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- The eastern portion of the kingdom of the Franks from the sixth to the eighth century, including parts of eastern France, western Germany, and the Low Countries. It eventually became part of the Carolingian empire.
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- proper noun A northeastern region of the Kingdom of the
Merovingian Franks , of whichMetz was the capital.
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BRYNHILD governed in Austrasia for her son HILDEBERT, and on his death, in 595, for her grandsons, THEUDEBERT and THEUDERIK.
A Parallel History of France and England; Consisting of Outlines and Dates 1871
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The country was then divided into two great districts -- the eastern, known as Austrasia; and the western, as
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Arnor eventually broke up into three separate principalities, just as the empire of the Franks (theoretically a revival of the Western Roman Empire) broke up into the three realms of Neustria, Austrasia, and Lotharingia.
superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010
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He held the title of Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, but in actuality wielded the power of a king.
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He held the title of Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, but in actuality wielded the power of a king.
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He straightway sent to Count Herkenger and begged him to go at once to Germany and ask Henry, duke of Austrasia, to aid him and the Christian people.
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We should all raise a glass this day and cheer the memory of Charles Martel, de facto ruler by the time of his death in 741 AD of the realms of Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy.
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A Frankish barbarian of the eastern Frankish kingdom of Austrasia, Charles Martel (688 - 741 A.D.) was most famous for the Battle of Tours (732 A.D.), near Poitiers, in which he successfully defeated the Saracen Moors in their invasion of France, thus preserving Christian Europe from the encroachment of Islam.
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We should all raise a glass this day and cheer the memory of Charles Martel, de facto ruler by the time of his death in 741 AD of the realms of Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy.
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A Frankish barbarian of the eastern Frankish kingdom of Austrasia, Charles Martel (688 - 741 A.D.) was most famous for the Battle of Tours (732 A.D.), near Poitiers, in which he successfully defeated the Saracen Moors in their invasion of France, thus preserving Christian Europe from the encroachment of Islam.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
leaden commented on the word Austrasia
This is the home of the bisby (Macrotis sagotis).
October 9, 2011