Sigram
SigramEvidently connected with the pagus of Hesbaye (Haspengau), Sigrm and his wife Landrada are identified by Paul the Deacon as the parents of bishop Chrodegang of Metz ["Iam hinc vir egregius et omnibus praeconiis efferendur, Chrodegangus antistes eilgitur, ex pago Hasbaniensi oriundus, patre Sigramno, matre Landrada, Francorum ex genere primae nobilitatis progenitus." Paul the Deacon, Gesta Episc. Mettensium, MGH SS 2: 267]. Nothing further is known of them for certain.
Date of birth: Unknown.
Place of birth: Unknown.
Date of death: Unknown.
Place of
death: Unknown.
Nothing is known of the chronology
of Sigram beyond what might be estimated or conjectured from the
fact that he was the father of Chrodegang and Gundeland. He
perhaps flourished in the early eighth century.
Father: Unknown.
For conjectured origins, see the Commentary
section.
Mother: Unknown.
Spouse: Landrada.
Children:
Wertner identified Ingram's father
as Gundeland, abbot of Lorsch, the known brother of Chrodegang,
but it is far more likely that Ingram's father was an unknown
third brother not connected with the church [Wertner (1884), 55].
Chrodegang, d. 6 March 766, archbishop of
Metz, 742-766.
Chrodegang was chosen as archbishop of Metz
in 742 in succession to Sigibald. ["Chrodegangus
archiepiscopus, qui sedit annos 23, menses 5, dies 5. Requiescit
in Gorzia monasterio, quod ipse a fundamentis construxit. Obiit
pridie Non. Mart. et cessavit episcopatus annos 2, et menses 6,
et dies 19." Catalogus episcoporum Mettensium,
in Paul the Deacon, Gesta episcop. Mettensium, MGH SS 2:
269; "transivit domnus Hrodegangus archiepiscopus pridie
Non. Mart." Annales Laureshamenses, s.a. 766,
MGH SS 1: 28]
Gundeland, d. 778×9, abbot of Lorsch.
["... Gundelandum germanum suum"
(i.e., of Rudgang/Chrodegang) 6 (#2); ibid., 9 (#3); "Et
Gundolandus abba obiit." Annales Laureshamenses,
s.a. 778, MGH SS 1: 31; "Anno Dominicæ incarnationis
DCCLXXVIIII. Gundelando igitur deposito carnis onere ad coelestia
commigrante ..." Codex Lauresh. 1: 22 (#8)]
NN, father of Ingram, duke.
Thegan states that Ingram's father was a brother of Chrodegang
["Supradictus vero Hludowicus postquam ad aetatem
perbenit, desponavit sibi filiam nobilissimi ducis Ingoramni, qui
erat filius fratris Hruotgangi, sancti pontificis."
Thegan, Vita Hludowici, c. 4, MGH SS 2: 591]. No known
source gives his name.
Chrodegang's relationship to count Cancor
As noted on the page of Landrada, the account of the foundation of the monastery of Lorsch in the Chronicle of Lorsch states that bishop Chrodegang was a cousin of count Cancor, son of count Robert and his wife Williswinde. As discussed there, the most likely outcome of this evidence is that Landrada and Robert were closely related.
Conjectured father: Robert, dux in Hesbaye,
722-742.
Apparently based on this relationship,
Chaume conjectures that Cancor's father Robert was the nephew of
another Robert, dux in Hesbaye, 722-742, who in turn is
conjectured as the father of Sigram [Chaume (1925), 537 (table
V)]. However, the link was more likely through Chrodegang's
mother.
Falsely attributed
daughter:
St. Opportune.
[Pinoteau (1958), table between pp. 256-7;
he states that Opportune was sister of Chrodegang and cousin of a
Robert, citing Chaume (1947), 211, the latter not seen by me]
However, St. Opportune was a sister of St. Godegrand (sometimes
called Chrodegang), bishop of Sées, who was distinct from
Chrodegang of Metz ["Nam parentes eius nobilitatis
genere pollentes & regalis prosapiæ apice florentes, incliti
Oximensis pagi super omnes qui inibi morabantur homines maxima
duo luminaria mundo genuerunt, beatum scilicet Godogra[n]dum
Sagiensis Ecclesia Episcopu[m], cui ego, Domino dispensante,
deseruio & sancta[m] Opportunam, cuius hodie patrocinia
veneramur sorore[m] eius almifluam." Vita S.
Opportunæ virginis, c. 1-3, Gosset (1659), 36-7].
Chaume (1925) = Maurice Chaume, Les origines du duché de Bourgogne, 4 vols. (Dijon, 1925).
Chaume (1947) = Maurice Chaume, Recherches d'histoire chrétienne et médiévale (mélanges) (Dijon, 1947). [Not seen by me]
Codex Lauresh. = Codex principis olim Laureshamensis abbatiae diplomaticus, 3 vols., (Mannheim, 1768-70). I have only had access to volumes 1 and 2. I have not seen Glöckner's modern edition [K. Glöckner, ed., Codex Laureshamensis, 3 vols., (Darmstadt, 1929-36)].
Gosset (1659) = Nicolas Gosset, ed., La vie et miracles de Ste. Opportune abbesse (Paris, 1659).
MGH SS = Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Scriptores series.
Pinoteau (1958) = Hervé Pinoteau, "Les origines de la maison capétienne", Recueil du IVe congrès international des sciences généalogique et héraldique (Bruxelles, 1958), 240-276 + gen. table.
Simson (1874-6) = Bernhard Simson, Jahrbücher des Fränkischen Reichs unter Ludwig dem Frommen, 2 vols. (1874-6).
Wertner (1884) = Moriz Wertner, "Zur Genealogie der Karolinger", Jahrbuch der k.k.heraldischen Gesellschaft Adler zu Wien 14/11 (1884): 53-60.
Compiled by Stewart Baldwin
First uploaded 16 August 2012.