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Gertrude of Nivelles, OSB (also spelled Geretrude, Geretrudis, Gertrud; c. 628 [3] – 17 March 659) was a seventh-century abbess who, with her mother Itta, founded the Abbey of Nivelles, now in Belgium.
Itta of Metz, O.S.B. (also Ida, Itte or Iduberga; 592–8 May 652) was the wife of Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the Palace of the Kingdom of Austrasia. After his death, she founded the Abbey of Nivelles, where she became a Colombanian nun along with her daughter, Gertrude of Nivelles. Both are honored as saints by the Catholic Church.
She was the daughter of Hugh Capet, the first Capetian king of France, and his wife, ... buried in the Collegiate Church of Saint Gertrude in Nivelles, Belgium. The ...
Nivelles Abbey was founded in 640 by the widow of Pepin of Landen, Itta of Metz, along with her daughter, Gertrude of Nivelles, with the support of the bishop, Saint Amand. The abbey began as a community of nuns; they were joined later by Irish monks from Mont Saint-Quentin Abbey, sent by Abbot Foillan to give support to the nuns.
The daughter of Pepin of Landen and his wife, Itta, Begga was the older sister of St Gertrude of Nivelles. [2] She married Ansegisel, son of Arnulf, Bishop of Metz, and had Pepin of Heristal and Martin of Laon. [3] Ansegisel was killed sometime before 679, slain in a feud by his enemy Gundewin.
Itta and Gertrude, wife and daughter of Duke Pepin I respectively, were the foundresses of the Nivelles monastery in Belgium. Foillan seems to have been a bishop. [9] He was therefore of great assistance in the organisation of worship, and the holy books and relics which he brought were great treasures for St. Itta and St. Gertrude.
Gertrude of Merania (1185–1213), Queen consort and regent of Hungary; Saint Gertrude of Nivelles (c.626–659), daughter of Pepin I and founder of the Nivelles monastery; Gertrude of Poland (c. 1025–1108), Grand Princess Consort of Kiev; Gertrude of Saxony or Gertrude of Holland (ca.1030-1113), wife of Robert I of Flanders, regent of Holland
Pippin's daughter Gertrude and wife Itta founded and entered the Nivelles Abbey, and his only son Grimoald worked to secure his father's position of maior palatii. The position was not hereditary and therefore passed to another Austrasian noble, Otto, the tutor of Sigebert III. [ 6 ]