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Plectrude (Latin: Plectrudis; German: Plektrud, Plechtrudis) (died 718) was the
consort of
Pepin of Herstal, the
mayor of the
palace and duke of the Franks...
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Theudoald (the son of
Pepin and
Plectrude's son Grimoald), who was
still a
young child (and
amenable to
Plectrude's control).
Pepin died
suddenly at...
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accusation of "illegitimacy"
derives from the
desire of Pepin's
first wife
Plectrude to see her
progeny as
heirs to Pepin's throne. By Charles's
lifetime the...
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Ragenfrid together led an army into Austrasia, then
being warred over by
Plectrude, on
behalf of her
grandson Theudoald, and
Charles Martel, the son of Pepin...
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impose their will on the
competing factions there:
those of
Theudoald and
Plectrude,
grandson (and
designated heir) and
widow respectively of Martel's father...
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mayor of Austrasia,
Neustria and Burgundy. His son Drogo, from his wife
Plectrude, was also
imbued with
power when he
married Berchar's
widow Adaltrude...
- Theudoald,
grandson and heir of Pepin, and his
grandmother Plectrude, but he was
ignored by both
Plectrude and Charles. They
allied with Dagobert's old enemy...
- his
stepmother Plectrude at Cologne, to turn over half the
wealth of his late
father Pepin of Herstal.
Charles allows both
Plectrude and his
nephew Theudoald...
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Herstal and
Plectrude) and
Theudesinda of
Frisia (daughter of king Radbod). Thus, he was a
grandson of the
Frisian king. His
grandmother Plectrude tried to...
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impose their will on the
competing Frankish factions of
Theudoald and
Plectrude, the
child grandson (and
designated heir) and
widow respectively of Pepin...
