{"slug": "austrasia", "label": "Austrasia", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrasia", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105098", "qid": "Q105098", "description": "Medieval European territory", "entries": 83, "years": 72, "span": [495, 870], "span_label": ["495 CE", "870 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 27}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 13}, {"title": "Births", "count": 12}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 11}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 10}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 6}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 3}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-burgundy", "label": "Kingdom of Burgundy", "shared": 14}, {"slug": "neustria", "label": "Neustria", "shared": 13}, {"slug": "francia", "label": "Francia", "shared": 12}, {"slug": "franks", "label": "Franks", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "mayor-of-the-palace", "label": "Mayor of the Palace", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "brunhilda-of-austrasia", "label": "Brunhilda of Austrasia", "shared": 8}, {"slug": "theuderic-ii", "label": "Theuderic II", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "pepin-of-herstal", "label": "Pepin of Herstal", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "childebert-ii", "label": "Childebert II", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "pepin-of-landen", "label": "Pepin of Landen", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "charles-martel", "label": "Charles Martel", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "theuderic-iii", "label": "Theuderic III", "shared": 5}], "items": [{"year": 495, "year_label": "495 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "King Theudebert I of Austrasia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364907640#Births", "title": "495", "revid": 1364907640, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 533, "year_label": "533 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Theudebert I succeeds his father Theuderic I and becomes king of Austrasia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340793764#Europe", "title": "533", "revid": 1340793764, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 533, "year_label": "533 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Theuderic I, king of Austrasia (or 534)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340793764#Deaths", "title": "533", "revid": 1340793764, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 534, "year_label": "534 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Theuderic I, king of Austrasia (or 533)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353013996#Deaths", "title": "534", "revid": 1353013996, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 535, "year_label": "535 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Sigebert I, king of Austrasia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342880383#Births", "title": "535", "revid": 1342880383, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 543, "year_label": "543 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Brunhilda, queen of Austrasia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340799598#Births", "title": "543", "revid": 1340799598, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 547, "year_label": "547 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Theudebald, age 13, succeeds his father Theudebert I after a reign of 14 years, and becomes king of Austrasia (or 548).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364909272#Europe", "title": "547", "revid": 1364909272, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 547, "year_label": "547 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Theudebert I, king of Austrasia (or 548)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364909272#Deaths", "title": "547", "revid": 1364909272, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 548, "year_label": "548 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Theudebert I, king of Austrasia (or 547)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368141112#Deaths", "title": "548", "revid": 1368141112, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 562, "year_label": "562 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Sigebert I repels an attack on Austrasia by the Avars at Regensburg (Germany). He moves his capital from Reims to Metz (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749268#Europe", "title": "562", "revid": 1364749268, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 567, "year_label": "567 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Sigebert I, king of Austrasia, marries Brunhilda, and his half brother Chilperic I marries Galswintha, both daughters of the Visigothic king Athanagild.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800789#Europe", "title": "567", "revid": 1340800789, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 568, "year_label": "568 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Sigebert I, king of Austrasia, repels a second attack from the Avars. His half brother Chilperic I strangles his wife Galswintha at the instigation of his mistress Fredegund.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364751316#Europe", "title": "568", "revid": 1364751316, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 570, "year_label": "570 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Childebert II, king of Austrasia (d. 595)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340800837#Births", "title": "570", "revid": 1340800837, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 575, "year_label": "575 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Childebert II succeeds his father Sigibert I as king of Austrasia. His mother Brunhilda becomes regent and seeks protection from Guntram, king of Burgundy. He adopts Childebert as his own son and heir. A group of Frankish aristocrats rule Austrasia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367658531#Europe", "title": "575", "revid": 1367658531, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 575, "year_label": "575 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Sigebert I, king of Austrasia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367658531#Deaths", "title": "575", "revid": 1367658531, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 581, "year_label": "581 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Palace coup in Austrasia: New advisors break the peace treaty with King Guntram, and make a new alliance with his half brother Chilperic I, in which Childebert II, age 11, is recognized as Chilperic's heir.