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Alpaida (of Herstal)
shown under married name (maiden name not established)
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Research notes
✓ Alpaida (Chalpaida), 'nobilis', second (bigamous) wife of Pepin II and mother of Charles Martel (Continuator of Fredegar; Liber Historiae Francorum 'filium ex alia uxore Carlo'); sister of Dodo, the domesticus who killed St Lambert (Vita Landiberti). Parentage unknown. Source: Medieval Lands (fmg.ac, Cawley), 'Franks, Merovingian Nobility - Maiordomi (Pippinids, Arnulfings)'. [DIRECT ANCESTOR OF THE COMPILER: flag added 25 Oct 2026 by walking the tree from Aynsley, so that this marker is reliable and can be searched.]