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Dagobert I Unknown1,2
M, #7678, Deceased, b. about 603, d. 19 January 639
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Parents
| Father | Clothar II Unknown (b. 584, d. 629) |
| Mother | Haldetrude Unknown (b. 575, d. 604) |
Family 1: Bertechildis Unknown
Family 2: Wulfefundis Unknown
Family 3: Gomentrud Unknown
Family 4: Ragintrudis Unknown
Family 5: Nanthild Unknown (b. about 610, d. 642)
| Daughter | Rigintrude Unknown+ |
| Son | Clovis II Unknown+ (b. 637, d. about 657) |
Main Events
| Marriage | Dagobert I Unknown and Bertechildis Unknown were married.2,1 |
| Marriage | Dagobert I Unknown and Wulfefundis Unknown were married.2,1 |
| Marriage | Dagobert I Unknown and Gomentrud Unknown were married.2,1 |
| Marriage | Dagobert I Unknown and Ragintrudis Unknown were married.2,1 |
| Burial | Dagobert I's remains were buried in Basilica of St Denis, Paris.1 |
| Residence | He resided See notes.1 |
| User Reference Number | He; 19655 |
| Note | Event Memos from GEDCOM Import... Residence Dagobert I (c. 603 – 19 January 639) was the king of Austrasia (623 –634), king of all the Franks (629 –634), and king of Neustria and Burgundy (629 –639). He was the last Merovingian dynast to wield any real royal power. Dagobert was the first of the French kings to be buried in the royal tombs at Saint Denis Basilica. Dagobert was the eldest son of Chlothar II and Haldetrude (575-604). Chlothar II had reigned alone over all the Franks since 613. In 623, Chlothar was forced to make Dagobert king of Austrasia by the nobility of that region, who wanted a king of their own. When Chlothar II granted Austrasia to Dagobert, he initially excluded Alsace, the Vosges, and the Ardennes, but shortly thereafter the Austrasian nobility forced him to concede these regions to Dagobert. The rule of a Frank from the Austrasian heartland tied Alsace more closely to the Austrasian court. Dagobert created a new duchy (the later Duchy of Alsace) in southwest Austrasia to guard the region from Burgundian or Alemannic encroachments and ambitions. The duchy comprised the Vosges, the Burgundian Gate, and the Transjura. Dagobert made his courtier Gundoin the first duke of this new polity that was to last until the end of the Merovingian dynasty. On the death of his father in 629, Dagobert inherited the Neustrian and Burgundian kingdoms. His half-brother Charibert, son of Sichilde, claimed Neustria but Dagobert opposed him. Brodulf, the brother of Sichilde, petitioned Dagobert on behalf of his young nephew, but Dagobert assassinated him and gave his younger sibling Aquitaine. Charibert died in 632 and his son Chilperic was assassinated on Dagobert's orders. By 632, Dagobert had Burgundy and Aquitaine firmly under his rule, becoming the most powerful Merovingian king in many years and the most respected ruler in the West. In 631, Dagobert led three armies against Samo, the Slavic king, but his Austrasian forces were defeated at Wogastisburg. Also in 632, the nobles of Austrasia revolted under the mayor of the palace, Pepin of Landen. In 634, Dagobert appeased the rebellious nobles by putting his three-year-old son, Sigebert III, on the throne, thereby ceding royal power in the easternmost of his realms, just as his father had done for him eleven years earlier. As king, Dagobert made Paris his capital. During his reign, he built the Altes Schloss in Meersburg (in modern Germany), which today is the oldest inhabited castle in that country. Devoutly religious, Dagobert was also responsible for the construction of the Saint Denis Basilica, at the site of a Benedictine monastery in Paris. Dagobert died in the abbey of Saint-Denis and was the first French king to be buried in the Saint Denis Basilica, Paris. The pattern of division and assassination which characterise even the strong king Dagobert's reign continued for the next century until Pepin the Short finally deposed the last Merovingian king in 751, establishing the Carolingian dynasty. The Merovingian boy-kings remained ineffective rulers who inherited the throne as young children and lived only long enough to produce a male heir or two, while real power lay in the hands of the noble families who exercised feudal control over most of the land. Dagobert was immortalized in