Vulfetrude

Vulfetrude, or Wulfetrude (died 669), was an Abbey of Nivelles from 659-669AD. She was a daughter of Grimoald I, therefore, a grand daughter Pepin the Elder, mayor of the palace of Austrasia and Itte Idoberge of the Carolingian dynasty.[1][2][3][4]

She entered the monastery of Nivelles, an she succeeded her aunt Saint Gertrude of Nivelles as abbess in 659AD. The fall of his father Grimoald I and his brother Childebert the Adopted left her exposed to the hostility of former opponents of the family.

References

  1. Pierre Riché, Les Carolingiens, une famille qui fit l'Europe, Paris, Hachette, coll. « Pluriel », 1983 (réimpr. 1997), p490 , p. 31 & 34.
  2. Jean-Charles Volkmann, Bien connaître les généalogies des rois de France, Éditions Gisserot, 1999.
  3. Michel Mourre, Le Petit Mourre. Dictionnaire d'Histoire universelle, (Éditions Bordas, 2007) (ISBN 978-2-04-732194-2).
  4. Nathalie Stalmans, La Conjuration des Fainéants, Rennes, Terre de brume, 2008.
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