Bernard or Bernhard (b.c.720) was the youngest son of Charles Martel by his second wife Swanachild. He is an obscure figure, rising out of the mists only to lead half of the Frankish army in his nephew Charlemagne's Lombardcampaign. While Charlemagne led his contingent through the pass of Moncenisio, Bernard led his through the Great St. Bernard Pass. Events Umayyad caliph Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz succeeded by Yazid II ibn Abd al-Malik The Nihonshoki (日本書紀), one of the oldest history books in Japan, is completed Births Bertrada, wife of Pippin III (d. ... Charles Martel (Charles the Hammer, German: Karl Martell) (August 23, 686 – October 22, 741) was born in Herstal, in what is now Wallonia, Belgium, the illegitimate son of Pippin the Middle (635 or 640-December 16, 714) and his concubine Alpaida or Chalpaida. ... The Franks or the Frankish people were one of several west Germanic federations. ... Charlemagne (742 or 747–28 January 814) (also Charles the Great; from Latin, Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus) was the king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and king of the Lombards from 774 to 781. ... The Lombards (Latin Langobardi, from which the alternative name Longobards found in older English texts), were a Germanic people originally from Scandinavia that entered the late Roman Empire. ... Charlemagne (742 or 747–28 January 814) (also Charles the Great; from Latin, Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus) was the king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and king of the Lombards from 774 to 781. ... Mount Cenis (French: Mont Cenis) is a massif and pass (6893 feet) in Savoy (France) which forms the limit between the Cottian and Graian Alps. ... Hospice at the Great St Bernard, with ancient road in foreground. ...
He is known to have had two sons of both disgrace and prominence in the reign of Louis the Pious, their first cousin once removed: Louis the Pious doing penance at Attigny in 822. ...
Adalard, disgraced and then became a steward of Louis the Pious
Wala (d.835), disgraced and then became the chief advisor of Lothair I in his rebellions
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