Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
Kevin Patrick Mostyn Family - Person Sheet
NamePepin II 'the Middle' D' HERISTAL Duke Of Austrasia, 37G Grandfather
FatherAnsegisel (~607-679)
MotherSaint Begga (~613-693)
Web Notes notes for Pepin II 'the Middle' D' HERISTAL Duke Of Austrasia
After the death of his uncle, Grimoald and Grimoald's son, Pippin II, a son of Begga nd Ansegisel, represented the family.129
His brother and he could not come to terms with Ebroin, the Neustrian mayor of the palace, who dreamed of unifying Gaul under his own control. At an engagement in 680 at Lucofao, near Rethel in the Ardennes, the Pippinids met with disaster. Pippin II reached safety, but his brother Martin took refuge at Laon and was treacherously executed on the orders of Ebroin. An officer of the royal fisc murdered Ebroin and fled to Pippin in Austrasia.
A new mayor of Neustria, Waratto, and then his son, Giselmar, continued to rule. Pippin remained on bad terms with them, and when war erupted, he was again routed near Namur. Berchar, Waratto's son-in-law, later became mayor of the palace, but his attempts to restore the harsh policies of Ebroin led to discontent in Neustria. Some of the great Neustrian nobles, including Bishop Reolus of Teims, hoped to maintain their privileges and put an end to the civil wars, so they turned to the duke of Austrasia, Pippin, for help. Pippin prepared his attack with care. He levied troops from his own domains along the Meuse and advanced along the ancient Roman highway that passed through Tongeren, Bavay, and Cambrai. He defeated the Neustrians in 687 at the battle of Tertry, near Saint-Quentin, and his victory was decisive. The Pippinids had avenged Grimoald. Now master of King Theuderic III and the royal treasury, Pippin moved to assure himself of the respect of all the nobles of the realm.129
Pippin II, first called Pippin of Herstal in the 13th century, was master of the whole Kingdom of the Franks-that is, of Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy. By political skill he came to terms with the various factions of the Frankish nobility. Pippin chose to maintain the office of Neustrian mayor of the palace, but he appointed one of his own followers, Norbert, count of Paris. Longtime partisans of Pippin now peopled the Neustrian court, along with other nobles of Roman or Germanic origins.129
Pippin ruled in the name of the Merovingian Theuderic III, whose signature is preserved on a number of royal charters. When Theuderic died in 691, Pippin installed the infant Clovis IV, who reigned for four years. He was succeeded by his brother Childebert III (695-711), whose son Dagobert III followed as king until 715. These Merovingians resided at their Neustrian palaces, at Compiège, Valenciennes, Noisy, and Montmacq-sur-Oise among others, but the Austrasian mayor Pippin kept in regular contact. Writing to glorify Pippin in the 9th century, the compiler of the Annals of Metz reported:
'Each year at the beginning of March, the mayor of the palace, Pippin II, convened a general assembly with all the Franks according to ancient custom. On account of the reverence due to the royal title, he had the king preside until he had received the yearly gifts offered by all the leading men among the Franks; made a plea for peace and for the protection of the churches of God, and of orphans and widows; forbidden the raping of women and the crime of arson; and ordered the army to be ready for departure on the appointed day. Then Pippin sent the king away to his royal villa at Montmacq to be guarded with honor and veneration, while Pippin himself governed the Frankish kingdom.'129
This kingdom comprised three sections, Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy, each with its own special features. Pippin lived in Austrasia, and from there, he drew his power, that is, his followers. By his marriage with Plectrude, he had allied himself with a great family that possessed lands in the regions of Cologne and Trier. Pippin could reckon with the support of the nobles of the duchy of Ripuaria, whose center was Clogne. In addition, despite initial hesitations, the dukes of Alsace had rallied to his cause.129
In Neustria Pippin II installed his followers as bishops and abbots. Pippin also opted to secularize some ecclesiastical properties, a practice that his son Charles Martel would generalize. After 700, Pippin replaced the Neustrian mayor of the palace, Norbert, with his own son Grimoald. The two offices of mayor were thus in the hands of father and son. Pippin transferred northern Burgundy to the control of his eldest son, Drogo, who received the title of duke of Champagne129
There were no great problems within the Frankish kingdom, but considerable dangers menaced it from without. War threatened him, not so much to contest his leadership of the Franks as to pry away the various peoples who had formerly been obedient to the Franks: the Saxons, Frisians, Alemans, Bavarians, Aquitanians, Gascons, and Bretons. Nothing is known of the relations between Pippin and the Bretons but he did concern himself with happenings in Aquitaine. In the 6th and 7th centuries, Aquitaine was more or less a dependency of the north divided between the princes of Neustria and Austrasia. A rich and still highly Romanized region, it had never accepted the authority of the Merovingans, and the men whom the Franks called 'Romans" had frequently revolted. But their attempts to secure automony failed. They seemed to accept the ties that bound their destiny to that of the Franks. They contributed to the civilizing of the north with their artists, missionaries, and learned men.129
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (190:10). Called Pepin of Heristal. Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia.
