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RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA

FRANCE-
....end of the 5th c, the 2 queens brunhild + fredegond, ruled; for brunhild, for her grandsons, theodebert II. king of austrasia + theodoric, king of burgundy. while fredegond governed neustria for the young hlothar II. fred died in 598. brunhild seized almost all of neustria, + for a while united the merwing lordships under her. tried to make it more monastic + curb the nobles. opposition + lead 2 brothers, arnulf, bishop of metz + pippin of landen, decedant of the great karling or carolingian dynasty. the nobles wet the old queen; her army deserted, leaving her w/ her 4 great-grandkids in the hands of hlothar II. he killed them, + after shameful indignities, the queen it is said, was tied to the heels of a wild horse + so dashed to death. triumph of aristocracy over monarchy. hlothar II, now king of all franks, was in the hands of the mayor of the palace, who became the real power, helping the nobles.