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Battle of Tertry

Historical Event

687 AD

Historical Event
Sources: - Chronicle of Fredegar continuations. Modern: Ian Wood, The Merovingian Kingdoms 450–751.

Not yet featured in the novels

Timeline: - 687 AD — Pepin of Herstal defeats Berchar; the mayoral office is unified across Francia Witch's Rebirth Canon: - Falls just after Book VI's 656–679 AD span closes, in the years leading into the series' final Pippinid-dominated stretch before Book VII.

687 AD · Pepin of Herstal vs. Berchar · The Real Turning Point of the Merovingian Era

Key Facts: - Theuderic III himself was not a meaningful presence in the battle — by this point the king's role was entirely nominal, and the fight was a contest between rival aristocratic power-brokers, not rival kings - After Tertry, every Merovingian king for the rest of the dynasty (Childebert III, Dagobert III, Chilperic II, Theuderic IV, and finally Childeric III) reigned as a fully controlled figurehead

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