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340801589#Europe", "title": "581", "revid": 1340801589, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 585, "year_label": "585 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Childebert II, age 15, takes up his sole rule of Austrasia. A Frankish army under King Guntram marches to Comminges (Pyrenees), and besieges the citadel of Saint-Bertrand.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938601#Europe", "title": "585", "revid": 1365938601, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 586, "year_label": "586 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Theudebert II, king of Austrasia (d. 612)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364748798#Births", "title": "586", "revid": 1364748798, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 587, "year_label": "587 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Theuderic II, king of Austrasia (d. 613)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756380#Births", "title": "587", "revid": 1364756380, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 587, "year_label": "587 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 28", "text": "November 28 – Treaty of Andelot: Guntram recognizes King Childebert II of Austrasia as heir. He signs a treaty with Queen Brunhilda at Andelot-Blancheville.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364756380#Europe", "title": "587", "revid": 1364756380, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 595, "year_label": "595 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Childebert II, king of Austrasia (b. 570)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367658603#Deaths", "title": "595", "revid": 1367658603, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 595, "year_label": "595 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October", "text": "October – King Childebert II dies; his mother Brunhilda attempts to rule Austrasia and Burgundy, as regent for her grandsons. He is succeeded by his two young sons, Theudebert II and Theuderic II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367658603#Europe", "title": "595", "revid": 1367658603, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 597, "year_label": "597 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Chlothar II, age 13, becomes sole ruler of Neustria, and continues his mother's feud with Brunhilda. He is advised to prepare for war against Austrasia, the eastern part of the Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755884#Europe", "title": "597", "revid": 1364755884, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 601, "year_label": "601 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Sigebert II, king of Austrasia and Burgundy (d. 613)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364903478#Births", "title": "601", "revid": 1364903478, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 606, "year_label": "606 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Queen Brunhilda pressures her grandson Theuderic II to go to war against his brother, Theudebert II of Austrasia. She puts Protadius, Mayor of the Palace, in charge of the Burgundian army. At the palace of Quierzy (Picardy), Theuderic assembles his army. The soldiers under Uncelen, Duke of Alemannia, refuse to fight against their countrymen, and declare that the king orders Protadius' death. He is killed by the Frankish warriors, and Theuderic is forced to sign a peace treaty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802689#Europe", "title": "606", "revid": 1340802689, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 607, "year_label": "607 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Visigoths, Austrasians, Neustrians and Lombards form an alliance against King Theuderic II of Burgundy, whose grandmother and sister have murdered Theuderic's wife Ermenberga, daughter of Witteric, king of the Visigoths. Fighting takes place around Narbonne, but little is known of the details or outcome (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340802681#Europe", "title": "607", "revid": 1340802681, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 610, "year_label": "610 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Theuderic II loses Alsace, Champagne and Thurgau to his elder brother Theudebert II of Austrasia. His Burgundian army is defeated east of the Jura Mountains against the Alemanni.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368795500#Europe", "title": "610", "revid": 1368795500, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 612, "year_label": "612 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Theudebert II is defeated by his brother Theuderic II at Toul (northeastern France). He is captured in battle and, after having his royal paraphernalia taken, is handed over to his grandmother Brunhilda. He is put in a monastery, and assassinated with his son Merovech. Theuderic, age 25, becomes sole ruler of Austrasia and Burgundy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635982#Europe", "title": "612", "revid": 1367635982, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 612, "year_label": "612 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Theudebert II, king of Austrasia (b. 586)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635982#Deaths", "title": "612", "revid": 1367635982, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 