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Alpaida

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Also known as Alpaïde, Alpaide, Alphaida, Alpoïde, Elphide, Elfide, Alféïde, Chalpaida

Alpaida (also Alpaïde, Alpaide, Alphaida, Alpoïde, Elphide, Elfide, Alféïde, Chalpaida; 654 – c. 714) was a Frankish noblewoman who hailed from the Liège area. She became the second wife, concubine or mistress of Pepin of Herstal and mother to his son Charles Martel and possibly another, Childebrand I.

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Person.name
Alpaida
Person.image
File:Auguste_Chauvin_-_Le_banquet_de_Jupille_après_restauration_en_1996.jpg
Person.caption
Banquet of Jupille (1861) by Auguste Chauvin depicting Saint Lambert addressing Alpaida
Person.birth_date
654
Person.citizenship
Francia
Person.spouse
Pepin of Herstal

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Alpaida (also Alpaïde, Alpaide, Alphaida, Alpoïde, Elphide, Elfide, Alféïde, Chalpaida; 654 – c. 714) was a Frankish noblewoman who hailed from the Liège area. She became the second wife, concubine or mistress of Pepin of Herstal and mother to his son Charles Martel and possibly another, Childebrand I.

In the Liber Historiae Francorum and the Continuations of Fredegar she is referred to as Pepin's wife.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alpaida” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.