- (French pronunciation: [ɛʁstal] ; Walloon: Hesta),
formerly known as
Heristal, or
Héristal, is a city and muni****lity of
Wallonia located in the province...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
- 686. He made
peace between the
three Frankish kingdoms and with
Pepin of
Heristal in 681. His
daughter Anstrude later married Duke
Drogo of Champagne, Pepin's...
-
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...
-
first in
Austrasia and
later in
Neustria and Burgundy. In 687
Pepin of
Heristal took the
title Duke and
Prince of the
Franks (dux et
princeps Francorum)...
- Gaul at the
death of
Pepin of
Heristal (714). At this time the vast
duchy of
Aquitaine (yellow) was not a part of the
Frankish kingdom....
