♂ Charles Martel

688 - 741

 

Duke of the Franks, Mayor of the Palace

Charles Martel
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Parents
Pepin of Herstal
Pepin of Herstal
0635 - 0714
Spouse
Rotrude of Trier
Rotrude of Trier
0690 - 0724
Children
Pepin The Short
Pepin The Short
0714 - 0768
 

Timeline

688

688 Eadberht is appointed bishop of Lindisfarne (Northumbria). He founds the holy shrine to his predecessor Cuthbert, a place that becomes a centre of great pilgrimage in later years.
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714


Age: 26y
714 • Duke Eudes proclaims himself the independent prince of Aquitaine (located north-east of the Garonne River), thereby asserting legal as well as practical independence from the Frankish Kingdom

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