Bertha Broadfoot1

F, (circa 720 - 12 July 783)
Father-Biological*Caribert , Count of Laon
Mother-Biological*Bertrada
Family Lines
Roy Line

Boudreau Line
Last Edited=16 Feb 2023
     Bertha Broadfoot was born circa 720 at Laon, France.1 She was the daughter of Caribert , Count of Laon and Bertrada. Bertha was known as Queen Goose-Foot or Goose-Footed Bertha, and she is the original Mother Goose.2

Bertha Broadfoot married Pépin the Short , King of the Franks, son of Charles Martel ~ Mayor of the Palace and Rotrou of Allemania, circa 740.1,3,4,5,2 Bertha Broadfoot died on 12 July 783.1,3,4

Child of Bertha Broadfoot and Pépin the Short , King of the Franks

Citations

  1. Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa, Fourth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002.
  2. Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times. N.p.: manuscript, 2008.
  3. Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650, Fifth Edition. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1982.
  4. Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Origin of the Carolingians", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume XCVIII (October 1944).
  5. Kelley, David H.. "Genealogical Research in England: A New Consideration of the Carolingians", The New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume CI (April 1947).