Waratto
Waratto (also Warato, Warrato ; † 686 ) was house manager of the Franconian Empire as the successor to Ebroins from 680/681 until his death.
Life
He was a distinguished Franconian from the Rouen area . Around 659 he appears for the first time in history as the grafio of King Chlothar III.
After the caretaker Ebroin was assassinated in 680/681, Waratto was chosen by the Neustrian nobility as their successor. He received great support from Audoin (641–684), the Bishop of Rouen . Waratto ended the war with Pippin the Middle and recognized him as Dux in the ducatus Austrasiorum , a regionally reduced Austrasia . The unity of the Franconian Empire was restored, but this obviously did not affect Waratto's housekeeping.
Waratto's son Giselmar, however, disrupted the agreement by rising against his father and temporarily ousting him from his position. Giselmar besieged Namur and also conquered the city, but Giselmar's death ended the uprising as early as 683/684. Waratto returned to office and Pippin, who had troubled Giselmar's activities, renewed the peace of 681.
From his marriage to Ansfled Waratto had a daughter, Anstrudis , whose first marriage was Berchar , who succeeded in Neustria as Waratto's successor, but was murdered in 688/689; in the second marriage she married after 688 Drogo , the son of Pippins and dux of Champagne († 708). According to a different opinion, it was Waratto's granddaughter Adaltrud, the daughter of Anstrudis and Berchars, who married Drogo.
swell
- Fredegar : Chronicle Online (lat.) .
- Liber historiae Francorum . In: Bruno Krusch (ed.): Scriptores rerum Merovingicarum 2: Fredegarii et aliorum Chronica. Vitae sanctorum. Hanover 1888, pp. 215–328 ( Monumenta Germaniae Historica , digitized version )
literature
- Patrick J. Geary : The Merovingians: Europe before Charlemagne . CH Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-406-49426-0 .
- Paul Fouracre, Richard A. Gerberding (Eds.): Late Merovingian France: history and hagiography, 640-720 . Manchester University Press ND, 1996, ISBN 978-0-7190-4791-6 .
- 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 )
- Eugen Ewig : The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3-17-019473-1 .
Web links
- Warato in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Patrick J. Geary: The Merovingians: Europe before Charlemagne . CH Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-406-49426-0 , p. 185.
- ^ Paul Fouracre, Richard A. Gerberding (ed.): Late Merovingian France: history and hagiography, 640-720 . Manchester University Press ND, 1996, ISBN 978-0-7190-4791-6 , p. 24.
- ↑ Reinhold Kaiser : The Roman Heritage and the Merovingian Empire (Encyclopedia of German History, Volume 26). Oldenbourg, 2004, ISBN 978-3-486-56722-9 , p. 38.
- ^ Paul Fouracre, Richard A. Gerberding (ed.): Late Merovingian France: history and hagiography, 640-720 . Manchester University Press ND, 1996, ISBN 978-0-7190-4791-6 , p. 152.
- ↑ a b Heinrich Beck , Dieter Geuenich , Heiko Steuer (ed.): Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde , Volume 23 . de Gruyter, 2003, ISBN 978-3-11-017535-6 , pp. 195-196.
- ↑ Rudolf Schieffer : The Carolingians . Kohlhammer, 2006, ISBN 978-3-17-019099-3 , p. 24.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waratto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Warato; Warrato |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franconian caretaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 686 |