676 - 741 (65 years)_Charles Martel
Frankish ruler, a natural son of Pippin II, mayor of the palace, and Chalpaïda. Charles was baptized by St. Rigobert, bishop of Reims. At the death of his father in 714, Pippin's widow Plectrude claimed the government in Austrasia and Neustria in the name of her grandchildren, and had Charles thrown into prison. But the Neustrians threw off the Austrasian yoke and entered into an offensive alliance with the Frisians and Saxons. In the general anarchy Charles succeeded in escaping, defeated the Neustrians at Amblève, south of Liége, in 716, and at Vincy, near Cambrai, in 717, and forced them to come to terms. In Austrasia he wrested the power from Plectrude, and took the title of mayor of the palace, thus prejudicing the interests of his nephews. According to the Frankish custom he proclaimed a king in Austrasia in the person of the young Clotaire IV, but in reality Charles was the sole master -- the entry in the annals for the year 717 being "Carolus regnare coepit." Once in possession of Austrasia, Charles s
| Date | 676-741 |
| File name | _Charles Martel.jpg |
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| Linked to | King of France Charles Martel |
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