Chucus (sometimes anglicized "Hugh") was the mayor of the palace of Austrasia from 617 to 623. He was the predecessor to Pepin of Landen and father of Hugobert.. He is mentioned in the will of Saint Bertechramnus, written on 26 March 616, in which the bishop indicates that shortly before, the property of a certain Aureliana, wife of Dynamus, bishop of Avignon(604-625), had been …

Austrasia, the eastern Frankish kingdom in the Merovingian period (6th–8th century ad) of early medieval Europe, as distinct from Neustria, the western kingdom. Its mayors of the palace, leading household and government officials under the king, were ancestors of the Carolingian dynasty. Covering present northeastern France, Belgium, and areas of ...

16/01/2022 · Pepin (also Pippin, Pipin, or Peppin) of Herstal (c. 635 – 16 December 714) was the Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia from 680 to his death and of Neustria and Burgundy from 687 to 695. He was also the first mayor of the palace to "reign" as Duke and Prince of the Franks and he by far overshadowed the Merovingian rois fainéants.

AUSTRASIA. In the early 7th century there were three Frankish Kingdoms, Austrasia (in the east, mostly German-speaking), Burgundy (in the south) and Neustria (in the west). Each had its own palace, though not necessarily its own king. Many of the kings were minors when they came to the throne, achieved little and died young.