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Bro Waroc'h
Bro Waroc'h (Chilperic)
Bro Waroc'h (Guntram)
Bro Waroc'h (Sigebert)
Bro Waroc'h (Theuderic II)
Bro Waroc'h (Kingdom of the Franks)
Bro Waroc'h (Neustria)
Establishment
January 491: Bro-Gwened was an early medieval principality or kingdom around Vannes in Armorica (Brittany), lasting from around AD 490.
Chronology
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The inhabitants of Britannia and Armorica expelled the Romans.
Were a series of wars between the Franks and the Visigoths during the reign of Frankish King Clovis I.
2.1.First Franco-Visigothic war (492-496)
Was the first war of Frankish King Clovis against the Kingdom of the Visigoths.
January 497: In 496, Nantes was taken by the Armonici.
The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.
3.1.Chilperic´s Submission of the Bretons
In 578, Frankish subking Chilperic sent an army to fight the Breton ruler Waroch II of the Bro-Wened along the Vilaine.
January 579: In 578, Frankish sub-king Chilperic sent an army to fight the Breton ruler Waroch II of the Bro-Wened along the Vilaine. The armies fought for three days before Waroch submitted, and agreed to pay an annual tribute.
3.2.Treaty of Andelot
Was a treaty between Gontran and Childebert II, both Frankish subkings, about the extent of their domains.
January 588: In 587, Frankish sub-king Gontrand compelled obedience from Waroch II, the Breton ruler of the Vannetais.
3.3.Merge of the kingdoms of Metz and of Orleans
After the death of Gontan of Orleans, the Frankish subking of Metz, Childebert II, merged the Kingdoms of Orleans and Metz.
January 593: On the death of Guntram, in 592, the vassal kingdoms of Brittany passed to Sigebert.
3.4.Death of Childebert II
After the death of Frankish subking Childebert II, the kingdom of Metz was partitioned between his two sons.
January 594: Frankish sub-king Childebert II and his young wife Faileuba were poisoned to death in 596. He had two young sons: the older, Theudebert II, inherited Austrasia with its capital at Metz, and the younger, Theuderic II received Guntram's former kingdom of Burgundy, with its capital at Orléans.
3.5.Unification of the Frankish realm (662)
Frankish mayor of the palace Ebroin reunited the entire Frankish kingdom in name of Chlothar III (nominal ruler of Neustria) by removing Childebert (King of Austrasia, the other Frankish sub-Kingdom) in 661.
January 662: Frankish major Ebroin reunited the entire Frankish kingdom for Clovis's successor Chlothar III, the ruler of Neustria, by killing Grimoald (the mayor of the palace of Austrasia) and removing Childebert (the Austrasian king and also the son of Grimoald) in 661.
3.6.Partition of the Frankish Kingdom (663)
The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned into Austrasia and Neustria.
January 663: The Austrasian aristocracy, led by the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, Wulfoald, elevated Childeric II to the throne, splitting again the Frankish Empire into Austrasia and Neustria.
3.7.Unification of the Frankish realm (674)
King Childeric II of Austrasia was able to conquer all the other Frankish realms, thus reuniting the Frankish Kingdom.
January 674: Childeric II, king of Austrasia, taking advantage of the unrest following the death of his brother Chlothar III (the king of Neustria), invaded Neustria in 673, deposed Chlothar's successor Theodoric III and later also marched in Burgundia, becoming ruler of all the Frankish kingdoms.
3.8.Partition of the Frankish Kingdom (676)
The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned into Austrasia and Neustria.
April 676: After the death of Childeric II, who was king of all the Franks, Theuderic III (the younger brother of Childeric) became king of Neustria, whereas Clovis III (whose relationship to Childeric is unclear) became king of Austrasia. At the same time Chilperic, Childeric II legitimate son, was imprisoned in a monastery.
3.9.Unification of the Frankish realm (680)
Frankish subking of Neustria Theuderic III inherited Austrasia and reunited the whole Frankish kingdom under his domain.
January 680: After king Dagobert was murdered in 678 AD, the crown of Austrasia went to Theodoric III who became king of all Franks.
3.10.Frankish Civil War
Was a war between Teilreiche of the Frankish Kingdom (polities emerging from the hereditary divisions of the Frankish Kingdom that repeatedly divided and reunited). After their defeat at the Battle of Vincy, Chilperic and Ragenfrid allied with Odo the Great, the independent duke of Aquitaine, and marched on Soissons. .
3.10.1.Secession of Neustria and Burgundy
After the death of Pepin of Herstal (de facto ruler of Francia as the Mayor of the Palace), Neustria broke away from the Frankish Kingdom.
September 715: The death of Pepin of Herstal, the Mayor of the Palace of the Frankish Emoire, caused a conflict between his heirs and the Neustrian nobles who sought political independence from Austrasian control. Eventually, Pepin's son Charles Martel was acclaimed mayor by the nobles of Austrasia. At the same time Chilperic II, the cloistered son of Childeric II, was proclaimed king of Neustria.
3.10.2.Unification of the Frankish Kingdom (718)
Unification of the Frankish Kingdom under Charles Martel.
January 719: By 718 Charles Martel was the de facto ruler of Austrasia. He then forced the king of Neustria, Chilperic II, into submission and unified the Frankish realms as Mayor of the Palace of all kingdoms.
3.11.Partition of the Frankish Kingdom (741)
Shortly before his death in October 741, Charles Martel divided the realm between his two sons by his first wife. The division of the kingdom gave Austrasia, Alemannia, and Thuringia to Carloman and Neustria, Provence, and Burgundy to Pepin.
October 741: Succeeding his father as the Mayor of the Palace in 741, Pepin reigned over Francia jointly with his elder brother Carloman. Pepin ruled in Neustria, Burgundy, and Provence, while his brother Carloman established himself in Austrasia, Alemannia and Thuringia. The brothers were active in suppressing revolts led by the Bavarians, Aquitanians, Saxons, and the Alemanni in the early years of their reign. In 743, they ended the Frankish interregnum by choosing Childeric III, who was to be the last Merovingian monarch, as figurehead king of the Franks.
3.12.Unification of the Frankish realm (748)
Carloman of Austrasia withdrew from public life in 747 to take up the monastic habit, thus his brother Pepin of Neustria reunited the whole Frankish Kingdom.
January 748: King Carloman of Austrasia withdrew from public life in 747 to take up the monastic habit. His brother Pepin, who ruled over Neustria, reunited the whole Frankish Kingdom.
January 614: In 613 Frankish sub-king Chlothar II defeated Brunhilda (who was regent of the Kingdom of Orleans for her great-grandson Sigebert II) in battle. After having her and Sigebert II executed, Chlothar II reunited all Frankish realms.
January 640: After the death of Frankish king Dagobert I, the two Frankish kingdoms of Austrasia and Neustria became independent once again under Sigebert III and Clovis II.
Disestablishment
January 754: Frankish king Pepin the Short takes Vannes from the Bretons and organizes the first Marche de Bretagne.
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