Editing Pepin of Herstal (section)

== Duke and Prince of the Franks ==
The Neustrians barely tolerated an Austrasian overlord, but Pepin preferred to put these local resistances aside to deal with Germany.
Over the next several years, Pepin subdued the [[Alemanni]], [[Frisians]], and [[Franconians]], bringing them within the Frankish sphere of influence. Between 690 and 692, Utrecht fell. This gave the Franks control of important trade routes on the Rhine to the North Sea. He also supported the missionary work of [[Willibrord]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=wm9khNwHYtAC&dq=Pepin+of+Herstal&pg=PA52 Butler, Alban. "Willibrord", ''Butler's Lives of the Saints'', Volume 11, Liturgical Press, 1995], {{ISBN|9780814623879}}</ref> In 695, he placed Drogo in the Burgundian mayorship and his other son, [[Grimoald II|Grimoald]], in the Neustrian one.

Around 670, Pepin had married [[Plectrude]], who had inherited substantial estates in the [[Moselle]] region. She was the mother of [[Drogo of Champagne]] and [[Grimoald II]], both of whom died before their father. However, Pepin also had a mistress (or possibly, a second wife) named [[Alpaida]] (or Chalpaida) who bore him two more sons: [[Charles Martel]] and [[Childebrand]].