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Ragenfrid (also
Ragenfred,
Raganfrid, or
Ragamfred) (d.
731) was the
mayor of the palace of
Neustria and
Burgundy from
715, when he filled the vacuum in Neustria caused by the death of
Pepin of Heristal, until
718, when
Charles Martel finally established himself over the whole
Frankish kingdom.
His original centre of power was the
Véxin.
Dagobert III appointed him in opposition to
Theudoald, son and heir of Pepin, and his grandmother
Plectrude, but he was ignored by both Plectrude and Charles.
In
716, Ragenfrid and Dagobert's successor,
Chilperic II, fought deep into the heartland of
Arnulfing power: the
Maas and
Ardennes. They allied with Dagobert's old enemy, Duke
Radbod of
Frisia, and defeated their rival Charles near
Cologne, in which he'd been besieging Plectrude and Theudoald. Ragenfrid went and Chilperic forced Plectrude to surrender most of the
Austrasian treasury, her grandson's claim to the mayoralty, and acknowledge Chilperic as king.
At this juncture, Charles set up his own
Merovingian king,
Clotaire IV; Dagobert's true successor, Chilperic II, being a staunch ally of Ragenfrid and the Neustrian nation. Ragenfrid and his king allied with
Odo the Great,
duke of Aquitaine independent since 715, but was defeated at
Amblève (near
Liège) in
716, and in March,
717, at
Vincy, near
Cambrai, and then in
718 at
Soissons. Ragenfrid was now decisively out of power and he fled to
Angers; however, he didn't give up yet. When
Paris and the
Loire Valley were taken and Odo gave up Chilperic, who Charles finally accepted (under his thumb) in
719, Ragenfrid then gave himself up (
720) and was deprived of his office, left only with lands in
Anjou.
In
724, the Neustrians rebelled under Ragenfrid, but they were easily defeated. However, Ragenfrid gave up his sons as hostages in turn for keeping his county. He lived on until
731.
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