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Line 1: {{Short description\|Medieval European territory}} {{distinguish\|Australasia\|Australia\|Austria~~\|South Asia~~\|Asturias}} {{Infobox Former Country \| conventional_long_name = Austrasia Line 30: }} '''Austrasia''' was the northeastern kingdom within the core of the [[~~Francia\|~~Frankish ~~empire~~Empire]] during the [[Early Middle Ages]], centring on the [[Meuse]], [[Middle Rhine]] and the [[Moselle]] rivers. It included the original Frankish-ruled territories within what had been the northernmost part of [[Roman empire\|Roman]] [[Gaul]], and cities such as [[Cologne]], [[Trier]] and [[Metz]]. It also stretched beyond the old Roman borders on the Rhine into Frankish areas which had never been formally under Roman rule. It came into being as a part of the [[Francia\|Frankish ~~empire~~Empire]] founded by [[Clovis I]] (481–511). At the same time, the initial powerbase of Clovis himself was the more Romanized part of northern Gaul, lying southwest of Austrasia, which came to be known as [[Neustria]]. These two sub-kingdoms, along with several others, were subsequently ruled by the descendants of Clovis, the [[Merovingian dynasty]], followed in the 8th and 9th centuries by their successors the [[Carolingian dynasty]], whose own powerbase was in Austrasia itself. The two Frankish dynasties did not always have a single ruler ruling the whole Frankish empire. They also often allowed different family members to rule sub-kingdoms, and these were sometimes even in conflict with each other despite the underlying continuity of the overall Frankish empire. Already by 561, Austrasia was ruled as a separate kingdom within the Frankish realm by the Merovingian king [[Sigebert I]] (561–575). Line 41: ==Geography== Austrasia was centered on the [[Middle Rhine]], including the basins of the [[Moselle]], [[Main (river)\|Main]] and [[Meuse]] rivers. It bordered on [[Frisia]] and [[Old Saxony\|Saxony]] to the north, [[Duchy of Thuringia\|Thuringia]] to the east, [[Alamannia\|Swabia]] and [[Burgundy]] to the south and to [[Neustria]] to the southwest. The exact boundary between Merovingian Neustria and Austrasia is unclear with respect to areas such as the medieval counties of [[County of Flanders\|Flanders]], [[~~Landgraviate~~Pagus of Brabant\|Brabant]] and [[County of Hainaut\|Hainaut]], and areas immediately to the south of these. [[Metz]] served as the Austrasian capital, although some Austrasian kings ruled from [[Reims]], [[Trier]] and [[Cologne]]. Other important cities included [[Verdun]], [[Worms, Germany\|Worms]] and [[Speyer]]. [[Fulda monastery]], an important royal monastery, was founded in eastern Austrasia in the final decade of the Merovingian period. Line 96: {{columns-list\|colwidth=20em\| * [[Parthemius]], until 548 * Carloman, father of Pepin of Landen, c. 550-560 * [[Gogo (mayor of the palace)\|Gogo]], {{c.}} 567–581 * [[Wandalenus]], from 581 Line 102 ⟶ 103: * [[Warnachar]], 612–617 * [[Chucus\|Hugh]], 617–623 * [[Pepin of Landen\|Pepin I]], 623–629 * [[Adalgisel]], 633–639 * [[Pepin of Landen\|Pepin I]], 639–640 (again) * [[Otto (mayor of the palace)\|Otto]], 640–643 * [[Grimoald I]], 643–656 * [[Wulfoald]], 656–680 * [[Pepin of Herstal\|Pepin II]], 680–714 * [[Theudoald]], 714–715 * [[Charles Martel]], 715–741