Hieronymus, son of Charles Martel explained

Hieronymus (Jerome) (c. 722 - after 782), was the son of Charles Martel and his mistress, and so was the half-brother of Bernard, Abbot of St. Quentin, a key confidant of Louis the Pious, and Remigius, the third Archbishop of Rouen.

In 754, Hieronymus was tasked with Fulradus,[1] abbot of St. Denys, and others, to escort Pope Stephen II back to Rome.[2] This was following King Pipin's victorious campaign against his archenemy Aistulf, King of the Lombards. He became lay abbot of the monastery of St. Quentin in the diocese of Noyon. He was succeeded by his son Fulrad.

Hieronymus married Ercheswinda (Ermentrudis), origins unknown, and they had four children:

Settipani suggests that Boso of Provence descended from Hieronymus, although there does not appear to be any real evidence to support this.

Sources

Settipani, Christian, La préhistoire des Capétiens 481-987, 1ère partie, Mérovingiens, Carolingiens et Robertiens, Broché, 1993

Murray, J., A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: Being a Continuations of the Dictionary of the Bible, Forgotten Books, 1882 (available on Internet Archive)

Notes and References

  1. Book: Murray, J.. A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: Being a Continuations of the Dictionary of the Bible. Forgotten Books. 1882.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=65YDAAAAMAAJ&dq=Hieronymus%2C+son+of+Charles+Martel&pg=PA165 Freeman, Edward Augustus. Western Europe in the Eighth Century & Onward, Macmillan and Company, ltd. 1904, p.172