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'''Austrasia''' was the northeastern kingdom within the core of the [[Francia|Frankish empireEmpire]] 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 empireEmpire]] 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).
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* [[Parthemius]], until 548
* Carloman, father of Pepin of Landen, c. 550-560
* [[Gogo (mayor of the palace)|Gogo]], {{c.}} 567–581
* [[Wandalenus]], from 581
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* [[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