Ansegisel Hausmeier von Austrasien und Neustrien [7683] ¹⁸²¹

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  General Notes:

Son of the powerful Austrasian nobleman Bishop Arnulf of Metz and was married to St. Begga, daughter of of the more powerful Austrasian nobleman Mayor Pepin I. Killed while hunting (some sources say in 640 but the Calendar of Saints says 629). Although one source says he was murdered. Children previously listed as: 1. Pepin II "the younger" of Heristol, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia: d. 16 December 0714, Junille on the Meuse, France 2. Martin/Marin, Count of Laon: Laon, Aisne, France 3. Chlotilde, Regent of Austrasia: married Thierry II, King of Burgundy

Ansegisel (also Ansgise, Ansegus, or Anchises) (c. 602 or 610-murdered before 679 or 662) was the younger son of Saint Arnulf, bishop of Metz, and his wife Doda. He served King Sigebert III of Austrasia (634-656) as a duke (Latin dux, a military leader) and domesticus. He was killed sometime before 679, slain in a feud by his enemy Gundewin. Through his son Pepin, Ansegisel's descendants would eventually become Frankish kings and rule over the Carolingian Empire.

He was married to Begga, the daughter of Pepin the Elder, sometime after 639. They had the following children:

1. Pepin II (635 or 640 \endash December 16, 714), who would later become Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia
2. Martin of Herstal
3. Clotilda of Herstal (650\endash 699), married King Theuderic III of Neustria



Wikisource - dictionary of Saintly Women St. Doda (2), ancestor of Charlemagne. Wife of St. Arnulf of Metz, a great patron saint of the French. She was a woman of noble birth, and great wealth and piety. She was married in 609 to Arnulf, who held positions of the highest importance and trust under Theodebert II. and Clothaire. Amulf and Doda had two sons, Clodulfus (one of the many SS. Cloud), bishop of Metz, and *******Ansigisilus, who married St. Begga, daughter of Pepin of Landen. Soon after the birth of her second son, Doda became a nun at Trèves. Arnulf wished to join St. Romaric and became a monk, but the king and the people could not dispense with his services. About 612 the bishopric of Metz was forced upon him, although he was a layman, but he was still retained as the king's chief adviser and minister. He died a monk about 640. Many years after their separation, Arnulf and Doda had to meet to settle some of their affairs. She was so afraid that her presence might revive his mundane affections that she shaved her head; her precaution was successful,\emdash he was horrified at the sight of her. At July 18, Bosch the Bollandist gives two lives of St. Arnulf, the earliest of which is by a contemporary author. He also gives an inscription in which she is called "St. Doda Herezogin von Schbbeina St. Arnulphen Gemachel." But he does not seem to attach much credit to this last. Doda is commemorated with her son St. Cloud, in Greven and Usuard. Clarus, Die Heilige Mathilde. Butler. Baillet. Smith and Wace.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He worked as a Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia between 634 and 656 in Kingdom of Austrasia. ¹⁸²²

2. Clan: House of Arnulfings, on an unknown date,. ¹⁸²²

Ansegisel married St. Begga von Landen Äbtissin von Andenne [7684] [MRIN: 5719]. (St. Begga von Landen Äbtissin von Andenne [7684] was born about 620 in Landen, Austrasien, Frankenreich,¹⁸²¹ died on 17 December 693 in Andenne, Namur, Austrasien ¹⁸²¹ and was buried in 693 ¹⁸²¹.)