Ansbert (6th century)

Ansbert (Latin: Ansbertus, etc.) was a Frankish Austrasian noble, and a Gallo-Roman senator. He is thought to be the son of Ferreolus, Senator of Narbonne and his wife, Dode. If so, he was the great-grandson of Tonantius Ferreolus, Praetorian Prefect of Gaul and his wife Papianilla.

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Ansbert the Senator
Senator

Born	Ansbert (or Anselbert) Roman Gaul
Died	Kingdom of Austrasia, Francia
Spouse	Blithilde

He might be a semi-legendary figure, a "faux mérovingien". His wife Blithilde was reputed to be a daughter of Charibert I (who reigned 561–567), Merovingian King of Paris, and granddaughter of Chlothar I.

The Liber Historiae Francorum, written centuries later, states that he married Blithilde, a daughter of King Hlothar and then continues the line to the Pippinids through his son Arnoald to Arnulf of Metz, one of the progenitors of the Carolingians.^[1] William of Malmesbury in his History of the Kings of England, repeats the line, without naming his source.^[2] While some versions of the relationship identify "King Hlothar" as the "father of Dagobert" and hence Clothar II,^{[citation needed]} a 9th-century genealogy and some modern reconstructions posit that Ansbertus' wife was a daughter of Clothar I, making her the offspring of his brief relationship with Waldrada.^{[citation needed]} However, Gregory of Tours, writing contemporary to the sons of Clothar I and the main source on the early Merovingians, does not ascribe to Waldrada any children by her brief relationship with Chlothar.^[3]

The following children are attributed to Ansbertus and Blithilde:

Ansbert (6th century)

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