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Berthar was the mayor of the palace of Neustria
Neustria

The territory of Neustria or Neustrasia, meaning "new [western] land", originated in 511, made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel, approximating most of the north of present-day France, with Paris and Soissons as its main cities....
 and Burgundy
Kingdom of Burgundy

Burgundy is a region of Western Europe which has existed as a political entity in a number of forms with very different boundaries. Two of these entities have been called the Kingdom of Burgundy, and a third Kingdom of Burgundy was very nearly created....
 from 686 to 687. He was the successor of Waratton
Waratton

Waratton, Waratto, or Warato was the mayor of the palace of Neustria and Kingdom of Burgundy on two occasions, owing to the deposition he experienced at the hands of his own faithless son....
, whose daughter Anstrude he had married.

Unlike Waratton, however, Berthar did not have peace with Pepin of Heristal. In 687, Pepin defeated him and Theuderic III
Theuderic III

Theuderic III was the king of Neustria on two occasions and king of Austrasia from 679 to his death in 691. Thus, he was the king of all the Franks from 679....
 at Tertry
Tertry

Tertry may refer to*The Battle of Tertry or *Tertry, Somme, a commune in the Somme d?partement in the Picardie region of France....
 in the Vermandois
Vermandois

Vermandois was a France county, that appears in the Merovingian period. In the tenth century, it was organised around two castellan domains: St Quentin and Peronne ....
. Many fled to the nearby abbeys of Péronne
Péronne

P?ronne is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:* P?ronne, Sa?ne-et-Loire, in the Sa?ne-et-Loire d?partement* P?ronne, Somme, in the Somme d?partement...
 and Saint Quentin
Saint Quentin

Saint Quentin , Quintinus in Latin, is an early Christian saint. No real details are known of his life....
. Berthar and Theuderic III withdrew themselves to Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. Pepin followed them and eventually forced a peace treaty with the condition that Berthar leave his office.






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Berthar was the mayor of the palace of Neustria
Neustria

The territory of Neustria or Neustrasia, meaning "new [western] land", originated in 511, made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the English Channel, approximating most of the north of present-day France, with Paris and Soissons as its main cities....
 and Burgundy
Kingdom of Burgundy

Burgundy is a region of Western Europe which has existed as a political entity in a number of forms with very different boundaries. Two of these entities have been called the Kingdom of Burgundy, and a third Kingdom of Burgundy was very nearly created....
 from 686 to 687. He was the successor of Waratton
Waratton

Waratton, Waratto, or Warato was the mayor of the palace of Neustria and Kingdom of Burgundy on two occasions, owing to the deposition he experienced at the hands of his own faithless son....
, whose daughter Anstrude he had married.

Unlike Waratton, however, Berthar did not have peace with Pepin of Heristal. In 687, Pepin defeated him and Theuderic III
Theuderic III

Theuderic III was the king of Neustria on two occasions and king of Austrasia from 679 to his death in 691. Thus, he was the king of all the Franks from 679....
 at Tertry
Tertry

Tertry may refer to*The Battle of Tertry or *Tertry, Somme, a commune in the Somme d?partement in the Picardie region of France....
 in the Vermandois
Vermandois

Vermandois was a France county, that appears in the Merovingian period. In the tenth century, it was organised around two castellan domains: St Quentin and Peronne ....
. Many fled to the nearby abbeys of Péronne
Péronne

P?ronne is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:* P?ronne, Sa?ne-et-Loire, in the Sa?ne-et-Loire d?partement* P?ronne, Somme, in the Somme d?partement...
 and Saint Quentin
Saint Quentin

Saint Quentin , Quintinus in Latin, is an early Christian saint. No real details are known of his life....
. Berthar and Theuderic III withdrew themselves to Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. Pepin followed them and eventually forced a peace treaty with the condition that Berthar leave his office. In the ensuing quarrels, Berthar killed his mother-in-law Ansfled. Berthar fled. His wife married Pepin's eldest son Drogo
Drogo of Champagne

Drogo , son of Pepin of Heristal and Plectrude, was the duke of Champagne by appointment of his father in 690 and duke of Burgundy from the death of Nordebert in 697....
, duke of Champagne
Champagne (province)

The Champagne wine region is a historic province within the Champagne Champagne in the northeast of France. The area is best known for the production of the sparkling white wine that Champagne ....
, and Pepin became the mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy without opposition.

Berthar died in either the Autumn of 688 or early 689.