The first of the great Carolingian Mayors of the Palace of Austrasia. Ruler of the Franks in 687, he managed, through the Battle of Tertry in 687, to unite 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. The Aquitanians had their own Duke; the "Patricius" of Provence was for all practical purposes an independent ruler.; the aristocrats of Burgundy paid little attention to the Franks in the north.
Pepin established himself as mayor of the palace in Austrasia after the death of Dagobert II in 679 and defended its autonomy against Theodoric III of Neustria and Ebroon, Theodoric's mayor of the palace. Defeated by Ebroon in 680 at Lucofao (near Laon), Pepin gained his revenge on the Neustrians in 687 at Tertry (near Pironne) and became sole effective ruler of the Franks. He nevertheless retained Theodoric III on the throne and after his death replaced him with three successive Merovingian kings. After several years of warfare Pepin defeated the Frisians on his
northeastern border and married his son Grimoald to Theodelind, daughter of the Frisian chief Radbod. He also forced the Alemanni to recognize Frankish authority again and encouraged Christian missionaries in Alemannia and Bavaria.
His brother and he could not come to terms with Ebroin, the Neustrian mayor of the palace, who dreamed of unifying Gaul under his own control. At an engagement in 680 at Lucofao, near Rethel in the Ardennes, the Pippinids met with disaster. Pippin II reached safety, but his brother Martin took refuge at Laon and was treacherously executed on the orders of Ebroin. An officer of the royal fisc murdered Ebroin and fled to Pippin in Austrasia.
A new mayor of Neustria, Waratto, and then his son, Giselmar, continued to rule. Pippin remained on bad terms with them, and when war erupted, he was again routed near Namur. Berchar, Waratto's son-in-law, later became mayor of the palace, but his attempts to restore the harsh policies of Ebroin led to discontent in Neustria. Some of the great Neustrian nobles, including Bishop Reolus of Teims, hoped to maintain their privileges and put an end to the civil wars, so they turned to the duke of Austrasia, Pippin, for help. Pippin prepared his attack with care. He levied troops from his own domains along the Meuse and advanced along the ancient Roman highway that passed through Tongeren, Bavay, and Cambrai. He defeated the Neustrians in 687 at the battle of Tertry, near Saint-Quentin, and his victory was decisive. The Pippinids had avenged Grimoald. Now master of King Theuderic III and the royal treasury, Pippin moved to assure himself of the respect of all the nobles of the realm.129
Pippin II, first called Pippin of Herstal in the 13th century, was master of the whole Kingdom of the Franks-that is, of Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy. By political skill he came to terms with the various factions of the Frankish nobility. Pippin chose to maintain the office of Neustrian mayor of the palace, but he appointed one of his own followers, Norbert, count of Paris. Longtime partisans of Pippin now peopled the Neustrian court, along with other nobles of Roman or Germanic origins.129
Pippin ruled in the name of the Merovingian Theuderic III, whose signature is preserved on a number of royal charters. When Theuderic died in 691, Pippin installed the infant Clovis IV, who reigned for four years. He was succeeded by his brother Childebert III (695-711), whose son Dagobert III followed as king until 715. These Merovingians resided at their Neustrian palaces, at Compiège, Valenciennes, Noisy, and Montmacq-sur-Oise among others, but the Austrasian mayor Pippin kept in regular contact. Writing to glorify Pippin in the 9th century, the compiler of the Annals of Metz reported:
