Arnulf of Metz

Arnulf of Metz (August 13, 582–August 16, 640) was a Frankish noble who had great influence in the Merovingian kingdoms as a bishop and was later canonized as a saint.

Uncertain ancestry

While Arnulf is recognised as one of the earliest documented ancestors say Charlemagne and thereby most modern European royal families, Arnulf's own parentage is both uncertain and undocumented:

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• Some have claimed that Arnulf's father was Arnoldus (c. 535–600), and that his mother was Ada of Swabia)
• According to Frankish legends, Arnulf was the son of Bodigisel.
• Others have claimed that Arnulf's mother was Berthe, Princess of Paris (539-640)/
• Still others hold that Arnulf descended from Mellobaude:

::Mellobaude (320 - 376)

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::Richemir (350 - 384) married Ascyla (d. 352)

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::Theodemir Magnus (370 - 414) married Valentina Justina (d. 414)

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::Clovis the Riparian (398 - 448) married Ildegonde de Cologne (399 - 450)

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::Childebert of Cologne (430 - 483) married Amalaberge (435 - 478)

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::Siegbert the Lame (- 509)

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::Cloderic of Cologne (477 -509) married Parricide

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::Munderic (500 - 532) married Arthenia (500 -)

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::Bodegisel I married Palatina

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::Bodegisel II (- 588) married Oda of Suevian

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::Arnulf (582 - 641) married Dode (586 - 612)

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(Mellobaude descent written by Alex R. Kuestner)

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