This man's envoys to Germanic kingdoms included Bishop Willibrord and Saint Boniface.
This man's envoys to Germanic kingdoms included Bishop Willibrord and Saint Boniface. In his youth, he was imprisoned by his stepmother Plectrude. This man raised an army in the mountains and defeated his enemies at Ambleve and Vincy after he lost at Cologne to Chilperic II and this man's Neustrian counterpart, Ragenfrid. After this leader's close ally Odo of (*) Aquitaine was overrun at the Battle of the River Garonne, he answered a call for aid. This son of Pepin of Herstal, a "mayor of the palace", commanded an infantry square against cavalry when he defeated Abd-ar-Rahman Ghafiqi and halted the Islamic incursion into Europe. For 10 points, name this father of Pepin the Short, a Frankish leader who won the 732 Battle of Tours.
This man's envoys to Germanic kingdoms included Bishop Willibrord and Saint Boniface.
Charles Martel [or Charles the Hammer]