Grimoald the Elder

"Grimoald I" redirects here. For the Lombard duke, see Grimoald I of Benevento.
Grimoald
Mayor of the palace
Born616
Died657
Noble familyPippinids
IssueChildebert the Adopted[1]
Vulfetrude
FatherPepin of Landen
MotherItta of Metz

Grimoald I (616–657), called the Elder (in French, Grimaud l'Ainé), was the mayor of the palace of Austrasia from 643 to his death. He was the son of Pepin of Landen and Itta.[2][3]

  1. ^ Richard Gerberding, The Rise of the Carolingians and the Liber Historiae Francorum
  2. ^ Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, vol. 1), 1993 (ISBN 2-9501509-3-4)
  3. ^ Alban Butler's Lives of the saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland