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{{Short description|7th-century Merovingian nobleman, ancestor of Frankish kings}}
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'''Ansegisel''' (c. 602 or 610 – murdered before 679 or 662) was the younger son of [[Arnulf of Metz|Saint Arnulf]], [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Metz|bishop of Metz]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ZsNKBAAAQBAJ&dq=drogo+duke+of+champagne&pg=PA111 Bouchard, Constance Brittain. ''Rewriting Saints and Ancestors: Memory and Forgetting in France, 500-1200''], University of Pennsylvania Press, 2014 {{ISBN|9780812290080}}, p. 115</ref>

==Life==
He served King [[Sigebert III]] of [[Austrasia]] (634–656) as ''domesticus''. He was killed sometime before 679, slain in a feud by his enemy [[Gundewin]]. Through his son [[Pepin of Herstal|Pepin]], Ansegisel's descendants would eventually become [[List of Frankish kings|Frankish kings]] and rule over the [[Carolingian Empire]]. 
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==Marriage and issue==
He was married to [[Begga]], the daughter of [[Pepin of Landen|Pepin the Elder]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=51DuDwAAQBAJ&dq=Ansegisel&pg=PA318 Bartlett, Robert. ''Blood Royal: Dynastic Politics in Medieval Europe'', Cambridge University Press, 2020, p. 318] {{ISBN|9781108846554}}</ref> sometime after 639. They had the following children: 
* [[Pepin of Herstal|Pepin the Middle]] (635 or 640 – December 16, 714), who would later become [[Mayor of the Palace]] of [[Austrasia]]
* [[Martin of Laon]] (647 - 680) (though this is disputed)
* [[Chrothildis|Clotilda of Herstal]] (650–699), married King [[Theuderic III]] of [[Neustria]]

==References==
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==Sources==
* ''[[:fr:Référence:Les ancêtres de Charlemagne (Christian Settipani)|Les ancêtres de Charlemagne]]'', 1989, [[Christian Settipani]]

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