Brunulphe or Brunulphe of the Ardennes (French: Brunulphe d'Ardennes) (born c. 522 AD) was a Frankish nobleman and Merovingian Count of the Ardennes.
Biography
Brunulphe was born around c. 522 AD in the Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia.
Brunulphe's father, Walbert III was a direct descendant of Clodion, King of the Franks. Brunulphe's older brother was Saint Walbert IV and his nieces were Saint Waltrude and Saint Aldegund.[1] Brunulphe's sisters were Vraye and St. Amalberge, who married Witger, Count of Condat.[2]
Brunulphe married Vraye, daughter of the Duke of Burgundy with whom he had two daughters: Saint Aye and Clotilde. Clotilde was the wife of Sigilfe (Sigilfus or Brunulphe).[2] The brother of his father had various children, among them St. Hydulphe of Lobbes, who later married Saint Aye.[3]
Death
Count Brunulphe of the Ardennes died in Austrasia, Francia.
Family
- Walbert I (great-grandfather)
- Lucille of Pannonia (great-grandmother)
- Walbert II (grandfather)
- Walbert III (father)
- Walbert IV (brother)
- Clotilde d'Neustrie (daughter)
- Saint Aye (daughter)
- Saint Hydulphe (son-in-law/cousin)
References
- ^ Baring-Gould, S. (1898). The Lives of the Saints. United Kingdom: J. C. Nimmo.
- ^ a b Gambier, A. (1789). Essai historique sur la rentrée des biens tant à l'église qu'à la nation, avec des réflexions sur la nature de ces biens. (n.p.): (n.p.).
- ^ Vinchant, F. (1853). Annales de la province et comté du Hainaut. Belgium: A. Vandale.