Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 01-20-2025.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


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Bibliography
  1. Brandenburg, Erich, Die Nachkommen Karls des Grossen, Faksimile-Nachdruck von 1935 (Facsimile reproduction of 1935), mit Korrekturen und Erganzungen versehen von (with corrections and additions provided by) Manfred Dreiss und Lupold v. Lehsten. Neustadt an der Aisch:Verlag Degener, 1995. NYPL ATH (Charlemagne) 96-4768. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Brandenburg 1995 p[0-9]*].
  2. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. I: Die Stammesherzoge, Die Weltlichenkurforsten, Die Kaiserlichen, Koniglichen und Grossherzoglichen Familien. Marburg: Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, 1980. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES I #[0-9]*].
  3. Schwennicke, Detlev, ed., Europaische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der europaischen Staaten, New Series. I.1: Die frankischen Konige und die Konige und Kaiser, Stammesherzoge, Kurfursten, Markgrafen und Herzoge des Heiligen Romischen Reiches Deutscher Nation. Frankfurt am Main: Vittorio Klostermann, 1998. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: ES I.1 #[0-9]*].
  4. The Henry Project: The Ancestors of King Henry II of England, An eperiment in a cooperative online database for scholarly medieval genealogy. Contributors and Editors: Stewart Baldwin, Todd Farmerie, Peter Stewart. Available at https://fasg.org/projects/henryproject/ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HenryII .*].
  5. Parsons, John Carmi, Wives of Charlemagne. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 1/27/1999. Subject: Can you tell me ... Please ?. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/X-BUX0ZozYY/m/qviYDuI08BgJ. Author address: jparsons at chass dot utoronto dot ca. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Carmi Parsons SGM 1/27/1999].
  6. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p[0-9]*].
  7. Settipani, Christian, La prehistore des Capetiens: 481-987. Villeneue d'Asacq: P. Van Kerrebrouck, 1993. NYPL ASF (Capet) 94-7243. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Settipani Capet [p#][0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
father:
[Ref: ES I #2, ES I.1 #4, HenryII charl000 7/16/2012, Richardson RoyalAnc v5p483]
Sources with Information about marriage to Charlemagne King Of France
date:
769 [Ref: Brandenburg 1995 p108, ES I.1 #4]
abt 769-770, as first marriage of Charlemagne [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p483]
abt 769x70 [Ref: HenryII charl000 7/16/2012]
second marriage of Charlemagne [Ref: Brandenburg 1995 p1, ES I #2, Settipani Capet #5],
divorced:
771 [Ref: ES I #2],
names:
Charlemagne & (Desiderata) [Ref: Settipani Capet #5]
Charlemagne & ___ dau of Desiderius King of the Lombards [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v5p483]
Charlemagne & dau Desiderius [Ref: ES I.1 #4, HenryII charl000 7/16/2012]
Karl der Grosse & (Desiderata?) [Ref: Brandenburg 1995 p1]
Karl der Grosse & dau Desiderius [Ref: Brandenburg 1995 p108]
Research Notes:
This woman's name is sometimes given as Desideria, but Janet Nelson has very recently published an article showing that the name Desideria arises from the misreading of a chronicle. The chronicle states that King Desiderius sent his "filiam desideratam" to Francia to marry Charlemagne, but this does not necessarily indicate the bride's name; it can, and probably does, mean only that Desiderius sent the "desired daughter" to Charlemagne. Nelson has good reason to believe that this woman's name may well have been Gerberga or Gerperga. See Nelson, "Making A Difference in Eighth-Century Politics: The Daughters of Desiderius," in *After Rome's Fall: Narrators and Sources of Early Medieval History," ed. Alexander C. Murray (University of Toronto Press, 1998), pp. 171-90, esp. 173, 183. Nelson also doubts the claim that the Lombard-born queen was barren, which she points out arises only in the late 9th century; unless the queen were so very young that she had not yet reached puberty, Nelson points out that a scant year of marriage was probably not a long enough time to decide anything about her ability to bear children. On Charlemagne's real reasons for repudiating this woman, see Nelson, "Women at the Court of Charlemagne," p. 52. [Ref: John Carmi Parsons SGM 1/27/1999]



Pedigree of Desidera Of Langobarden
 /-----Desiderius King Of Longobarden
Desidera Of Langobarden



Descendants of Desidera Of Langobarden
1. Desidera Of Langobarden m. Charlemagne King Of France
m. Charlemagne King Of France father: Pepin The Short King Of The Franks mother: Bertha Of Laon, Countess Of Laon