page_title: Bertrada of Laon
section_title: Early life and ancestry
hierarchical_section_title: Bertrada of Laon / Biography / Early life and ancestry
caption_attribution_description: English: Bertrada Broadfoot of Laon, Queen of the Franks. 19th century's cast of a statue of the 13th century. Plaster. Galerie de Pierre, northern wing, Château de Versailles. Français&#160;: Berthe au Grand Pied, Bertrade de Laon, Reine des Francs. Moulage en plâtre du XIXème siècle d'un original du XIIIème siècle, Galerie de Pierre, aile nord, Château de Versailles.
context_page_description: Bertrada of Laon, also known as Bertrada the Younger or Bertha Broadfoot, was a Frankish queen. She was the wife of Pepin the Short and the mother of Charlemagne, Carloman and Gisela.
context_section_description: Bertrada was born sometime between 710 and 727 in Laon, in today's Aisne, France, to Count Charibert of Laon. Charibert's father might have been related to Hugobertides. Charibert's mother was Bertrada of Prüm, who founded Prüm Abbey along with Charibert.
caption: Bertrada Broadfoot of Laon, at Versailles
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