Editing Carolingian dynasty (section)

===== Consolidation of power =====
Pippin II then became overall mayor of the royal palace under Theuderic II, becoming mayor of Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy.<ref name="Riché-1993c" /> His son [[Drogo of Champagne|Drogo]], from his wife [[Plectrude]], was also imbued with power when he married Berchar's widow Adaltrude (potentially maneuvered by Ansfled) and was made Duke of Champagne.<ref name="Wood-1994b">{{Cite book|last=Wood|first=Ian|title=The Merovingian Kingdoms 450–751|url=https://archive.org/details/merovingiankingd751wood|url-access=limited|publisher=Longman Publishing|year=1994|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/merovingiankingd751wood/page/n265 256], 260, 267, 285}}</ref> Pippin was politically dominating and had the power to elect the next two Merovingian kings after Theuderic II died in 691; he installed [[Clovis IV|King Clovis IV]] (691-695), [[Childebert III]] (695-711) and [[Dagobert III]] (711-715).<ref name="Riché-1993c" /> Pippin moved to secure further power by consolidating his position in Neustria, installing several bishops like [[Gripho]], Bishop of Rouen and [[Bainus]] at the [[Abbey of Saint Wandrille]] in 701, which was later owned along with [[Fleury Abbey]] (founded by Pippin in 703).<ref name="Fouracre-2000b" /> Imbued with internal strength, Pippin also began to look outwards from the Frankish Empire to subdue the people, that the ''AMP'' records, who once were 'subjected to the Franks ... [such as] the Saxons, Frisians, Alemans, Bavarians, Aquitainians, Gascons and Britons.'<ref name="Paul-1996" /> Pippin defeated the pagan chieftain [[Redbad, King of the Frisians|Radbod]] in Frisia, an area that had been slowly encroached upon by Austrasian nobles and Anglo-Saxon missionaries like [[Willibrord]], whose links would later make him a connection between the Arnulfings and the papacy.<ref name="Riché-1993c" /> Following [[Gottfried|Gotfrid, Duke of Alemannia]] in 709, Pippin also moved against the Alemans and subjugated them again to royal control.