Mayor of the Palace — was an early medieval title and office, also called majordomo, from the Latin title maior domus ( superior of the house ), used most notably in the Frankish kingdoms in the 7th and 8th centuries. During the 7th century, the office of Mayor of the … Wikipedia
mayor of the palace — one of a line of hereditary administrative lieutenants to the Merovingian kings who eventually took over royal function and title in the Frankish kingdoms; a palatine. [1520 30; trans. of ML major domus; see MAJOR DOMO] * * * ▪ European official… … Universalium
Carloman, Mayor of the Palace — (d. 754) Son of the Carolingian Mayor of the Palace, Charles Martel, Carloman inherited control of the Frankish kingdoms with his brother, Pippin the Short, on his father s death in 741. Together as mayors of the palace, Carloman and Pippin… … Encyclopedia of Barbarian Europe
Drogo (mayor of the palace) — Drogo was the eldest son of Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia. He was born before Carloman came to power in 741. In 747 Carloman went on a pilgrimage to Rome, leaving his sons under the guardianship of his uncle Pepin the Short and the… … Wikipedia
Drogo, Mayor of the Palace — Drogo was the eldest son of Carloman, mayor of the palace of Austrasia. He was born before Carloman came to power in 741. In 747 Carloman went on a pilgrimage to Rome, leaving his sons under the guardianship of his uncle Pepin the Short and the… … Wikipedia
Otto (mayor of the palace) — Otto (died 643 or 644) was the mayor of the palace of Austrasia briefly in the mid seventh century. Otto was the son of a domesticus named Uro who served in the court of Dagobert I. Otto was raised with Dagobert s son Sigebert III and… … Wikipedia
Rado (mayor of the palace) — Rado or Radon was the mayor of the palace of Burgundy from 613 to 617. He, along with Warnachar, Pepin of Landen, and Saint Arnulf, abandoned the cause of the queen Brunhilda and the young king Sigebert II and joined with Clotaire II, promising… … Wikipedia
Carloman, Mayor of the Palace — Carloman (between 706 and 716 [There is some discrepancy between the sources on his year of birth. It is given variously as 706, 708, 714, or 716.] ndash; 17 August [There is some discrepancy between the sources on his date of death. It is the 17 … Wikipedia
Gogo (Mayor of the Palace) — Gogo (died 581) was the mayor of the palace of Austrasia and nutricius (also nutritius , tutor/regent) for the young Childebert II from 576 until his death. Gogo had become a very prominent member of the court of Sigebert I by 565. It was he who… … Wikipedia
Aega (mayor of the palace) — For uses of EGA as an acronym, see EGA. For the river in Spain, see Ega River. Ega (also spelled Aega or Egua ) was the mayor of the palace and regent, alongside the queen mother Nanthild, of Neustria and Burgundy from 639, on the death of… … Wikipedia