the song Le bon roi Dagobert (The Good King Dagobert), a nursery rhyme featuring exchanges between the king and his chief adviser, Saint Eligius (Eloi in French). The satirical rhymes place Dagobert in various ridiculous positions from which Eligius' good advice manages to extract him. The text, which probably originated in the 18th century, became extremely popular as an expression of the anti-monarchist sentiment of the French Revolution. Other than placing Dagobert and Eligius in their respective roles, it has no historical accuracy. In 1984 a 112 minutes long french-Italian comedy, Le bon roi Dagobert - The good king Dagobert. The movie is surprisingly realistic in showing the realities of early barbarian France. The soundtrack was composed by Guido and Mauricio De Angelis. Dagobert was a serial monogamist. He married Nanthild and they had the following: * Clovis II, who inherited the rest of his kingdom at a young age when his father died. * Regintrud who married into the Bavarian Agilolfings, either Theodo, Duke of Bavaria or his son Duke in Salzburg. He also had a mistress named Ragintrudis (Ragnetrude) and they had the following: * Sigebert III His other wives were: * Wulfefundis (Wulfegunde) * Bertechildis (Berthilde) * Gomentrude. |
| His wife Ragintrudis Unknown died. | |
| His wife Gomentrud Unknown died. | |
| His wife Wulfefundis Unknown died. | |
| His wife Bertechildis Unknown died. | |
| Birth | He was born about 603.2,1 |
| His mother Haldetrude Unknown died in 604. | |
| Marriage | Dagobert I Unknown and Nanthild Unknown were married about 629.2,1 |
| His father Clothar II Unknown died in 629. | |
| His son Clovis II Unknown was born in 637. | |
| Death | Dagobert I Unknown died on 19 January 639, at age ~36.2,1 |
| His wife Nanthild Unknown died in 642. |
Citations
Patrick O'Gara
M, #7679, Deceased, b. 1831
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Family:
| Son | John Joseph (Jack) O'Gara+ (b. about 1871) |
Main Events
| User Reference Number | Patrick O'Gara; 24818 |
| Birth | He was born in 1831 in Cloongownah. |
| His son John Joseph (Jack) O'Gara was born about 1871. |
Milon Unknown1
M, #7688, Deceased
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Family:
| Son | Guy I Unknown+ |
Main Events
| Marriage | Milon Unknown was married.1 |
| Death | He died Y Y, Y.1 |
| User Reference Number | He; 19530 |
Citations
- [S1016] According to Otto Hirzell
Katheryn Snelsonne
F, #7695, Deceased, b. about 1580
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Parents
| Father | Richard Snelston (b. about 1546) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Broadhurst (b. 1546) |
Family: Phillip Higginbotham (b. September 1580, d. 1624/25)
Main Events
| Also Known As | Katheryn Snelsonne was also known as Catherine Higginbotham. |
| Biography | There is no direct evidence that I can find that proves that Catherine is the sister of Roger Snelson #4878, however as she married around the same time as Roger in the same church, and as Roger mentions a Catherine in his Will, and that she is married to Philip Higginbothom who is also a dyer like Roger, I think she is either his sister or Roger's cousin. I guess she could be his daughter, but that is a long shot. |
| User Reference Number | She; 3126 |
| Birth | She was born about 1580 As she was married in 1605, on the basis that she might have been aged about 25 years old, I have as a long shot estimated her birth to be about 1580. |
| Marriage | Katheryn Snelsonne and Phillip Higginbotham were married on 24 June 1605 in St. James, Garlickhithe, London, The marriage is also recorded in Boyd's Inhabitants of London & Family Units, 1200-1946 aka Boyd's Inhabitants of London.1 |
| Her husband Phillip Higginbotham died in 1624/25. |
Citations
- [S311] Extracts from Boyd's Marriage Index, R3-3117
Charles Avons
M, #7699, Deceased, b. 1836, d. 1898
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Family: Jane Unknown (b. 1839, d. 1916)
| Son | Edward Howard Avons+ (b. 1880, d. 1938) |
Main Events
| Marriage | Charles Avons and Jane Unknown were married. |
| User Reference Number | He; 24555 |
| Birth | He was born in 1836. |
| His son Edward Howard Avons was born in 1880. | |
| Death | Charles Avons died in 1898, at age ~62. |
| His wife Jane Unknown died in 1916. |