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Rise of Pippin II

Type Event Region Western Europe Time 687–700

Between 687 and 700 CE, Pippin II, as Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, defeated his Neustrian rival at the Battle of Tertry and became the effective…

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  1. 687Tertry · FranciaPippin II led the Austrasian army to defeat Neustrian Mayor Berthar and his ally, Frisian King Radbod, at Tertry. This battle made Pippin the most powerful mayor of the palace in all Francia, reducing the Merovingian kings to puppets.
  2. 688–695Frankish Kingdom · FranciaPippin styled himself 'Duke and Master of the Palace', gradually taking control of the mayoral offices of Neustria and Burgundy, and propped up the young Theuderic III as a puppet king. He conquered Frisia and consolidated control east of the Rhine, greatly expanding Carolingian lands.
  3. 695–700Herstal · AustrasiaBy the end of the 7th century, Pippin II held firm control over Frankish military and political power, and his family's hereditary mayoralty was unshakable. He trained successors such as his grandson Charles Martel, paving the way for the Carolingian dynasty to replace the Merovingians in the 8th century and reshape medieval European politics.

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