Austrasia (ôstrā`zhə), northeastern portion of the Merovingian kingdom of the Franks Franks, group of Germanic tribes. By the 3d cent. A.D., they were settled along the lower and middle Rhine. The two major divisions were the Salian Franks in the north and the Ripuarian Franks in the south.
..... Click the link for more information. in the 6th, 7th, and 8th cent., comprising, in general, parts of E France, W Germany, and the Netherlands, with its capital variously at Metz, Reims, and Soissons. It originated in the partition (511) of the realm of the Frankish king Clovis I Clovis I (klō`vĭs), c.466–511, Frankish king (481–511), son of Childeric I and founder of the Merovingian monarchy.
..... Click the link for more information. among his four sons after his death. Austrasia was constantly troubled by dynastic rivalries between its rulers and those of the neighboring kingdom of Neustria Neustria (n
..... Click the link for more information. . These struggles, both political and cultural, reached their climax in the fierce fights between Queen Brunhilda Brunhilda (brənhĭld`ə) or Brunehaut
..... Click the link for more information. of Austrasia and Queen Fredegunde Fredegunde (frē'dəgŭn` də), c.545–597, Frankish queen.
..... Click the link for more information. of Neustria. During the reigns of Clotaire I Clotaire I (klōtâr`), d. 561, Frankish king, son of Clovis I .
..... Click the link for more information. , Clotaire II Clotaire II, d. 629, Frankish king, son of Chilperic I and Fredegunde . He succeeded (584) his father as king of Neustria, but his mother ruled for him until her death (597).
..... Click the link for more information. , and Dagobert I Dagobert I (dăg`ōbûrt), c.612–c.639, Frankish king, son and successor of King Clotaire II.
..... Click the link for more information. , Austrasia was temporarily reunited with Neustria. This rivalry was only part of the regionalism that eventually brought an end to Merovingian Merovingians, dynasty of Frankish kings, descended, according to tradition, from Merovech, chief of the Salian Franks , whose son was Childeric I and whose grandson was Clovis I , the founder of the Frankish monarchy.
..... Click the link for more information. rule. With the decline of the royal power in Austrasia, the office of mayor of the palace developed into the real seat of power and finally became hereditary in the family of the Carolingians Carolingians (kărəlĭn`jēənz), dynasty of Frankish rulers, founded in the 7th cent.
..... Click the link for more information. . Austrasia became part of the Carolingian empire.

Austrasia

or Ostrasia

Early medieval European kingdom. During the Merovingian dynasty (6th–8th centuries AD), it was the eastern Frankish kingdom and Neustria was the western kingdom. Austrasia covered present-day northeastern France and areas of western and central Germany; its capital was at Metz. The region was the power base of the early Carolingian mayors of the palace, one of whom, Pippin III, deposed the last Merovingian king in 751 and founded the Carolingian dynasty. The dynasty's heartland, Austrasia, was an important region in the empire established by Charlemagne.

Austrasia

the eastern region of the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks that had its capital at Metz and lasted from 511 ad until 814 ad. It covered the area now comprising NE France, Belgium, and western Germany

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