Mayor of the palace
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Under the
Latin: maior palatii or maior domus) was the manager of the household of the Frankish king
.
During the second half of the seventh century, the office evolved into the "
shōgun, sarvadhikari or prime minister
, all of which have similarly been the real powers behind some ceremonial monarchs.
In 687, after victory over the western kingdom of
Carloman and Pepin the Short elevated another Merovingian king, Childeric III
, but he was eventually deposed in 751 by Pepin, who was crowned king in his place.
See also
Royal Administration of Merovingian and Carolingian Dynasties
.
Mayors of the Palace of Austrasia
| Name | In office | Family | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parthemius | 531–548 | ||
| ... | |||
Gogo
|
567–581 | ||
Wandalenus
|
581–583 | Waltrichs | |
| ... | |||
| Florentianus | um 589 | ||
| ... | |||
| Protadus | 595–600 | ||
| Claudius | 600 | ||
Gondulphus
|
600–612 | Merowingians (uncert.)
|
|
Warnachar
|
613 | Short after the assassination of Sigibert II
| |
| Rado | 613–616/617 | ||
Hugh (Chucus)
|
617–622 | Hugobertins (uncert.) | |
| Pepin of Landen | 624/25–634 | Pippinids | First time |
| Adalgisel | 634–639 | ||
| Pepin of Landen | 639–640 | Pippinids | Second time |
Otto
|
640–643 | ||
Grimoald I
|
643–657 oder 662 | Pippinids | |
| Ansegisel | 657 oder 662–662 | Arnulfingians | |
| Wulfoald | 662–679 | Etichonen (uncert.)
|
|
| Pepin of Herstal | 679–714 | Pippinids | |
| Theudoald | 714–715 | Pippinids | de jure under his grandmother Plectrude |
Charles Martel
|
715–741 | Pippinids | After the Battle of Soissons (718) Maior Domus in all parts of the realm |
Carloman
|
741–747 | Pippinids | Austrasia containing also Alemania |
| Pepin the Short | 747–751 | Pippinids | Maior Domus for the whole realm |
Mayors of the Palace of Neustria
- Mummolin (566)
- Clotaire II
- Gundoland (613 or 616–639)
- Aega(639–641), also in Burgundy
- Erchinoald (641–658)
- Ebroin (658–673), deposed
- Wulfoald (673–675), also in Austrasia (662–680)
- Leudesius (675), chosen but later deposed
- Ebroin (675–680), again
- Waratto (680 or 681–682), deposed by his son Gistemar
- Gistemar (682), usurper his father Waratton
- Waratto (682–684 or 686), again
- Berchar (686–688 or 689), murdered in 688 or 689
- Pippin of Herstal
- Grimoald II(695–714)
- Theudoald (714–715), also in Austrasia. Driven out of Neustria by the nobility, surrendered claim in 716.
- Ragenfrid (715–718), took power in Neustria in 714 or 715 but defeated by Charles Martel first in 717 and definitively in 718
- Charles Martel (718–741), also in Austrasia (715–741)
- king of the Franksin 751
Mayors of the Palace of Burgundy
- Warnachar I (596–599)
- Berthoald (before 603–604)
- Protadius (604–606)
- Claudius
- Rado (613–617)
- Warnachar II (617–626), also in Austrasia
- Godinus (626–627)
- ...
- Aega(639–641), also in Neustria
- Flaochad (642)
- Radobertus(642–662)
Hereafter the office remained vacant, with Burgundy a separate realm under the King of Neustria and Burgundy. The administration of Burgundy was briefly separate under:
Mayors of the Palace of Aquitaine
- Brodulf (627–628)
Further reading
- Oman, Charles. The Dark Ages, 476–918. London: Rivingtons, 1914.
