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• Appointments / Titles: Bayern, Germany; Duke of Bavaria
• House: House of Agilofinges
• FSID: KCGK-VD2

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Wikipedia

Garibald I (also Garivald; Latin: Garibaldus; born 540) was Duke (or King) of Bavaria from 555 until 591.[1] He was the head of the Agilolfings, and the ancestor of the Bavarian dynasty that ruled the Kingdom of the Lombards.

Biography
After the death of the Merovingian king Theudebald of Austrasia, his successor Chlothar I had "begun to have intercourse with"[2] his widow Waldrada (531–572), daughter of the Lombard king Wacho. Chlothar's bishops objected, so he gave Waldrada to Garibald to marry in 556. Not only did this grant Garibald prestige, but it created lasting political ties between the Bavarii and the Lombards of Pannonia and Bohemia. This would have consequences after the Lombards moved into Italy in 568.

Some time before 585, the Merovingian court attempted to bind Duke Garibald more closely to its interests by arranging a marriage between his daughter Theodelinda and King Childebert II of Austrasia. At the same time the Merovingians were attempting to normalise relations with Authari, the Lombard king, by arranging a marriage between Childebert's sister and Authari. Both these proposals fell through. The offended Authari was engaged to Theodelinda in 588. Fearing an anti-Frankish axis, the Franks sent an army into Bavaria. Garibald's children Gundoald and Theodelinda fled to Italy. Authari married Theodelinda in May 589 and named his brother-in-law, Gundoald, Duke of Asti. In 590, the Franks invaded Lombardy with help from Byzantium, but were defeated.

In 591, Childebert normalised relations with the Lombards and Bavarii. After King Authari died in 590, the Lombard dukes asked Theodelinda to marry again. She chose Authari's cousin Agilulf as her husband, and he was accepted as the next king. They then negotiated a peace with Childebert which lasted for decades. According to Paulus Diaconus, peace with Bavaria was restored when Childebert named Tassilo rex (king). It is unknown whether Garibald was deposed or died. Nor is it clear what Tassilo's relationship to Garibald was; though if not his son, he was certainly a close relation. He was reportedly also the father of Romilda of Friuli.

Garibald married de Lombardy, Princess Waldrada in 556 in Bayern, Germany. Waldrada (daughter of de Lombardy, Wacho and of the Gepidae, Austrigusa) was born in 535 in Kingdom of Pannonia; died in 572 in Bayern, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: 9CCY-LJQ

Family/Spouse: von Landen, Karlmann. Karlmann was born on 13 Aug 550 in Kingdom of Austrasia; died on 21 Feb 613 in Kingdom of Austrasia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• House: House of Pippinids
• FSID: LZPS-59C
• Occupation: Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia for Clotaire II and Dagobert, 1st Duke of Brabant, Maire du Palais d'Austrasie (626-629), , Major Domus for Clothar II, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
• Life Event: Between 615 and 629, Kingdom of Austrasia; Mayor Of The Palace of Austrasia

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Division of the kingdom
Internally, the kingdom was divided among Clovis's sons and later among his grandsons and frequently saw war between the different kings, who quickly allied among themselves and against one another. The death of one king created conflict between the surviving brothers and the deceased's sons, with differing outcomes. Later, conflicts were intensified by the personal feud around Brunhilda. However, yearly warfare often did not constitute general devastation but took on an almost ritual character, with established 'rules' and norms.[8]

Reunification of the kingdom
Eventually, Clotaire II in 613 reunited the entire Frankish realm under one ruler. Later divisions produced the stable units of Austrasia, Neustria, Burgundy and Aquitania.

The frequent wars had weakened royal power, while the aristocracy had made great gains and procured enormous concessions from the kings in return for their support. These concessions saw the very considerable power of the king parcelled out and retained by leading comites and duces (counts and dukes). Very little is in fact known about the course of the 7th century due to a scarcity of sources, but Merovingians remained in power until the 8th century.

Weakening of the kingdom
Clotaire's son Dagobert I (died 639), who sent troops to Spain and pagan Slavic territories in the east, is commonly seen as the last powerful Merovingian King. Later kings are known as rois fainéants[1] ("do-nothing kings"), despite the fact that only the last two kings did nothing. The kings, even strong-willed men like Dagobert II and Chilperic II, were not the main agents of political conflicts, leaving this role to their mayors of the palace, who increasingly substituted their own interest for their king's.[9] Many kings came to the throne at a young age and died in the prime of life, weakening royal power further.

Return to power[edit]
The conflict between mayors was ended when the Austrasians under Pepin the Middle triumphed in 687 in the Battle of Tertry. After this, Pepin, though not a king, was the political ruler of the Frankish kingdom and left this position as a heritage to his sons. It was now the sons of the mayor that divided the realm among each other under the rule of a single king.

Family/Spouse: de Nivelles, Saint Iduberga. Iduberga was born in 592 in Kingdom of Austrasia; died on 8 May 652 in Kloster Nivelles, Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium; was buried after 8 May 652 in Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LDSS-HQZ
• Religion: Roman Catholic

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After the demise of Grimoald in 662, the property passed to Ansegisel and Begga, the parents of Pippin II.

Begga founded seven churches in Andenne after Ansegisel's death

Begga married of Austrasia, Ansegisel in 634 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Ansegisel (son of of Metz, Saint Arnulf and of Metz, Doda) was born in 610 in Kingdom of Austrasia; died in 670 in Chaudfontaine, Liege, Belgium; was buried in 670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]