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Under the Merovingian dynasty, the mayor of the palace ((ラテン語:maior palatii)) or majordomo (''maior domus'') was the manager of the household of the Frankish king. The office existed from the sixth century, and during the seventh it evolved into the "power behind the throne" in the northeastern kingdom of Austrasia. In 751, the mayor of the palace, Pepin the Short, orchestrated the deposition of the king, Childeric III, and was crowned in his place. The mayor of the palace held and wielded the real and effective power to make decisions affecting the kingdom, while the kings had been reduced to performing merely ceremonial functions, which made them little more than figureheads (''rois fainéants'', "do-nothing kings"). The office may be compared to that of the peshwa, shogun or prime minister, all of which have similarly been the real powers behind a ceremonial monarch. In Austrasia, the mayoral office became hereditary in the family of the Pippinids. In 687, after victory over the western kingdom of Neustria, the Austrasian mayor, Pippin of Herstal, took the title Duke of the Franks to signify his augmented rule. His son and successor, Charles Martel, ceased bothering with the ''façade'' of a king, and the last four years of his reign (743–47) were an interregnum. ==Mayors of the Palace of Austrasia== *Parthemius (until 548) *Gogo (c. 567–581), during the minority of Childebert II *Wandalenus (from 581), during the minority of Childebert II *Gundulf (from 600), under Theudebert II *Landric (until 612), probably also in Neustria *Warnachar (612–617), also in Burgundy *Hugh (or ''Chucus'') (617–623), successor of previous *Pepin the Elder (623–629), under Dagobert I *Adalgisel (633–639) *Pepin the Elder (639–640), again *Otto (640–642 or 643) *Grimoald I 642 or 643–656), died 662 *Wulfoald (656–680), also in Neustria (673–675) *Pepin the Middle (680–714), took the title Duke and Prince of the Franks (''dux et princeps Francorum'') after his conquest of Neustria in 687 *Theudoald (714–715), also in Neustria. Illegitimate son of Grimoald II, designated heir of his grandfather Pepin, opposed by the nobility, who acclaimed Charles Martel *Charles Martel (715–741), illegitimate son of Pepin the Middle, also in Neustria (718–741) *Carloman (741–747), died 754 or 755 *Drogo (747–751), son of Carloman 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mayor of the Palace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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