Leudesius (assassinated 676) was the son of
Erchinoald Erchinoald (also ''Erkinoald'' and, in French, ''Erchenout'') succeeded Aega as the mayor of the palace of Neustria in 641 and succeeded Flaochad in Burgundy in 642 and remained such until his death in 658.
Family
According to Fredegar, he was a ...
,
Mayor of the Palace of
Neustria
Neustria was the western part of the Kingdom of the Franks.
Neustria included the land between the Loire and the Silva Carbonaria, approximately the north of present-day France, with Paris, Orléans, Tours, Soissons as its main cities. It late ...
, and his wife Leutsinde.
Leudesius inherited his father's properties on his death in 658. In 659, there was a dispute between the
Archdiocese of Rouen and
Abbey of Saint-Denis
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over his property.
When, in 673, the
Burgundians under
Leodegar
Leodegar of Poitiers ( la, Leodegarius; french: Léger; 615 – October 2, 679 AD) was a martyred Burgundian Bishop of Autun. He was the son of Saint Sigrada and the brother of Saint Warinus.
Leodegar was an opponent of Ebroin, the Frankish M ...
defeated the mayor
Ebroin and king
Theuderic III
Theuderic III (or Theuderich, Theoderic, or Theodoric; french: Thierry) (c. 651–691) was the king of Neustria (including Burgundy) on two occasions (673 and 675–691) and king of Austrasia from 679 to his death in 691. Thus, he was the king ...
, they exiled Ebroin to a monastery. The
Austrasian mayor
Wulfoald
Wulfoald (died 680) was the mayor of the palace of Austrasia from 656 or 661, depending on when Grimoald I was removed from that office (accounts vary: ''see his article for details''), to his death and mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy ...
took over the power in Neustria, but fled back to Austrasia on the assassination of
Childeric II
Childeric II (c. 653 – 675) was the king of Austrasia from 662 and of Neustria and Burgundy from 673 until his death, making him sole King of the Franks for the final two years of his life.
Childeric was the second eldest son of King Clovis ...
in 675. The Neustrians turned to Leudesius to replace him. The next year, Ebroin returned. Leudesius and Theuderic III fled with the royal treasure to
Baizieux,
[''Liber Historiæ Francorum'', p 139, calls the place ''Bacivo villa''.] where Ebroin overtook them and had Leudesius murdered.
Notes
Sources
Primary sources
*''Liber historiae Francorum'', edited by B. Krusch, in ''
Mon. Germ. hist. script. rer. Merov.'' vol. ii.
*''Vita sancti Leodegarii'', by
Ursinus, then a monk of St Maixent (
Migne
Jacques Paul Migne (; 25 October 1800 – 24 October 1875) was a French priest who published inexpensive and widely distributed editions of theological works, encyclopedias, and the texts of the Church Fathers, with the goal of providing a ...
, ''Patrilogia Latina'', vol. xcvi.)
*''Vita metrica'' in ''Poetae Latini aevi Carolini'', vol. iii. (''Mon. Germ. Hist.'')
*''Diplomata Regum Francorum''. ''
Mon. Germ. hist.'' DD Mer (1872), no. 37, p. 34.
*''Chronicon Ebersheimense'' 4, ''
Mon. Germ. hist.'' SS XXIII, pp. 433–4.
*''Cronica Hohenburgensis'' 664, ''Annales Marbacenses'', ''
Mon. Germ. hist.'' SS in Usum Scholarum
p. 3.
*
Wallace-Hadrill, J. M., translator.
The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar with its Continuations'. Greenwood Press: Connecticut, 1960.
Secondary sources
*
Pitra, J. B. ''Histoire de Saint Léger''.
Paris
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, 1846.
*Friedrich, J. "Zur Geschichte des Hausmeiers Ebroin." ''Proceedings of the Academy of Munich''. 1887, pp 42–61.
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Assassinated nobility
Year of birth unknown
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