Vulfetrude

Vulfetrude, or Wulfetrude (died 669), was an Abbess 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, and she succeeded her aunt Saint Gertrude of Nivelles as abbess in 659AD. The fall of her father Grimoald I and her brother Childebert the Adopted left her exposed to the hostility of former opponents of the family.

She is commemorated on Nov. 23.[5]

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.
  5. ↑ http://catholicsaints.mobi/calendar/23-november.htm
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