast domains between the Mosel and Meuse rivers. As an adolescent, he was called to the Merovingian court of king Theudebert II (595-612) of Austrasia and sent to serve as dux at the Schelde.

Arnulf gave distinguished service at the Austrasian court under Theudebert II. He distinguished himself both as a military commander and in the civil administration; at one time he had under his care six distinct provinces. Arnulf was married ca 596 to a woman whom later sources give the name of Dode or Doda, (born ca 584), and had children. Chlodulf of Metz was his oldest son, but more important is his second son Ansegisel, who married Begga daughter of Pepin I, Pippin of Landen. Arnulf is thus the male-line grandfather of Pepin of Herstal, great-grandfather of Charles Martel and 3rd great grandfather of Charlemagne.

The rule of Austrasia came into the hands of Brunhilda, the grandmother of Theudebert, who ruled also in Burgundy in the name of her great-grandchildren. In 613 Arnulf joined his politics with Pippin of Landen and led the opposition of Frankish nobles against Queen Brunhilda. The revolt led to her overthrow, torture, and eventual execution, and the subsequent reunification of Frankish lands under Chlothachar II.

He and his friend Romaricus, likewise an officer of the court, planned to make a pilgrimage to the Abbey of Lérins. Chlothachar, who appreciated Arnulf's administrative skills, offered him the vacant see of Metz, the capital of the Autrasian kingdom. Arnulf continued to serve the king's steward and courtier.

Chlothachar later made his son Dagobert I king of Austrasia, which he ruled with the help of his adviser Arnulf. Pippin of Landen, became the Mayor of the Palace. Not satisfied with his position as a bishop, he was involved in the 624 murder of Chrodoald, an important leader of the Frankish Agilolfings family and a protégé of Dagobert.

During his career he was attracted to religious life, and he retired to become a monk. He retired around 628 to a hermitage at a mountain site in his domains in the Vosges. His friend Romaric, whose parents were killed by Brunhilda, had preceded him to the mountains around 613, and together with Amatus had already established Remiremont Abbey there. Afer the death of Chlothachar in 629, Arnulf settled near Habendum, where he died some time between 643 and 647. He was buried at Remiremont.

Arnulf was canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church. In iconography he is portrayed with a rake in his hand. SOURCE: Wikipedia

Also ancestry as Arnulf of Metz, son of Borogiso II of Aquitaine, son of Bogogiso I of Aquitaine, son of Chloderic. Mayor of the Palace and tutor of Dagobert, tonsured late summer 613. [Pedigrees of Some of Charlemagne's Descendants by Marcellus Donald Alexander R. von Redlich] Also have death as 16 Aug 640 in Remimont. [Pedigrees of Some of Charlemagne's Descendants by Marcellus Donald Alexander R. von Redlich] Arnulf married Clothilde Meroving about 596 (Clothilde Meroving was born in 581 in Old Saxony)


Heeft u aanvullingen, correcties of vragen met betrekking tot ARNULF von METZ?
De auteur van deze publicatie hoort het graag van u!




Tijdbalk ARNULF von METZ

  Deze functionaliteit is alleen beschikbaar voor browsers met Javascript ondersteuning.
Klik op de namen voor meer informatie. Gebruikte symbolen:  grootouders    ouders    broers/zussen    kinderen