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     He married Berthe de Morvois. Herbert was born circa 840. He was the son of Pepin Vermandois de Peronne Lord St. Quentin. Herbert died in 902.

     Berthe de Morvois was the daughter of Guerri I Count of Morvois and Eve de Pousillion. Berthe died. She married Herbert I (?) Count of Vermandois. Her married name was Count of Vermandois.

     Guerri died. He married Eve de Pousillion.

     Eve died. She married Guerri I Count of Morvois. Her married name was Count of Morvois.

      Pepin Vermandois de Peronne Lord St. Quentin was also known as Count of Peronne. Pepin was born at Vermandois, Normandy, France, circa 818. He was the son of Bernhard (?) King of Lombardy and Cunegonde (?) Queen of Italy. Pepin died after 840 at Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

     He married Cunegonde (?) Queen of Italy. Bernhard was born at Vermandois, Normandy, France, in 797. He was the son of Pepin Son of Charlemagne and Bertha of Toulouse Queen of Italy. Bernhard died on 17 April 818 at Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

     She married Bernhard (?) King of Lombardy. Her married name was King of Lombardy. Cunegonde was born at France in 797. Cunegonde died on 15 June 835.

     He was crowned King of Italy in 781 and fought against the Avars, Slavs, Saxons and Saracens. He married Bertha of Toulouse Queen of Italy. Pepin was born in 776. He was the son of Charlemagne (?) King of the Franks and Hildegarde of Suabia. Pepin died on 8 July 810 at Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

     Bertha died. She married Pepin Son of Charlemagne. Her married name was Son of Charlemagne Queen of Italy. Bertha was born at Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France, circa 777. She was the daughter of William Count of Toulouse and Guibour of Hornbach.

     He married Guibour of Hornbach. William was born at Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, France, circa 748. He was the son of Makir Theodorius Dietrich and Auda (Aude) Martel. William died circa 812 at Gellone.

      Charlemagne (?) King of the Franks was also known as (?) King of the Franks. Charlemagne (?) King of the Franks was also known as (?) Emperor of the Western Holy Roman Empire. His common name was Charles Martel. His long name was Charlemagne, King of the Franks , Emperor of the Western Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne was born at Aix-la-Chapelle, France, on 1 April 742. He was the son of Pepin "The Short" (?) King of the Franks and Bertha of Laon. He married Hildegarde of Suabia. Charlemagne was separated from his wife, Hildegarde of Suabia in 771. Charlemagne (also known as Carolus Magnus, Charles the Great) was King of the Franks and Christian Emperor of the west. He was Charles Martel and the eldest son of Pepin III the Short.

On Pepin's death in 768 the Frankish kingdom was divided between Charlemagne and his younger brother Carloman: three years later, on Carloman's death, he became sole ruler. When Carloman died suddenly, Charlemagne seized his territories, but Carloman's heirs took refuge at the court of Desiderius. By that time Charlemagne had repudiated his wife and Desiderius was no longer friendly.

In 772, when Pope Adrian I appealed to Charlemagne for help against Desiderius, the Frankish King invaded Italy, deposed his erstwhile father-in-law (774) and assumed the royal title. He then journeyed to Rome and reaffirmed his father's promise to protect papal lands.

The first years of his reign were spent in strenuous campaigns to subdue and Christianize neighbouring kingdoms, particularly the Saxons to the north-east (772-77) and the Lombards of northern Italy (773), where he was crowned King of Lombardy. In 778 he led an expedition against the Moors in Spain, but withdrew the same year when his presence was required elsewhere; the celebrated rearguard action at Roncesvalles in which Roland, his chief Paladin, is said to have been overwhelmed, gave rise to heroic literature of the Chanson de Roland, The Song of Roland.

In 782 the Saxons rose again in rebellion and destroyed the Frankish army at Suntelberg, which Charlemagne avenged by beheading 4500 Saxons. Other risings followed, but in 785 the Saxon leader, Widukind, submitted and accepted baptism, and became a loyal vassal.

In 788, Charlemagne deposed the ruler of Bohemia and absorbed it into his empire. Farther to the east he subdued the Avars (Corresponding roughly to modern Hungary and Austria, they were Turko-Finnish nomads) in the middle Danube basin (795-96) to create an eastern 'March' to buttress his frontiers; to the west he created the so-called 'Spanish March' ont he southern side of the Pryenees (795).

In 800 he swept into Italy to support Pope Leo III against the rebellious Romans, and on Christmas Day, 800, in St. Peter's Church, was crowned by Pope Leo III, Emperor of the Romans as 'Carolus Augustus'. Charlemagne's biographer, Einhard, reported that the king was surprised by this coronation and that had he known it was going to happen, he would not have gone into the church that day.

