Austrasia

[ aw-strey-zhuh, -shuh ]

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.

Austrasia

/ -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

Example Sentences

In 623 his father established him as king of the region east of the Ardennes, and in 626 revived for him the ancient kingdom of Austrasia, minus Aquitaine and Provence.

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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.

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Of Siegfried and Brunhild history knows no trace, although an attempt has been made to connect the one with Arminius and the other with Br�nehild of Austrasia.

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Ostervranken, according to von der Hagen, is Austrasia, or the Eastern portion of the Empire of the Franks, afterward, though in a more restricted sense, the Circle of Franconia.

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The Austrasia, 2718 tons register, was almost totally dismasted near the island of Tristan da Cunha, in the South Atlantic, on her maiden passage, while bound from Liverpool to Calcutta with a cargo of salt.

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