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From: "Todd A. Farmerie" <>
Subject: Re: Charlemagne Line??
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 19:19:14 -0600
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Peter Stewart wrote:
> "Todd A. Farmerie" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Thank you for calling the attention.
>>>I knew about Stéphanie and Berthe but not Cunégonde. What are the
>>>alternatives for Toulouse?
>>
>>I can't name any off the top of my head, but basically all we have is the
>>name to go on, and various people have pointed to just about any family in
>>which the name Cunegonde was being used.
>>
>>For those not clear on this, "Toulouse" is being used in reference to the
>>family of William of Gellone, who held much more than Toulouse. I think
>>it unlikely that both Bertha (do we even know that this was her name?) and
>>Cunigonde were of this family. As I said, it is the name Cunegonde itself
>>that suggested this origin for Bernard's wife. I am guessing that it is
>>the name Bernard (also that of William's son and successor) that suggested
>>a connection of Pepin's wife, yet I remember an alternative, that she was
>>linked to Charlemagne's brother Bernard - if I recall correctly, he had
>>several daughters who shared names with the documented sisters of Bernard
>>of Italy. I comes down to guesswork.
>
>
> That should read "Charlemagne's brother Carloman"

Thanks for pointing out my error, but my mistake was in the
relationship, not the name - it should have read "Charlemagne's
(half-)uncle Bernard".

taf

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