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 Translation for 'Austrasia' from English to French
NOUN   Austrasia | -
hist.
Austrasie {f}
Austrasia [Eastern Kingdom of the Rhineland Franks]
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Translation for 'Austrasia' from English to French

Austrasia [Eastern Kingdom of the Rhineland Franks]
Austrasie {f}hist.
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Usage Examples English
  • Dentelin was a region of the Frankish Empire disputed between Austrasia and Neustria.
  • According to the "vita", a 10th-century hagiographical account of his life, Arbogast found a warm friend in the Merovingian King Dagobert II of Austrasia, who reigned Austrasia 673-679.
  • In 623, he gave the kingdom of Austrasia to his young son Dagobert I.
  • In the spring of 612, war broke out between Austrasia and Burgundy and Theudebert II was resoundingly beaten by Theuderic II.
  • Brunhilda (c. 543–613) was queen consort of Austrasia, part of Francia, by marriage to the Merovingian king Sigebert I of Austrasia, and regent for her son, grandson and great-grandson.

  • In the 7th century a law code for Austrasia was published as the "Lex Ripuaria".
  • Bilichilde (d. 610), was a queen of Austrasia by marriage to Theudebert II.
  • He succeeded his brother Chlothar III in Neustria in 673, but Childeric II of Austrasia displaced him soon thereafter until he died in 675 and Theuderic retook his throne.
  • At the partition treaty of Verdun (843) the whole of Frisia became part of Lotharingia; at the treaty of Meersen (870) it was briefly divided between the kingdoms of the East Franks (Austrasia) and the West Franks (Neustria), but in 880 the whole country was reunited under Austrasia.
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