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Under the ___MASK34___ dynasty , the mayor of the palace or majordomo (" maior domus ") was the manager of the household of the Frankish king . The office existed from the sixth century , and during the seventh it evolved into the " power behind the throne " in the northeastern kingdom of Austrasia . In 751 , the mayor of the palace , Pepin the Short , orchestrated the deposition of the king , Childeric III , and was crowned in his place . ___MASK23___ ( c . 686  22 October 741 ) was a Frankish statesman and military leader who as Duke and ___MASK1___ of the Franks and Mayor of the Palace , was " de facto " ruler of Francia from 718 until his death . The son of the Frankish statesman ___MASK96___ and a noblewoman named Alpaida , Charles successfully asserted his claims to power as successor to his father as the power behind the throne in Frankish politics . Continuing and building on his father ' s work , he restored centralized government in Francia and began the series of military campaigns that re - established the Franks as the undisputed masters of all Gaul . ___MASK16___ ( also Alphaida , Alpoïde , Elphide , Elfide , Chalpaida ; ca . 654 -- ca . 714 ) was a noblewoman of the House of Pepin , who hailed from the Liège area . The daughter of Alberic of Austrasia and Adèle of Poiters , she was Pepin II ' s ( 635 or 640 -- December 16 , 714 ) second wife and mother to two sons , Charles Martel ( Charles the Hammer ) ( d . October 22 , 741 ) and Childebrand ( 678 -- 751 ) . Pepin II ( c . 635  16 December 714 ), commonly known as ___MASK96___ , was a Frankish statesman and military leader who de facto ruled Francia as the Mayor of the Palace from 680 until his death . He took the title Duke and Prince of the Franks upon his conquest of all the Frankish realms . Gaul ( Latin : " Gallia ") was a region of Western Europe during the Iron Age that was inhabited by Celtic tribes , encompassing present day France , Luxembourg , Belgium , most of Switzerland , Northern Italy , as well as the parts of the Netherlands , Central Italy and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine . It covered an area of 190 , 800 mi² or 494 , 169 km² . According to the testimony of ___MASK97___ , Gaul was divided into three parts : Gallia Celtica , Belgica and Aquitania . Archaeologically , the Gauls were bearers of the La Tène culture , which extended across all of Gaul , as well as east to Raetia , Noricum , Pannonia and southwestern Germania during the 5th to 1st centuries BC . During the 2nd and 1st centuries BC , Gaul fell under Roman rule : Gallia Cisalpina was conquered in 203 BC and Gallia Narbonensis in 123 BC . Gaul was invaded after 120 BC by the Cimbri and the Teutons , who were in turn defeated by the Romans by 103 BC . ___MASK97___ finally subdued the remaining parts of Gaul in his campaigns of 58 to 51 BC .