613, "year_label": "613 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Theuderic II dies of dysentery in the Austrasian capital of Metz, while preparing a campaign against his longtime enemy, Chlothar II. His grandmother Brunhilda attempts to establish a third regency for her illegitimate great-grandson Sigebert II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364755983#Europe", "title": "613", "revid": 1364755983, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 616, "year_label": "616 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Grimoald the Elder, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia (d. 657)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367636041#Births", "title": "616", "revid": 1367636041, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 623, "year_label": "623 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Clothar II gives Austrasia to his son Dagobert I, age 20, effectively granting the kingdom semi-autonomy in repayment for the support of its nobles, most notably Pepin of Landen (Mayor of the Palace), and in recognition of calls from the Austrasians for a king of their own. Arnulf, bishop of Metz, becomes advisor to Dagobert.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364763007#Europe", "title": "623", "revid": 1364763007, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 627, "year_label": "627 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Cunibert is elected bishop of Cologne. Throughout his episcopacy, monasticism flourishes in Austrasia (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346712156#Religion", "title": "627", "revid": 1346712156, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 630, "year_label": "630 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Sigebert III, king of Austrasia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340803540#Births", "title": "630", "revid": 1340803540, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 631, "year_label": "631 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Wogastisburg: The Slavs under King Samo defeat the Austrasian Franks, in a three-day battle. King Dagobert I is forced to retreat; the Franks with their allies are slaughtered. Samo invades Thuringia and undertakes looting raids.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749921#Europe", "title": "631", "revid": 1364749921, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 634, "year_label": "634 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Dagobert I is forced by the Austrasian nobles to put his 3-year-old son Sigebert III on the throne, ceding royal power in Austrasia. He frees himself from dependence on Pepin of Landen, and extends his rule over the Bretons (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1299946990#Europe", "title": "634", "revid": 1299946990, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 639, "year_label": "639 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 19", "text": "January 19 – Dagobert I dies after a 10-year reign as king of all the Franks, in which his realm has prospered. He is succeeded by Sigebert III (age 9), independent ruler of Austrasia, and his half-brother Clovis II (age 2), who becomes king of Neustria and Burgundy. Under the supervision of Pepin of Landen, Mayor of the Palace, the royal treasury is distributed between the two brothers and widowed queen Nanthild (regent on Clovis' behalf).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364754023#Europe", "title": "639", "revid": 1364754023, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 640, "year_label": "640 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 – Pepin the Elder, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, dies and is succeeded by his son Grimoald. He becomes the head of the Frankish household, and the most powerful man in the Frankish Kingdom (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364750340#Europe", "title": "640", "revid": 1364750340, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 642, "year_label": "642 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Radulf, a Frankish aristocrat, revolts against King Sigebert III of Austrasia and defeats his army, taking the title of rex or king of Thuringia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367634849#Europe", "title": "642", "revid": 1367634849, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 643, "year_label": "643 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Duke Leuthari II has Otto, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, murdered. He is succeeded by Grimoald the Elder, the eldest son of Pepin of Landen.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804491#Europe", "title": "643", "revid": 1340804491, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 643, "year_label": "643 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Otto, mayor of the palace (Austrasia)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804491#Deaths", "title": "643", "revid": 1340804491, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 644, "year_label": "644 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Otto, mayor of the palace (Austrasia)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635050#Deaths", "title": "644", "revid": 1367635050, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 648, "year_label": "648 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "King Sigebert III of Austrasia is advised by Remaclus to establish a double-monastery, at Stavelot and Malmedy. As a missionary bishop, he founds an abbey on the River Amblève (modern Belgium).