<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carloman_(mayor_of_the_palace)" id="mwIw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Carloman (mayor of the palace)">Carloman</a>, mayor of the palace of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrasia" id="mwJA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Austrasia">Austrasia</a>, renounces his position as <i id="mwJQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majordomo" id="mwJg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Majordomo">majordomo</a></i> and retires to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery" id="mwJw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Monastery">monastery</a> near Rome. His brother, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_the_Short" id="mwKA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pepin the Short">Pepin the Short</a>, becomes the sole ruler (<i id="mwKQ"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_facto" id="mwKg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="De facto">de facto</a></i>) of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francia" id="mwKw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Francia">Frankish Kingdom</a>.