Bertrada of Laon

Bertrada of Laon
Statue of Bertrada by Eugène Oudiné, one of the twenty Reines de France et Femmes illustres in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris
Queen consort of the Franks
ReignNovember 751 - 24 September 768
Bornbetween 710 and 727
Laon, Francia
Died(783-07-12)12 July 783
Choisy-au-Bac, Francia
Burial
SpousePepin the Short
Issue
FatherCharibert of Laon
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Bertrada of Laon (born between 710 and 727 – 12 July 783), also known as Bertrada the Younger or Bertha Broadfoot (cf. Latin: Regina pede aucae, i.e. the queen with the goose-foot), was a Frankish queen. She was the wife of Pepin the Short and the mother of Charlemagne, Carloman and Gisela, plus five other children.


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