Pepin of Heristal
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Tertry (687), Pepin made himself mayor, or ruler, of all the Frankish kingdoms except Aquitaine, with the Merovingian dynasty retaining the nominal kingship. He defeated the Frisians, the Alemanni, and the Bavarians and established a...