Drogo (670-708), son of Pepin the Middle and Plectrude, was the duke of Champagne by appointment of his father in 690 and duke of Burgundy from the death of Nordebert in 697. He was the mayor of the palace of Burgundy from 695. Events On the death of his brother Clotaire, Childeric II becomes king of all of the Frankish kingdoms -- Austrasia, Neustria and Burgundy. ... Events The Japanese court moved from Heian to Nara. ... Pippin of Herstal ( Pépin), also known as Pippin the Middle, (b. ... Champagne is one of the traditional provinces of France, a region of France that is best known for the production of the sparkling white wine that bears the regions name. ... Events Beginning of Wu Zetians Zhou Dynasty in China. ... Coat of arms of the 2nd duchy of Burgundy and later of the French province of Burgundy Burgundy (French: Bourgogne) is a historic region of France, inhabited in turn by Pre-Indo-European people, Celts (Gauls), Romans (Gallo-Romans), and various Germanic peoples, most importantly the Burgundians and the Franks. ... Events End of the reign of Empress Jito of Japan Emperor Mommu ascends to the throne of Japan Approximate date of the Council of Birr, when the northern part of Ireland accepted the Roman calculations for celebrating Easter. ... The mayors of the palaces of Austrasia and Neustria were the chief officials of the Merovingian kings. ... Events People of Byzantium revolt against Justinian II. Leontius II made emperor, Justinian II is banished. ...

He married Anstrude, the daughter of Waratton, the former mayor of the palace of Neustria and Burgundy, and Ansflede, and also the widow of the mayor of the palace Berthar. Their children (four sons) were: Mayor of the Palace was an early medieval title and office, also known by the Latin name, maior domus or majordomo, used most notably in the Frankish kingdoms in the 7th and 8th centuries. ... Neustria & Austrasia The territory of Neustria originated in A.D. 511, made up of the regions from Aquitaine to the northern seacoast approximating most of the north of present-day France. ...

• Hugh (d.730), abbot of Fontenelle (now Saint-Wandrille) and Jumièges, archbishop of Rouen, and bishop of Paris and Bayeux
• Arnulf (c.690-c.721), duke of Champagne
• Godfrey (Gottfried, Godefroid, or Geoffrey)
• Pepin

Drogo predeceased his father and left the duchy of Champagne to his second-eldest son Arnulf, as the first born Hugh had entered a monastery. Events Emperor Leo III of the Byzantine Empire orders the destruction of all icons. ... Abbots coat of arms The word abbot, meaning father, has been used as a Christian clerical title in various, mainly monastic, meanings. ... Fontenelle can refer to: Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757), a French author Fontenelle is also the name or part of the name of several communes of France: Fontenelle, in the Aisne département Fontenelle, in the Côte-dOr département Fontenelle, in the Territoire-de-Belfort département Fontenelle-en... The ruins of the abbey of Jumièges still exemplify the Romanesque style of architecture. ... The archbishop of Paris is one of twenty-three archbishops in France. ... Bayeux is a small town and commune in the Calvados département, in Normandy, northern France. ... Events Beginning of Wu Zetians Zhou Dynasty in China. ... Events Former Byzantine emperor Anastasius II leads a revolt against emperor Leo III Theuderic IV succeeds Chilperic II Battle of Covadonga is won by Pelayo, thus preventing the takeover of his Christian Kingdom of Asturias by the Islamic Moors. ...

Sources

• Dictionnaire de Biographie Française. Roman d'Amat and R. Limousin-Lamothe (ed). Paris, 1967.