- (French pronunciation: [ɛʁstal] ; Walloon: Hesta),
formerly known as
Heristal, or
Héristal, is a city and muni****lity of
Wallonia located in the province...
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probably born in
Herstal (
Héristal),
modern Belgium (where his
centre of
power lay),
whence his
byname (sometimes "of
Heristal"). As
mayor of Austrasia...
- (694–711)[1]. He was
seemingly but a
puppet of the
mayor of the palace,
Pepin of
Heristal,
though his
placita show him
making judicial decisions of his own will...
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Bishop of Metz, and had
three children:
Pepin of
Heristal,
Martin of Laon, and
Clotilda of
Heristal, who
married Theuderic III of the Franks. Ansegisel...
- power.
Following his
victory at the
Battle of
Tertry in 687,
Pippin of
Heristal extended his
influence into Neustria. His
death in 714 was
followed by...
-
Chrothildis (7th-century – 692) was a
Frankish queen consort by
marriage to king
Theuderic III. She was
formally the
nominal regent for her son Clovis...
- the
Neustrian mayor of the palace, Waratton, made
peace with
Pepin of
Heristal,
mayor of the
palace of Austrasia, in 681. However, on Waratton's death...
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palace of Neustria,
acclaimed in 714 in
opposition to Theudoald,
Pepin of
Heristal's designated heir. Chilperic, however, was his own man: both a
fighter and...
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palace and
their base of power. With the
Battle of
Tertry in 687,
Pepin of
Heristal defeated the
Neustrian king
Theuderic III and
established his mayoralty...
- married.
Unlike Waratton, however,
Berthar did not keep
peace with
Pepin of
Heristal. In 687,
Pepin defeated him and
Theuderic III at
Tertry in the Vermandois...
