Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
Lasse & Anita - Person Sheet
NameKarl Martell , 34G Grandfather
Birth676
Death22 Oct 741, Ciersy
OccupationHausmeier, Housemaster i Frankrike
Alias/AKAKarl Hammeren, King Charles Martel “The Hammer” of Franks
Spouses
1Rotrude Austrasia , 34G Grandmother
Birth690
Death724
Alias/AKAChrotrud
FatherLeutwinus Treves (<664-713)
MotherNN
ChildrenJerome
2Sunnichild , 34G Grandmother
FatherTheodebert of Bavaria (-<725)
MotherFolcheld
Marriage725
ChildrenGrifo
 Aude Aldane (732-)
3Chrothais , 36G Grandmother
Birthca 690
ChildrenBernhard (725-784)
Notes for Karl Martell
Stanset i 732 den arabiske invasjonen ved Poitiers.
Martel betyr “hammeren”.

Karl Martel, King of Austrasia:

Charles Martel re-established Frankish authority in southern Gaul, where the local authorities could not cope with the Islamic threat; he stopped the Muslims near Poitiers (Battle of Tours; 732) and used this opportunity to subdue Aquitaine (735-736). The Muslims then turned toward Provence, and Charles Martel sent several expeditions against them and stopped their advance in Europe.

This is how it is usually presented, but actually it was duke Eudes, once an ally of Charles, who had become disloyal and promptly called to his aid the Saracens, Moors from Africa, who, entering Spain in 711, had soon conquered it and were now (732) threatening Gaul. Led by their king, 'Abd ar-Rahman, they marched for Bordeaux, burning churches and plundering. From Bordeaux they went across Aquitaine to Poitiers. It was outside here that Charles Martel came upon them and put them to flight.
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