General Notes

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bk&q p 724 "During the reigns of the last kings of the Merovingian dynasty, the power was assumed by the Mayors of the Palace of Austrasia, particular PEPIN OF HERISTAL (635 - 714) and his son Charles Martel. Charles' son, Pepin, overthrew the Merovingian kings and established a new dynasty."
ema p 114 "This office was the most important in the kingdom, and [Pepin] expanded its importance, dominating the Merovingian puppet kings he served and extending his control over the kingdoms of Neustria and Burgundy."
ohme p 89 "The family which was to produce the most powerful rulers in Europe in the eighth century came from Austrasia, where they, the descendants of Dagobert's one-time advisers Pippin and Arnulf, had maintained an almost uninterrupted ascendancy throughout the seventh century. Pippin I's son Grimoald and grandson Pippin II were both mayors of the palace in Austrasia. Pippin II managed by the battle of Tertry in 687 to unite both 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. In the south regional identities were being forged. The Aquitanians had their own duke; the patricius of Provence was virtually an independent ruler; the aristocrats of Burgundy paid little attention to the Franks in the north. The various Germanic peoples beyond the Rhine who had still been under Frankish overlordship in Dagobert's day were asserting their independence. And even in northern Gaul the Merovingians and their mayors were often powerless to stop the activities of local aristocratic families, resting as they did on their own land and on the control of church land through their family monasteries and, occasionally, dynastic bishoprics.
It was Pippin II's illegitimate son Charles Martel who began the reunification of Gaul, and who gave his name to the dynasty, the Carolingians. (continue with son Charles)

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Sources: RC 171, 173; An Encyclopedia of World History (chart on p. 149);
Kraentzler 1547, 1635; Collins; Carolingian Ancestry.
Mayor of Austrasia and Neustria.
RC: Pepin of Heristol (Liege, Belgium); Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia.
K: Pipin "The Mediocre," Majordomo of Austrasia, Nuestria and Bourgogne.


Carolingian: Pepin of Heristal, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy, died 714. No wife listed.

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Notes for Pepin D'HERISTAL


Carolingian mayor of the palace, who reunited the Frankish realms in the late Merovingian period. A grandson of Pepin the Elder, he succeeded to his position in the kingdom of Austrasia around 680. In 687 he extended Carolingian rule to the other Frankish kingdoms, Neustria and Burgundy, but retained members of the Merovingian dynasty as figurehead monarchs in all three. Two years later he extended his control over the Frisians, a pagan people living on the North Sea coast. Pepin's death was followed
by a civil war and the succession of his illegitimate son Charles Martel.

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Pepin the Young of Heristal (Herstal, near Liege, in Belgium), Mayor of the Palace to King Theuderic, married Alpais, sister of Dodon of Saxony. He died in 714, and died at 80 years of age in his bed. (See page 312 of Latouche, "Caesar to Charlemagne - The Beginnings of France" (1965).

Pippin, incorrectly called "of Herstal," assumed leadership of the great nobles of Austrasia around 678 in order to combat Ebroin (Mayor of the Palace) and Neustria. He led the nobles to victory at Tertry (687 - the fall of the Merovingians). He also defeated the Frisians and the Alamanni.

(source: The Frankish Kings to Charlemagne)[Direct Linage1.FTW]

[JamesLinage.GED]

