Drogo NIBELUNG Duke in Champagne & Burgundy

   General Notes:

DROGO (-24 Mar 708, bur Metz, Abbaye de Saint-Arnoul[105]). The Liber Historiæ Francorum names “maioris Drocus…minoris Grimoaldus” as the two sons of “Pippino [et]…uxor nobilissima…Plectrudis”, specifying that Drogo accepted “ducatum Campaniæ”[106]. “Drogo et Grimoldus” are named as sons of Pepin and his wife Plectrudis in the Gesta Fontanellensium[107]. Sigeberto’s Vita Landiberto episcopi Traiectensis names “Drogo…et Grimoaldus” as sons of Pepin and “legitima sua coniunx Plictrudis”, specifying that Drogo was “dux…Campanensium”[108]. Fredegar (Continuator) records that his father invested Drogo as dux in Champagne in [688/90][109], and dux of the Burgunds after 697. This is the only example so far identified of a late 7th century creation of a dux apparently assigned to govern a particular territory. The Annales Metenses record the death of Drogo in 708 and his burial “iuxta Mettensem urbem in basilica beati Arnulfi confessoris”[110]. The Obituaire of Saint-Arnoul de Metz includes “IX Kal Apr Drogo dux”[111]. m (after 688) ADALTRUDIS, daughter of BERCHAR maior domus in Neustria & his wife Anstrudis. Her origin is determined from the charter of “Childebertus rex Francorum” dated 14 Mar 697 which names “Drogus…socer suos…Bercharius…coniuge sui Adaltrute”[112]. On the other hand, the Annales Metenses name “Austrudem filia Warattonis quondam…maioris domus derelictam Bertarii” as wife of “Drogonem primogenitum suum [Pippini]“[113]. The Gesta Fontanellensium also names Adaltrudis, wife of Drogo, as “filia Warattonis [et] Ansfledis coniugis eius”[114], but the 697 charter is probably a more reliable source as, if it is correctly dated, it was written only a few years after the death of Berchar.

   Research Notes:

The Liber Historiæ Francorum names "maioris Drocus…minoris Grimoaldus" as the two sons of "Pippino [et]…uxor nobilissima…Plectrudis", specifying that Drogo accepted "ducatum Campaniæ". "Drogo et Grimoldus" are named as sons of Pépin and his wife Plectrudis in the Gesta Fontanellensium. Sigeberto's Vita Landiberto episcopi Traiectensis names "Drogo…et Grimoaldus" as sons of Pépin and "legitima sua coniunx Plictrudis", specifying that Drogo was "dux…Campanensium". Fredegar (Continuator) records that his father invested Drogo as dux in Champagne in [688/90], and dux of the Burgunds after 697. This is the only example so far identified of a late 7th century creation of a dux apparently assigned to govern a particular territory. The Liber Historiæ Francorum records the death of "Drocus filius Pippini". The Annales Metenses record the death of Drogo in 708 and his burial "iuxta Mettensem urbem in basilica beati Arnulfi confessoris". The Obituaire of Saint-Arnoul de Metz includes "IX Kal Apr Drogo dux".

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   Marriage Information:

Drogo married Adeltrudis DE NEUSTRIE, daughter of Berthechar (Berchar) DE NEUSTRIE maior domus and Anstrudis DE NEUSTRIE.