Lineage to St. Clotilde of the Franks:
brought to you by Denise in New York
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474 |
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545 |
married |
Clovis |
466 |
- |
511 |
Clotaire
I |
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497 |
- |
561 |
married |
Arnegundis |
518 |
- |
587 |
Chilpheric |
c |
540 |
- |
584 |
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Clotaire
II |
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584 |
- |
629 |
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Dagobert
I |
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603 |
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639 |
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Rotilde/Regintrude |
c |
632 |
- |
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Antoine |
c |
650 |
- |
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Bouchard |
c |
680 |
- |
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Estorede |
c |
710 |
- |
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Lideric
II |
c |
750 |
- |
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Englegram |
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790 |
- |
a851
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Odoacre |
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810 |
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864 |
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Baldwin
I with the iron arm |
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840 |
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879 |
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Raoul
Cambray |
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865 |
- |
896 |
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Isaac
Advocate Remi |
c |
886 |
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947 |
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Jean
Lens |
c |
928 |
- |
968 |
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Jean
Castillian Lens |
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b953
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- |
a1007
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Jean
Bousies |
c |
965 |
- |
1047 |
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Jean |
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1043 |
- |
a1077
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Baldwin
I |
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1076 |
- |
a1125
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Baldwin
II |
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1113 |
- |
1145 |
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Baldwin
III |
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1144 |
- |
a1185 |
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Baldwin
IV |
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1184 |
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1239 |
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Baldwin
V |
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1216 |
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1287 |
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William
Des Marets |
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1244 |
- |
a1306 |
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Baldwin
VI |
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1276 |
- |
1331 |
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Baldwin
VII |
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1315 |
- |
a1351 |
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Baldwin
VIII |
c |
1350 |
- |
1395 |
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Hugo
Des Marets |
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1380 |
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1429 |
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Reginald
Des Marets |
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1415 |
- |
a1451 |
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Jean
Des Marets |
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1450 |
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a1481 |
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Jacques
Des Marets
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1519 |
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1604 |
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Francois
Des Marets |
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1555 |
- |
a1601 |
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Anna
Des Marets |
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1598 |
- |
1674 |
married |
Jobst
Agnet von Colln |
1579 |
- |
1663 |
Johannes
von Colln |
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1625 |
- |
1673 |
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Barthold
von Colln |
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1660 |
- |
1720 |
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Georg
Arnold A. von Colln |
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1686 |
- |
1754 |
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Barthold
von Colln (II) |
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1717 |
- |
1801 |
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Johann
H.A.G. von Colln |
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1760 |
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1830 |
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Christian
von Colln |
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1824 |
- |
1887 |
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Wilhelm
von Colln |
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1853 |
- |
1938 |
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Gustav
Wilhelm von Colln |
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1896 |
- |
1977 |
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Frederich
William Von Colln |
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1942 |
- |
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John
Robert Gustav Von Colln (web author) |
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1978 |
- |
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Most
of this took place before last names were fully in place, so it
may look like just a list of unrelated names, but it is in fact,
parent to child, parent to child and so on...
There have been many, many stories and biographies written about
St. Clotilde. I will try to sum up the essence of her life and
her surroundings and her legacy...
She was born a Princess. Her father was the King of Burgandy,
and this was at a time when France was not France yet, and Germany
was not Germany yet. Europe was made up of many smaller Kingdoms.
There was one King who began conquering his surrounding Kingdoms
and united them under his one rule. He was now known as Clovis
I, King of the Franks. He heard of the slaughter of Chilperic
II, King of Burgandy, and how a priest took and hid the child
Clotilde and keep her out of harm's way. She now lived as a young
girl within a convent, but continually reached out to help those
in need in the surrounding area. It was with this information
that the over-King, Clovis, sent someone in disguise to test the
virtue of the young Princess. She, without hesitation, welcomed
the unfortunate soul, and shared food with him. King Clovis admired
such a person, who possessed strong character, generosity and
compassion, and Clovis I made arrangement for Princess Clotilde
to come to him and he married her. King Clovis was a pagan, and
the now Queen Clotilde was a Catholic. They had their first son,
and he tried to please her, by allowing the infant to be baptized.
The infant died, and Clovis blamed Clotilde's God, and he continued
to aggressively slaughter in battle with rage in his heart. Not
long after Clovis and his men were LOOSING a battle and most likely
to be killed. He immediately began praying to Clotilde's God and
when the danger was subsequently lifted, he promised to honor
such a God, and gave all his commanding officers and all his under-rulers
of all the territories he ruled the choice to join him and become
Christians. Clovis and his two sisters, and most of his men and
rulers were then baptized, and Clovis, under the influence of
his wife, Clotilde, changed the complexion of Europe. It now became
Christian, and Clovis altered his barbaric ways and did much good
after this.
There was much upheaval in the lives of such rulers, and Clovis
and Clotilde's children and grandchildren were always in jeopardy.
She ended up raising most of her grandchildren, some of whom were
eventually murdered by jealous enemies. One who escaped, was her
grandson, who later became St. Cloud. St. Cloud had no children
of his own, but we are descended from another son of Clotilde's,
whose name, as you see in the chart above, was Clotaire I. This
Clotaire I, had several wives, (two of whom were actual sisters),
but we are descended from the wife named Arnegundis. Clotaire
made arrangements to be buried royally in a Cathedral, but now
archaeologists have found the grave of our Arnegundis, and have
been able to reconstruct much about her status and image by the
jewelry found about her skeleton.
