"Grimoald I" redirects here. For the Lombard duke, see Grimoald I of Benevento.
Grimoald
Mayor of the palace
Born
616
Died
657
Noble family
Pippinids
Issue
Childebert the Adopted[1] Vulfetrude
Father
Pepin of Landen
Mother
Itta 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]
^Richard Gerberding, The Rise of the Carolingians and the Liber Historiae Francorum
^Christian Settipani, La Préhistoire des Capétiens (Nouvelle histoire généalogique de l'auguste maison de France, vol. 1), 1993 (ISBN 2-9501509-3-4)
^Alban Butler's Lives of the saints, edited, revised and supplemented by Thurston and Attwater. Christian Classics, Westminster, Maryland
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