Begga

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Begga was a 7th-century Frankish noblewoman and saint, traditionally regarded as an ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty and associated with the founding of religious institutions in what is now Belgium.

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Label Occurrences
Begga canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 7th-century person ⓘ
Christian saint ⓘ
Frankish noblewoman ⓘ
medieval European noble ⓘ
associatedWith Andenne ⓘ
Austrasia ⓘ
Landen ⓘ
present-day Belgium ⓘ
burialPlace Andenne ⓘ
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint ⓘ
centuryOfBirth 7th century ⓘ
centuryOfDeath 7th century ⓘ
child Pepin of Herstal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Frankish Kingdom ⓘ
cultDevelopedIn Low Countries ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 613 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 17 December 693 ⓘ
describedAs ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
era Early Middle Ages ⓘ
ethnicGroup Franks ⓘ
father Pepin of Landen ⓘ
feastDay 17 December ⓘ
founded monastery at Andenne ⓘ
hasTitle Blessed Begga ⓘ
linked to: Saint Begga

Saint Begga ⓘ
memberOfDynasty Arnulfing family ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian dynasty

Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
mother Itta of Metz ⓘ
nativeLanguage Old Frankish ⓘ
notableFor founding and endowing religious houses ⓘ
role in early Carolingian family history ⓘ
notableRelative Arnulf of Metz ⓘ
Charlemagne ⓘ
Charles Martel ⓘ
notableWork foundation of religious institutions at Andenne ⓘ
occupation noblewoman ⓘ
placeOfBirth Austrasia ⓘ
Landen ⓘ
placeOfDeath Andenne ⓘ
present-day Belgium ⓘ
positionHeld abbess ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
spouse Ansegisel ⓘ
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Church ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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

Pepin of Landen → child → Begga ⓘ