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804464#Europe", "title": "648", "revid": 1340804464, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 650, "year_label": "650 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Dagobert II, king of Austrasia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804422#Births", "title": "650", "revid": 1340804422, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 656, "year_label": "656 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Sigebert III, king of Austrasia (or 660)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635539#Deaths", "title": "656", "revid": 1367635539, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 656, "year_label": "656 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 1", "text": "February 1 – King Sigebert III of Austrasia, age 25, dies after a 22-year reign. His 5-year-old son Dagobert II is kidnapped by the court chancellor, Grimoald the Elder, who makes his own son king, and exiles him to an Irish monastery. Dagobert is placed with Bishop Dido of Poitiers, while Grimoald's son Childebert the Adopted assumes the Austrasian throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367635539#Europe", "title": "656", "revid": 1367635539, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 657, "year_label": "657 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Grimoald the Elder, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, is deposed by Clovis II, king of Neustria. Clovis also captures Grimoald's son Childebert the Adopted, executing them both.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804374#Europe", "title": "657", "revid": 1340804374, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 657, "year_label": "657 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Childebert the Adopted, king (usurper) of Austrasia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804374#Deaths", "title": "657", "revid": 1340804374, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 659, "year_label": "659 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 17", "text": "March 17 – Gertrude of Nivelles, daughter of Pepin of Landen (mayor of the palace of Austrasia), requests on her deathbed a burial wearing a plain linen shroud. This is the traditional (pagan) practice of a 'furnished' grave.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804363#Religion", "title": "659", "revid": 1340804363, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 660, "year_label": "660 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Sigebert III, king of Austrasia (or 656)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359584981#Deaths", "title": "660", "revid": 1359584981, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 662, "year_label": "662 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Franks take advantage of the Lombard civil war and invade Northern Italy, but are defeated by Grimoald I. King Chlothar III gives Austrasia to his youngest brother Childeric II. He is raised on the shield of his warriors and proclaimed king of Austrasia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805159#Europe", "title": "662", "revid": 1340805159, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 675, "year_label": "675 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Clovis III, an illegitimate son of Chlothar III, is proclaimed king of Austrasia by the Austrasian nobles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805588#Europe", "title": "675", "revid": 1340805588, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 676, "year_label": "676 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Dagobert II, son of the late king Sigibert III, becomes (partly with the help of Bishop Wilfrid) the new ruler of Austrasia, after his predecessor Clovis III is murdered.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365938815#Europe", "title": "676", "revid": 1365938815, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 679, "year_label": "679 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "December 23", "text": "December 23 – King Dagobert II is murdered in a hunting accident, near Stenay-sur-Meuse (Ardennes), probably on orders from Pepin of Herstal, the mayor of the palace of Austrasia. He is succeeded by Theuderic III, who becomes sole ruler of the Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204947#Europe", "title": "AD 679", "revid": 1349204947, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 679, "year_label": "679 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 23", "text": "December 23 – Dagobert II, king of Austrasia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349204947#Deaths", "title": "AD 679", "revid": 1349204947, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 680, "year_label": "680 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Pippin of Herstal becomes Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331672551#Europe", "title": "680", "revid": 1331672551, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 680, "year_label": "680 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Wulfoald, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1331672551#Deaths", "title": "680", "revid": 1331672551, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 682, "year_label": "682 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Gistemar becomes mayor of the palace in Neustria and Burgundy, after he deposes his father Waratto. He reverses the peace treaty with Austrasia, signed with Pepin of Herstal at Namur.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1347973674#Europe", "title": "682", "revid": 1347973674, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 686, "year_label": "686 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Waratton, mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy, dies and is succeeded by his son-in-law Berchar. He advises King Theuderic III to break the peace treaty with Pepin of Herstal, and declares war on Austrasia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367994465#Europe", "title": "686", "revid": 1367994465, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 687, "year_label": "687 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Tertry: King Theuderic III of Neustria is defeated by Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, near Péronne (modern France), at the River Somme. Theuderic withdraws to Paris and is forced to sign a peace treaty. Pepin becomes \"de facto\" ruler of the Frankish Kingdom, and begins calling himself Duke of the Franks. He establishes a base for the future rise of the Pippinids and the Carolingians. Pepin appoints Nordebert as Duke of Burgundy, and puts him in charge of Neustria and Burgundy (as a sort of regent).