bk&q p 724 "During the reigns of the last kings of the Merovingian dynasty, the power was assumed by the Mayors of the Palace of Austrasia, particular PEPIN OF HERISTAL (635 - 714) and his son Charles Martel. Charles' son, Pepin, overthrew the Merovingian kings and established a new dynasty."
ema p 114 "This office was the most important in the kingdom, and [Pepin] expanded its importance, dominating the Merovingian puppet kings he served and extending his control over the kingdoms of Neustria and Burgundy."
ohme p 89 "The family which was to produce the most powerful rulers in Europe in the eighth century came from Austrasia, where they, the descendants of Dagobert's one-time advisers Pippin and Arnulf, had maintained an almost uninterrupted ascendancy throughout the seventh century. Pippin I's son Grimoald and grandson Pippin II were both mayors of the palace in Austrasia. Pippin II managed by the battle of Tertry in 687 to unite both 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. In the south regional identities were being forged. The Aquitanians had their own duke; the patricius of Provence was virtually an independent ruler; the aristocrats of Burgundy paid little attention to the Franks in the north. The various Germanic peoples beyond the Rhine who had still been under Frankish overlordship in Dagobert's day were asserting their independence. And even in northern Gaul the Merovingians and their mayors were often powerless to stop the activities of local aristocratic families, resting as they did on their own land and on the control of church land through their family monasteries and, occasionally, dynastic bishoprics.
It was Pippin II's illegitimate son Charles Martel who began the reunification of Gaul, and who gave his name to the dynasty, the Carolingians. (continue with son Charles)

[De La Pole.FTW]

Sources: RC 171, 173; An Encyclopedia of World History (chart on p. 149);
Kraentzler 1547, 1635; Collins; Carolingian Ancestry.
Mayor of Austrasia and Neustria.
RC: Pepin of Heristol (Liege, Belgium); Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia.
K: Pipin "The Mediocre," Majordomo of Austrasia, Nuestria and Bourgogne.


Carolingian: Pepin of Heristal, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy, died 714. No wife listed.

Note:
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Notes for Pepin D'HERISTAL

Carolingian mayor of the palace, who reunited the Frankish realms in the late Merovingian period. A grandson of Pepin the Elder, he succeeded to his position in the kingdom of Austrasia around 680. In 687 he extended Carolingian rule to the other Frankish kingdoms, Neustria and Burgundy, but retained members of the Merovingian dynasty as figurehead monarchs in all three. Two years later he extended his control over the Frisians, a pagan people living on the North Sea coast. Pepin's death was followed
by a civil war and the succession of his illegitimate son Charles Martel.

|Note:
Pepin the Young of Heristal (Herstal, near Liege, in Belgium), Mayor of the Palace to King Theuderic, married Alpais, sister of Dodon of Saxony. He died in 714, and died at 80 years of age in his bed. (See page 312 of Latouche, "Caesar to Charlemagne - The Beginnings of France" (1965).

Pippin, incorrectly called "of Herstal," assumed leadership of the great nobles of Austrasia around 678 in order to combat Ebroin (Mayor of the Palace) and Neustria. He led the nobles to victory at Tertry (687 - the fall of the Merovingians). He also defeated the Frisians and the Alamanni.

(source: The Frankish Kings to Charlemagne)[JamesLinage.FTW]

bk&q p 724 "During the reigns of the last kings of the Merovingian dynasty, the power was assumed by the Mayors of the Palace of Austrasia, particular PEPIN OF HERISTAL (635 - 714) and his son Charles Martel. Charles' son, Pepin, overthrew the Merovingian kings and established a new dynasty."
ema p 114 "This office was the most important in the kingdom, and [Pepin] expanded its importance, dominating the Merovingian puppet kings he served and extending his control over the kingdoms of Neustria and Burgundy."
ohme p 89 "The family which was to produce the most powerful rulers in Europe in the eighth century came from Austrasia, where they, the descendants of Dagobert's one-time advisers Pippin and Arnulf, had maintained an almost uninterrupted ascendancy throughout the seventh century. Pippin I's son Grimoald and grandson Pippin II were both mayors of the palace in Austrasia. Pippin II managed by the battle of Tertry in 687 to unite both 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. In the south regional identities were being forged. The Aquitanians had their own duke; the patricius of Provence was virtually an independent ruler; the aristocrats of Burgundy paid little attention to the Franks in the north. The various Germanic peoples beyond the Rhine who had still been under Frankish overlordship in Dagobert's day were asserting their independence. And even in northern Gaul the Merovingians and their mayors were often powerless to stop the activities of local aristocratic families, resting as they did on their own land and on the control of church land through their family monasteries and, occasionally, dynastic bishoprics.
It was Pippin II's illegitimate son Charles Martel who began the reunification of Gaul, and who gave his name to the dynasty, the Carolingians. (continue with son Charles)