<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepin_of_Herstal" id="mwEw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pepin of Herstal">Pepin of Herstal</a>, mayor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merovingian_dynasty" id="mwFA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Merovingian dynasty">Merovingian</a> palace, dies at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupille-sur-Meuse" id="mwFQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jupille-sur-Meuse">Jupille</a> (modern Belgium). He is succeeded by his infant grandson <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theudoald" id="mwFg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Theudoald">Theudoald</a>, while his widow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectrude" id="mwFw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Plectrude">Plectrude</a> holds actual power in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francia" id="mwGA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Francia">Frankish Kingdom</a>.<sup about="#mwt18" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"}}' id="cite_ref-1" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_16#cite_note-1" id="mwGQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwGg">[1]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-1"><cite about="#mwt15" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFDavid2009">David, Saul (2009). <a class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=YpRT7qBPDAwC" id="mwBuU" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow"><i id="mwBuY">The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Warfare: From Ancient Egypt to Iraq</i></a>. New York: DK Publishing. p.<span id="mwBuc" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>68. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISBN_(identifier)" id="mwBug" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a><span id="mwBuk" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a href="./Special:BookSources/9780756695484" id="mwBuo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Special:BookSources/9780756695484"><bdi id="mwBus">9780756695484</bdi></a>.</cite><span about="#mwt15" class="Z3988" id="mwBuw" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Illustrated+Encyclopedia+of+Warfare%3A+From+Ancient+Egypt+to+Iraq&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pages=68&amp;rft.pub=DK+Publishing&amp;rft.date=2009&amp;rft.isbn=9780756695484&amp;rft.aulast=David&amp;rft.aufirst=Saul&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYpRT7qBPDAwC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+16"></span></span>