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806293#Europe", "title": "687", "revid": 1340806293, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 691, "year_label": "691 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "King Theuderic III dies and is succeeded by his son Clovis IV, age 9, as sole ruler of the Franks. He becomes a puppet—a roi fainéant—of his uncle Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the palace of Austrasia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806265#Europe", "title": "691", "revid": 1340806265, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 695, "year_label": "695 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Childebert III succeeds Clovis IV as sole king of the Franks. He is the son of Theuderic III and becomes a puppet—a roi fainéant—of Pepin of Herstal, mayor of the palace of Austrasia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806239#Europe", "title": "695", "revid": 1340806239, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 707, "year_label": "707 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Theudoald, mayor of the palace of Austrasia (or 708)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807099#Births", "title": "AD 707", "revid": 1340807099, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 708, "year_label": "708 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Theudoald, mayor of the palace of Austrasia (or 707)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807106#Births", "title": "708", "revid": 1340807106, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 711, "year_label": "711 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 23", "text": "April 23 – King Childebert III dies after a 16-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Dagobert III as ruler of Austrasia. Pepin of Herstal becomes his regent.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358403455#Europe", "title": "AD 711", "revid": 1358403455, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 715, "year_label": "715 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Dagobert III dies of an illness and is succeeded by Chilperic II, son of Childeric II, as king of Neustria. Charles Martel is freed from prison at Cologne, and is proclaimed Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia at the capital Metz.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367661130#Europe", "title": "715", "revid": 1367661130, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 716, "year_label": "716 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Cologne: Charles Martel, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, is defeated by the Neustrians under King Chilperic II and his mayor Ragenfrid near Cologne (now part of Germany), who have invaded Austrasia to impose their will on the competing Frankish factions of Theudoald and Plectrude, the child grandson (and designated heir) and widow respectively of Pepin of Herstal. Simultaneously, Radbod, king (or duke) of the Frisians, attacks Austrasia and allies with the Neustrians. Charles is forced to flee into the mountains of the Eifel (Ardennes).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808331#Europe", "title": "716", "revid": 1340808331, "section": "Events › Byzantine Empire › Europe"}}, {"year": 717, "year_label": "717 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Charles Martel consolidates his power, proclaims Clotaire IV king of Austrasia in opposition to Chilperic, and deposes Rigobert, bishop of Reims, replacing him with Milo. He marches against Radbod, king (or duke) of the Frisians, and pushes him back into his territory (later part of the Netherlands). Charles sends the Saxons back over the Weser River, and secures the Rhine border—in the name of Clotaire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808622#Western_Europe", "title": "717", "revid": 1340808622, "section": "Events › By place › Western Europe"}}, {"year": 719, "year_label": "719 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Chlothar IV, king of Austrasia (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367050525#Deaths", "title": "719", "revid": 1367050525, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 721, "year_label": "721 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Charles Martel restores the authority of the Austrasian palace throughout the Frankish Kingdom, including against Frankish-claimed Aquitaine and Provence (Southern France). He exiles Rigobert, bishop of Reims, to Gascony.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808636#Europe", "title": "721", "revid": 1340808636, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 732, "year_label": "732 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Eudes of Aquitaine heads for the Frankish city of Reims, to warn Charles Martel, Merovingian mayor of the palace, of the Umayyad invasion in Gaul, and ask for his support against the invaders. The two leaders meet near Paris; Charles issues a 'general ban' to raise an army, which includes large numbers of Austrasians, Neustrians, and Burgundians. Meanwhile, Arabians ravage the cities of Périgueux, Saintes, and Angoulême, then sack the basilica of Saint-Hilaire outside Poitiers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808703#Europe", "title": "732", "revid": 1340808703, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 733, "year_label": "733 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Duke Eudes of Aquitaine, aged almost 80, abdicates and retires to a monastery. His lands are divided between his sons Hunald I and Hatton, who continue the conflict with Charles Martel, mayor of the palace of Neustria and Austrasia. In battles at Benest in Charente and La Rochefoucauld (near Angoulême), Charles probably defeats the Aquitainians. He also campaigns against the Burgundians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809659#Europe", "title": "733", "revid": 1340809659, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 734, "year_label": "734 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of the Boarn: The Franks under Charles Martel, mayor of the palace of Neustria and Austrasia, defeat the Frisians near the mouth of the River Boarn (now the Dutch province of Friesland). During the battle, the Frisian army is beaten and King Poppo is killed. The Franks gain control of the Frisian lands west of the Lauwers (Netherlands), and begin plundering the pagan sanctuaries. The Frisians become Frankish vassals, apart from the tribes living in East Frisia in present-day Germany.