Thirty-Fourth Generation
34-1 Cadfan ap IAGO, son of Cadfan ap Iago, was born about 569 in Wales. He married Tandreg "Ddu" verch CYNAN.
"Cadfan is rememberd as a wise king. His reign was apparently relatively peaceful, even during a time of increasing hostilities between the Angles and the Welsh. While King Athelfrith of Northumbria was victorious, Cadfan continued to offer asylum to the disposed Edwin whom Athelfrith was trying to kill. When Athelfrith was killed about 619, Edwin was restored to the throne of Northumbria, but seems not to have shown any favoritism to the Welsh, as he later tried to conquor Celtic lands. He was eventually killed by Cadfan's son Cadwallon."
http://prometheusli.com/genealogy/Wales/d13461.htm#P13461 "
"It was Cadfan who, as heir to the throne of his father, Iago ap Beli, took the little King Edwin of Deira under his wing. He and his wife, Afandreg Ddu (the Black - daughter of King Cynan Garwyn of Powys), brought him up as their own son. Cadfan fought bravely at the Battle of Caer-Legion (Chester) in AD 613 when Edwin's sworn enemy, King Aethelfrith of Bernicia, invaded Gwynedd. When it was over, he found himself to be King. The Battle of Bangor-is-Coed followed in quick succession, and the young monarch showed such leadership that he was, afterwards, declared High-King of the Britons. Edwin, meanwhile, thought it prudent to leave Wales for Mercia, thus protecting his foster-father from further attack. Cadfan was a patron of St. Beuno and the "wisest and most splendid of all kings" according to his memorial stone which can still be seen today in the church of Eglwys Ael (Llangadwaladr) on Ynys Mon (Anglesey). He died there around AD 625 (though some say AD 616) and was succeeded by his son, Cadwallon."
http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/cadfagd.html
34-2
Tandreg "Ddu" verch CYNAN, daughter of Cynan ap Brochwel, was
born about 569 in Powys, Wales.
34-3
Pybba was born about 570 in Mercia, England.
34-5
Thorri SNAERSSON, KING IN KVENLAND, son of Snaer Jokulsson, King
in Kvenland, was born about 320 in Raumsdal, Norway.
34-7 Olaf "The Wood Cutter" INGJALDSSON, son of Ingjald Onundsson, King in Sweden, and Gauthild Algaudsdotter, was born about 682 Varmland, Sweden. He married Solveig HALFDANSDOTTER about 701 in Romerike, Buskerud, Norway.
"Olaf, the son of Ingjald the Ill-Advised, king in Sweden, cleared Vermaland. He was called Olaf the Tree-Feller. He was fostered in West Gautland by a man named Bofi. Bofi's son was named Saxi, who was called the Plunderer. Olaf's mother was Gauthild, the daughter of King Algaut, who was the son of King Gautrek the Mild, son of Gaut, after whom Gautland is named. Alof was the mother of Gauthild, daughter of King Olaf the Clear-Sighted, king in Naeriki. At that time, Ivar Widegrasp had conquered all Denmark and Sweden, and so Olaf and a great multitude of his folk fled, and were proclaimed outlaws by King Ivar. They went north to Vaeni, and cleared the forests and settled in a large area that they called Vermaland, and the Swedes elected Olaf the Tree-Feller, and he was their king until old age."
http://www.northvegr.org/lore/of/
34-8 Solveig HALFDANSDOTTER, daughter of Halfdan Solfasson, was born about 684 in Soleyum, Sweden.
"His wife was named Solva. She was the sister of Solvi the Old, who first cleared the Soley Isles."
http://www.northvegr.org/lore/of/
34-9
Eystein "Haardaade" THRONDSSON, KING OF HEDMARK, son of Thrond,
was born about 668 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway. He died in 710
in Norway. He married Solveig HALFDANSDATTER about 699 in Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag,
Norway.
34-10
Solveig HALFDANSDATTER was born about 670 in Trondheim Sor-Trondelag,
Norway.
34-11
Eirik AGNARSSON, son of Agnar Sigtrygsson, was born about
693 in Vestfold, Norway.
34-13
Findon (Eochaid II), King of SCOTLAND, son of Dongart, King of Scotland,was
born about 630 in Scotland. He died in 692.
