Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: 9CCY-LJQ

Family/Spouse: von Landen, Karlmann. Karlmann was born on 13 Aug 550 in Kingdom of Austrasia; died on 21 Feb 613 in Kingdom of Austrasia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• House: House of Pippinids
• FSID: LZPS-59C
• 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
• Life Event: Between 615 and 629, Kingdom of Austrasia; Mayor Of The Palace of Austrasia

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.

Family/Spouse: de Nivelles, Saint Iduberga. Iduberga was born in 592 in Kingdom of Austrasia; died on 8 May 652 in Kloster Nivelles, Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium; was buried after 8 May 652 in Nivelles, Brabant Wallon, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LDSS-HQZ
• Religion: Roman Catholic

Notes:

After the demise of Grimoald in 662, the property passed to Ansegisel and Begga, the parents of Pippin II.

Begga founded seven churches in Andenne after Ansegisel's death

Begga married of Austrasia, Ansegisel in 634 in Metz, Moselle, Lorraine, France. Ansegisel (son of of Metz, Saint Arnulf and of Metz, Doda) was born in 610 in Kingdom of Austrasia; died in 670 in Chaudfontaine, Liege, Belgium; was buried in 670. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Appointments / Titles: Mayor of Austrasia
• House: House of Pippinids
• FSID: LDSS-4ZY

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_of_Herstal also https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131325529/pepin_ii-of_herstal
https://gw.geneanet.org/zanel?lang=fr&p=pepin+ii&n=de+herstal

Pippin married von Herstal, Chalpaida in 677 in Kingdom of the Franks. Chalpaida was born in 650 in Prüm, Bitburg-Prum, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany; died on 16 Dec 714 in Kingdom of the Franks; was buried after 16 Dec 714 in Orp-le-Grand Monastery, Orp-Jauche, Arrondissement de Nivelles, Wlloon Brabant, Belgium. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Pippin married von Köln, Plectrude in 670. Plectrude was born in 655 in Kingdom of Austrasia; died on 10 Aug 725 in Köln, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; was buried after 10 Aug 725 in Saint Maria, Köln, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]