The Battle of Soissons of 718 was the last of the great pitched battles of the civil war between the heirs of Pepin of Heristal. For the area code see Area code 718 Events By Place Europe Tervel 's reign as monarch of Pepin (also Pippin, Pipin, or Peppin) of Herstal (c 635 &ndash 16 December 714) was the Mayor of the Palace Since Pepin's death in December 714, his grandson and heir Theudoald, his widow Plectrude, his bastard son Charles Martel, his successor as mayor of the palace in Neustria Ragenfrid, and the new king Chilperic II had been waging a war for ascendancy. Events By Place Asia February 28 — An Earthquake strikes Syria Theudoald or Theodald was the Mayor of the palace, briefly unopposed in 714 until Ragenfrid was acclaimed in Neustria and Plectrude or Plectrudis (d717 was the wife of Pepin of Herstal, the Mayor of the palace and Duke of the Franks, from about 670 Charles "The Hammer" Martel (Carolus Martellus Charles "the Hammer" (ca Mayor of the Palace was an early medieval Title and Office, also called Majordomo, from the Latin title Maior domus ("superior The territory of Neustria or Neustrasia, meaning "new land" originated in 511 made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel, Ragenfrid (also Ragenfred, Raganfrid, or Ragamfred) (d731 was the Mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy from 715 Chilperic II (c 672 &ndash 13 February 721) born Daniel, the youngest son of Childeric II, was king of Neustria from 715 and sole Though Ragenfrid and Chilperic had begun with successes and Plectrude and Theudoald were removed early, Martel turned the tide of war and eventually forced the surrender of all his opponents.
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. The Battle of Vincy (Vincy is now called Les Rues-des-Vignes) was fought at Vincy, near Cambrai, in the modern département of For the later duke of Aquitaine and also Gascony with the same name see Odo of Gascony. The Duke of Aquitaine ( French: Duc d'Aquitaine) ruled the historical region of Aquitaine under the supremacy of the Frankish and later the Soissons is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardie in northern France, located on the Aisne River, about 100 Unfortunately, Charles had anticipated this, and was awaiting them, with an ever better trained core of veterans, many of whom would serve him all their adult lives. That army easily defeated the allied forces of Odo, Chilperic and Ragenfrid near Soissons. Soissons is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardie in northern France, located on the Aisne River, about 100 The king fled with his ducal ally to the land south of the Loire and Ragenfrid fled to Angers. Loire ( Arpitan: Lêre, Occitan: Léger) is an administrative department in the east-central part of France occupying the Angers is a city in the Maine-et-Loire department in northwestern France about 300 km south-west of Paris. Soon Odo made peace and surrendered Chilperic to Charles and Ragenfrid made peace too. The war was over and Charles was undisputed dux Francorum.
It is interesting and important to note that Charles chose not to execute any of his enemies, indeed, his nephew would serve in his army, and was treated kindly. Nor was his mother Plectrude treated with anything but kindness. Plectrude or Plectrudis (d717 was the wife of Pepin of Herstal, the Mayor of the palace and Duke of the Franks, from about 670 Finally, Charles allowed both the deposed king, Chilperic and his Mayor, Ragenfrid to live. Norwich has commented that "either Charles Martel possessed a degree of decency and kindness to defeated foes unknown in that age, or his belief in himself was so great that he felt he could afford kindness as the ultimate show of strength in allowing them to live after their various plots and machinations against him. "
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