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von Herstal, Pippin I

Male 582 - 640  (57 years)


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  • Name von Herstal, Pippin  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Suffix I 
    Birth 13 Aug 582  Landen, Brabant Wallon, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    House House of Pippinids  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Life Event Between 615 and 629  Kingdom of Austrasia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Mayor Of The Palace of Austrasia 
    FSID LZPS-59C  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Occupation Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia for Clotaire II and Dagobert, 1st Duke of Brabant, Maire du Palais d'Austrasie (626-629), , Major Domus for Clothar II, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Death 27 Feb 640  Landen, Brabant Wallon, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Burial Aft 27 Feb 640  Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Person ID I33893  The Thoma Family
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

    Father von Landen, Karlmann,   b. 13 Aug 550, Kingdom of Austrasia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Feb 613, Kingdom of Austrasia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother von Baiern, Gertrudis,   b. 558, Bayern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 645, Eure-et-Loir, Centre, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F13259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family de Nivelles, Saint Iduberga,   b. 592, Kingdom of Austrasia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 652, Kloster Nivelles, Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Children 
     1. von Herstal, Begga,   b. 2 Jun 613, Landen, Brabant Wallon, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Dec 693, Andenne, Namur, Belgium Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [natural]
    Family ID F13258  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 20 Sep 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Aug 582 - Landen, Brabant Wallon, Belgium Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLife Event - Mayor Of The Palace of Austrasia - Between 615 and 629 - Kingdom of Austrasia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Feb 640 - Landen, Brabant Wallon, Belgium Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Aft 27 Feb 640 - Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Division of the kingdom
      Internally, the kingdom was divided among Clovis's sons and later among his grandsons and frequently saw war between the different kings, who quickly allied among themselves and against one another. The death of one king created conflict between the surviving brothers and the deceased's sons, with differing outcomes. Later, conflicts were intensified by the personal feud around Brunhilda. However, yearly warfare often did not constitute general devastation but took on an almost ritual character, with established 'rules' and norms.[8]

      Reunification of the kingdom
      Eventually, Clotaire II in 613 reunited the entire Frankish realm under one ruler. Later divisions produced the stable units of Austrasia, Neustria, Burgundy and Aquitania.

      The frequent wars had weakened royal power, while the aristocracy had made great gains and procured enormous concessions from the kings in return for their support. These concessions saw the very considerable power of the king parcelled out and retained by leading comites and duces (counts and dukes). Very little is in fact known about the course of the 7th century due to a scarcity of sources, but Merovingians remained in power until the 8th century.

      Weakening of the kingdom
      Clotaire's son Dagobert I (died 639), who sent troops to Spain and pagan Slavic territories in the east, is commonly seen as the last powerful Merovingian King. Later kings are known as rois fainéants[1] ("do-nothing kings"), despite the fact that only the last two kings did nothing. The kings, even strong-willed men like Dagobert II and Chilperic II, were not the main agents of political conflicts, leaving this role to their mayors of the palace, who increasingly substituted their own interest for their king's.[9] Many kings came to the throne at a young age and died in the prime of life, weakening royal power further.

      Return to power[edit]
      The conflict between mayors was ended when the Austrasians under Pepin the Middle triumphed in 687 in the Battle of Tertry. After this, Pepin, though not a king, was the political ruler of the Frankish kingdom and left this position as a heritage to his sons. It was now the sons of the mayor that divided the realm among each other under the rule of a single king.

  • Sources 
    1. [S788] WORLD: Wikipedia.
      https://www.wikipedia.org/

    2. [S789] WORLD: Family Search, Family Tree.
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/tree/name

    3. [S791] WORLD: Ancestry Family Trees.
      https://www.ancestry.com/search/categories/42/

    4. [S844] WORLD: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
      http://fmg.ac/

    5. [S2644] WORLD: Wikiwand.
      https://www.wikiwand.com/en/

    6. [S869] WORLD: Stirnet.
      http://www.stirnet.com


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