Editing Carolingian dynasty (section)

===== Rise to power =====
The Arnulfing clan reappear in the contemporary historical record in {{circa|676}}, when the ''LHF'' mentions '[[Pepin of Herstal|Pippin]] and Martin' rising up against a tyrannical [[Ebroin]], mayor of Austrasia.<ref name="Riché-1993c" /><ref name="Fouracre-2000b" /> Pippin II, now head of the faction, and Martin, who was either Pippin's brother or relative, rose up against Ebroin and gathered an army (potentially with the aid of Dagobert II who had been brought back to Austrasia by mayor Wulfoald).<ref name="Fouracre-2000b" /> According to the ''LHF'', the Arnulfing army met Ebroin, who had gained the support of [[Theuderic III|King Theuderic III]], at [[Bois-du-Fays]], and they were easily defeated. Martin fled to [[Laon]], from where he was lured and murdered by Ebroin at [[Asfeld]]. Pippin fled to Austrasia and soon received [[Ermenfred]], an officer of a royal fisc who had assassinated Ebroin.<ref name="Riché-1993c" /><ref name="Paul-1996">{{Cite book|last1=Paul|first1=Fouracre|title=Late Merovingian France: History and Hagiography 640–720|last2=Gerberding|first2=Richard|publisher=Manchester University Press|year=1996|series=Manchester Medieval Sources Series|location=Manchester|pages=91–94, 358–359, 365}}</ref>

The Neustrians, with Ebroin dead, installed [[Waratto]] as mayor, and he looked for peace with the Austrasians. Despite an exchange of hostages, Warrato's son [[Gistemar]] attacked Pippin at [[Namur]] and displaced his father.<ref name="Fouracre-2000b" /> He died shortly thereafter and Warrato resumed his position, wherein peace was reached but tense relations remained until Warrato's death in 686. He left behind his wife [[Ansfled]] and his son [[Berchar]], whom the Neustrians installed as mayor. Against his father's policy, Berchar did not maintain peace and incited Pippin into violence.<ref name="Paul-1996" />

In 687, Pippin rallied an Austrasian army and led an assault on Neustria, facing Theuderic III and the Neustrian mayor, now Berchar, in combat. They met at the [[Battle of Tertry]], where the ''AMP'' records that Pippin, after offering peace which was rejected by Theuderic at Berchar's behest, crossed the river [[Omignon]] at the break of dawn and attacked the Neustrians, who believed the battle won when they saw Pippin's camp abandoned. This surprise attack was successful and the Neustrians fled.<ref name="Paul-1996" /> Following this victory, Berchar was either killed, as the ''AMP'' argues, by his own people, but the ''LHF'' suggests that it is more likely that he was murdered by his mother-in-law, Ansfled.<ref name="Paul-1996" /> This moment was decisive in Arnulfing history as it was the first time that any of the faction had national control. Paul Fouracre even argues it is for this that the ''AMP'' starts with Pippin II, as a false dawn upon which Charles Martel would rebuild.<ref name="Fouracre-2005" /> However, historians have discredited the importance of this victory. [[Marios Costambey]]s, [[Matthew Innes]] and [[Simon MacLean]] all show that the Tertry victory did not establish solid authority over Neustria immediately, evidenced by the fact that Pippin immediately installed 'Norbert, one of his followers' (as written in the ''LHF'') and then his son Grimoald in 696 to ensure continued influence.<ref name="Costambeys-2011">{{Cite book|last1=Costambeys|first1=Marios|title=The Carolingian World|last2=Innes|first2=Matthew|last3=MacLean|first3=Simon|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2011|series=Cambridge Medieval Textbooks|location=Cambridge|pages=40, 42, 50–51}}</ref><ref name="Paul-1996" />