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Mayor of the palace

Under the Merovingian dynasty, the mayor of the palace or majordomo, (Latin: maior palatii or maior domus) was the manager of the household of the Frankish king. He was the head of the Merovingian administrative ladder and orchestrated the operation of the entire court. He was appointed by the king from among the magnates, the most powerful families. Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy had their own mayor of the palace. After Chlothar II, who ruled over the entire Frankish Kingdom, had ordered the execution of Warnachar, the mayor of Burgundy, the magnates of Burgundy declared in 626 not to want their own mayor anymore. This declaration marks the effective end of the Burgundian court and the beginning of the Neustrian-Burgundian political alliance against Austrasian influence. The Austrasian magnates revolted and the Battle of Tertry of 687 became the Austrasian victory with Pepin of Herstal as their leader and the new mayor of the palace.

Lists of mayors of the palaces
Austrasia Neustria • Mummolin (566) • Landric, under Clotaire II • Gundoland (613 or 616–639) • Aega (639–641), also in Burgundy • Erchinoald (641–658) • Ebroin (658–673), deposed • Wulfoald (673–675), also in Austrasia (662–680) • Leudesius (675), chosen but later deposed • Ebroin (675–680), again • Waratto (680 or 681–682), deposed by his son Gistemar • Gistemar (682), usurper his father Waratton • Waratto (682–684 or 686), again • Berchar (686–688 or 689), murdered in 688 or 689 • Nordebert 687-695), under protection of Pippin of Herstal • Grimoald II (695–714) • Theudoald (714–715), also in Austrasia. Driven out of Neustria by the nobility, surrendered claim in 716. • Ragenfrid (715–718), took power in Neustria in 714 or 715 but defeated by Charles Martel first in 717 and definitively in 718 • Charles Martel (718–741), also in Austrasia (715–741) • Pepin the Short (741 or 742–751), became king of the Franks in 751 Burgundy • Warnachar I (596–599) • Berthoald (before 603–604) • Protadius (604–606) • Claudius • Rado (613–617) • Warnachar II (617–626), also in Austrasia • Godinus (626–627) • ... • Aega (639–641), also in Neustria • Flaochad (642) • Radobertus (642–662) Hereafter the office remained vacant, with Burgundy a separate realm under the King of Neustria and Burgundy. The administration of Burgundy was briefly separate under: • Drogo (695–708), also duke of Champagne from 690 and duke of Burgundy from 697 Aquitaine • Brodulf (627–628) ==Further reading==
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