Bertrada of Prüm
Bertrada, also called Berthe or Bertree, is known to be the mother of Charibert of Laon, with whom she is co-founder and benefactor of the Prüm Abbey. They founded the abbey in 721.
Through Charibert's daughter Bertrada of Laon, wife of Pippin the Short, Bertrada is the great-grandmother of Charlemagne. The identity of her husband is unknown.
Bertrada and her husband had three children:
Three alternative solutions to the question of her parentage have been suggested:
The last two possibilities are not mutually exclusive.
