Austrasia

American  

[aw-strey-zhuh, -shuh] / ɔˈstreɪ ʒə, -ʃə /

noun

1. the E part of the former kingdom of the Franks, comprising parts of what is now NE France, W Germany, and Belgium. Metz.

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Austrasia British  

/ -ʃə, ɒˈstreɪʒə /

noun

1. the eastern region of the kingdom of the Merovingian Franks that had its capital at Metz and lasted from 511 _ad until 814 _ad. It covered the area now comprising NE France, Belgium, and western Germany

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Example Sentences

In Austrasia he wrested the power from Plectrude, and took the title of mayor of the palace, thus prejudicing the interests of his nephews.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

Let us now go out and give a worthy reception to this daughter of a King, this wife of a King, this grandmother and great-grandmother of Kings—Brunhild, Queen of Burgundy and Austrasia!

From The Branding Needle, or The Monastery of Charolles A Tale of the First Communal Charter by Sue, Eugène

Pippin it was who administered justice in Austrasia, appointed officials and distributed dukedoms; and it was Pippin, the military leader, who defended the frontiers threatened by Frisians, Alamanni and Bavarians.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" by Various

III, 13.913.On the way he visited Dagobert II of Austrasia, and Perctarit, king of the Lombards.914.At a council of fifty bishops held in the Lateran in 679.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Bede, Cuthbert

It was heretofore the Capital of Austrasia, and afterwards reckon’d as an imperial City till 1552, that the Constable of Montmorency made a Conquest of it for Henry II.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume IV Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von