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On the death of Chlothar II's son Dagobert I, the Frankish kingdoms are divided. Chlothar gave Austrasia to his son Sigibert in 632 and now leaves Neustria and Burgundy to his son Clovis II. Though members of the Merovingian dynasty continue to rule in name until 751, power passes to nobles known as mayors of the palaces: Ebroin in Neustria and, in Austrasia, Pepin I of Landen, founder of what becomes known as the Carolingian dynasty.
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