'Each year at the beginning of March, the mayor of the palace, Pippin II, convened a general assembly with all the Franks according to ancient custom. On account of the reverence due to the royal title, he had the king preside until he had received the yearly gifts offered by all the leading men among the Franks; made a plea for peace and for the protection of the churches of God, and of orphans and widows; forbidden the raping of women and the crime of arson; and ordered the army to be ready for departure on the appointed day. Then Pippin sent the king away to his royal villa at Montmacq to be guarded with honor and veneration, while Pippin himself governed the Frankish kingdom.'129
This kingdom comprised three sections, Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy, each with its own special features. Pippin lived in Austrasia, and from there, he drew his power, that is, his followers. By his marriage with Plectrude, he had allied himself with a great family that possessed lands in the regions of Cologne and Trier. Pippin could reckon with the support of the nobles of the duchy of Ripuaria, whose center was Clogne. In addition, despite initial hesitations, the dukes of Alsace had rallied to his cause.129
In Neustria Pippin II installed his followers as bishops and abbots. Pippin also opted to secularize some ecclesiastical properties, a practice that his son Charles Martel would generalize. After 700, Pippin replaced the Neustrian mayor of the palace, Norbert, with his own son Grimoald. The two offices of mayor were thus in the hands of father and son. Pippin transferred northern Burgundy to the control of his eldest son, Drogo, who received the title of duke of Champagne129
There were no great problems within the Frankish kingdom, but considerable dangers menaced it from without. War threatened him, not so much to contest his leadership of the Franks as to pry away the various peoples who had formerly been obedient to the Franks: the Saxons, Frisians, Alemans, Bavarians, Aquitanians, Gascons, and Bretons. Nothing is known of the relations between Pippin and the Bretons but he did concern himself with happenings in Aquitaine. In the 6th and 7th centuries, Aquitaine was more or less a dependency of the north divided between the princes of Neustria and Austrasia. A rich and still highly Romanized region, it had never accepted the authority of the Merovingans, and the men whom the Franks called 'Romans" had frequently revolted. But their attempts to secure automony failed. They seemed to accept the ties that bound their destiny to that of the Franks. They contributed to the civilizing of the north with their artists, missionaries, and learned men.129
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (190:10). Called Pepin of Heristal. Mayor of the Palace in Austrasia.
The first of the great Carolingian Mayors of the Palace of Austrasia. Ruler of the Franks in 687, he managed, through the Battle of Tertry in 687, to unite 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. The Aquitanians had their own Duke; the "Patricius" of Provence was for all practical purposes an independent ruler.; the aristocrats of Burgundy paid little attention to the Franks in the north.
Pepin established himself as mayor of the palace in Austrasia after the death of Dagobert II in 679 and defended its autonomy against Theodoric III of Neustria and Ebroon, Theodoric's mayor of the palace. Defeated by Ebroon in 680 at Lucofao (near Laon), Pepin gained his revenge on the Neustrians in 687 at Tertry (near Pironne) and became sole effective ruler of the Franks. He nevertheless retained Theodoric III on the throne and after his death replaced him with three successive Merovingian kings. After several years of warfare Pepin defeated the Frisians on his
northeastern border and married his son Grimoald to Theodelind, daughter of the Frisian chief Radbod. He also forced the Alemanni to recognize Frankish authority again and encouraged Christian missionaries in Alemannia and Bavaria.