Bertrada of Laon

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Bertrada of Laon was an 8th-century Frankish queen consort of Pepin the Short and the mother of Charlemagne, playing a key role in the early Carolingian dynasty.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bertrada of Laon canonical 19
Bertrada the Elder 1
Bertrada the Younger 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Carolingian dynasty member ⓘ
Frankish queen ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
queen consort ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bertha Broadfoot ⓘ
Bertrade de Laon ⓘ
associatedWith Carolingian court at Quierzy ⓘ
Charlemagne ⓘ
Pepin the Short ⓘ
birthDate c. 710 ⓘ
burialPlace Basilica of Saint Denis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Frankish Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 12 July 783 ⓘ
deathPlace Choisy-au-Bac ⓘ
dynasty Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
endTime 768 ⓘ
era Early Middle Ages ⓘ
father Charibert of Laon ⓘ
historicalRegion Neustria ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Neustria
house House of Laon ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
monarchConsortOf Pepin the Short ⓘ
mother Gisela of Aquitaine ⓘ
motherOf Carloman I ⓘ
Charlemagne ⓘ
Gisela ⓘ
Pepin the Hunchback ⓘ
name Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
nativeLanguage Old Frankish ⓘ
nobleFamily Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
notableEvent helped arrange Charlemagne’s marriage alliances ⓘ
lived through division of the Frankish kingdom between Charlemagne and Carloman I ⓘ
witnessed coronation of Pepin as king in 751 ⓘ
notableFor being mother of Charlemagne ⓘ
influencing succession of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ
notableRole early supporter of Charlemagne ⓘ
partOf Frankish nobility ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Laon ⓘ
positionHeld Queen consort of the Franks ⓘ
predecessorAsQueenConsort Swanachild ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Pepin the Short ⓘ
startTime 751 ⓘ
successorAsQueenConsort Hildegard of the Vinzgau ⓘ
title Queen of the Franks ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charlemagne → mother → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
Carloman I → mother → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
Pepin the Short → spouse → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
Bertrada of Laon → name → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
Prüm Abbey → foundedBy → Bertrada the Elder ⓘ
linked to: Bertrada of Laon
Prüm Abbey → foundedBy → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
Pepin (son of Carloman I) → grandmother → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
Pippin the Short → spouse → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
Gisela of Aquitaine → mother → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
House of Laon → notableMember → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
Charibert of Laon → child → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
subject linked to: House of Laon
Charlemagne → mother → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
subject linked to: House of Laon
Pepin the Short → spouse → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
subject linked to: House of Laon
Pepin the Hunchback → grandmother → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
subject linked to: the Hunchback
Bertha Broadfoot → alternateName → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
Bertha Broadfoot → birthName → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
Bertrade de Laon → alsoKnownAs → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
Bertrade de Laon → alsoKnownAs → Bertrada the Younger ⓘ
linked to: Bertrada of Laon
Charibert of Laon → child → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ
Charibert of Laon → fatherOf → Bertrada of Laon ⓘ