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, whose duchy seemed to encompass almost an identical territory to the kingdom of

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. Sometime after 658, Lupus rebelled against Felix and later succeeded him. According to the '' Miracles of Saint Martial'', the rebellion occurred during the mayorship of

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. In 673, Lupus held Toulouse and Bordeaux at which time he allied with Flavius Paulus against Wamba, the king of the Visigoths, and attacked

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in his ''Story of Wamba'', calls Lupus a "prince" (''princeps''), a title suggestive of royal rank. Sometime between 673 and 675, Lupus convoked a church synod in Bordeaux. For this he was styled ''

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'' and duke, which suggests that at that time he was still a faithful subject of King Childeric II.Higounet, p 20 and n43: ''viro inlustri Lupone duce''. In 675, however, he attempted to expand his Aquitanian dukedom by seizing

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. He was assassinated in the process. According to the ''Miracles of Saint Martial'', he had tried to set himself up as king (''in sedem regam se adstare'').

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