Editing Charles Martel (section)

==== Battle of Cologne ====
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In 716, Chilperic and Raganfrid together led an army into Austrasia intent on seizing the Pippinid wealth at Cologne. The Neustrians allied with another invading force under [[Radbod, King of the Frisians]] and met Charles in battle near [[Battle of Cologne|Cologne]], which was still held by Plectrude. Charles had little time to gather men or prepare and the result was inevitable. The Frisians held off Charles, while the king and his mayor besieged Plectrude at Cologne, where she bought them off with a substantial portion of Pepin's treasure. After that they withdrew.<ref name="Costambeys">Costambeys, Marios; Matthew Innes & MacLean, Simon (2011) ''The Carolingian World'', p. 43, Cambridge, GBR: Cambridge University Press, see [https://books.google.com/books?isbn=0521563666], accessed 2 August 2015.</ref> The Battle of Cologne is the only defeat of Charles's career.