Raganfrid

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Raganfrid († 731 ) was a Franconian housekeeper . Raganfrid, who came from the circle of the neustrian greats , had his center of power in the region around Vexin .

After the death of Pippin II, he came into the Merovingian caretaker's office when the nobility rebelled against the regent Plektrud and drove out her grandson, the caretaker Theudoald . The weak king Dagobert III. made Raganfrid successor to Theudoald before his death in 716. For his part, Raganfrid, disregarding the claims of Theuderic IV. Helped Chilperic II. To the royal dignity. Together they undertook raids into the Pippinid core countries on the Meuse and in the Ardennes . Allied with the Frisian Duke Radbod, they won a battle against Karl Martell .

In 716, Raganfrid even moved as far as Cologne , forced the surrender of part of the Franconian imperial treasure and thus also reached into the eastern part of the empire. At the same time, however, Karl Martell prevailed in Austrasia and took an offensive against Raganfrid. Although this allied with the Aquitaine Duke Eudo , he was defeated in March 717 at Vinchy and 718 at Soissons . In addition, Charles Martell set up his own Merovingian king with Chlothar IV . Then he advanced on Paris and the Loire and subjugated Eudo, who delivered Chilperic II. Raganfrid admitted defeat at the latest in 720 and lost the caretaker's office with which Chilperich entrusted Karl Martell. Raganfrid only retained a ruling core around Anjou . Raganfrid was the last house man of one of the three Franconian sub-kingdoms that did not belong to the Arnulfinger or Pippiniden family. After that, only members of the now called Carolingian dynasty were in the power position of the Hausmeiers.

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SURNAME Raganfrid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Franconian caretaker
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century
DATE OF DEATH 731