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Grimoald I (
616-
656), called
the Elder (in
French,
Grimaud) was the
Mayor of the Palace of
Austrasia from
643 to
656. He was the son of
Pepin of Landen and
Itta.
With the death of Pepin of Landen in
640, Grimoald became the head of his household, the most powerful in Austrasia. At this time,
Radulf,
Duke of Thuringia, rebelled against
Sigebert III, king of Austrasia. Grimoald participated in the ensuing expedition against the insurrection, but it was a failure. Nevertheless, Grimoald succeeded in saving the life of the king and became his close friend. Then, by removing the mayor of the palace,
Otto, he took over the position which his father once held.
Grimoald convinced the childless king (Sigebert III) to adopt his son, named
Childebert at his
baptism. Sigebert eventually had an heir,
Dagobert II, but Grimoald feared the fate of his own dynasty and exiled the young Dagobert to either an
Irish monastery or the cathedral school of
Poitiers. Upon Sigebert's death, probably in 651, Grimoald put his son on the throne.
Grimoald was deposed and executed by the king of
Neustria, who thereby reunited the Kingdom of the Franks. The
Liber historiae Francorum tells that
Clovis II had captured and executed him by
657 (subsequently treating Clovis's reign with hostility and his son
Chlothar's reign with disdain).
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