_Munderic _____________________________
_Gondolfus Bishop of Tongres_|_Arthemia _____________________________
_Baudgise II Duke______|
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_Arnulf Bishop of Metz___|
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_Ansegisel Domesticus____|
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|_Begga Abbess of Ardenne_|
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the Palace in Austrasia.
The first of the great Carolingian Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia. Ruler
of the Franks in 687, he managed, through the Battle of Tertry in 687, to
unite Neustria and Austrasia under his own "puppet" Merovingian king.
But the power struggles in northern Gaul seriously weakened the power
of the merovingians and their mayors. The Aquitanians had their own
Duke; the "Patricius" of Provence was for all practical purposes an
independent ruler.; the aristocrats of Burgundy paid little attention to
the Franks in the north.34
Pepin established himself as mayor of the palace in Austrasia after the
death of Dagobert II in 679 and defended its autonomy against Theodoric
III of Neustria and Ebroon, Theodoric's mayor of the palace. Defeated by
Ebroon in 680 at Lucofao (near Laon), Pepin gained his revenge on the
Neustrians in 687 at Tertry (near Pironne) and became sole effective
ruler of the Franks. He nevertheless retained Theodoric III on the throne
and after his death replaced him with three successive Merovingian
kings. After several years of warfare Pepin defeated the Frisians on his
northeastern border (689) and married his son Grimoald to Theodelind,
daughter of the Frisian chief Radbod. He also forced the Alemanni to
recognize Frankish authority again and encouraged Christian
missionaries in Alemannia and Bavaria.