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809669#Europe", "title": "734", "revid": 1340809669, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 741, "year_label": "741 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Theodoald, mayor of the palace of Austrasia", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1322653390#Deaths", "title": "741", "revid": 1322653390, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 743, "year_label": "743 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Concilium Germanicum: First major Church synod held in the eastern parts of the Frankish Kingdom. Organized by Carloman, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, and presided over by Saint Boniface, who is solidified in his position as leader of the Frankish church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906425#Religion", "title": "743", "revid": 1364906425, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 746, "year_label": "746 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Council of Cannstatt: Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, convenes an assembly of the Alemanni nobility at Cannstatt (modern Stuttgart), and has most of the magnates, numbering in the thousands, arrested and executed for high treason. This ends the independence of the tribal duchy of Alamannia, which is thereafter governed by counts or dukes appointed by their Frankish overlords.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340809747#Europe", "title": "746", "revid": 1340809747, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 747, "year_label": "747 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia, renounces his position as majordomo, and withdraws from public life. He retires to a monastery near Rome, being tonsured by Pope Zachary, and leaves his brother Pepin the Short as sole ruler (de facto) of the Frankish Kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468436#Europe", "title": "AD 747", "revid": 1364468436, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 754, "year_label": "754 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 17", "text": "August 17 – Carloman mayor of the palace of Austrasia and brother of Pepin III (The Short)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360259946#Deaths", "title": "754", "revid": 1360259946, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 768, "year_label": "768 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 24", "text": "September 24 – King Pepin III (the Short) dies at Saint-Denis, Neustria. The Frankish Kingdom is divided between his two sons: Charlemagne and Carloman I. According to Salic law Charlemagne receives the outer parts of the kingdom bordering on the sea, namely Neustria, western Aquitaine, and the northern parts of Austrasia; while Carloman is awarded his uncle's former share, the inner parts: southern Austrasia, Septimania, eastern Aquitaine, Burgundy, Provence, Swabia, and the lands bordering Italy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267068964#Frankish_Kingdom", "title": "768", "revid": 1267068964, "section": "Events › By place › Frankish Kingdom"}}, {"year": 774, "year_label": "774 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Saxon Wars: Saxon raiders ravage much of northern Hesse (modern Germany), and burn the abbey at Fritzlar, putting the abbot and monks to the sword. Charlemagne hurriedly returns to Austrasia, assembles local troops, and recaptures Eresburg, before the approach of winter halts further operations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848019#Europe", "title": "774", "revid": 1340848019, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 775, "year_label": "775 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – Charlemagne retakes the Hellweg (main corridor) along the Lippe Valley, establishing communications between Austrasia, Hesse and Thuringia. It is used as a trade route under Frankish supervision.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848014#Europe", "title": "775", "revid": 1340848014, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 806, "year_label": "806 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Charlemagne divides the Frankish Empire under his three sons, called Divisio Regnorum. For Charles the Younger he designates the imperial title, Austrasia and Neustria, Saxony, Burgundy, and Thuringia. To Pepin he gives Italy, Bavaria, and Swabia. His youngest son Louis the Pious receives Aquitaine, the Spanish March, and Provence.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292643508#Europe", "title": "806", "revid": 1292643508, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 870, "year_label": "870 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 8", "text": "August 8 – Treaty of Meerssen: King Louis the German forces his half-brother Charles the Bald to accept a peace treaty, which partitions the Middle Frankish Kingdom into two larger east and west divisions. Louis receives most of Austrasia (which evolves into the Kingdom of Germany), and Charles receives territory in Lower Burgundy (which evolves into the Kingdom of France). However, large parts of the Frisian coast are under Viking control.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129562#Europe", "title": "870", "revid": 1341129562, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}]}