General Notes

ohme pp 89-90 "The family which was to produce the most powerful rulers
in Europe in the eighth century came from Austrasia, where they, the desce
ndants of Dagobert's one-time advisers PIPPIN and ARNULF, had maintain
ed an almost uninterrupted ascendancy throughout the seventh century.  PIP
PIN I's son Grimoald and grandson PIPPIN II were both mayors of the pala
ce in Austrasia."
ohme p 86 "In 622 CHLOTHAR II made DAGOBERT king in Austrasia, the north-e
astern portion of the Frankish kingdom . . . Dagobert's chief advisers we
re two Austrasian aristocrats, ARNULF, Bishop of Metz, and PIPPIN, who w
as made mayor of Dagobert's palace.  (It was a marriage arranged between A
rnulf's son and PIPPIN's daughter that was to form the powerful dynasty kn
own later as the Carolingians.)"