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| 731 deaths | |
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His orginial centre of power was the Véxin . Dagobert III appointed him in opposition to Theudoald , son and heir of Pepin, and his grandmother Plectrude , but he was ignored by both Plectrude and Charles. In and Ardennes . They allied with Dagobert's old enemy, Duke Radbod of Frisia , and defeated their rival Charles near Cologne , in which he had been besieging Plectrude and Theudoald. Ragenfrid went and Chilperic forced Plectrude to surrender most of the Austrasia n treasury, her grandson's claim to the mayoralty, and acknowledge Chilperic as king. At this juncture, Charles set up his own Merovingian king, Clotaire IV ; Dagobert's true successor, Chilperic II, being a staunch ally of Ragenfrid and the Neustrian nation. Ragenfrid and his king allied with Odo The Great , Duke Of Aquitaine independent since 715, but was defeated at Amblève (near Liège ) in 716 , and in March , 717 , at Vincy , near Cambrai , and then in 718 at Soissons . Ragenfrid was now decisively out of power and he fled to Angers ; however, he did not give up yet. When Paris and the Loire Valley were taken and Odo gave up Chilperic, who Charles finally accepted (under his thumb) in 719 , Ragenfrid then gave himself up ( 720 ) and was deprived of his office, left only with lands in Anjou . In 724 , the Neustrians rebelled under Ragenfrid, but they were easily defeated. However, Ragenfrid gave up his sons as hostages in turn for keeping his county. He lived on until 731 . |