Berchar

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Berchar (also Bercharius , Berthechar ; † autumn 688 or early 689) was a Franconian houseman in Neustria as the successor to his father-in-law Waratto , who died in 686.

Life

After Waratto's death there were disputes over his successor at the neustrian court, in which Berchar prevailed. His inferior opponents then went over to Pippin the Middle , who then took to the field against Neustria. Berchar's faction was defeated in the Battle of Tertry in the Vermandois , some of the losers fled to the nearby Abbeys of Péronne and Saint-Quentin , the rest, including Berchar and King Theuderic III. , retired to Paris . Pippin followed them and concluded a peace agreement with them in the city, about the contents of which nothing is known, except that Berchar was left in office. It can be assumed that Theuderich and Berchar had to admit the opposition faction back to court, because shortly after the peace treaty there were renewed disputes between the groups, during which Berchar was slain at the instigation of his mother-in-law Ansfled.

As a consequence of these events, Pippin also took over the Neustrian caretaker's office, which he carried out from Austrasia through his governor Nordilus / Nordebert. He did not touch Theuderich's position as king. Berchar and his wife Anstrudis , the daughter of Waratto and Ansfled, had a daughter, Adaltrudis (or also Anstrudis the Younger), who married Drogo , dux der Champagne , Pippin's eldest son. According to the same opinion, it was Adaltrud, the daughter of Anstrudis and Berchars, who married Drogo.

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literature

  • Eugen Ewig : The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire . Kohlhammer, 2006, ISBN 978-317019473-1 .
  • Paul Fouracre, Richard A. Gerberding (Eds.): Late Merovingian France: history and hagiography, 640-720 . Manchester University Press ND, 1996, ISBN 978-071904791-6 .
  • Friedrich Prinz : Germany's early history. Celts, Romans and Teutons . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-608-94368-4 .
  • Horst Ebling: Prosopography of the officials of the Merovingian empire. From Chlothar II (613) to Karl Martell (741) . (Supplement to Francia , 2). Wilhelm Fink, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-7705-1203-0 ( online )

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Peter Johanek : Das Karolingerreich (Encyclopedia of German History, Volume 88). Oldenbourg, 2011, ISBN 978-348655779-4 , pp. 4-5.
  2. ↑ Reinhold Kaiser : Das Römische Erbe und das Merowingerreich (Encyclopedia of German History Volume 26), Oldenbourg, 2004, ISBN 978-348656722-9 , p. 38.
  3. ^ Eugen Ewig : The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire . Kohlhammer, 2006, ISBN 978-317019473-1 , pp. 185-186.
  4. ^ Alfred Haverkamp , Friedrich Prinz : Perspektiven German History during the Middle Ages . Klett-Cotta, 2004, ISBN 978-360860001-8 , pp. 334-335.
  5. ^ Heinrich Beck , Dieter Geuenich and Heiko Steuer (eds.): Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , Volume 23 . de Gruyter, 2003, ISBN 978-311017535-6 , pp. 195-196.

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personal data
SURNAME Berchar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bercharius; Berthechar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franconian caretaker in Neustria
DATE OF BIRTH 6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH 688 or 689