34-15
Charibert was born about 640 in Neustria.
34-17 Arnoul (St Arnoul) "de Heristal", Bishop of METZ was born on 13 Aug 582 in Heristal, Liege, Belgium. He died on 16 Aug 640/641. He was buried in Metz, Austrasia. He married Oda de SAVOY about 606.
"This Arnulf (Arnoul) passed his earlier life at the court of Theodebert II, king of Austrasia; through the marriage of his elder son with a daughter of Pepin of Landen (St. Begga), he became an ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty. At the age of thirty, he wanted to retire from public life, but instead in 614 he was chosen Bishop of Metz, though still a layman. He continued to act as adviser to King Chlotar II, whom he had helped to the Frankish throne, and was tutor to his son Dagobert. Arnulf made further attempts to resign his offices, but it was not till 629 that he was able to retire to the Vosges mountains. Here his friend St. Romaric had preceded him and begun the monastic community at Habend that was later called Remiremont. St. Arnulf settled near by, and lived there till his death twelve years later."
http://masseyfamgenealogy.tripod.com/a44.htm
34-18
Oda de SAVOY was born about 586 in Old Saxony. She died after 615.
34-19 Pepin, Mayor of the Palace of AUSTRASIA, son of Carloman, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, was born in 564 in Landen, Liege, Belgium. He died in 639. He married Itte (Itta) of LANDEN.
"(Pepin I), d. 639?, mayor of the palace of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia. With Arnulf, bishop of Metz, he called in King Clotaire II of Neustria to overthrow (613) Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia. Clotaire II became king of Austrasia as well as Neustria but was forced to concede much of his authority to Pepin and Arnulf. From 623 they ruled Austrasia in the name of Clotaire’s son Dagobert I, whom he had designated king. After Dagobert succeeded his father (629), Pepin lost his influence and withdrew into Aquitaine. By the marriage of Pepin’s daughter with Arnulf’s son, Pepin and Arnulf founded the Carolingian dynasty."
http://www.bartleby.com/65/pe/PepinLan.html
"Pepin was, perhaps, the most important, powerful person in the empire during his age. As duke of Brabant and mayor of the palace (first minister) of kings Clotaire II, Dagobert I, and Sigebert III, he determined much of the policy of the Franks. Pepin, the ancestor of the Carolingian dynasty of French kings, was the husband of Blessed Itta and father Grimoald, of Saint Gertrude of Nivelles and Saint Begga. He is described as "a lover of peace and the constant defender of truth and justice," though it may not seem that way at first glance. Pepin and Bishop Arnulf of Metz aided King Clotaire II of Neustria in overthrowing Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia in 613. In recognition of the important roles they played, Clotaire appointed them mayors of the palace to rule Austrasia for Clotaire's son Dagobert I from 623. When Pepin rebuked Dagobert (who had succeeded his father about 629) for his licentious life, Dagobert discharged him and he retired to Aquitaine. Dagobert still respected him enough to appoint him tutor of his three-year-old son Sigebert before his death in 638, and Pepin returned and ruled the kingdom until his own death the following year. Pepin worked to spread the faith throughout the kingdom, defended Christian towns from Slavic invaders, and chose responsible men to fill vacant sees. The marriage of his daughter, Begga, and Bishop Arnulf's son, Segislius, produced Pepin of Herstal, the first of the Carolingian dynasty in France. Pepin of Landen was buried at Landen, but his relics were later translated to Nivelle, where they are now enshrined with those of his wife and daughter Gertrude."
http://users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/0221.htm
34-20 Itte (Itta) Of LANDEN, daughter of Arnoldus of Saxony and Dode of Heristal, was born about 591 in Landen, Liege, Belgium. She died in 652.
"After the death of Blessed Pepin of Landen, his wife Ida built a double monastery at Nivelles. She and her younger daughter, Saint Gertrude entered the monastery, which was placed under the Benedictine Rule and governed by Gertrude (Benedictines). She is invoked against toothache and erysipelas (Roeder)."
http://users.erols.com/saintpat/ss/0508.htm
34-21
Bran "Muit", King of LEINSTER, son of Conal, was born about
640 in Ireland. He died in 689.
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