Charibert of Laon

{{Short description|Count of Laon}}

Charibert (d. bef. 762), also spelled Caribert and Heribert, Count of Laon, was the maternal grandfather of Charlemagne. Charibert was the father of Charlemagne's mother, Bertrada of Laon.[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG214650 "Bertrade de Laon, Queen of the Franks", The British Museum]

Only Charibert's mother, Bertrada of Prüm, is known from contemporary records as the two signed the foundation act of the Abbey of Prüm in 721.{{Cite book|last=Haubrichs|first=Wolfgang|title=Die Kultur der Abtei Prüm zur Karolingerzeit|publisher=Röhrscheid|year=1979|isbn=978-3792804018|pages=31}} The same year, also with his mother, he made a donation to the Abbey of Echternach. Charibert's father was possibly Martin of Laon.

The name of Charibert's wife is not known. Charibert had one daughter:

Charibert died before 762, as stated in an act of his daughter and son-in-law.

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Sources

  • Settipani, Christian. Les Ancêtres de Charlemagne. Paris. 1989.
  • Settipani, Christian, [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~medieval/addcharlENG.pdf Addendum to the Ancestors of Charlemagne][http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~medieval/addcharlENG.pdf , 1990 (PDF)]

Category:8th-century deaths