Domnonia (Kingdom of the Franks)

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A historic Celtic polity in Brittany. In 578 the polities of Brittany were made vassals of the Frankish Kingdom. As such, it was a vassal of a series of different Teilreiche (polities emerging from the hereditary divisions of the Frankish Kingdom that repeatedly divided and reunited).

Establishment

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.

Chronology

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1. Frankish Partitions

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.

1.1.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.

1.2.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.

1.3.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.

1.4.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.

1.5.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. .

1.5.1.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.

1.5.2.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.

1.6.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.

1.7.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.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

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.

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.