Saint Begga de Landen

Abt 613 - 693  (80 years)

• Name	Saint Begga de Landen  [1]
  Birth	Abt 613	Liege, Belgium   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Kinfolk of Note	Direct Ancestor of Retha Zulma Gott, Mack Ferrin Smith, Lawrence Hood, Lawrence Adolph Twomey, and Cecil Lamar Moon
  Occupation	Abbess
  Ordained	St. Begga is commemorated as a saint on her feast days, 6 September and 17 December. Some hold that the Beguine movement which came to light in the 12th century was actually founded by St. Begga  [2]
  Religion	On the death of her husband, she took the veil, founded seven churches, and built a convent at Andenne on the Meuse River (Andenne sur Meuse) where she spent the rest of her days as abbess
  Death	17 Dec 693	Ardennes, Hainaut, Belgium   [1]
  Burial	Andenne, Namur, Belgium
  	(Saint Begga's Collegiate Church)
  		Church of St Begga in Andenne Saint Begga's Collegiate Church in Andenne
  Person ID	I10912	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia Saint Pepin de Landen, I,   b. 580, Liege, Belgium d. 27 Feb 640 (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Saint Itta de Metz,   b. 592, Liege, Belgium d. 652, Belgium (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F3586	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bishop Ansegisal de Metz,   b. 605   d. 678, Metz, Nièvre, Bourgogne, France (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France   [1]
  Children	1. Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia - Duke and Prince of the Franks Pepin d'Heristal,   b. Abt 635, Herstal, Liege, Belgium d. 22 Oct 741, Meuse, Lorraine, France (Age 106 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Regent Clotilde de Metz,   b. 650, Herstal, Liege, Belgium d. 3 Jun 693, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Martin de Laon,   b. 640, Herstal, Liege, Belgium d. 17 Jul 700, Laon, Aisne, Picardie, France (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3753	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 613 - Liege, Belgium Death - 17 Dec 693 - Ardennes, Hainaut, Belgium Burial - - Andenne, Namur, Belgium Marriage - - Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Old World

  †Saint Begga de Landen Saint Begga (b. 613 – d. 17 December 693 AD) was the daughter of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, and his wife Itta of Metz. She is also the grandmother of Charles Martel, who is the grandfather of Charlemagne.

  
  

  Places

  Church of St Begga in Andenne Saint Begga's Collegiate Church in Andenne

  
  

• Sources

  [S54] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT : Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Database online. [S547] Saints, Saint Begga. Begga was the daughter of Pepin of Landen, mayor of the palace, and St. Itta. She married Ansegilius, son of St. Arnulf of Metz, and their son was Pepin of Herstal, founder of the Carolingian dynasty of rulers in France. On the death of her husband in the year 691, she built a church and convent at Andenne on the Meuse River and died there. Her feast day is December 17th. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=263