- List of the Mayors of the Palace
The Mayors of the Palace were the chief officials of the
Merovingian kings.Mayors of the Palace of Austrasia
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Parthemius (until 548)
*Gogo (c. 567-581), during the minority ofChildebert II
*Wandalenus (from 581), during the minority ofChildebert II
*Gundulf (from 600), underTheudebert II
*Landric (until 612), probably also in Neustria
*Warnachar (612-617), also in Burgundy
*Hugh (or "Chucus") (617-623), successor of previous
*Pepin the Elder (623-629), underDagobert I
*Adalgisel (633-639)
*Pepin the Elder (639-640), again
*Otto (640-642 or 643)
*Grimoald I 642 or 643-656), died 662
*Wulfoald (656-680), also in Neustria (673-675)
*Pepin the Middle (680-714), took the titleDuke and Prince of the Franks ("dux et princeps Francorum") after his conquest of Neustria in 687
*Theudoald (714-715), also in Neustria. Illegitimate son ofGrimoald II , designated heir of his grandfather Pepin, opposed by the nobility, who acclaimed Charles Martel
*Charles Martel (715-741), illegitimate son of Pepin the Middle, also in Neustria (718-741)
*Carloman (741-747), died 754 or 755
*Drogo (747-751), son of CarlomanMayors of the Palace of Neustria
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Landric , underClotaire II , probably also in Austrasia
*Gundoland (613 or 616-639)
*Aega (639-641), also in Burgundy
*Erchinoald (641-658)
*Ebroin (658-673), deposed
*Wulfoald (673-675), also in Austrasia (662-680)
*Leudesius (675), chosen after previous, then deposed
*Ebroin (675-680), again
*Waratton (680 or 681-682), deposed by his son Gistemar
*Gistemar (682), son of previous, usurper, died 683 or 684
*Waratton (682-684 or 686), again
*Berthar (686-688 or 689), son-in-law of previous, lostBattle of Tertry to Pepin the Middle in 687, murdered in 688 or 689
*Pepin the Middle (688-695), represented in court by his followerNordebert
*Grimoald II (695-714), son of Pepin the Middle
*Theudoald (714-715), also in Austrasia. Illegitimate son ofGrimoald II , driven out of Neustria by the nobility, surrendered claim in 716.
*Ragenfrid (715-718), took power in Neustria in 714 or 715, but defeated by Charles Martel in 717 and definitively in 718 and fled, died 731
*Charles Martel (718-741), illegitimate son of Pepin the Middle, also in Austrasia (715-741)
*Pepin the Younger (741 or 742-751), becameking of the Franks in 751 (died 768)Mayors of the Palace of Burgundy
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Warnachar I (596-599)
*Berthoald (before 603-604)
*Protadius (604-606)
*Claudius
*Rado (613-617)
*Warnachar II (617-626), also in Austrasia
*Godinus (626-627)
*Brodulf (627-628)
*Aega (639-641), also in Neustria
*Flaochad (642)
*Radobertus (642-662)Hereafter the office was united with that of Neustria, though Burgundy remained a separate realm under the King of Neustria and Burgundy. The administration of Burgundy was briefly separate under:
*Drogo (695-708), son of Pepin the Middle, also duke of Champagne (from 690) and duke of Burgundy from
Nordebert 's death in 697ources
*Oman, Charles. "The Dark Ages 476-918".
London , 1914.
*Gregory of Tours . "Historia Francorum", translated by Earnest Brehaut, 1916. Available at [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/gregory-hist.html Medieval Sourcebook] .
*Fredegar . "The Chronicle of Fredegar", translated by J. M. Wallace-Hadrill, 1960, in "The Early Middle Ages 500-1000", edited by Robert Bentrano (New York, 1964).
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