Wulfoald

Wulfoald († 680 ), from approx. 673 Dux and a Franconian housekeeper in Australia , who had previously performed the functions of a housekeeper. Presumably he came from the south of Australia.

Wulfoald was in charge of government for King Childerich II, who was under the age of 670 . Even after he came of age, Wulfoald was in control of the young king. Wulfoald was probably the head of a noble group that was hostile to the Pippinids . In the following, they also suffered from reprisals. In 673 Childerich II was after the death of his brother Chlothar III. also king in Neustria . But as early as 675 he fell victim to a conspiracy by Neustrian nobles. Wulfoald had to flee back to Australia. Once there, he and the greats of the empire proclaimed the king's son Dagobert II (676-679) as the new king. Wulfoald's opponents, including the mighty Ebroin , wanted Clovis, an alleged son of Chlothar III. see on the throne. An escort from the English bishop Wilfrid von York brought Dagobert safely back to Austrasia from Irish exile in 676. In the wake of the turmoil after the regicide, a border war broke out between the two empires that lasted until 677. Dagobert's empire was recognized by Neustria. But already in 679 this ruler fell victim to a murder plot. Wulfoald only briefly survived his king and was killed in 680.

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literature

Eugen Ewig : The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-317019473-1 .
Patrick J. Geary : The Merovingians: Europe before Charlemagne . CH Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-340649426-0 .
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 )

Web links

Wulfoald in Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Eugen Ewig: The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire . Kohlhammer, 2006, ISBN 978-317019473-1 , p. 162.
↑ ^a ^b Eugen Ewig: The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire . Kohlhammer, 2006, ISBN 978-317019473-1 , p. 166 f.
↑ Alan Thacker: Wilfrid ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.oxforddnb.com (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved February 15, 2012
Jump up ↑ Patrick J. Geary: The Merovingians: Europe before Charlemagne . CH Beck, 2003, ISBN 978-340649426-0 , pp. 195-196.

personal data
SURNAME	Wulfoald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Franconian caretaker in Australia
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century or 7th century
DATE OF DEATH	680

[ewig162-1] Eugen Ewig: The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire . Kohlhammer, 2006, ISBN 978-317019473-1 , p. 162.

[ewig166-2] Eugen Ewig: The Merovingians and the Franconian Empire . Kohlhammer, 2006, ISBN 978-317019473-1 , p. 166 f.

[odnb-wilfrid-3] Alan Thacker: Wilfrid ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.oxforddnb.com (paid registration required). In: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, 2004. Retrieved February 15, 2012

[4] Jump up ↑ Patrick J. Geary: The Merovingians: Europe before Charlemagne . CH Beck, 2003, ISBN 978-340649426-0 , pp. 195-196.