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Austrasia
Austrasia , northeastern portion of the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks in the 6th, 7th, and 8th cent., comprising, in general, parts of E France, W Germany, and the Netherlands, with its capital variously at Metz, Reims, and Soissons. It originated in the partition (511) of the realm of the Fra... Read more
Neustria
Neustria , western portion of the kingdom of the Franks in the 6th, 7th, and 8th cent., during the rule of the Merovingians . It comprised the Seine and Loire country and the region to the north; its principal towns were Soissons and Paris. The realm originated with the several partitions of the ... Read more
Brunhilda
Brunhilda or Brunehaut , d. 613, Frankish queen, wife of Sigebert I of the East Frankish kingdom of Austrasia; daughter of Athanagild, the Visigothic king of Spain. After the murder (567) of her sister Galswintha, who was the wife of Sigebert's brother Chilperic I of the West Frankish kingdom ... Read more
Charles Martel
Charles Martel [O.Fr.,=Charles the Hammer], 688?-741, Frankish ruler, illegitimate son of Pepin of Heristal and grandfather of Charlemagne. After the death of his father (714) he seized power in Austrasia from Pepin's widow, who was ruling as regent for her grandsons, and became mayor of the pala... Read more
Merovingians
Merovingians dynasty of Frankish kings, descended, according to tradition, from Merovech, chief of the Salian Franks , whose son was Childeric I and whose grandson was Clovis I , the founder of the Frankish monarchy. Merovingian kings followed Frankish custom in dividing the patrimony. After th... Read more
Pepin the Short
Pepin the Short (Pepin III), c.714-768, first Carolingian king of the Franks (751-68), son of Charles Martel and father of Charlemagne . Succeeding his father as mayor of the palace (741), he ruled Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence, while his brother Carloman (d. 754) received Austrasia and w... Read more
Tournai
Tournai , Du. Doornik, commune (1991 pop. 67,732), Hainaut prov., SW Belgium, on the Scheldt River. Tournay and Doornijk are alternate spellings for the commune's French and Dutch names. It is a commercial and industrial center. Manufactures include steel, hose, and leather goods. One of Belg... Read more
Franks
Franks group of Germanic tribes. By the 3d cent. AD, they were settled along the lower and middle Rhine. The two major divisions were the Salian Franks in the north and the Ripuarian Franks in the south. The two groups expanded independently, although they sometimes united against a common enemy. T... Read more
Carolingians
Carolingians , dynasty of Frankish rulers, founded in the 7th cent. by Pepin of Landen , who, as mayor of the palace, ruled the East Frankish Kingdom of Austrasia for Dagobert I. His descendants, Pepin of Heristal , Charles Martel , Carloman , and Pepin the Short , continued to govern the terri... Read more
Metz
Metz , city (1990 pop. 123,920), capital of Moselle dept., NE France, on the Moselle River. It is a cultural, commercial, and transportation center of Lorraine and an industrial city producing metals, machinery, tobacco, clothing, and food products. It is one of eight cities targeted by the French... Read more

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Austrasia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Austrasia , northeastern portion of the Merovingian...among his four sons after his death. Austrasia was constantly troubled by dynastic rivalries...fierce fights between Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia and Queen Fredegunde of Neustria. During...
Neustria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the Frankish kingdom, which became known as Austrasia . The conflict culminated in the long and bitter...Neustria (d. 597) and Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia (d. 613). Neustria and Austrasia were reunited briefly by Clotaire I , Clotaire...
Dagobert I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...king of the East Frankish kingdom of Austrasia at the request of Pepin of Landen...of Metz, who effectively ruled in Austrasia. After Clotaire's death (629) Dagobert reunited Aquitaine with Austrasia and Neustria and became king of all...
Pepin of Landen
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...mayor of the palace of the Frankish kingdom of Austrasia . With Arnulf, bishop of Metz, he called...Neustria to overthrow (613) Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia. Clotaire II became king of Austrasia as well as Neustria but was forced to concede...
Clotaire II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of his cousin Theodoric II, king of Austrasia , he was called in by Austrasian nobles...component parts of the Frankish lands, Austrasia, Neustria, and Burgundy, was to have...sent his son Dagobert I to be king of Austrasia. Dagobert later succeeded to all the...
Brunhilda
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...I of the East Frankish kingdom of Austrasia; daughter of Athanagild, the Visigothic...Brunhilda was the actual ruler of Austrasia and of Burgundy, when by her design that country was united with Austrasia after the death (592) of King Guntram...
Merovingians
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...descendants into various kingdoms, which later became known as Austrasia , Neustria , and Burgundy . These kingdoms, whose borders...and rivals for power, notably between Queen Brunhilda of Austrasia and Queen Fredegunde of Neustria. Dagobert I was the last...
Sigebert I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Sigebert I , d. 575, Frankish king of Austrasia (561-75), son of Clotaire I. He constantly feuded with...of Sigebert's wife, Brunhilda . When Chilperic attacked Austrasia in 573, a desire for vengeance made Sigebert vindictive...
Fredegunde
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Brunhilda , Galswintha's sister and wife of King Sigebert I of Austrasia, were among the leading figures in the long war (561-613) between the Frankish kingdoms of Neustria and Austrasia. Fredegunde procured the deaths of Sigebert I and of her...
Charles Martel
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...of the king. The Merovingian kingdom in Gaul comprised two major subkingdoms, Neustria (the northwestern portion) and Austrasia (northeastern Gaul and the Rhineland), each of which was ruled by a mayor of the palace. The respective rulers of the...

