Charles takes Cologne and disperses Plectrude’s adherents.He…

717 CE

Charles takes Cologne and disperses Plectrude’s adherents.

He allows both Plectrude and Theudoald to live, and treats them with kindness—unusual for these Dark Ages, when mercy to a former jailer, or a potential rival, is rare.

On this success, he proclaims one Clotaire IV king of Austrasia in opposition to Chilperic II.

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Cologne > Köln Nordrhein-Westfalen Germany View →

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Charles Martel View → Chilperic II View → Chlothar IV View → Odo the Great View → Ragenfrid View → Theudoald View →

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Franks View → Frisians View → Frisian Kingdom View → Burgundy, Frankish Kingdom of View → Francia (mayors of the palaces of Austrasia and Neustria) View → Austrasia, Frankish Kingdom of View →

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Migration Period Pessimum View → Frisian–Frankish wars View → Frankish Civil War View →

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