Waratto (died 686) was the
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
Burgundy on two occasions, owing to the deposition he experienced at the hands of his own faithless son. His first term lasted from 680 or 681 (the death of
Ebroin) to 682, when his son
Gistemar
Gistemar, Ghislemar, or Gilmer (died in the 680s) was briefly the mayor of the palace in Neustria and Burgundy after deposing his father Waratton in 682. He reversed the peace with Austrasia of his father and warred with Pepin of Heristal, overc ...
(or Ghislemar) deposed him and took over the office. However, Waratton soon reestablished himself and continued to reign until his death in 684 or 686. He made peace between the three
Frankish
Frankish may refer to:
* Franks, a Germanic tribe and their culture
** Frankish language or its modern descendants, Franconian languages
* Francia, a post-Roman state in France and Germany
* East Francia, the successor state to Francia in Germany ...
kingdoms and with
Pepin of Heristal in 681. His daughter Anstrude later married Duke
Drogo of Champagne Drogo (c.675 – 708) was a Frankish nobleman, the eldest son of Pippin of Heristal and Plectrudis. He was the duke of Champagne from the early 690s.
Drogo was born shortly after his parents' marriage, which probably took place in 675 or just aft ...
, Pepin's eldest son.
He married Ansflede and had the two aforementioned children:
*Gistemar (d. 684), mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy (682)
*Anstrude, married firstly
Berchar, mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy (684-687), married secondly Drogo of Champagne
686 deaths
Mayors of the Palace
Year of birth unknown
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