The remaining years of his reign were spent in consolidating his vast empire which reached from the Ebro in northern Spain to the Elbe. Bishoprics were founded in the Saxon country; many Slavs east of the Elbe were subjugated. The emperor established his capital and principal court at Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle), where he built a magnifecent palace and founded an academy to which many of the greatest scholars of the age, like Alcuin of York, were invited. He himself could speak Latin and read Greek, and letters and Latin poems ascribed to him are still extant.

He zealously promoted education, architecture, bookmaking and the arts, created stable administrations and good laws, and encouraged agriculture, industry and commerce. He fostered good relations with the east, and in 798 Harun al-Raschid, the caliph of Baghdad, sent ambassadors and a gift of a white elephant.

In 813 he designated his sole surviving son, Louis, as his successor, and personally crowned him.

The empire did not expand after 800, indeed, already in the 790's the seacoasts and river valleys experienced the first, dreaded visits of the Vikings. Charlemagne ordered a special watch against them in every harbor, but with little effect. He died before their full, destructive force was unleashed on the empire.

His reign was a noble attempt to consolidate order and Christian culture among the nations of the west, a Carolingian renaissance, but his empire did not long survive his death, for his sons lacked both his vision and authority. He was buried at Aachen. Charlemagne died on 28 January 814 at age 71. His body was interred at Aachen, West Germany.

     Her married name was King of the Franks. Hildegarde was born in 758. She was the daughter of Gerold Count of the Anglachau and Emma unknown. She married Charlemagne (?) King of the Franks. She married (?) Daughter of King Desiderius in 770. Desiderius was King of the Lombards.. As of 770,her married name was Daughter of King Desiderius. Hildegarde was separated from her husband, Charlemagne (?) King of the Franks in 771. Hildegarde died on 30 April 783.

     He married Emma unknown.

     She married Gerold Count of the Anglachau. Her married name was Count of the Anglachau.

     Pepin was born in 715. He was the son of Charles Martel "The Hammer" and Rotrude of Treves. He married Bertha of Laon. He was the illegitimate son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne, founder of the Frankish dynasty of the Carolingians. Pepin was chosen King in place of Childeric III, the last of the Merovingians, in 751.

He was crowned by Pope Stephen II in 754. Besides anointing Pepin, Pope Stephen anointed both Charlemagne and his younger brother Carloman.

When Pope Stephen III was hard pressed by the Longobards, Pepin led an army into Italy (754), compelled the Longobard Aistulf to become his vassal, and laid the foundation of the temporal sovereignty of the popes (756). The rest of his life was spent in wars against the Saxons and Saracens. From 760 on, Pepin's main military efforts were into the conquest of Aquitane, the lands south of the Loire river. Charlemagne accompanied his father on most of these expeditions. Pepin died in 768.

     Her married name was King of the Franks. She married Pepin "The Short" (?) King of the Franks. Bertha died on 12 July 783.

     She married W.W. (Jim) Woods. Her married name was Woods. Grace was born circa 1893. Grace died in 1967.

     Joe was born circa 1894.

     John died in 1972.

     Oliver died in 1958.

     Pearl died. She died of scarlet fever.

     He married Grace Davis. W.W. died in 1951.

     Michael was born on 13 May 1814. He was the son of William Ryott Laws and Sarah Johnson. Michael died on 25 May 1814 at age 0.

     The 1881 census shows her visiting her cousin Percy C.J. Laws along with her aunt Sarah Laws. She was 38 and unmarried at the time. Also visiting was another cousin, Annie E. Rogers, 28, a Bombay British Subject, India. Annie would be the daughter of Dinah Laws and Henry Rogers and was born in India. Information on whether they stayed there or other siblings has not been found yet. Catherina was born at Tynemouth, Northumberland, England, circa 1843. She was the daughter of Cuthbert Umfreville Laws and Catharine (Kate) Burnett. Catherina died on 11 January 1895.

     Johanna Hendrina (Ethel?) Laws was the daughter of Cuthbert Umfreville Laws and Catharine (Kate) Burnett. A record from the Laws Family Register shows an Ethel Laws in this family, spinster, but makes no mention of Johanna at all. They could be the same person. Johanna died on 5 October 1877.

     She married Frederick Laws. Her married name was Laws.

     He married Elizabeth unknown.

     She married William Gobble. Her married name was Gobble.

     Willaim was born at Johnson Co., Kentucky, USA, in January 1849. He was the son of David Gobble and Elizabeth Gobble. He married Lydia Margaret Burton on 11 January 1876. Willaim died on 23 February 1924 at age 75.

     She married Willaim L. Gobble on 11 January 1876. As of 11 January 1876,her married name was Gobble.