Drogo (c.675 – 708) was a Frankish nobleman, the eldest son of Pippin of Heristal and Plectrudis . He was the duke of Champagne from the early 690s.
12-640: [REDACTED] Look up drogo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Drogo (French: Dreux or Drogon ; Italian: Drogone ) may refer to: People [ edit ] Ordered chronologically. Drogo of Champagne (670–708), Duke of Champagne Drogo (mayor of the palace) (c. 730–?), Merovingian mayor of the palace of Austrasia Drogo of Metz (801–855), Bishop of Metz and illegitimate son of Charlemagne Drogo, Duke of Brittany (died 958), also Count of Vannes Drogo of Mantes (996–1035), Count of
24-493: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Drogo of Champagne Drogo was born shortly after his parents' marriage, which probably took place in 675 or just after. In the early 680s, Pippin arranged the marriage of Drogo with Anstrudis (or Adaltrudis ), the daughter of Waratto , the mayor of the palace in Neustria , and his wife Ansfledis. The marriage took place toward
36-504: The abbey of Saint-Denis , which sued him in the king's court in a property dispute. King Childebert III ruled in Saint-Denis's favour. Drogo also lost a lawsuit over the villa of Noisy-sur-Oise with the monastery of Tussonval in 697. Drogo predeceased his father, dying in 707, according to the Gesta abbatum Fontanellensium , or in 708, according to most of the annals. He was buried in
48-508: The church of Saint Arnulf at Metz , to which his four sons made a grant of land in his honour in June 715. The Annales Mettenses record that Grimoald succeeded Drogo in all his offices, but in fact his son Arnulf succeeded him as duke. The death of Drogo was perceived by later generations as a pivotal event in the history of the Carolingian dynasty . Several of the imperial annals written in
60-717: The Dothraki lord who weds Daenerys Targaryen in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series Drogo Baggins, father of Frodo Baggins in J.R.R Tolkien's The Lord of The Rings Other uses [ edit ] Castle Drogo , a mansion house in Devon, England Drogo Sacramentary , a Carolingian illuminated manuscript from c. 850 AD See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Drogo Drogon (disambiguation) Dogo (disambiguation) Drongo Diogo (disambiguation) Darga Topics referred to by
72-516: The Palace of Neustria and Burgundy , and Ansflede . Anstrud first married Berchar , the successor to her father Waratto. Unlike her father, her first husband did not keep the peace with Pepin of Heristal . In 687, Pepin defeated him and Theuderic III at Tertry in the Vermandois . Berthar and Theuderic III withdrew themselves to Paris. Pepin followed them and eventually forced a peace treaty with
84-767: The Véxin Drogo of Hauteville (c. 1010–1051), Count of Apulia and Calabria Drogo de la Beuvrière (disappeared c. 1087), an associate of William the Conqueror and first lord of Holderness Drogo of Nesle ( fl. 11th century ), a participant in the First Crusade Saint Drogo (1105–c. 1185), French hermit Transport [ edit ] Piero Drogo , Italian coachbuilder and car driver Ferrari 250 GT Drogo Ferdinand Le Drogo , French road bicycle racer Paul Le Drogo , French road bicycle racer Fiction [ edit ] Khal Drogo ,
96-456: The condition that Berthar leave his office. In the ensuing quarrels, Anstrud's mother killed Berchar. After Berchar's death in the early 680s, Ansflede negotiated with Pippin and they arranged for the marriage of Pippin's young son, Drogo of Champagne , to Anstrud. The marriage took place towards the end of the decade or in the early 690s and resulted in the Pippinid family gaining more power in
108-456: The end of the decade or in the early 690s. Drogo and Anstrudis had four sons: Arnulf , who succeeded him as duke of Champagne; Hugh , who entered the church and rose to become an archbishop; Gotfrid; and Pippin. The marriage of Drogo and Anstrudis increased his father Pippin's influence in Neustria. Waratto's family properties were located mainly in the vicinity of Rouen . Drogo, however,
120-461: The late eighth century begin their year-by-year accounts with 708. These include the Annales Alamannici , Annales Nazariani and Annales Laureshamenses . Anstrud of Champagne Anstrud (also spelled Adaltrud, Anstrude, Anstrudis or Adaltrude) was a medieval Frankish noblewoman of the late Merovingian /early Carolingian period. Anstrud was the daughter of Waratto , Mayor of
132-557: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Drogo . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Drogo&oldid=1254764347 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Articles containing French-language text Articles containing Italian-language text Short description
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#1732880616763144-647: Was made duke in Champagne, a frontier region between Neustria and Austrasia. His power in Champagne was enhanced through his control of the monastery of Montier-en-Der and possibly the monastery of Hautvillers . The Liber Historiae Francorum , a history of the Franks written in Neustria in 727, portrays the Austrasian Drogo as sympathetic to the Neustrians because of his marital connections. He did, however, fall foul of
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