After the death of Clovis II in 657, his wife Bathild reigned in Neustria in the name of her son Chlotar III. She had undeniable political skills and profited from the removal of Grimoald and his son in order to install her second son, Childeric II, as king of Austrasia. This very young prince was placed in the care of the widow of Sigebert III, Himnechild, and the Austrasian Wulfoald, who was named mayor of the palace, an enemy of the Pippinids.263