List of the Mayors of the Palaces

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The mayors of the palaces were the chief officials of the Merovingian kings.

Contents 1 Mayors of the Palace of Austrasia 2 Mayors of the Palace of Neustria 3 Mayors of the Palace of Burgundy 4 Sources

[edit] Mayors of the Palace of Austrasia

• Parthemius (until 548)
• Gogo (c.567-581), during the minority of Childebert II
• Wandalenus (from 581), during the minority of Childebert II
• Gundulf (from 600), under Theudebert 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), under Dagobert I
• Ansegisel (629-639)
• 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 title Duke and Prince of the Franks (dux et princeps Francorum) after his conquest of Neustria in 687
• Theudoald (714-715), also in Neustria. Illegitimate son of Grimoald 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
• Pepin the Younger (747-751), also in Neustria (741-751), became King of the Franks in 751 (d.768)

[edit] Mayors of the Palace of Neustria

• Landric, under Clotaire 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 (680 or 682-684 or 686), again
• Berthar (686-688 or 689), son-in-law of previous, lost Battle of Tertry to Pepin the Middle in 687, murdered in 688 or 689
• Pepin the Middle (688-695), represented in court by his follower Nordebert
• Grimoald II (695-714), son of Pepin the Middle
• Theudoald (714-715), also in Austrasia. Illegitimate son of Grimoald 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), also in Austrasia (747-751), became king of the Franks in 751 (d.768)

[edit] Mayors of the Palace of Burgundy

• Warnachar I (596-599)
• Berthoald
• Protadius
• Claudius
• Rado (613-617)
• Warnachar II (617-626), also in Austrasia
• Godinus (626-627)
• Brodulf (627-628)
• Aega (639-641), also in Burgundy
• 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 697

[edit] Sources

• Oman, Charles. The Dark Ages 476-918. London, 1914.
• Gregory of Tours. Historia Francorum, translated by Earnest Brehaut, 1916. Available at 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).