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Brunhilda
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...x2013;613) Visigothic queen of the MEROVINGIAN kingdom of Austrasia. After her husband's assassination she tried to rule in...she fled to Burgundy. In old age she claimed Burgundy and Austrasia in the name of her great-grandson, but Chlothar of Neustria...
Pepin
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...under MEROVINGIAN rule who gave rise to the Carolingian dynasty. Pepin I of Landen was mayor of Austrasia, and his son Pepin II of both Austrasia and Neustria, the two most important parts of the Merovingian kingdom. Pepin III, the Short...
Arnulf, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Arnulf, St ( c. 580– c. 640), Bp. of Metz. He rose to high position in the court of Austrasia. About 614 he was consecrated Bp. of Metz and from 623 he played a large part in the government of the Ardennes. He later retired...

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Martyrs in the cause of the car
Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London; 9/18/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...day devoted to St Dagobert the Bald, patron saint of wheelwrights in Austrasia, has been declared a car- free day in Europe. It is a remarkable coincidence, for Austrasia was one of the earliest unifications of France and Germany, the east...
Martyrs in the cause of the car.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 9/18/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...day devoted to St Dagobert the Bald, patron saint of wheelwrights in Austrasia, has been declared a car-free day in Europe. It is a remarkable coincidence, for Austrasia was one of the earliest unifications of France and Germany, the east...
Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/23/1996; 700+ words ; ...Nicaragua, was destroyed by an earthquake, with a loss of 12,000 lives, 1972. Today is the Feast Day of St Dagobert II of Austrasia, St Frithebert, St John of Kanti, St Servulus, The Ten Martyrs of Crete, St Thorlac and Saints Victoria and Anatolia...
TRAVEL NOTES.(TRAVEL)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 11/17/1996; 700+ words ; ...reminiscing about his 1955 trip to Courchevel, then a new Alpine resort. There are snow reports for North America, Europe, ``Austrasia'' and South America. When you pick an area, the names of the resorts are arranged on a grid with columns for New Snow...
Sainted Women of the Dark Ages.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 4/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...played an active part in the harsh transformation of Roman Gaul into the Merovingian kingdoms of Neustria, Burgundy, and Austrasia. It ends with the life of Austreberta, abbess of Pouilly, who lived to see the unification of the three early kingdoms...
Spiritual Kinship as Social Practice: Godparenthood and Adoption in the Early Middle Ages.
Magazine article from: Church History; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...minute detail, is that of the relationship between King Guntchramn of Burgundy and his two orphaned nephews, Childebert II of Austrasia--whom he adopted in 577, and Chilperic of Neustria--whom he adopted in 584. Gregory of Tours makes it plain that Guntchramn...
La nueva opción mediterránea. (economía europea)(TT: The new Mediterranean option) (TA: European economy)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 1/5/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...hacia 1949, "se extendi la idea de crear una "Lotaringia de base industrial" -no se debe olvidar que la Lotaringia o Austrasia o Reino del Este, desde Clodoveo y Lotario I, fue un intento de crear entre Francia y Alemania un tercer estado, que contena...
Anglo-Saxon Women and the Church.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 4/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...played an active part in the harsh transformation of Roman Gaul into the Merovingian kingdoms of Neustria, Burgundy, and Austrasia. It ends with the life of Austreberta, abbess of Pouilly, who lived to see the unification of the three early kingdoms...
Birthdays
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/1/1995; 700+ words ; ...in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 1991. Today is the Feast Day of St Bride or Brigid of Kildare, St Henry Morse, St John of the Grating, St Pionius, St Seiriol and St Sigebert III of Austrasia. Today is also the first day of Ramadan.
Culture and Religion in Merovingian Gaul.(Review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...100.50. This book is an attempt to demonstrate that Merovingian Gaul, which is here distinguished from north-eastern Austrasia and the Frankish territories beyond the Rhine, was completely `Christian': not only was `secularity' not an option...