♂ 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 Tariq ibn Ziyad conquers the cities Barcelona and Narbonne, where Visigothic nobles accept Umayyad overlordship in return for autonomy in Septimania (Southern France). Supposedly also Muslim raiding towards Avignon and Lyon (approximate date).

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